KYCNM

KYCNM

Nurse Educator; Family Nursing

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  1. New grad and HIPAA question

    KYCNM replied to CTnewgrad826's topic in General Nursing

    It is sometimes the same in mother/baby, believe it or not. If a mom has a restraining order against the FOB for abuse (or worse), no information can be divulged. We ask callers to "contact a family...

  2. Venting and Sub-par Programs

    KYCNM replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in General Students

    OP, You don't say how long you have been in the program. Are you less or more than half way through the curriculum? Someone earlier posted that you should look up your school's NCLEX rate and that is...

  3. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    KYCNM replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks. . .appreciate the response. .

  4. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    KYCNM replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What does this have to do with our discussion about

  5. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    KYCNM replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, my, such neanderthals. The risk of severe respiratory complications after C/S are 5 times higher for the newborn, and elective primary C/S is known to increase the risk of placenta acreta...

  6. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    KYCNM replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Keylimesqeez. . .the circumstances for your birth were totally different. Malposition. . .you couldn't have foreseen or controlled. I am so sorry that you didn't have the birth you anticipated. This...

  7. Evidence-Based Practice by Nurses for Nurses: Encouraging Waiting Spontaneous Labor

    KYCNM replied to AHRQ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Finally. . .no more support for admissions and induction for "Tired of Being Pregnant" with a dubious due date because there was no menstrual history upon which to base the EDD and the ultrasound was...

  8. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    KYCNM replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It has been removed. There is another site now at: http://nursinglink.monster.com/content/nclex-study-center that can be used for NCLEX Prep. Good

  9. Scrubs

    KYCNM posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have been concerned about something that is increasingly common and that is health care providers wearing their scrubs while shopping, exercising or any variety of activities. I know I am old school...

  10. NCLEX Takers Support Thread

    KYCNM replied to mat25:40's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Prayers are coming your way because "seek and you shall find, ask and you shall receive, knock and it shall be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7) "in his

  11. Scrubs

    KYCNM replied to KYCNM's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    OK, some of you who are so blase' about uniforms need to read this from the Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137245971962641.html It doesn't matter if they are on their way to...

  12. 75 questions and failed. HELP PLEASE!

    KYCNM replied to yahy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The NCLEX is not a test of knowledge. It IS test to find if the test taker can make a safe decision for care based upon the information presented in the question. It is not a test of memorized...

  13. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    KYCNM replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    You will get your first nursing "job" based upon your nursing education, not your MBA, although it might be useful after you have some experience because the MBA skills would be helpful as a manager,...

  14. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    KYCNM replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    i did not say it was aprn preparation, what i said was it was an advanced practice level of education. copied from the aacn website: the cnl is an advanced generalist clinician with education at the...

  15. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    KYCNM replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    No, the CNL actually is an advanced practice area of specialization similar to the clinical nurse specialist. The nurse is prepared to provide direct patient care and promote evidence based practice....

  16. You know you're Old School when...

    KYCNM replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Back in my day, there weren't a lot of choices of color for underwear. Besides dress codes often required cotton underwear in OB and OR because anesthetic gases were explosive and the anesthesia...

  17. Am I too nervous to be a nurse? Any advice please?!!

    KYCNM replied to claireb's topic in General Nursing

    First, you really need to take a time out from this stress, because it can and may lead you to making mistakes in other parts of your life. Not all nurses are "cut out" to work in an acute care...

  18. Here's a New One....LOL

    KYCNM replied to WoofyMutt80's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of when I was a new graduate working on a pediatric unit. The mother and admission clerk brought the child up to the unit and handed me the admission sheet, I took it and looked at it,...

  19. You know you're Old School when...

    KYCNM replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Not receiving your cap until you completed a period of probabion, then there was a capping ceremony. Insulin therapy in psychiatry (the patient was given insulin then when you began seeing signs of...

  20. You know you're Old School when...

    KYCNM replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    The candling was done for agar plates of lady partsl smears to test for gonorrhea. The gonorrhea only grows in an anerobic environment. We placed the agar plates immediately into the gallon pickle...

  21. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    KYCNM replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, ignore the comment about pregnant client's taking sodium bicarbonate for heart burn. THEY SHOULD NOT under any circumstances used sodium bicarb, but should use calcium...

  22. What do patients say that irks you?

    KYCNM replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    On another note, you mentioned "pregnancy brain" which is a well documented (among nurse midwives) phenomonon. I don't know that it's written about, but all the hormone changes during pregnancy and...

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

    KYCNM replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Boy, I wish I had thought of that as a reply when I was birthing babies. . .it answers the question, but doesn't seem derogatory or rude; and, it lightens the tension for

  24. Infection Control Information for NCLEX

    KYCNM replied to TweedleDee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Shingles is not contageous. It is the sequelae of varicella that remains in the nerve roots after the initial infection. It is more common in the elderly or those with altered immune status. see...

  25. NCLEX Takers Support Thread

    KYCNM replied to mat25:40's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Actually, you did a very good job of explaining the complex program that analyzes the responses to the test. As you go through the test, the computer is constantly calculating a score. If you miss a...