Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER

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    taking away my overtime in the OR

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to 90021nurse's topic in Operating Room

    Man that's not commonplace where i work. While there's plenty of room for overtime, you only take it if you want to. My regular clock-in time is always 0620 (start work 0630). Sometimes i get out at...
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    Advice for nurse considering OR

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to kdmcook's topic in Operating Room

    Even if you're scrubbed, taking a sugar hit should not be a problem. It's easy to poke candy through the side of the
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    Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    i
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    Would you stand up for a Doctor?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I was sitting here thinking "set of what?" Depends on the
  5. Marie_LPN, RN

    VA in Beckley under investigation.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to gitterbug's topic in General Nursing

    That place has been like that for years. Amazes me how all of the sudden it's just NOW a
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    Really funny: Nutritional treatment of peeps after severe traumatic injury.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to AmericanChai's topic in Nursing Humor

    It seems like the whole area is under construction right now. Maybe they're going through an upgrade right
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    Really funny: Nutritional treatment of peeps after severe traumatic injury.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to AmericanChai's topic in Nursing Humor

    Until we find the UVA Peeps research, here's somethiing else: :)
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    Rate My Professor

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to BenevolentOne's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my experience, Rate My Professor has been very inaccurate, quite a few students at my school have used it as an opportunity to personally slam a professor just because they didn't do the work, or...
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    Aides and Ambultory Surgery

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to pinkie5678's topic in Operating Room

    Change the linens and clean the stretchers, take pts. down to the lobby in a wheelchair after discharge, help pts. to the restroom. The ASU at my hospital requires that all pre-op and post-op pts'...
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    Advice for nurse considering OR

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to kdmcook's topic in Operating Room

    We keep candy in our rooms for this verry reason. You never know when someone's going to have a 'sugar moment'. Plus, if you feel like you need a moment to step out because of this, do not hesitate...
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    Really funny: Nutritional treatment of peeps after severe traumatic injury.

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to AmericanChai's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lol
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    Tips for looking more professional

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard it called
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    LPN's in the OR

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Comanche_1's topic in Operating Room

    I know it's to each their own, but i could not imagine putting what i learned in nursing school on a
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    Tips for looking more professional

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I like that saying :) But i think one of our local schools forgot the "no's". I'm getting very tired of seeing dental floss under(?)wear being 3 inches or so above the waistband of the pant. You'd...
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    Apologizing for being "just an LPN"

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You and thousands of other people. :stone It's the individual's life to live, and whatever route to get where they want to be is up to individual to
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    This is the bottom
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to beachbum3's topic in Operating Room

    I, for one, do not have the Napoleon complex, though (IOW something to
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to cinthern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's a pathetic rationale for bad behavior, won't go with
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    Do you wear rings to work?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Plain band (not the original, original will never go to work), pinned on the left side of my scrub top, pin going through my bra strap (so that i can't take my top off without getting the ring
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    When a clinic employee plays Know-It-All......

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    No need to label the whole lot for one KIA. Lock the germs in. I would have asked where she got that info from
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    nursing student traumatized by the PACU

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to labcat01's topic in PACU

    Same here. We've had a few parents who say "i don't want my kid all 'drunk' on medicine," but then the alternative has wound up being a kicking and screaming 4-5 year old . Not saying all kids are...
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    nursing student traumatized by the PACU

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to labcat01's topic in PACU

    I tell ya though, it seems like the child has a MUCH better experience if they receive pre-op sedation. If it were my child, i'd want the pre-op sedation, based on what i've
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    What a lovely nurse!!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    When my car was on the verge of just blowing up at anytime at the start of my 2nd year of nursing school, one of my clinical instructors said "I won't let a car be what keeps one of my students from...
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to cinthern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Never been "eaten"
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to cinthern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It remarks like this that will not help the problems you speak of,