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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    Favorite Voice Recorder?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to tanner523's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I like my Olympus as well. I can burn lectures on a CD and listen to them while running errands on the weekends, or back and forth on my work
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    Support staff

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Jules A's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Unlicensed Assistive
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    Adn's Who Don't Care

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. Only reason why i'm wanting to go on for my masters eventually is to be able to teach someday. I have zero desire to be a DON or ADON ever, since i like the fact that when i'm off work,...
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    Working with new circulators

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Sammy25's topic in Operating Room

    Very good
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    How is the job market??

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Epona's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Depends on where you go in Virginia, as to whether the market's good or not. Some places (like Roanoke, Richmond, and C'ville) are better than others. Last i checked, Hampton Roads, Newport News, Va...
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    Help!! Row over sterile trolleys

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to dippy7's topic in Operating Room

    We use sterile Mayo trays on orthopedic arthroplasty cases (because of the heavy insrumentation), we set these on the mayo stand after it's been draped. Other cases, we have a non-sterile tray that...
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    How do you develop thick skin?

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

    Just because we haven't, doesn't mean we haven't thought about it (many times
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    Rnfa

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to mvanz9999's topic in General Nursing

    www.aorn.org has info on RNFA (reigstered nurse first
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    Foley balloon, test or not to test

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Those 'cotton ball' forceps should be used. If someone were not to use them on, say, a woman with long pubic hair, odds are very good they'll contaminate the "clean"
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    Do You Have Computerized Charting?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to All4Seasons's topic in General Nursing

    A few of the disadvantages of OR computerized carting: for lightening short cases like ear tubes, you might have charting left to do, the modem cable keeps the computer tethered to the wall, and the...
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    Are you paid when you clock out, or end of shift?

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

    That's crazy, sorry. We are paid till we clock
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    LPNs/LVNs: What's Your Specialty?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Surgery.
  13. Marie_LPN, RN

    Help!! Row over sterile trolleys

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to dippy7's topic in Operating Room

    Um, help, what's a trolley? A tretcher? A
  14. Marie_LPN, RN

    What is OR nursing all about?

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

    Link: What's your typical day like as an OR
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    new grad RN - WHAT's a typical day like in the OR?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to badtz143's topic in Operating Room

    Link: What's your typical day like as an OR
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    Surgical &/or Operating Room Nurse

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to BERMY-dmg's topic in Operating Room

    Ok, does that mean you're an
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

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

    Really the only ampules dealt with in our OR are for the epidural trays and and a few of the meds that the MDAs use. Everything else is in a vial, so scrubs never have to use
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    The Today Show

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

    This makes
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    How do you develop thick skin?

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

    I remember the first time a surgeon started yelling directly at me about a scope that wasn't working right, THEN he started in with the words "stupid" and "incompetant" and i told him the truth...
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    Ampules still being used, Ouch!

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

    I always use a filter straw/needle to draw up from an
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    "Just" a 2-year degree

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

    My point is that you can keep adding a year onto a degree and it still wouldn't be enough to some
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    Feeling no support from my husband at all...

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Husbandectomy
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    The Today Show

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

    AMEN!!
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    What's YOUR favorite specialty area?

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

    Surgery Yes. Did OR rotation in clinical in school, that's when i knew what i wanted to do. + Learning new things, meeting new people, problem solving, cool tools (we have an irrigating gun...
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    "Just" a 2-year degree

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

    And then that'll "just" be a three-year degree to some people. And so