Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    None of our orthopods will do that (bilateral TKAs), weight-bearing issues being one
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    Thouroughly Disgusted......comments and suggstions please

    Not much you can do unless you have actual proof of that
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    I've seen a few nursing students that claim they just want to work in management and skip the whole "bedside" thing. And think they can actually do it. But i honestly cannot believe that my...
  4. Marie_LPN, RN

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

    This is why i don't work in plastics. It made me way too aware of how out of whack some people's perspectives for when i saw women (girls, really) coming in for breast implants because "my boyfriends...
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    Specialties

    I actually float to different specialties, but i do a lot of time in orthopedics. I like it because you get to work with power tools, plates, screws, cables, nails, and heavy instruments. It...
  6. Marie_LPN, RN

    What does an anesthetic nurse do?

    Ours restocks the MDA's carts, restocks the anesthesia machines, makes sure the MDA has their blades, tubes, LMAs, keeps the drug room and Pyxis stocked, assists with difficult intubations, awake...
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    22 inch Littmann?

    I found that i had to bend over more when i'd borrowed someone else's Master Cardiology, but i'm also
  8. Marie_LPN, RN

    Where's my thank-you card?

    Chair jockey,
  9. Marie_LPN, RN

    Best lotion & hand soap?

    One suggestion i have is that after washing your hands, rub lotion on while your hands are still wet, THEN dry them off. This helps a lot. I'm fond of Vaseline's Water Resistant lotion for my hands....
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    Where's my thank-you card?

    Fried pickles are the
  11. Marie_LPN, RN

    Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    That pt. either travels or has a twin sister around my area. The best reply i saw to this person was "that's nice" from the nurse taking care of her. And her nurse just said it, and continued with...
  12. Marie_LPN, RN

    No Holiday Pay?

    I'll get 8 hours pay for Christmas Day even though i'm not working. The people that are working call on Christmas day will get the usually holiday hourly triple time, plus the $3 per hour for call...
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    Where's my thank-you card?

    It could be that she's been there for a long time, and also might have been a 'repeat' L and D nurse for some of the people who have more than one
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    Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    I only posted about the swastika tattoos because i've seen different reasons that people have them, i didn't post it as a
  15. Marie_LPN, RN

    Well, if you want MY advice you should get your RN

    The majority of the med-surg nurses i work as an aide with were great, and liked to teach. So i would ask questions: "Mr. 503's BS is 209, what will he get?" "Mrs. 548 cut her arm with her...
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  17. Marie_LPN, RN

    Sitters, give 'em a break!

    Originally Posted by DusktilDawn :yeahthat:
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    Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    If i'm going for a dr. appt., i do bring up that i'm a nurse, and what dept. i work in. What type of work someone does can be relevent to when they can return to their job after surgery. I went to...
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    'Uniform' Dress Code

    I agree. In nursing school we could only buy our uniforms from one company, and lo and behold that one company didn't carry tall pants. So i got tall pants from another company, but it was an act of...
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    Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    Unless the person was, let's say, in prison, and wrestled down, forced to get those tattoos (it happens, has
  21. Marie_LPN, RN

    Who thinks this stuff up, anyway??

    I know for sure at one hospital it's facility planning administrators with a few achitects that play a big role in design. Reason i know this is that's what Matt does. One of the first things i told...
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    'Uniform' Dress Code

    Yes and no. If it would keep other non-nursing dept. like dietary and housekeeping from wearing the same deal, it might work. But having the same color and/or style is only as good as the person who...
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    Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    Exactly.
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    Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    Our DON would want to be alerted to something like this. If i were a DON i'd rather be alerted to it than to come in on Monday and see the poo dripping off of the
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    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Unfortunately sometimes the term "non-compliant" assumes the roles of "refusing" in some people's minds, when in fact that may not be the case. I don't think it's specific enough. I agree with the...