KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Dear FullGlass, First of all, again, I work in a rather large hospital, and such places are great concentrators of jerks of all kinds, as you probably know. If I would see the same patients in the...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When you seek health care, you are entitled to know if the person providing you such care is qualified to do so. Which means you are entitled to know this person's first and last name, state...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I work mostly in hospital, so being "from the same city" is not that important. I am just heck tired of that question, and from the "investigation" that too frequently follows. Assuming I tell them...
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    Vaccine controversy

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

    They do listen... sometimes. When I do that, I consciously reserve at least two full hours of my time. I ask them to bring whatever sources they want, and discuss them, one by one. The junk they bring...
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    Vaccine controversy

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

    Imagine a dice construction falling after one randomly thrown dice. Now, imagine subsequently every fifth, forth, second... to 9 out of 10 dices are glued together. What will happen? I use a (sorry,...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What "suspicion" are you talking about? I really wonder - do you think that someone speaking with an accent and apparently foregn-born looks "suspicious" for you just because of that? I get that some...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just if you so much "want to know" - it happened when I was still working bedside. In front of my charge, who was shocked just like me and just changed assignment right
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    They will see there: - my first and last name; - my birthdate (hi, maybe once in a while someone sends me a card?) - my license number and if I am in good standing; - my home address (where I may or...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Anyone can "just like to start conversation" or "just want to know" or "just be curious". It doesn't give him or her any rights to demand any particular information. It doesn't make anyone else...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I actually learned it from my mom when I was like 5 years old
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unfortunately, after 16 years of being generally nice and open I had to reconsider. It is not that I have grounds to be afraid, but I do not want to hear ever again anything along "oh, if your kid...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I just won't go to BON for this. Remembering how I was threatened to be reported for accidentally dropping an empty package of Coumadin due to "purposefully creating biologic hazard", I won't place a...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This is what happens when administration of a hospital starts to run it as a family B&B of a sort with additional medical services thrown in for a change. "Customer service" everything for...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    [quote=mtmkjr;9990317 Really?? I've ask people that on a regular basis. And then I want to know their story...how did you end up here? Do you have family in your home country? How was it adjusting...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Elkpark, thank you! My problem is, what to do with it? I was kind of adviced to find some sort of potentially "unsafe" imperfection(s) and then just throw the person in question under the bus, but...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Susie2310, Everything you wrote might be right and correct - regarding YOURSELF. And this is the problem. Yours (or somebody else's) curiosity or need to know how many children someone has is only...
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    RN, ADN being obsolete

    KatieMI replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Well, ADN is 2 years and X credits, and BSN is 3 to 4 and more than just X credits, so go figure
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    Exciting Possible Treatment for Alzheimer's! And the first Patient is a Nurse

    KatieMI replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Aging It is already a year that I tell people about this cheap, harmless and seemingly effective way to treat early stages of non-early start Alzheimer. But most state outright that to abandon their...
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    Please help!!! New NP Dilemma :(

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

    (you bring a pack of written, but unsigned, scripts, smiling shyly and sweetly): - Good morning, Dr. Jones, how are you doing? Yeah, I've did calls for (X,Y,Z), and got (D, F, H) ... and (A,B, C)...
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    occurrence report=doctor hates me

    KatieMI replied to avado's topic in General Nursing

    So, surgeons are not "doctors" any more? Another thing to remember
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    occurrence report=doctor hates me

    KatieMI replied to avado's topic in General Nursing

    "Occurence report for RR" can be, for example, about making several calls to covering provider in escalating clinical situation which were either not answered, or response was clearly outside of...
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    Little boy reading

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah. When my then-7 y/o got her first book by Steven Hawking (he wrote several amazing books for kids about theory of time and the like subjects) she parked herself in a corner and read it...
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    Fired for bad leadership - board of nursing investigating

    KatieMI replied to jjoechezzz's topic in General Nursing

    One of my former NMs was grilled by Boards exactly for "poor leadership skills" (as well as "poor moral character" and "unprofessional conduct"). She was openly racist and xenophobic and encouraged...
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    What in hades.

    KatieMI replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Only one thing, it is not exactly new. I was just in such fancy/schmancy place on East Coast in 2003. Panoramic window with ocean views, soft corner with TV for family, offering "something for...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    KatieMI replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    In one ICU I was once working there was in-house intensivist from South America. His name was a really long one but the first part he preferred to be addressed with was Jesus, which he pronounced more...