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  1. Poll: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?

    lapappey replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Re use of EtOH based sanitizes as a surgical scrub: Was this a clear gel or a white foam? We use the white foam as a surgical scrub, it's been studied multiple times and proven effective as compared...

  2. Epogen and Jehovah's

    lapappey replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Really? I thought that was considered permissible. How about autologous blood donation? I'm pretty sure we've had JWs who did it

  3. Do or nurses do pacu after hours?

    lapappey replied to emmijay's topic in PACU

    I've worked in both and think it's totally inappropriate to pull people from one to the other unless they are completely cross-trained, which is a relative rarity. There is an anesthesia person in...

  4. i am a tall girl - need advice!

    lapappey replied to toadflax's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm 6' 2", the only time this ever presented a problem was when scrubbing with a surgeon who must have been all of 4' 10" and trying to do things like retract or go to the head. No fun. Of...

  5. Disconnecting Swan For Transport?

    lapappey replied to armynurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    How about having to bring ICU patients to the ER for an emergenct CT scan when the regular CT scanner is in use? That makes my day every

  6. Unique ways to state the obvious . . . .

    lapappey replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Actively trying to expire. (Don't you hate it when they passively try to expire?) On more than a social amount of drip. (What would be a social amount?) Bucking the vent. (Ride 'em, cowboy!) I thumped...

  7. Most dreaded Dr.'s orders

    lapappey replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy oh boy. I can clearly remember throwing kelly clamps, scissors, wallet, jewelry, etc. on the floor, running into a scanner which was actively scanning, and starting to bag a patient while an MD,...

  8. Top Ten Reasons to Work an Overtime Shift on the Weekend

    lapappey replied to AmyB's topic in Nursing Humor

    You can gain new skills (housekeeping, unit secretary, patient transport). You can meet your co-worker's S.O.'s (at least talk to them when they answer the phone before they refuse to come in) You can...

  9. What kind of patient would you make????!!!

    lapappey replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a patient--from intake to discharge, with people I know, mind you--I was terrible as far as giving in and letting people take care of me. I hooked myself up to the monitors in the OR ("my"...

  10. What do you do with critical lab values when they are called from the lab dept?

    lapappey replied to pk1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, first, you read it, and then respond with "oh, @#$%" (rhymes with "crit"). Then we would document and call the MD to give a heads up see what they want done, which sometimes is more or less...

  11. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    lapappey replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    Wasn't there a whole thread about this? Some people thought it was disrespectful, some people thought it was

  12. Carotid Endarterectomy

    lapappey replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'll

  13. Any BSN graduates pursuing a a M.D. degree after graduation??

    lapappey replied to nanali's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! If one's desire is for "more (responsibility, autonomy, authority, what have you)" p Nsg school, then NP school is a fantastic option ... a continuation of the RN program, rather than a...

  14. What is a "sitter"?

    lapappey replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I would have lost it at this comment ... at least on the inside. That mentality, I have no tolerance for. You're a better man than I am if you took that

  15. Any BSN graduates pursuing a a M.D. degree after graduation??

    lapappey replied to nanali's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, fair enough. BSN may not be bad aspre-med course but if an MD is what you want there are better ways to get it, IMHO. And I know a couple of RN's (not all BSN's, mind you) who went on to become...

  16. Any BSN graduates pursuing a a M.D. degree after graduation??

    lapappey replied to nanali's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, I just have to disagree with this. BSN is not a pre med course. A good preperation for med school is a thorough liberal arts education with an emphasis on science. A BSN is a professional...

  17. Any BSN graduates pursuing a a M.D. degree after graduation??

    lapappey replied to nanali's topic in General Nursing

    A friend is a dual major in Nursing and Biology, "to keep her options open." Much much much respect to her, she is very smart and does outstandingly well in both, but I'm not so hot on the idea...

  18. "When Anesthesia Fails" on Discovery Health Channel

    lapappey replied to Sarah Kat's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've just started seeing the BIS, or "consciousness monitoring forehead thingy" :chuckle, lately (I'm in the PACU.) It interests me and I'd like to here some anesthetist's prespectives on it. Is it...

  19. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  20. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    lapappey replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    RQS Really Quite

  21. What Freaks You Out?

    lapappey replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Eyes sure are a popular choice! Does anyone on the board work with them regularly or exclusively? Anything to say on the matter?

  22. What Freaks You Out?

    lapappey replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    :chair:

  23. What Freaks You Out?

    lapappey replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of operating rooms to be in, EENT and OMF---count me out. Neuro, I'm okay with, oddly enough, but anything having to do with the face gives me the willies. Give me ex fixes, open long bones...

  24. How do the doctors treat you?

    lapappey replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a B.U.T.H. (Big Urban Teaching Hospital) :chuckle. Most of the doctors are good guys. Some of the surgeons can be obnoxious intra-op but tend to be really good with the family and with...

  25. Nurses make their own drugs???

    lapappey replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    Involves oil of wintergreen if I remember