nurse_flo_marie MSN, RN

nurse_flo_marie has 14 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Geri - Edu - Infection Control - QAPI.

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1. How do you juggle nursing school and living by yourself?

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Kohai's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My advice - stay home! I lived on campus for undergrad (non-nursing) & went home to do laundry & shop for groceries in the fridge. When I graduated and decided to go to nursing school, I moved back home. I was guaranteed a roof over my head...

2. Home health concern

   nurse_flo_marie replied to newgradmadness's topic in Home Health

   My advice is always to check your company's policies & procedures. That being said, does your patient have aggressive behavior often? (Or is this a go-to response by the family) If a patient is a danger to himself or others, they can be "secti...

3. Out of curiousity

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Jighalo20's topic in Student Assist

   I would also inform the professor/instructor because you never know how many students are actually doing this. The faculty need to address the unprofessional action.

4. Scanning meds for refusal

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Job33's topic in General Nursing

   Haha Congrats!

5. Scanning meds for refusal

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Job33's topic in General Nursing

   This is definitely why you should ask for the policy & procedure regarding scanning meds. It's a time-consuming task to scan meds you're not even going to give.

6. Nursing Drug App

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Orion81RN's topic in Lounge

   In practice I use Epocrates & Medscape. I used to use an app called iTriage, but it is no longer supported. It was great to review treatments & diagnostics for certain diagnoses. I loved that it also had a differential diagnosis feature. N...

7. Certifications

   nurse_flo_marie replied to Jf1421's topic in Geriatric

   Google is at your fingertips í ½í¸‰

8. How to do a med pass?

   nurse_flo_marie replied to wandwaving's topic in LPN/LVN

   I've used both the paper MAR & the eMAR. I got into the habit of asking the nurse I received report from who were the diabetics so I checked to see if they needed insulin or fingersticks. The eMARs I've used allow you to sort & filter out c...

9. Is Home Health Aide good experience?

   nurse_flo_marie replied to joanna2019's topic in General Students

   Congrats on being so close to the end of nursing school! I worked in home health during nursing school because it freed up my time to study. I think the advantage techs/PCAs/CNAs who work in facilities have is that they take care of multiple patien...

10. ER to Hospice

    nurse_flo_marie replied to friendlylark's topic in Hospice

    Hmm... that is a tough question to answer. As nurses we hate to think of what we do as part of a business... but it is. In one of my current positions, I'm able to see how non-profits work & what they need to survive. Funding will determine ho...

11. What is it like?

    nurse_flo_marie replied to skyhigh7's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Nursing is a stressful profession. You learn all this information, spend hours studying, and are graded mostly by tests and papers. In order to practice, you have to pass the NCLEX. When you're in practice, you try to do everything by the book &am...

12. New Job Math Test

    nurse_flo_marie replied to brightfutureRN's topic in Career Support

    I agree with Chare! As a nurse, you can't separate med math from drug info. They go hand-in-hand. Good luck!

13. New Job Math Test

    nurse_flo_marie replied to brightfutureRN's topic in Career Support

    Your nursing school didn't require you to purchase a drug guide? Do you use an app to look up meds? It may be more than just a math test. As long as you're comfortable with the math, I wouldn't stress too much. I'm guessing you're probably testin...

14. Resigning well?

    nurse_flo_marie replied to Godsgirl73's topic in Professionalism

    It seems you have a well thought out plan. In most cases 2 wks notice is adequate, unless you're in a management position. You also plan on updating the position's tips manual, which will help the next nurse transition into the role. If the job yo...

15. MA in Kinesiology, interested in nursing

    nurse_flo_marie replied to Jthines03's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the forum! I applied to an Asociates degree nursing program with a Bachelor's in Human Physiology & had a classmate with a Bachelor's in Kinesiology. I think the certifications you have will be helpful if your goal is to go into thos...