topkat ADN, RN

topkat has 37 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in NICU, DC planning, Neurosurgery, Inf Dis.

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1. Certification Renewal...need advise please

   topkat replied to topkat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Thank you for your comment. I have been taking these assessments for many years. I'm just beginning to feel a little "out of the loop" as time goes

2. Certification Renewal...need advise please

   topkat posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hello fellow NICU nurses. I worked NICU for about 17 years. During that time I sat for my Low Risk Neonatal nursing certification thru NCC. Since 1997 I have only worked intermittently. The last time...

3. UT Arlington ABSN Online Program Spring 2018

   topkat replied to lindachinda1's topic in University of Texas Arlington

   I would like to be added to your group. I'm going for my BSN after 37 years as an ADN. wish me luck!!! email address:

4. Families can now call the code team

   topkat replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   We have had it at our hospital for about 18 mths and I have noticed a much lower incidence of pt's coding. I haven't heard anything negative regarding family members abusing this

5. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

   topkat replied to BaRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I've had people actually ask me " so why don't you go back to school and become a Dr.?" like that makes me second rate....I love nursing....I have been able to re-create myself over my 28 years in...

6. Crocs banned :(

   topkat replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   why did your facility ban them??? if you don't mind me

7. Enraged (venting)

   topkat replied to andhow5's topic in Emergency

   too bad the OP didn't have the tazer available in the CT scanner..although it sounds like this guy was so blitzed he probably didn't care or had so much "anesthesia" already on board he couldn't feel...

8. "I'm NOT going to support his habit...." LONG

   topkat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

   I went to a seminar on acute pain mgmt. It had some good ideas for guidelines on treating chemically dependent patients. Here is an excerpt: " Pain Mgmt Guidelines Periods of acute illness often...

9. surgical prep shave vs clip???

   topkat replied to topkat's topic in Infectious Disease

   thanks augigi...I did find one article on the CDC

10. surgical prep shave vs clip???

    topkat posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I work for a Neurosurgeon that has always shaved the scalp in preparation to perform a craniotomy. Our Infection Control dept. has sent an article to me regarding the controversy surrounding this......

11. other than bedside nusing?

    topkat replied to kelisehunter's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the other posters.....I look at nursing as a "calling"...when I first went to nsg school in 79 it was all I ever wanted to do from that point on....26 1/2 years later, I'm still in love...

12. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    topkat replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, but they do a pain assessment every 24 hours??? doesn't that seem a little over the top??? maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see it as needed that often for a neonate. and we do use a modified...

13. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    topkat replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I have a little different slant to this issue. Since it has been decided that assessing the pain of EVERY patient is paramount, we have added a variation of the pain scale to our neonates. Now,...

14. pacify or orientate? Alzheimers...

    topkat replied to Lfransis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My Dad is in the early stages of Alzheimer disease. My Mother suffered a mild stroke and has been in a nsg home for the past couple of weeks. He has done a couple of things that made absolutely no...

15. 75 Questions within 2 hours

    topkat replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

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