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  1. Nurses make their own drugs???

    lapappey replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. I made aspirin in high school AP chemistry. Took it for a headache. Worked like a charm. Would I recommend doing that? No ...

  2. SCD's and TED hose

    lapappey replied to arkierns's topic in General Nursing

    We always, always, always use both. I never really questioned it, but I have actually seen the research that says it's not necessary to. Another sacred cow? Who knows. A lot of surgeons really like...

  3. Clients?

    lapappey replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    I call them "patients", my school calls them "clients". As for "residents" in LTC facilities, every time I see that on this board I think for a couple seconds people are talking about MD's

  4. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Would nurse-bots give up their chairs for docs at the nsg station? Make

  5. Nurses and smoking......

    lapappey replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I think this topic has been covered ad nauseaumin this forum, no? And, yes, I smoke, keeping it to a minimum during work and only during legitimate break times. Many people I work with don't even know...

  6. Anesthesia Techs

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

    Did I read that right? Starting a-lines? What kind of training do these folks have Anesthesia techs at my hospital basically just manage different equipment, set up A-lines (certainly not put them in,...

  7. old skills that we do not use anymore

    lapappey replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Palpation followed up with auscultation is actually not a bad idea, because it guarantees that you won't get caught in an auscultatory gap by inflating the cuff to about 20mmHg more than the palpatory...

  8. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Our O.R. has a nurse who acts as a liason (the position is rotated), it's a fantastic asset. She pokes her head in all the different rooms to see how things are going and then walks down to the family...

  9. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our O.R. has a nurse who acts as a liason (the position is rotated), it's a fantastic asset. She pokes her head in all the different rooms to see how things are going and then walks down to the family...

  10. What does your screenname mean?

    lapappey replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    "laparascopic appendectomy" I guess I just like the way the slang version sounds :) I'm an ex-OR tech & a surgery

  11. What does your screenname mean?

    lapappey replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    "laparascopic appendectomy" I guess I just like the way the slang version sounds :) I'm an ex-OR tech & a surgery

  12. RN's scrubbing in on c/s???

    lapappey replied to LD123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Scrubbing on a C/S is absolutely within a RN's scope of practice. Nurses have been scrubbing long before techs were even on the scene. This argument will not work. However, becoming proficient at...

  13. RN's scrubbing in on c/s???

    lapappey replied to LD123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Scrubbing on a C/S is absolutely within a RN's scope of practice. Nurses have been scrubbing long before techs were even on the scene. This argument will not work. However, becoming proficient at...

  14. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    We have a pet therapy program, but they are specially trained animals, not the patient's own (is that what you are referring to?) but not in ICU, just in Med-Surg and peds ... I personally would be...

  15. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have a pet therapy program, but they are specially trained animals, not the patient's own (is that what you are referring to?) but not in ICU, just in Med-Surg and peds ... I personally would be...

  16. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have a pet therapy program, but they are specially trained animals, not the patient's own (is that what you are referring to?) but not in ICU, just in Med-Surg and peds ... I personally would be...

  17. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Studies show that some alarming percentage of people get their health information from daytime TV. Yeah. I'd say it falls on us to get the word out. However, I'd argue that *SCIENCE REPORTERS* are...

  18. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yep, an article is up there now. Cool. Poking around the website it seems like this is a continuing problem with The Times

  19. Aids

    lapappey replied to Anniekins's topic in General Nursing

    I am certainly under the impression that if one contracts AIDS then one will die of it (including opportunistic infections ... KS, PCP, and what-have-you, as far as I'm concerned that's semantics)...

  20. Own uniforms or hospital scrubs?

    lapappey replied to irehc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hospital-issued scrubs in the OR is IMHO a sacred cow. In the OR that I used to work for (now I work down the hall in PACU), you could either wear your own or the hospital's, most people picked the...

  21. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    LOL.I worked with one who liked to keep up a monologue through the entire operation: about baseball, movies, music, whatever ... and then, without a missing a beat, would ask for something and then...

  22. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And he was a "practicing surgeon", too. Must have had his head so pretty far up his $$$ while

  23. New York Times: Robots can replace nurses!

    lapappey replied to lapappey's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder if the cardiac guys would throw things at "Penelope" if "she" hands them the wrong instrument ... :rotfl: And keeping things like neuro microscopes sterile is a pain in the *** ... how about...

  24. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    A tangentially related story: Parents are allowed to escort their children into the OR after donning "bunny suits", caps and masks. Bad enough, right? (Yes this causes all manner of problems ...) Had...

  25. Family visitation in ICU

    lapappey replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    A tangentially related story: Parents are allowed to escort their children into the OR after donning "bunny suits", caps and masks. Bad enough, right? (Yes this causes all manner of problems ...) Had...