orrnlori

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  1. count sheet

    orrnlori replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    As a matter of fact, just this past Monday, I spent a good long time recounting and carefully looking through 210 Raytecs and then was forced to sift through a bucket with about 1 1/2 gallons of...

  2. lpn-rn...same difference

    orrnlori replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    I find this, as well as all arguments concerning higher education to exist in most areas. I belong to several higher education internet boards that I visit nearly everyday. And always, ALWAYS, there...

  3. lpn-rn...same difference

    orrnlori replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you my Kentucky friend. Yes, I didn't have time to surf the net last night looking for the info for this poster. I figured that if he/she was truly interested and scholarly, he/she would find...

  4. lpn-rn...same difference

    orrnlori replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    I thought this one would pop up in the old BSN v ADN argument. I read a very detailed analysis of this study. Seems they made some very statistically invalid

  5. lpn-rn...same difference

    orrnlori replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Before wholeheartedly putting forth this study you need to research it a little more. It has been pretty well

  6. count sheet

    orrnlori replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    Two weeks ago we had an MVA crash through the OR, shattered pelvis, open head, liver and spleen lacs, both femurs fractured. The surgeons refused to wait while we finished the counts, they packed her...

  7. lpn-rn...same difference

    orrnlori replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the very very best nurses I've known have been LPN's. What a shame some feel the need to denegrate such a fine group of nurses. LPN's you have my everlasting appreciation for all your

  8. Blowing the Curve and Classmate Hostility (Long)

    orrnlori replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    Yes, there's book smarts and life smarts. The lucky among us have a little of both. I went to nursing school with two girls who seemed to breeze through the book stuff, no problem, blew the curves...

  9. Strange and overwhelming, but good day!

    orrnlori replied to lilbiskit78's topic in General Nursing

    I was a class officer and also President of Phi Theta Kappa my last year of nusing school. Congratulations! It's nice to be

  10. Mask/goggles question

    orrnlori replied to AmyLiz's topic in General Nursing

    If you can get the full face shield that works off a head band, its a good one to use. If you can't get that then do this: Tie the top tie snug but not tight, pinch it over your nose and then apply...

  11. count sheet

    orrnlori replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    Yes. Especially if the patient is unstable. They will go for the xray before they will wait for the

  12. count sheet

    orrnlori replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, I work in a large teaching hospital that's also a level one trauma center. We also many times have large, as in absolutely huge, patients. During traumas with multiple services involved it's...

  13. Nurse Pay

    orrnlori replied to curveball's topic in General Nursing

    The pay is all over the place. It just depends on where to live, what specialty you work in, what hours you are willing to put up with, what benefits you are willing to forgo, what your level of...

  14. One simple question...

    orrnlori replied to *nervousguy*'s topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean by surgical nurse? Are you talking RNFA or

  15. Nurse Change to Doctor

    orrnlori replied to Chibi Baka's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, an NP will make good money and many times have good hours. It is probably closer to medicine, the only other nursing job I can think of that is as close is CRNA, both basically do skills that...

  16. Planning for my future career in nursing...

    orrnlori replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I work 9am to 6:30 pm 4 days a week. It's a schedule made in heaven. No

  17. Planning for my future career in nursing...

    orrnlori replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    It would depend on the hospital. I have nursing students, we also have high school students who come in through some community or school programs. You'd just have to ask. I would recommend a...

  18. Planning for my future career in nursing...

    orrnlori replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I love the OR. One patient at a time (who is asleep). No families. One team doing one job together. Doctors treat us good because they NEED us. The day has a beginning and end. The procedures...

  19. Planning for my future career in nursing...

    orrnlori replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I too think you need to get your RN first before assuming you want to be a NP. It may seem you are going backwards by getting your ADN, but you really aren't. There are accelerated RN-MSN programs...

  20. Nurse Change to Doctor

    orrnlori replied to Chibi Baka's topic in General Nursing

    I see you are 17. If you think you want to be a doctor then go straight for it. Don't go around the hill by way of nursing. I do work with a couple doctors who were nurses first, both are eye...

  21. As a BSN student in clinicals it seems like many floor nurses are "mean spirited".

    orrnlori replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    Hard as I might, I just can't quite agree with this horizontal violence and oppression theory that is being taught. To me it just excuses the actions of people who are basically unable to be decent...

  22. Need interviewing advice!

    orrnlori replied to wilbur1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised you aren't interviewing at the hospital where you've been a ST for the last 6 years. Seems that would be a shoe in for you. Our ST's who become nurses just continue on in the OR as a...

  23. As a BSN student in clinicals it seems like many floor nurses are "mean spirited".

    orrnlori replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen nursing students taken advantage of by CNA's who consider it a day off when students are on the floor. I've also heard nurses state they are not there to teach students (and I work in a...

  24. New Grad in OR?

    orrnlori replied to prairiegirl's topic in Operating Room

    In our university hospital we hire nursing students to be PCT's and anesthesia techs in the OR. It't the best way I know of to get your foot in the door of the

  25. My best friend in nursing school was ordered to terminally sedate a stroke patient.

    orrnlori replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    Uh......I think this post was in jest, was it