Marie_LPN, RN LPN, RN

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

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    A Father's Tears

    This story would be a great
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    Robotic nurse to replace OR nurse

    Wonder if this robot will know the slang terms some of the docs use for the instruments? Maybe it was just for demonstration purposes but it seems like that thing moved so slow, it would add time to...
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    y'all ain't going to believe this one!!

    The nurse marks the site where you
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    Question for OR nurses

    There are some hospitals that require it but not all of them do. Plenty of new grads came straight form school to the OR and have done just
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    Question for OR nurses

    Taking call is being "on call." For example, the hospital i work for has no night shift, it is call time. Where i work, one night call a week is required. So let's say i'm on call tomorrow night....
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    Question for OR nurses

    Not every place is like that,
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    We Are Twisted?

    LOL!!!!!
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    I hear this a lot at work. Funny how when someone says this to the supervisor, she changes the
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    Discussing grades with classmates?

    My grades, my business. Luckily no one asks, but if they did, i just say "i passed" or "i got the grade i expected." Those aren't really statements that people can grill
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    And both have their very important roles, which is care of the pt. Since computer charting does take more time, i feel that time is taken away from the pt. That never has sat right with
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    Considering what all our circulating RNs do where i work, i don't see how places can have a tech circulate, since quite a few of the tasks the RN does are not within a tech's scope of practice for...
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    Asking for referral to pain clinic: nervous.

    Simply ask the doc "What do you think about pain clinics for my problem?" and go from there. If he gets offended because you are exploring all options where your health is concerned, that's his...
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    Jenny McCarthy and autism

    Jenny McCarthy was also featured in People magazine. Maybe i missed it but i didn't see mention of her son's autism severity
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    Do you report other nurses often?

    YET.....
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    PACU slogan

    I like 'wake up with someone who
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    A Father's Tears

    My husband and i thank you for sharing this story.
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    If you don't mind me asking....

    Twenty-seven.
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    Fracture tables

    We have the Chick tables as well. What i wouldn't give to be able to send those things flying down the road. If i find any info on somehting better i'll post it here.
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    RN's rarely scrub??

    Legally?
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    What you wish they knew....

    That i'll never ever understand how someone can have genital piercings, yet be afraid of an IV needle. I'll never ever understand
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    Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

    It's hard to put the shoes and the cleavage in the same
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    Any Lpn's that would never become a RN?

    If it wasn't for wanting to teach A and P someday, i'd stay right where i
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    What you wish they knew....

    It's a hospital, not a hotel. I am a nurse, not the
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    Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

    I know M*A*S*H
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    Unrealistic steriotypes of medicine on TV

    This is why i don't watch any medical dramas. I find way too many flaws. Except M*A*S*H. For some reason that one doesn't bother