KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Order your own labs services

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it can definitely be useful for us here. On the other hand, let's assume that Mr. K, 49, suddenly decides to check himself over like that with BMP, CBC and lipid profile and random testosterone...
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    All online FNP program?

    KatieMI replied to LmurphyRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you can do like one visit/semester, I would highly recommend UofMichigan/Flint. Although, it is competitive and full time students there are called "suicidals" for a good reason. Plus, yes, 12 to...
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    Student loans killing me!! stressed!

    KatieMI replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in General Nursing

    Well, as of right now it looks like your mission trip and all other things which are not absolutely necessary will have to wait. Get someone in your travel company you trust to speak and tell, with no...
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    when to give Amiodarone

    KatieMI replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    Not precisely if they are only on amiodarone. Heart is amazingly adaptable thing. Sometimes fluid correction, amio and BP control is everything that is needed for bumping LVEF from 30- 35% to 50-55%...
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    when to give Amiodarone

    KatieMI replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    In "LVN" "N" stands for "nurse". And if a nurse administers a medication, the nurse must know what it does with human body. It doesn't matter which letters are associated with that "N" after your...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    KatieMI replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Posts like this one: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/when-to-give-1161594.html
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    when to give Amiodarone

    KatieMI replied to neuron's topic in General Nursing

    Heart has four pumping chambers. In order to work properly, these chambers need: 1) power (all ecertical and mechanical properties), 2) volume to work with (blood), and 3) time to fill with that...
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    School Shootings

    KatieMI replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    College football cost 9+ billions in 2015 CHART: How much money schools make off of college sports - Business Insider If we can spend this kind of money on what is essentially an emotional show, can...
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    School Shootings

    KatieMI replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Only one problem is that many of those who oppose any changes of status quo do not send their kids in "usual" public
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    School Shootings

    KatieMI replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    It would be an instant answer if NRA and all gun-toting Second Amendment kissers could be instantly brought to control and become truly responsible owners. But let's be reasonable: the chances for...
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    School Shootings

    KatieMI replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    School system spends your and my hard-earned tax $$$ with approximately same "effectivity" as health care system does. If one searches hard enough there, $100000/year/high school would be a bucket...
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    Verbal abuse from a TBI patient

    KatieMI replied to Crumityk's topic in General Nursing

    It is TBI, to begin with. It is totally helpless human being, unable even to scratch his nose. It is pretty much hopeless, and it is to the end of his life, and he might or might not realize it. And...
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    School Shootings

    KatieMI replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    To begin with... 1). Someone below age 18/21 got YOUR gun? You have to surrender every single one of your guns and never can buy them again. 2). As above + someone got killed? You go to jail. 3)....
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    Pts refusing to weigh

    KatieMI replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    I purposefully have a piece or two of clothes which are, while being really nice and which I found only after pretty long hunt, fit me well only if I gain or lose a little. I usually do not cross...
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    Alternative to ER

    KatieMI replied to dbuy3's topic in General Nursing

    If LPNs are hired in typical med/surg units in your area, go there. If not, try to get into "real" acute rehab, LTACH (long term acute care) or busier nursing home (your ER preceptor should be able to...
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    Pts refusing to weigh

    KatieMI replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    As a provider, I can honestly say that "daily weights" are rarely helpful in hospital (we have other, more precise tools to measure fluid status and way more things than we need to know than a scale...
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    Are MSN still Grandfathered in to NP?

    KatieMI replied to charisma00's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just letting you know, most of the non-clinical MSN grads I mentioned in my post were not happy because they couldn't find jobs. Most of them had at least a few years in bedside and some (though not...
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    Are MSN still Grandfathered in to NP?

    KatieMI replied to charisma00's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As far as I know, CNLs (as well as MSN/Ed) are not, and never were, "grandfathered" to NPs. It is a different track, different coursework, different accreditation bodies and different specialty on...
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    HELP

    KatieMI replied to Stella6666666666's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot legally do anything a human being or his/her legal representative doesn't wish to undergo, doesn't matter how that crosses your own beliefs and knowledge. You can educate, advocate, call...
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    Is the online bls at American Heart Association hard to pass?

    KatieMI replied to Steven11998's topic in General Nursing

    AHA BLS/ACLS online courses are exactly the same in content as face-to-face ones sans the actual "acting" part which is taken separately. Just keep in mind that animation sucks BAD, cookies slow the...
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    What's the most inappropriate thing you've done that you instantly regretted?

    KatieMI replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Today I told one old, sweet, very demented and very talkative lady to please leave me alone right NOW. Poor dear almost cried because she felt "rejected" and I was feeling very guilty. I had to...
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    Medical Gloves Survey

    KatieMI replied to dpreece1's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a preference for a particular glove material? (if so, why?) Thin, surgical type (latex or polyurethane) because they do not disrupt sensation so much. Do you feel glove use affects your...
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    Be sure to document! Nurse charged in death of H. R. McMaster Sr.

    KatieMI replied to NurseBlaq's topic in General Nursing

    Ugly combination of "being task oriented", "if you didn't chart it, you didn't do it" and total lack of work ethics and responsibility. And, yeah, I agree that the culture in that place smells fishy...
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    Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps in the future we will know more about brain potential for measurable recovery. We did not have fMRI only 25 years ago. We only have a handful of patients studied and monitored under such...
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    Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing