catiern

catiern has 29 years experience and specializes in cardiac, M/S, home health.

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1. Calling a doctor question.

   catiern replied to iwashere's topic in General Nursing

   Calls from hospitals now go to husband's cell, but occasionally, we still get calls at home. I appreciate knowing who is calling and more importantly, from which facility, b/c he has priv. at 2 hospitals and a couple of surgery centers as well. Makes...

2. LPN vs. RN

   catiern replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

   First and foremost, LPN's ARE real nurses. One big factor in choosing to become an LPN first is purely financial. One can pay off the RN program by working p/t as an LPN through a pool (which usually pays higher). Also, having the LPN gives you a "le...

3. What does it take to earn respect?

   catiern replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   Now I understand. Now I am outraged for you! What a foolish, foolish, foolish doctor! He didn't even have the benefit of eye-balling the patient, and as we know, after being a nurse for about a thousand years, these "gut feelings" are often based on ...

4. What does it take to earn respect?

   catiern replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry to hear about this. Curious about what "patient care issue" you wanted guidance on? The reason I ask is not to excuse any inappropriate behavior on the part of the doc, or to somehow shift any of the "blame" to you, but to clarify whether this ...

5. Thinking of dropping my RN-BSN program

   catiern replied to ORoxyO's topic in General Nursing

   I was 31 y.o. when I thought I was finally done with school. A couple of years back, after about a 15 year hiatus from school) I enrolled in an RN-MSN program (on-line) and I am struggling in even completing the BSN portion. I have found that I would...

6. Should I or should I not have my own personal nursing liability insurance???...

   catiern replied to Queen2u's topic in General Nursing

   The only time I ever had to defend a "named" nurse in a med-mal case is when she had insurance. It is insanity for the facility to "throw you under the bus" since that would be admitting negligence on its part as the employer. The decision to purchas...

7. Am I making the right decision?

   catiern replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

   As someone who's worked in numerous LTC's, both as an RN and as a supervisor, as well as in acute hospitals, I can tell you right now that as a relatively new nurse, you will probably be more overwhelmed on a typical med/surg unit (although the orien...

8. CCRN looking towards JD

   catiern replied to Dontknowwhattodo's topic in Legal

   I got my RN while in law school through Excelsior (Regent's College back then). I was already an LPN though, because I went to a free program after getting my BA in English Lit. Worked p/t during college as a CNA, b/c I was pre-med for awhile. Workin...

9. Healthcare professionals using insulting language

   catiern replied to cayenne06's topic in General Nursing

   As a firm believer in the right to free speech, I never-the-less have to agree that certain words carry consequences. Case in point--my 9 year old daughter started saying "that's so gay". She picked this up in school and had no idea that this "short ...

10. Just got a DUI. Need info/help.

    catiern replied to somepartsam's topic in Criminal

    Take a deep breath and do not panic. Depending on what county you were arrested, a good lawyer may be able to get your case dismissed. As for the most "practical" advice I can give you, when you hire a lawyer, make sure you find out about him/her on ...

11. "Just" an LPN

    catiern replied to lgail's topic in LPN/LVN

    I have to echo the sentiment expressed by most here--i.e., an LPN/LVN is a nurse, just as an RN is a nurse. I've had experiences with excellent LPN's as well as RN's and some not so good LPN's and RN's. I find it annoying that some nurses feel the ne...

12. Scared of MD

    catiern replied to tamari07's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry this happened to you. It seems like you may need some time off from this abusive person. Would it be possible for you to ask your NM to assign this particular MD's patients to other nurses for the time being? In the mean time, perhaps taking a ...

13. Do I need a BSN or will a MSN do?

    catiern replied to DisneybearRN's topic in New Nurse

    Hi "Disneybear", I got your private message the other day, but cannot reply (b/c I have not posted 15 replies on the boards??) If you want to send me your e-mail address through the private message, I will be more than happy to answer any questions r...

14. Excelsior College MSN Degree Graduates

    catiern replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi M. Spouse, Yes, WGU is accredited by CCNE (EC is accredited by NLN) as far as their nursing programs go--both are "good" for nursing programs. WGU is also accredited by the appropriate regional accr. body (as is EC). As far as how much time was ne...

15. Excelsior College MSN Degree Graduates

    catiern replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi Mr. Silly, I switched to WGU. Before formally withdrawing from all my EC classes and enrolling at WGU, I asked them about a millions times if I would need to post something on a weekly basis, etc. So far, so goo at WGU (my 6 month term started on ...