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    Full time or part time orientation

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

    Where i work, full time status is required for 2 years (for the OR that is). But ALSO, our full-time is considered 32 hours. Since different facilities do things different ways, might want to call...
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    Diabetic Pet Peeves

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to bjs54321's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Sometimes it takes awhile just to find that program. Till then it helps to have an open mind on what works and what
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    How did you hear about allnurses.com?

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

    Came across it back in 2000 when i was comparing nursing schools. Lurked until June 2003, after my first year of LPN
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    Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

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

    I'd tell the person doing it to stop. If they didn't or they argue agaisnt it, i would let them know that security is just a phone call away, and that it was all for the prevention of harming a
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    Can I Have time to enjoy being a LPN?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to sxyrn2b08's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Completely understandable. Quite honestly, they're being nosey, and then their question is really another way of saying "why wouldn't you do things the way I
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    Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    If you're not scrubbed, then they don't have to be worn the whole time, just while x-rays are being
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Part of what made info sink in better is having to find it myself, not for someone to feed me the
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    Verbal abuse in the OR

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

    Luckily where i work they do take a look at it. If the facility you work for brushes it off, time to find a new job. Not that long ago, i had a surgeon throw a dry lap at me, you heard the plastic...
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    What do patients say that irks you?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh i agree. My personal favorites are the ones that talk VERY loudly to non-English speaking pts. IN English, like the volume is suddenly going to make them
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    Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

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

    Well, this is really not private when they are parading it at work. And if my pts. are asking about it, it just became my business and my problem. That's when i would
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    Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For what's in the best interest of the pt. However, an order from an MD, and he DON and SS should be involved in this, since you never know when this person might accused someone hold him down as...
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    why LPN?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to L&D's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Part of what made me annoyed by it (aside from the semi-obvious rudeness of it) is hearing it SEVERAL times. Best answer i used "I'm doing what's best for ME" emphasis on the
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    Pt refused to leave!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've experienced quite the opposite. If i hear "I have insurance, it pays your all's wage" one more time, i'll have bald
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention "i'll do what i want" is a scary response about putting a hand in a sharps
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Just because someone disrespects you doesn't mean you have to give the same crap back to them (and make a situation worse). Doesn't mean kissing their rear either. Being the adult in a situation is...
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily. Either person shouldn't have gotten that kind of response
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed.
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    made a big mistake in clinical.... now what?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    It was a fellow classmate, not a
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    Do you regret being a nurse

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    No, i do
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    age of an OR nurse?

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

    I agree with the lifting. We have a 640 pound pt. earlier this month.
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    Skirts in the OR

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

    Ours have the knit cuff at the bottom. The docs do
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    Any benefit to Medical Assisting or Scrub Tech?

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to cindy0624's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The onyl problem i could see with the CST one is that you might not be able to work as a CST while going to nursing school, because there's not many OR jobs that offer very flexible
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    Does My Forehead Say "I AM A Door Mat--Walk All Over ME!"?

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

    "Speak up, please, and i wouldn't have to ask for you to repeat youself. Now, how many Percocet?" Not a comeback, but it's the truth
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    Pt refused to leave!

    Marie_LPN, RN replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Kinda makes you think, though, of that old saying that you have to have a license to drive a car, but not to have
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    Disrespecting the cadavers

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

    Thanks for the support, 'preciate it. I don't care what dept. it is or who's doing it, it's wrong no matter