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

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  1. Marie_LPN, RN

    is the nclex too easy?

    Thank you. This was what i'd found in a search, but i didn't want to assume that's where you got it
  2. Marie_LPN, RN

    Older generation vs the Younger Generation! RANT!!!

    Yeah, what you're saying makes perfect sense. Maybe suggesting to the DON provide inservices on how the staff should deal. Not as an attempt to focus even more on CNA or Nurse's hurt feelings, but as...
  3. Marie_LPN, RN

    How do you all feel about volunteers???

    We have GREAT volunteers. Ours have be trained to only ask "do we have everything?" before taking a discharged pt. to their car. This is to avoid the "where's the baby"
  4. Marie_LPN, RN

    Older generation vs the Younger Generation! RANT!!!

    I'm not disagreeing with this, but also, she could be told, and immediately forget, too. It's hard not to take it personally sometimes. Especially if you have the set group of people to take care of...
  5. Marie_LPN, RN

    is the nclex too easy?

    I certainly didn't think it was easy, but here's the strange part: i loved the test. I loved the fact that the majority of my questions were scenario-based, instead of "what is this called, what is...
  6. Marie_LPN, RN

    New Grad here got OR acceptance offer tranining

    Not to mention
  7. Marie_LPN, RN

    road side assistance??????

    Keep the needles capped. (Sorry the visual on that one has me
  8. Marie_LPN, RN

    What happened to Nurses Week?

    So much for that crazy 'teamwork' idea. Next time, i'll just go into work, stomp up and down and pound my fists on the desk until i'm respected. Since my attitude and behavior otherwise have nothing...
  9. Marie_LPN, RN

    What happened to Nurses Week?

    I was very impress with how our hospital treated the night shift and weekenders this year. FRESH catered meals were delived to the floors, AND float nurses took turns giving the NS a full 30 minute...
  10. Marie_LPN, RN

    OR nursing.... "real nursing"

    I think it's a different kind of nursing. Would never think or say that it's not really nursing, i know better than to do that. Same as those that say you always lose your skills or don't use your...
  11. Marie_LPN, RN

    Help!! Any Advice appreciated!

    Getting another doctor. Souns like that one doesn't have his priorities in
  12. Marie_LPN, RN

    road side assistance??????

    I'd refuse
  13. Marie_LPN, RN

    What's the most amazing thing you've seen in the OR?

    A guy that slashed his own throat and lived to tell about it. A man that had a subdural hematoma who was expectred to die, who called 2 days later and said he's doing
  14. Marie_LPN, RN

    tubal reversal and regret it

    Pomeroy Tubal and Reversal Info
  15. Marie_LPN, RN

    nurse not giving her meds.. should she be fired?

    No, because she has yet to receive it.
  16. Marie_LPN, RN

    nurse not giving her meds.. should she be fired?

    SHOULD she be
  17. Marie_LPN, RN

    I'm such a tourist...

    Eat at Abbey Road. During the day if you have
  18. Marie_LPN, RN

    What happened to Nurses Week?

    That has zero to do with what the thread is
  19. Marie_LPN, RN

    What happened to Nurses Week?

    I know exactly what you mean. We have STs that entered in the raffles and contests this year and won. It was supposed to be for nurses. Supposedly this happened throughout the hospital. And...
  20. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical Assistant in Hospital??

    And as Grandma used to say "I could glue fur to my whole body, and attach a long tail and i still wouldn't be a
  21. Marie_LPN, RN

    Medical Assistant in Hospital??

    Oooooo, you're not wasting your time. She's not basically a nurse, she's an MA, big
  22. Marie_LPN, RN

    want to help out a friend BUT.....

    Wonder how this woman would feel if someone were stealing her insulin. She'd probably turn them in. Everyone in that whole situation knows better than to do this for her. What a
  23. Marie_LPN, RN

    Care Plan help please - Nsg Dx for choking??

    As always, think of the most important priority. The first thing that came to mind when i hear choking, i think
  24. Marie_LPN, RN

    are you burnt out too?

    To me it means: A lot of do as i say, not as i do crap. Hearing the phrase "cost cutting" a LOT from the corporate doofi (plural of doofus), while they spend money in the least important areas (like...
  25. Marie_LPN, RN

    are you burnt out too?

    I don't think being burnt out means that somoene's lost their passion for nursing. I'm already burnt out on the politics and pettiness in healthcare. Yes i've been a nurse for 2 years yet i've been...