Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Oh, yeah, 'murse'. Sometimes i just wanna say "Changing the title will not make one's self-consciousness
  2. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    We has a pt. that filed a complaint when her consent form had been read back to her as "incomplete abortion" (thinking that the consent was saying she was post-op from an abortion). This was her 4th...
  3. Marie_LPN, RN

    A Day in the life of an OR nurse...

    One of the problems that we've had is when the surgeons' secretaries call our posting office, they would be verry generic with the case, instead of going into detail. To avoid C.F. (cluster____)...
  4. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Me either. When i hear "client" i think of those Hair Club for Men
  5. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Me too, sounds like someone's breathing in toilet
  6. If we took that "waste of time" attitude with things like this all the time, the results could, and would, be
  7. Marie_LPN, RN

    So, are you working?

    I still work full-time, even though my husband has said he's willing to support us both. But i love what i do, and that's why i want to stay full time as long as possible. But i'm doing school...
  8. Anyway... People should do what best for themselves, be it part-time full time, or one at a time. Doing one or the others does not make anyone else more worthy of being in the program, or less...
  9. Marie_LPN, RN

    Class Gift Ideas?

    Can you turn that money into a scholarship for a future student
  10. Marie_LPN, RN

    Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    Days. I sleep better at night. I never have been able to adjust to sleeping during the day, and always felt tired when i had
  11. And as Grandma used to say "if everyone else jumped off of the bridge, would you?" There is no excuse for cheating, whether it's planned or not. So because someone didn't plan on cheating, then that...
  12. Marie_LPN, RN

    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Good
  13. Marie_LPN, RN

    Antibacterial vs. regular soap

    Using antibacterial soap all over is too drying for my skin. I use it on my face if it looks like i'm having a garden of zits ready to pop up. I use that clear Dial (i think) in a pump for the...
  14. Marie_LPN, RN

    If You Could Work Anywhere

    The only problem with answering this is that what i think is the best might not be somoene else's idea of the
  15. Marie_LPN, RN

    smelly stethescope?

    I used a steth sock because the rubber from the tubing irritates my neck. As for odor, i used those antimicrobial wipes on the tubing, and never had a
  16. Marie_LPN, RN

    If You Could Work Anywhere

    A burn
  17. Marie_LPN, RN

    Patient Safety Net

    The "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" Link isn't
  18. Marie_LPN, RN

    Leaving things for Day Shift

    Perhaps she got huffy because she's not that great at starting
  19. Wouldn't a laxative have been more effective?
  20. Marie_LPN, RN

    Learning to scrub

    Placing the string on a towel roll may make it easier to count. Or holding the string with one arm and using the other hand to count with. Anticipating is something you start doing without even...
  21. I doubt Father would encourage cheating. And the part i just underlined,
  22. Marie_LPN, RN

    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    FYI i did. Spare
  23. Marie_LPN, RN

    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    5. I am not a mind reader. Just because you can't remember what the instrument is, doesn't mean i'll instantly know what the heck you
  24. Marie_LPN, RN

    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    4. I am NOT calling ther florist to send your mistress AND your wife flowers, just beause you met some other flooz at a bar last night and didn't come home or go to your mistress' condo. (He's not at...