Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    Arthroscopic Footwear??

    I use rain/farm boots with my arch supports for
  2. Marie_LPN, RN

    Anyone An Ortho Certified Rn????

    Where i work, it'll get me a small
  3. Marie_LPN, RN

    Who worked during nursing school?

    I've always been told not to work. Well, hell, who's going to buy my food, pay the mortgage, etc?
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    LPN doing assessments Mn

    That's the way VA
  5. Marie_LPN, RN

    Do I have to be a MATH WIZARD?

    If being great at math was a requirement, i would have been up the creek, sans
  6. Marie_LPN, RN

    OR Pet peeves

    And the ones that scare me the most are the ones that have been doing that job for at least 10 years, but you only know they've done this for that long, because they SAID so, it wasn't...
  7. Marie_LPN, RN

    OR Pet peeves

    The us vs. them attitudes from some people. I'm talking about the tech vs. nurse crap. The job(s) are stressful enough without the i'm-better/more-educated/more-trained-to-do-XYZ crap. Everyone's...
  8. Marie_LPN, RN

    Chloroprep and mastisol

    We get more reactions from the Chloraprep and mastisol than the chloraprep and
  9. Marie_LPN, RN

    Dodged that bullet...

    Sometimes the red flag waves, other times it's joined by bells and
  10. Marie_LPN, RN

    How do YOU deal with stress?

    Getting out of town at least once a month for a
  11. Marie_LPN, RN

    Ever Been Fired or Kicked Out of Surgeon's Room

    Not fired, kicked out of a room once, because i asked that the conversation go away from raunch, since the pt. was MAC and was hearing all of this. Got kicked out for "being a prude." While i...
  12. Marie_LPN, RN

    Do any of you have 2nd jobs?

    Creating and selling jewelry, and doing the pre-ops at a local
  13. Marie_LPN, RN

    Child Restraint During Induction ?

    Wrapped in a blanket, halfway laying on them
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    Belly-button snafu

    Some people's belly buttons hold more crap than a toilet, and we don't wanna ask how long it's been there. Sometimes you can just look at one and you can tell 2 Q-tips won't cut it (i.e. it looks like...
  15. Marie_LPN, RN

    Favorite specialty and why?

    Ortho and
  16. Marie_LPN, RN

    Chloroprep and mastisol

    We've gotten quite a bit of this happening with our general surgery
  17. Marie_LPN, RN

    How to handle an abusive surgeon?

    A Jacob's tenaculum gets the "point" across w/ the risk of contaminating yourself,
  18. Marie_LPN, RN

    count sheets

    Inside.
  19. Marie_LPN, RN

    I got a job!At an abortion clinic?

    It would be nice if people didn't use their personal feelings, opinions, and beliefs about abortion to influence someone else's job!!!!:stoneFor those that are choosing to do so, IT'S NOT ABOUT
  20. Marie_LPN, RN

    I got a job!At an abortion clinic?

    It's your job, it's your decision. Whether I can sleep at night has nothing to do with your job. If that's where you want to work, that's your choice. No one else should attempt to influence you...
  21. Marie_LPN, RN

    What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    I don't like it, but it ain't the end of the
  22. Marie_LPN, RN

    What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    I'll be the one, walking around in nothing but my slippers, raising heck with the
  23. Marie_LPN, RN

    Dead because of no Insurance

    Oh, for Pete's
  24. Marie_LPN, RN

    Dead because of no Insurance

    Drug addict or not, i'm hearing of a LOT more cases of people dying as a result of no insurance. We had a pt. about a year ago who died of a systemic infection. The infection started from an...
  25. Marie_LPN, RN

    Does anyone regret becoming an LPN?

    Nope.