Dr. Kate

Dr. Kate BSN, RN

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  1. Nursing Theory???

    Dr. Kate replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks llg. You're quite right on about what I meant. Nursing is based on and utilizes the hard and soft sciences. But it is not simply a science, it is also an art. Both nursing and medicine...

  2. Nursing Theory???

    Dr. Kate replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    Just an idle recollection that something Roland said triggered: in the dark ages when I went through nursng school (AA) Logic was a required class. It was a pretty universal requirement on the BSN...

  3. Nursing Theory???

    Dr. Kate replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps one of the hardest things in the world to do is to shift directions in the middle of a program. It takes a lot of courage to admit you may just have made a wrong turn in the career decision...

  4. Can I read my own chart?

    Dr. Kate replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    The information contained in the record is yours. The physical record belongs to the healthcare facility and access can be regulated by policy. So, that means you have to abide by the policy of the...

  5. Foreign recruitment of nurses-thoughts?

    Dr. Kate replied to flopmingale's topic in General Nursing

    One reason hospitals offer so much to foreign nurses is they are willing to sign long term contracts. Most American nurses won't do

  6. last minute call in

    Dr. Kate replied to alkat's topic in General Nursing

    True be told there are few alternatives when someone calls in at the last minute. That's why there are set times to call in by. Despite what most staff nurses think, there's not a hospital I know of...

  7. Employment Med Test

    Dr. Kate replied to Kayzee's topic in General Nursing

    We give the NLN medication test as part of the pre-employment screening process. We also give the prospective employee a study guide, they can set their own time to take the test and can use a...

  8. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Dr. Kate replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me for holding onto the words but not the speaker. Somewhere in the last 4 days of discussion nursing was described as the highly skilled, scientifically based, problem solving, multi-task,...

  9. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Dr. Kate replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    This has been a great thread. I just overspent my lunch break getting caught up. What has bothered me from the beginning is the lack of definitions for the words being used. Consistently caring and...

  10. UAP charting assesments in the ICU

    Dr. Kate replied to alansmith52's topic in General Nursing

    That's not an ICU I would want to be working in or be a patient in. I don't know a thing about the laws in Utah, but assessment is the function of an RN and only an RN here in California. No matter...

  11. Embarrassing moments...

    Dr. Kate replied to RoadRunner's topic in General Nursing

    It's been awhile but . . . I was working ICU. We didn't have TVs in every room. Our TVs were on 4 ft stands we moved from room to room as needed. The TV cords were of varying lengths, none very long....

  12. There is a thread below that advises NOT telling your instrutors while working on..

    Dr. Kate replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Okay, not nurse material: comes to clinical unprepared, comes to class unprepared, refuses to listen to instruction in how to do things and persists in doing them "her way" then blames instructors and...

  13. There is a thread below that advises NOT telling your instrutors while working on..

    Dr. Kate replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't know what year Quigley graduated from MSMC but I was there in the dark ages when Sr. Calista Roy was still chair of the dept., and the concept of a person "not being good nurse material" was...

  14. Want to be a nurse...but too stupid?!?

    Dr. Kate replied to Worthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Orca is absolutely right. Maturity and commitment make a world of difference. I don't know what math classes you have to take but I do know if you can divide a recepie and make change you'll be able...

  15. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    Dr. Kate replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    There are so mnay things that go into the decision of an institution when hiring an instructor. Lots of CCs desperately need more nursing instructors but for whatever reason are not allowed to hire...

  16. Creepy!!!!!!!

    Dr. Kate replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with all of the above. You don't have to put up with it. And patients acting out need to be told they are behaving inappropriately, that you do not have to tolerate his behavior just as if he or...

  17. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Dr. Kate replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Gee and I was thinking the lugee coughing this guy was doing this morning across the hall from my office was nasty. Do other people find this stuff funny? It sure has made my morning

  18. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    Dr. Kate replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    About 15 miles, takes about 25-30 minutes in the morning depending on traffic. If I'm real late 20 min to get home, earlier up to 45 minutes. For 6 weeks (they closed the hospital on me) I

  19. what do you call them?

    Dr. Kate replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

    Just a personal thing, but I hate, find demeaning, will not tolerate being called "nurse _____" To me it reaks of "you're just a nurse." I know it's not meant that way. This is just me. I far prefer...

  20. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    Dr. Kate replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    Of course the day shift thinks the night shift does nothing. And nights thinks the day shift is making it all up. So be it. They're different kinds of busy, different kinds of Pt issues and problems....

  21. Chemical code vs full code

    Dr. Kate replied to grnvillechick's topic in General Nursing

    It comes and it goes this chemical/med code business. Just when this old lady thought it was gone it came back with a vengence. While I think the designation is silly, I do understand it. In truth...

  22. Just Go Pee!

    Dr. Kate replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    The wisedt advice I ever heard was that of Lord Montbatten to Prince Charles "never pass up an opportunity to relieve yourself." Or as I tell our new grads, you've got to take care of yourself because...