topkat ADN, RN

topkat has 37 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in NICU, DC planning, Neurosurgery, Inf Dis.

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1. Certification Renewal...need advise please

   topkat replied to topkat's topic in NICU

   Thank you for your comment. I have been taking these assessments for many years. I'm just beginning to feel a little "out of the loop" as time goes on....

2. Certification Renewal...need advise please

   topkat posted a topic in NICU

   Hello fellow NICU nurses. I worked NICU for about 17 years. During that time I sat for my Low Risk Neonatal nursing certification thru NCC. Since 1997 I have only worked intermittently. The last time I actually worked has been well over 10 years. I h...

3. UT Arlington ABSN Online Program Spring 2018

   topkat replied to lindachinda1's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I would like to be added to your group. I'm going for my BSN after 37 years as an ADN. wish me luck!!! email address: [email protected]

4. Families can now call the code team

   topkat replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   We have had it at our hospital for about 18 mths and I have noticed a much lower incidence of pt's coding. I haven't heard anything negative regarding family members abusing this either...

5. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

   topkat replied to BaRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I've had people actually ask me " so why don't you go back to school and become a Dr.?" like that makes me second rate....I love nursing....I have been able to re-create myself over my 28 years in nursing....if I feel like I've done all I can in one ...

6. Crocs banned :(

   topkat replied to styRN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   why did your facility ban them??? if you don't mind me asking....topkat

7. Any clinical research nurses out there?

   topkat replied to Researchnurse's topic in Research

   thanks for the advice...I'm hoping to keep my same pay...the place I work at is not very competitive in the nursing job market....topkat

8. Any clinical research nurses out there?

   topkat replied to Researchnurse's topic in Research

   Hope you're still out there..that was a pretty old post...I am applying for a CRC position in central Tx. I anticipate I will work with numerous docs on various research projects. I'm excited and a little scared...some of these posts are talking ab...

9. Enraged (venting)

   topkat replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

   too bad the OP didn't have the tazer available in the CT scanner..although it sounds like this guy was so blitzed he probably didn't care or had so much "anesthesia" already on board he couldn't feel it....hope the OP is working thru this..best wishe...

10. "I'm NOT going to support his habit...." LONG

    topkat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a seminar on acute pain mgmt. It had some good ideas for guidelines on treating chemically dependent patients. Here is an excerpt: " Pain Mgmt Guidelines Periods of acute illness often represent opportunities for meaningful intervention in ...

11. surgical prep shave vs clip???

    topkat replied to topkat's topic in Disease

    thanks augigi...I did find one article on the CDC website!!

12. surgical prep shave vs clip???

    topkat posted a topic in Disease

    I work for a Neurosurgeon that has always shaved the scalp in preparation to perform a craniotomy. Our Infection Control dept. has sent an article to me regarding the controversy surrounding this... Question: "In 1996, convinced by an operating room...

13. are "fake nails" okay for nurses?

    topkat replied to Ruffles's topic in General Nursing

    3. Cole C. Nail bacteria linked to baby deaths. Available at: http://www.earthchangestv.com/biolog...ilbacteria.htm. Accessed April 1, 2004. I read this article. It doesn't really prove to me that it was the "acrylic nails" that caused the deaths of ...

14. other than bedside nusing?

    topkat replied to kelisehunter's topic in New Nurse

    I agree with the other posters.....I look at nursing as a "calling"...when I first went to nsg school in 79 it was all I ever wanted to do from that point on....26 1/2 years later, I'm still in love with my profession.....nsg isn't for everyone....th...

15. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    topkat replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, but they do a pain assessment every 24 hours??? doesn't that seem a little over the top??? maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see it as needed that often for a neonate. and we do use a modified version of the FLACC scale BTW...topkat