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    just got hired into the OR- any tips?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in Operating Room

    Here is from the patients point of view: I am assuming you are talking about the OR itself. Meet the patient before you are in the OR if allowable. Let them know what you will be doing for them, in a...
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    Pediatric ER

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to fhgrl123's topic in Pediatric

    And it is SO sad when they do not care. I think have seen it once, though since I was a patient I do not know all the circumstances. But it was a 2 year old alone on a neuro floor, all the time. I...
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    "A BP of 70/30 is normal"

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I can not speak on the medical aspects of this situation but I am sorry tiger. I hope next time you work your day is
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    Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    There has only been ONE person who has been able to tell me I need to loose weight without offending me. It was my surgeons nurse who I have known since I was 4 and she told be a few months ago (at...
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    Treatment for Infiltrated IV's

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    When mine gets infiltrated they usually pull it out and then put a warm pack on it. They then try to get one in another
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    Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    I will tell on my self. When I was about 10 (I was a very stupid child) I shoved chewed paper in my ear. Had a very bad ear ache...mom thought it was an infection, took me to the doc on call doc had...
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    Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    he will never live that
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    Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    re the artificial eye....i would never dream of putting mine down
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    Family Visitation in the PACU

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to smidgen21's topic in PACU

    Where I am a patient (a children's hospital) if it is a small child the parent is brought before the child is awake, so that there is a farmiliar face when they do wake up. For me (a 20 year old) they...
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    What Part Of Low Lights Minimal Stimulation Do You Not Understand!!!!

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to sarahbellum's topic in General Nursing

    There is a student who just graduated from the college where I am a student. We are a Christian college. She keeps saying to me that I just need to let her pray over me and I will be healed of my...
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    Contact in children's hospitals in the Boston areas

    lpnstudentin2010 posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I have posted here before about the fact that I want to be a child life specialist. I need to do 100 volunteer hours to get into grad school. If anyone on here works in a children's hospital or a peds...
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    Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I feel bad for
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    Noticing a trend here

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am
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    Noticing a trend here

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This site has been an in valuable use to me as a patient. It has helped me gain a deeper respect for nurses, and also helped me feel comfortable doing things like using my call bell for pain meds,...
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    Ritalin Use in Preschoolers?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    One of my doctors tried to diagnose me when I was 2. My parents left his care. Then when I was in 6th grade I did get diagnosed, and my parents were mad I did not get diagnosed sooner.
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    Pre-op Phone calls who does them?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking of day surgery. Yes at my hospital it is done the way you just mentioned if it is inpatient surgery. If it is day surgery you just get a
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    Pre-op Phone calls who does them?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    When I receive the calls it is an RN. And sometimes that person is then your pre-op nurse to, but that may be
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    WORST Hospital EVER.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the same situation with my primary care doc. When I go and see her she treats me like nothing is really wrong. I have Neurofibromatosis, which is classified as a progressive disorder. I have...
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    Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    poor guy...that would be horrible to have happen. but o man is it funny to us since it wasnt us.
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    Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    as a patient the only time i pull the "i need my nurse" card is when i need to pee or something like that which i do not wish to announce to the whole world, which i would need her for anyway to...
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    I want her fired!!!!

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I was embarrassed by my parents but the only times they have freaked were: 1. After one of my surgeries my incision was across the top of my head from ear to ear and my roommate was always...
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    Do you start your own IVs?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think that. :wink2: I understand that sometimes multiple sticks are needed. I always tell nurses I am a hard stick. Cuz I am. The last time I needed one they tried 3 times then had to go to my...
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    Medical Terms Patients Have Misunderstood

    lpnstudentin2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    As patients we sometimes misunderstand terms that you guys as medical profesionals use. I am sure there are some funny stories of these misunderstandings. My story. A few months ago I was having an...
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    Medical Terms Patients Have Misunderstood

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Thing is she was not talking to me. She was talking ABOUT me on the phone to another one of my doctors with me sitting there.
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    Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of my teachers in college works at a psychiatric facility (I am a psych major). She told me some stories of people who have MILD anxiety (she classified it as such). These people do not want to...