KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    KatieMI replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A format of citation doesn't make it a good source, in general. Getting your "sources"directly from Wiki and Google makes them rather less reliable. Sorry. My honest advice to you is to get a habit...
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    Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    KatieMI replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Just a couple of question to the OP: if you see a patient who, for whatever reason, has this microchip already in, you would think that he/she is a messenger from the Hell itself, or that just such...
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    NP program in California on a H4 Visa (with an active RN license from Vermont BON)

    KatieMI replied to Mandeep4's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    With H4 only, you cannot legally work on any position. Conversion to F1 will require you to come back in your home country for at least few months and give very limited work opportunities. After you...
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    The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    KatieMI replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Couple of other things I've noticed about the subject: - because they are smaller, private non-for-profits tend to apply the same required courses to all students, whatever they're actually studying...
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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    KatieMI replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    Who in the world forces you to listen to things which make you feeling like crap? Just stop talking with dear sis's, and go on with YOUR life, that's it. Listen instead to whoever supports you and...
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    Pre-employment physical -uds

    KatieMI replied to Kidrn911's topic in Occupational Health

    Almost zero possibility of positive drug screen under these conditions, if things will go exactly as you put them (unless you have some serious renal/hepatic problem). You may want to have a copy of...
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    Heart sounds with large breasts

    KatieMI replied to tsm007's topic in General Students

    1) Get a good stetoscope. Not necessary $100 Littmann, but not that Sprague nonsence either. Allheart.com has some of their own for like $20 or less, of quite acceptable quality. 2). If client is...
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    Why drug someone who does'nt want to be drugged?

    KatieMI replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    Next time, you can just tell that you're allergic on opioids, all of them. There are people who have Kwinke edema every time they take anything chemically related to morphine. They should be pretty...
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    Natural remedies and school nursing

    KatieMI replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in School

    Our school nurse refused to let my daughter take peppermint oil caps (which are proven to be effective in treatment of irritable bowel disorder) and fiber supplements while at school till she saw a...
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    Do you think I could get kicked out?

    KatieMI replied to w.ross1990's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Just to let OP know: there is no such thing as "unrestricted floor" in any hospital nowadays. If nurses don't seem to care who is doing what around them, then there must be a dozen of cameras per...
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    C=degree

    KatieMI replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    I wish I could just forget about the whole issue, pass NCLEX and be happy! Unfortunately, it looks like prestigious (not online) clinical Master's programs may have internal cut-offs even higher than...
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    stretched earlobe piercings as CNA?

    KatieMI replied to stretchedlobez's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Even if your potential employer will be him/herself from "alternative body" community, you probably won't be hired because of safety concerns. A confused client can accidentally put finger into that...
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    Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    KatieMI replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [quote=Hampter320;6124759 Really? I have high BP, and my physician held off on prescribing blood pressure meds for over a year, trying to get me to modify my diet and follow a strict exercise regimen....
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    Weeding out of nursing students

    KatieMI replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Before applying, potential students can contact the BON of the state where their prospective school(s) is. BONs have attrition rates and first-attempt NCLEX passing rates for each accredited school in...
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    Pregnancy and dismissal from nursing school

    KatieMI replied to Bronxtale's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Dear OP, PLEASE think about yourself and your baby's health first!! Faculty in school knows that, if something happens, they in current legal climate have a pretty high chances to be held legally and...
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    a 4.0 GPA does not help

    KatieMI replied to adriano's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "We just have too many qualified applicants (all of them having GPA 4.0:rolleyes:)" is a common lie invented in order to cover reality of selecting process. More typically, every place has its own...
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    Are you "required" to volunteer?

    KatieMI replied to brillohead's topic in General Students

    They have to do it, because at least in some states there're mandatory rules about "X" hours of "community nursing" experience a program must provide to students on certain levels of training in...
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    What's Wrong With 21st Century Nursing

    KatieMI replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals with residency training programs receive roughly $200000 per head, per year, from generous Medicare. After paying their residents abot $50000/year and still charging them for parking and...
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    What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    KatieMI replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    All of that, absolutely, and in addition to that: make copies of everything written under this instructor. Date them carefully (with date and time) and keep them at home. Try to do it as...
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    Russian speaking nurses

    KatieMI replied to username33's topic in Nurse Registration

    Privet!
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    KatieMI replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    - there are many "right" ways to do most of the things. You're completely free to adopt one you saw somewhere, or devise your own; nobody should care as long as things which supposed to be sterile...
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    CRNA or Other Specialty?

    KatieMI replied to LMT2BSN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    AFAIK a CRNA has to deal with at least 5-6, and more often twice or trice more than that, people at any moment. Only one of them is (hopefully) going to be asleep, and the rest commonly represents...
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    Vaccine requirements

    KatieMI replied to momto2j's's topic in General Students

    I am sorry to say it but if you really had confirmed chicken pox several times in your life and a latter case was more severe than the previous one(s), you MUST NOT, under any circumstances...
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    "We want a nurse who speaks CLEAR English"

    KatieMI replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    As it was mentioned many times already, there is no such thing as "clear American English". USA is a pretty big country, and so what seems to be a "clear" and beautiful English in one place may not be...
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    Syringe sq vs auto-injector (epi pen, etc)

    KatieMI replied to dthfytr's topic in General Nursing

    My hubby once made an observation: if I scream after Epi shot, it means that my BP is high enough. It is a joke, of course, but Epi-like devices are designed to hit right through things like thick...