Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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    Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    That's strange, we cook corn in the autoclave once a year and it doesn't
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    What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Never thought that was
  3. Marie_LPN, RN

    Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Forgot about the Doppler i dropped. Twice this year. Still works
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    What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If someone told me i wasn't matronly enough, it would have been hard for me to resist saying "Well, the Media industry didn't offer the 401k that nursing
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    Doctor Visit Gone bad or Good??

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to MaleRNstudent21's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I'd repoort him to the
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    What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Co-worker complained that i'm too tall (i'm 5'10") to work with. The person that made this complaint is 4'9". Now what was i supposed to do, but her stilts or work while kneeling down? Seriously we...
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    If they are true professionals in management, the only way you'd know your co-workers got disciplined for the same thing is if the ones disciplined told you they
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    Anyone could be made an example of. Perhaps others have been disciplined for it and it's just not public knowledge. Or maybe there's been an increase in people violating this policy and now they're...
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Some of us already do. Anything i've typed on this thread, i had already said to their
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    I
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    Yeah, the next employer would be hog wild about hiring someone who's proven that they have abused
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    A few docs i work with browse this
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    My other thought is that if there was a question that a positive test result would indicate that a person shouldn't be working around babies, then it makes no sense that the instructions to not return...
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    I'm Being Disciplined for Looking Up My Own Labs

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

    Same here, and most people know
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    sick of ADN vs BSN! like most of us have a choice anyway!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to okie2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Works for
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh this annoys me to no end when one of our docs says "page Dr. So and So for me", and then when Dr. So and So calls back, the doc that wanted him paged already took
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    Do young nurses ever have fun???

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

    Depending on what kind of day i've had, i sometimes feel
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    Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think the poster was refering to nursing school education, not the continuing
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    Why can't I work for 2 hospices?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Some places would see it as 'conflict of interest', or working for the
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    Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, i've jammed numerous copiers, but i have never left the scene of the crime. I'm there till someone comes to help fix
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    Domestic Violence

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    Our ER does. We've seen a few cases that made it to the
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    Destruction at work: What have YOU broken?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    That 10 mm laparoscope i mentioned in the other thread. I broke a plastic laparoscopic trocar just by dropping it. Medicine glasses. We now have all metal medicine cups for the sterile field now. A...
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    Preceptor gift?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul". A card with a personal message, saying how they made a differrence I got my mentor a t-shirt that says "Not everyone can be as good and fabulous as i am." (i had...
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    Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

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

    I should also say that if the gown is on, and it gets prep, blood or saline on it, we change it in OR before the pt. goes to PACU. If there weren't any extra gowns in the room and the pt. went to PACU...
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    Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

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

    We take a gown completely off for hip replacements and back surgeries (because of wrinkles). But the top half of the pt. is covered by a blanket and a forced air warming blanket. The lower half of a...