Marvie

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  1. Tips for new nurses to protect license

    Marvie replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ALWAYS be aware of what you can and cannot do. Know what your scope of practice is and do not go beyond it. Always utilize the "rights"...you know, right patient, right drug, right amount, right...

  2. Any Deaf, Hard of hearing Nurses?

    Marvie replied to Marvie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Amen to that

  3. Deaf Student Nurses

    Marvie replied to Milar's topic in General Students

    Good golly, miss mollie- I am an RN who is profoundly deaf and wears 2 BTE aids and I work in the OR. I would like to address the comment about breath and bowel sounds. Ya know sometimes I can tell...

  4. Any Deaf, Hard of hearing Nurses?

    Marvie replied to Marvie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I sooooo love your perspective! What areas in Nursing did you and do you work? What response did you give those "can't do" people? I would love to chat with you

  5. Nurses with double vision or other vision problems?

    Marvie replied to mcknis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Well yes, several nurses have vision problems. I myself have double vision, nystagmus, myopia, and I am deaf. You should go to the forum of nurses with disabilities on this web page. You will find...

  6. What happens if you leave a sponge?

    Marvie replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Operating Room

    Yup, seen it in real life. It really was a moment that felt like a giant purple elephant just entered the OR. It was during a breast aug. the scrub nurse and I did a count when the doc placed the...

  7. Any Gordon Students Out There??

    Marvie replied to RN4life#1's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I graduated Gordon College 2002. But Not living in Georgia anymore. Congrats to ya. Long live Mrs.

  8. Is nursing defined as a profession, practice or simply as work?

    Marvie replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I personally do not have the answer to that question, but it is important for nurses to be active in the political discussions because things like that do affect their job and role in the world.We...

  9. Is nursing defined as a profession, practice or simply as work?

    Marvie replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In a brief comment: Work= anyone walking off the street applying for a job position and possibly being hired. Practice=A habit, drill, or training excersize like someone taking a short course, getting...

  10. Any Deaf, Hard of hearing Nurses?

    Marvie replied to Marvie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I believe that we as nurses who have hearing limitations can be a revolutionary voice to make changes in this world and in the medical field. I believe that all of us should be more political and...

  11. Hard of hearing/deaf nursing students or nurses?

    Marvie replied to Black Jade's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I wanted to let you know that I am an RN who works in the OR and I am profoundly deaf bilaterally, wear 2 BTE, sign and lipread, and speak well. My loss is genetic and progressive and my employer...

  12. Nurses who are deaf, partial hearing loss?

    Marvie replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, msdobson, that is certainly a very rude thing to

  13. Any Deaf, Hard of hearing Nurses?

    Marvie replied to Marvie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Welcome, love to chat with you. I am happy to hear about your getting into the nursing program,

  14. Hearing impaired RN wants to work but------

    Marvie replied to stilquilty's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Well, I may be a tad late in replying but.... I am an RN who is considered profoundly deaf, wear 2 BTE aids, can lip read, speak, and sign ASL. I work FT as an operating room nurse both as circulator...

  15. Deaf Nursing?

    Marvie replied to Alcomedicism's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Well, not only is this possible but it occurs many places. I am an RN who has and currently is working in the OR and I am profoundly HOH. My level is 95 in left ear and 110 in the right. I wear 2 BTE...

  16. What exactly is conscious sedation?

    Marvie replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you are talking about Propofol, then RN's should not administer this drug because it is out of their scope of practice. It is recommended that only those who are anesthesiologists be the ones to...

  17. new to the site

    Marvie replied to nurseLori's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hello to all, I was born in Portland but when I was 2, I was moved to the Philippines to grow up. I came back to OR when I was 14 yrs old and then traveled due to the work I used to do. I have been...

  18. Gordon College

    Marvie replied to Nursing_4_Me's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I attended Gordon's Nursing program, graduated 2002. If you just do the very best you can, then that's all you can do. As far as the compass test, I also had to take it because I had been out of...

  19. Turnover times...

    Marvie replied to ShirleyM's topic in Operating Room

    Boy o boy am I ever jelouse! I worked in a facility where I had to pre-op my surgical patients, open the case and as my scrub person stayed in the room and set up, got the patient, hooked up the...

  20. How do I wear this?

    Marvie replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, when I graduated from my nursing class we didnt have any caps. We did get pins though. I didnt think they made caps anymore due to the inability of keeping it "clean and sterile". WOW, an...

  21. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Marvie replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I have read several studies that mention shoe covers and scrubs, etc.... AORN has had one such study that showed that the level of germs on the floors were not any different with or without shoe...

  22. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Marvie replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you NA? I am curious because I am and I do not find many nurses who are. Would like to chat with you

  23. artifical nails off..angry nurse

    Marvie replied to Lady Sapphire's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If you claim to NEVER put your patients at risk, them have the lab culture under your acrylic nails and then when you get the results back, then you can act like a primma donna who is indignant of...

  24. Stupid People Award

    Marvie replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Actually, three real life stories from the OR. First one, I had a case where all I was informed about was it was the removal of foreign object. Turned out to be a small rodent in some guy's rectum-...

  25. Any new grads start in OR?

    Marvie replied to Chrislynn2003's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, how quickly this conversation turned. First of all, I would like to address one thing- the OR techs do NOT do all the work in the OR. In the or where I work, it's the RN who opens the room,...