Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

Corrections, neurology, dialysis

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    Getting Started By Volunteering

    Natkat posted a topic in Research

    I am interested in research nursing. I had a conversation with a retired scientist. She suggested volunteering to work on a research project. Before I approach anyone and make a fool of myself, I...
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    Getting Started By Volunteering

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Research

    Yes I am. I am a dialysis nurse and i like it just fine, but i know i would be happier in an office setting. I love things like charting and doing research, and I am good with computers. Crazy, right?...
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    Not Sure What to Do...Fresenius Nurses?

    Natkat replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Adventures in plumbing made me laugh so hard. Many is the time I came out of the bathroom after hooking up a dialysis machine, drenched from head to toe. Here's a fun tip. Don't wear white scrubs...
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    Dialysis Training Program in the New York City Area

    Natkat replied to Royalty01's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    To the OP, I don't think she was being disrespectful. True, we don't have experience with these training programs directly, but we do have experience as dialysis nurses, and our experience counts for...
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    Tragically idiotic

    Natkat replied to Clementia's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had one the other day that was the worst case of enabling I have ever seen. Man in his mid 50s and Mom hovered over him. He is has diabetes and hypertension which led to renal failure on top of...
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    What were your experiences? (Please Read)

    Natkat replied to Chic88's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    To clarify, you will be graduating with your ADN, not RN. You don't become an RN until you take
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    Toileting during Dialysis

    Natkat replied to Lynx25's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The sad fact is that it is the policy at the dialysis clinic to not toilet patients. The clinic cannot spare staff to do this. The pace is frantic, staff is not authorized to do any lifting, it is an...
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    Is this common? The new face of the ED

    Natkat replied to mariposa311's topic in Emergency

    Why is that? Are you allergic to
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    Travel to Texas?

    Natkat replied to jab3da's topic in Travel

    I'm sorry if I sound naive or uninformed, but why is that? What is bad about having more than one agency shop your resume to a hospital? I'm only working with one agency, but if I work with more than...
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    Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    Natkat replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    No experience is ever wasted. You never know where this job might lead. You never know what job you will have in the future that these skills will transfer well to. Besides, in a few years the...
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    Do men and women go into nursing for different reasons?

    Natkat replied to European's topic in Men in Nursing

    Exactly! I felt bullied by the faculty into trying to admit that I was going into for the wrong reason. Psssh. Get outta town! I got into because by the age of 40 I had not a dime saved for retirement...
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    How do you do a study group?

    Natkat replied to KLBatchelor's topic in General Students

    I didn't do well with study groups. I found that for the most part there was a lot of socializing and goofing off for my taste. I felt that they wasted a lot of my time that could have been spent...
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    People really do ask you for medical advice! Wow...

    Natkat replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    I get throught by not having any expectations. Actually I've become more patient with people over time than I was when I first started nursing. I don't "love" helping people. There is a certain warm...
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    Beth Israel Brooklyn - good, bad, indifferent?

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in New York Nursing

    Since it's a travel nurse position I'm hoping they'll find housing for me somewhere
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    Beth Israel Brooklyn - good, bad, indifferent?

    Natkat posted a topic in New York Nursing

    I am considering a couple of travel assignments in New York. My specialty is dialysis. One of the choices is Beth Israel in Brooklyn (others include Suffern, West Harris and Albany). Anyway, a couple...
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    People really do ask you for medical advice! Wow...

    Natkat replied to tenjuna's topic in General Students

    It's weird how it happens when you're in nursing school, but not so much when you graduate. Maybe it's the "go see your doctor" line that makes it stop. I try my best to not let people know I'm a...
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    Adjunct Faculty a.k.a. 'Academic Sharecroppers'

    Natkat replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I think the term is perfectly fitting for the situation. It's a slap in the face to our educators to be treated this way. This is yet another industry that it is making it increasingly difficult for...
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    Do men and women go into nursing for different reasons?

    Natkat replied to European's topic in Men in Nursing

    Nursing is a job just like any other job. You don't need to be called to it. You need to be trained to do it, then prove that your training was effective, pass the licensing exam, then do your job...
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    Beth Israel Brooklyn - good, bad, indifferent?

    Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in New York Nursing

    Hmmm, well that's something to take into consideration. What's the neighborhood
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    How to get out of dialysis nursing?

    Natkat replied to Marisette's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have all the confidence. I am also ACLS certified. How do I get someone to hire
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    Should a gay male LPN reveal his sexual orientation...

    Natkat replied to LPNTO's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No. Your personal life is nobody's business. I'm a lesbian and wear a wedding ring. People ask me if I'm married and I say "I'm involved" and leave it that. When they start talking to me about my...
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    Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    Natkat replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    To me the issue isn't that I feel superior to a CNA or that they are beneath me in some way. The problem as I see it is whenever I encounter someone who is trying to misrepresent their medical...
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    How to get out of dialysis nursing?

    Natkat replied to Marisette's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Wow. I could have written this post. I am also trying to get out of dialysis. I hate to because I really love my job. It is challenging at times, but for my purposes the good outweighs the bad. The...
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    Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

    Natkat replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    Dumbest complaint I've heard..... "Why do they keep sending me Cheerios? I told them I want Rice
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    Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

    Natkat replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    Because there isn't any medical justification for possibly giving a patient a life-threatening infection for the sake of