kate1114

kate1114 has 10 years experience and specializes in NICU, PICU, MNICU.

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1. Nursing Musicians?

   kate1114 replied to jackothedrummer1's topic in General Nursing

   If you change that to an instrumentalist, then you have my story I absolutely loved music and wanted to have a music career, but always had this nagging doubt in the back of my mind that it wasn't for me. I also kept wondering about nursing, but kep...

2. Quit my job (again)...

   kate1114 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

   I think you're doing the right thing. It's not worth putting your licensure at risk!

3. Duoderm on blisters?

   kate1114 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am fairly new to the adult world, and in my NICU experience, we used duoderm mostly for beginning stages of skin breakdown or for facial protection to anchor OG tubes and such. Recently I've seen a few patients come to the ICU with duoderm on heel ...

4. Is there ANY reason for Experienced nurses to be Rude to New Nurses??

   kate1114 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   Well obviously it was a tremendous priority since she waited almost 12 hours to give the med (sorry, can't find the "rolling eyes" smiley!). There are rude people in every profession. I think we just take it to heart more than most. It sounds like ...

5. Going To Nursing School

   kate1114 replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

   I say you should focus on your primary area, but be very open minded about others. I thought I would love L&D, but it wasn't a great experience and I found that I liked other areas more, particularly NICU and peds. I thought I would never work ...

6. Trouble c accents at work?

   kate1114 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   I love this quiz! Pinpointed me exactly, as I'm a "Midlander", which explains why all my Midwestern colleagues keep telling me I don't sound like I'm from Texas Gave the quiz to my husband.... pegged my Texas boy as a Northerner! But he explained...

7. Trouble c accents at work?

   kate1114 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   I also lived in the Dallas area for quite some time, but spent my childhood in Illinois. I was always asked where I was from because my vowels were "different". And I am caucasian. I think it has more to do with the Texas-centric attitude than anythi...

8. any comment?

   kate1114 replied to unwanted RN's topic in General Nursing

   IMHO, this sounds like a bit of an abusive situation, since your husband is effectively controlling your environment. If he controls your ability to work, then he also controls your ability to care for yourself and your children. I have a somewhat s...

9. Generational Differences: kindly share your opinion/experience

   kate1114 replied to yuuki's topic in General Nursing

   Generational Differences 1. What generation do you belong to? Traditionalist (born between 1925-1945) Baby Boomers (born between 1946-1960) Generation X (born between 1961-1980) 1971 Millenials (born between 1981-present) 2. How long have you been a ...

10. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    kate1114 replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little conflicted on this one. I would be supportive of a policy for small (30 minutes or less) naps as long as the patient load is assigned to another nurse (like it should be at lunch also) and as long as only one person goes at a time. OTO...

11. Why don't the big boys understand??

    kate1114 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    How frustrating! I see two major problems with his logic: 1. A lot of larger hospitals in larger areas have problems with running out of beds (or staff to work the beds). Many ICUs in large cities go on diversion because of these reasons. It wasn'...

12. First Med Error

    kate1114 replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree. Also, to the OP, I don't think it looked like you were trying to "make excuses" for your med error, just showing that you had really thought this through and pinpointed where the system went down. I would discuss the issue with ...

13. Thoughts on being a nurse

    kate1114 replied to moyz's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: Congrats on your excellent comeback! That is so incredible! You and your kids should definitely be proud!

14. Thoughts on being a nurse

    kate1114 replied to moyz's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite thing has to be making a difference in people's lives. I know it's cliched, but if I can ease their pain, help them find peace, and advocate for their needs, then I really feel like I have made a difference and that helps me feel good. ...

15. there's got to be a place for me...?

    kate1114 replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have the opportunity to shadow another nurse for a while? I've done this before in an ER setting and I am currently arranging this for a friend who is considering a move from NICU to an adult ICU. I chose this adult ICU because it has a good...