mmutk

mmutk BSN, RN, EMT-I

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  1. 82 questions into my NCLEX && then THE BLUE SCREEN

    mmutk replied to Mfuentes590's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What is this BLUE SCREEN you speak of? Does it tell you now if you pass when it shuts off? Back when I took the NCLEX it didn't tell you if you passed or failed, has that changed

  2. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    mmutk replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The majority of our surgeons will only hire PAs for thier practice, these staff members also move more easily into the OR without additional certification, where as nurses must obtain thier first...

  3. BSN isn't really needed in TN?

    mmutk replied to JDougRN's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Bottom line is you better start getting it, or expect to work in not well respected hospitals in the near future. In Nashville, at my well respected (non-magnet) hospital we recently terminated all...

  4. MSICU vs trauma ICU?

    mmutk replied to meghan91's topic in MICU, SICU

    In our MICU there are rarely any SWANs or ART lines and other toys that very sick patients carry. I just got board of the ETOH and drug overdoses and routine pneumonia cases in our MICU. I think it's...

  5. Your opinion of the DNP

    mmutk replied to kayceeACNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I guess regardless of your opinion, after 2015 it will be the new standard in NPs. While not required to sit for examination yet, that is coming down the pipeline

  6. MSICU vs trauma ICU?

    mmutk replied to meghan91's topic in MICU, SICU

    I concur, SICU will be much more exciting than MICU (but the patients may have more

  7. Georgetown FNP Program

    mmutk replied to scjeevans's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wish I could have gone to Georgetown, they rejected my application. Said they didn't have a good working relationship with my Board of Nursing

  8. Seattle U - APNI 2013

    mmutk replied to Calinca's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello, When you say earlier that you bombed the interview, what was it like? I haven't interviewed yet for any of my 2013 applications and I am nervous about what to expect for the

  9. DNP/PNP suggestion UofM vs South Alabama Online

    mmutk replied to laurabs24's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I live in Nashville and do allot with Vanderbilt, it is a GREAT program! However your GRE better be top percentages and so had your GPA, good

  10. Hesi

    mmutk replied to firewifeRN's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Our school made us take it at the end but did not require a passing score nor did it affect our grade.... Needless to say I was studying for the NCLEX at that time, so I failed the HESI and made it...

  11. Student loan taking forever to pay off...

    mmutk replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    The Federal student loan forgiveness program was a joke again this year.... The numbers are in for this last year and NELRP received 6,163 eligible applications and only made 756 awards!! What a

  12. Nurse Faculty Loan Program

    mmutk replied to iamaca2000's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Tennessee has a good program if you plan to teach in Tennessee. 60% forgiveness for 2 years, then another 25% after your 3rd year of teaching....

  13. Signed State DNR form no good????

    mmutk replied to llltapp's topic in Emergency

    I wonder where they get the rationale for this, what court case do they refer to where it allows a hospital to override a patient's

  14. Signed State DNR form no good????

    mmutk replied to llltapp's topic in Emergency

    To me also, a patient's wishes should override EVERYTHING. I have had the same type of problem with families. As soon as things go south they start revoking the patient's wishes.

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    mmutk replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I have no problem with people coming in to the ER for what ever the heck they want to, I do have a problem when they don't pay thier

  16. Vodka tampons?!?

    mmutk replied to Christy1019's topic in Emergency

    We are going to have to add that to our triage assesment. Have you dipped any of your tampons into Vodka today before inserting them? If so do you consume more than 5 tampons in a week? If so do you...

  17. Worst doctors orders ever received

    mmutk replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like a girl I would have dated back in the day. "I've had a hysterectomy"..."I'm on birth control"... Ohh how we learn such things aren't

  18. Please for the love of God.............

    mmutk replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    I have written "some pain medicine" on an allergy band before

  19. NS at 125 ml/hr is not an ER order

    mmutk replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    I always found that for some patient's just the psych effects of having that IV infusing makes them feel so much better. I'm with the who cares crowd here, give the fluid if it's ordered. I've got...

  20. Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    mmutk replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have never heard of Propofol on a PCA?! Does anyone else do

  21. In flight Emergency with the proper equipment

    mmutk replied to Robublind's topic in Emergency

    Filter needles, really... Are you an ER

  22. Paramedic or Pre-Hospital RN?

    mmutk replied to djd7101986's topic in Men in Nursing

    Depends on how important money is to you. You will make much more as a nurse (at least down here in the south

  23. Legal question?/ What would you do?

    mmutk replied to Iseeyou_RN's topic in Critical Care

    If the family is present and they are in agreement, generally we honor their wishes. Why did you need the intensivist? I thought you got an order for a DNR couldn't that Md give you further orders if...

  24. Epi-Pen Auto Injector

    mmutk replied to mwboswell's topic in Emergency

    Boswell, Why the question? Is this a developing trend? I can't think of many good reasons why we would need this in the

  25. Should I Maintain EMT-B with new RN?

    mmutk replied to MidnightAzalea's topic in Emergency

    Dam* right you should! I have let my EMTP lapse and am sad everyday. But I do still have my