kcam213 BSN, RN

kcam213 has 34 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

   kcam213 replied to Kallie3006's topic in Headlines

   You can conduct follow up studies where through selection your control and study group have those variables you are asking about in common... so then you can isolate the factor you are studying. For instance, similar education, similar socioeconom...

2. Elizabeth Warren says doctors, nurses don't treat black women same way as other women

   kcam213 replied to Kallie3006's topic in Headlines

   Imagine your out rage if someone said that your ancestors didn’t really have it that bad… Because those weren’t technically concentration camps… Instead those were facilities create to cohort your race for safety measures. imagine how outraged you wo...

3. RN responsibility--how far do you go in being a first responder?

   kcam213 replied to wannabecnl's topic in General Nursing

   You would be surprised what a trained RN can do in a non facility situation. I was eating in a Mexican restaurant. A lady began choking on (it turns out) a nacho chip. Before I could think it through I was already at the table asking her if she neede...

4. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

   kcam213 replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan

   I have worked at hospitals in the very area you are referring to. 6 pt is the norm. 8 on day shift is high unless you have Lpn or cna/nurse tech working with you.

5. How do you wash your scrubs?

   kcam213 replied to gumby1411's topic in General Students

   Oh gosh!! I do more than half of what you have listed. Everything but the brake pedal. I change at work and have go to work shoes and in the hospital shoes. I think I am most there.... Germophobic. . I wasn't this way until I took micro and had to ...

6. Being Sued / Losing License

   kcam213 replied to Meraki's topic in Professionalism

   The thing about med errors and 5 rights is it can only carry you so far. I gave a narcotic ordered for recovering addicts except it was not intended for my pt. Right drug ordered right pt ordered for right time right route right dose but the DOCTOR...

7. need help with drips and PCU patients

   kcam213 replied to kcam213's topic in MICU

   Thank you for your replies. And the previous poster thanks a bunch. I don't know why I never thought of your titrate logic before! It makes perfect sense. Now I feel more confident. I guess pcu will not have lot of gtts. More like our telmetry unit....

8. need help with drips and PCU patients

   kcam213 posted a topic in MICU

   Hello, I am considering applying for contingent ICU/PCU position. My dilemna: I have 2 years recent MICU/telemetry experience but my ICU was not aggressive. We did not use Swanz or any type of neuro ICU, nor fresh post open hearts. most of my patient...

9. Online classes good enough?

   kcam213 replied to Addy3's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I took my BSN online. It was no trouble. My transcripts or degree do not specify that it was online. I chose a school out of state for my BSN because none were locally available at the time but now many of my local universities offer online courses a...

10. Dream Job Offer - Horrible Pay Offer

    kcam213 replied to DaniLPN2RN's topic in Florida

    Not having every other w/e off would have made this decision even that much easier not to mention the lousy benefits. I forgot about that. Good luck and remember that every nursing experience is valuable. You don't see it now but you will one day se...

11. Dream Job Offer - Horrible Pay Offer

    kcam213 replied to DaniLPN2RN's topic in Florida

    Congratulations on your new job. I had to make a similar choice 16 years ago. I also took a big cut in pay to get hospital job. Because I did not want to get trapped in LTC. To be fair, it is trapped when it is not the focus of nursing that you are ...