Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hey i just found the picture online, someone else did that to that dog
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    I lost my tea over that one,
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    STUPID PARENTS!! (vent here)

    I don't agree with the "let it go" side. The kid needs held accountable for his actions, and his parents need held accountable for their LACK of action. Had it been my kid who did this to someone,...
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    Nurses do not eat their young. Certain jaded people in the nursing profession, who were jaded long before being a nurse, insist on bringing their poisionous behavior on others. Has nothing to do...
  5. You know, what kills me when people say things like this, these are usually the first people that get all bent out of shape when someone downgrades the ADN or ASN by saying that all nurses should be...
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    My walker is still in the mail...but i am looking forward to testing out the HoverRound chair on warp speed. (I like to be prepared ahead of
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    You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    ...some of the newer nurses are asking if the 'young' nurses can maintain their partying
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    Taking Respirations

    I'l tell the pt. that i'm "counting" for 2 minutes. Which is the half truth. One minute i'm counting the pulse, the other i'm counting respirations. Slowest respirations i've seen was 8, on a healthy...
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    Bonus from a surgeon, anybody?

    We have an ortho doc that takes a group of nurses out to a very nice dinner every December, on behalf of him and the ortho group he's a part of. Our MDA groups pull together and order a nice big...
  10. Marie_LPN, RN

    where do IV's get started?

    Pre-op typically, by the pre-op nurse, or our MDA will come over and start a very difficult-to-stick IV. Children's IVs are started after their mask
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    Is there power in the color white?

    I could have agreed with that, if that post's last words weren't 'did much of
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    Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    Amen.
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    Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    I'm sorry (not really) but i will not (nor will i ever) buy or accept this tee total crap of "women are women and that's what women do" 'because nurses are mostly women, and women gossip/backstab, and...
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    This can not possible be true!

    It's also possible for an LPN to make $20,000 or more in overtime without weekends, and without 16 hour shifts. It depends on the the area and what it pays, and also what
  15. I like that
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    This can not possible be true!

    It's true that an LPN can make 20k (or more) in
  17. Marie_LPN, RN

    Causing financial damage at work (by accident)

    Sorry, for some reason, this had me laughing my orifice off
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    Causing financial damage at work (by accident)

    I broke a 10 mm laparoscope once, after tripping (again) over a spot in the floor and falling where the the floor had a large raised 'bubble' that needed fixed. And here i was being told by Sterile...
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    Do young nurses ever have fun???

    Didn't know that asking if young nurses can still go out and party was the responsible thing to
  20. Smooth
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    Dr. Ruth wrote the sex book for the 'Dummies' series. Good
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    Why are nurses such back-stabbers?

    Neverrmind You already answered the question i was going to ask you
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    How soon after LVN did you start RN???

    I took a year off to take a break (i was burned out on school, and felt like a fire hydrant in a pack of dogs by the time i'd graduated) and to get adjusted and trained to my
  24. Marie_LPN, RN

    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    It was quite obvious the person that posted what i responded to was not
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    PACU Inservice Ideas?

    Reversal agents, when and when not to use them is also a good