KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Adults who prefer wearing diapers

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    In my time, I was pretty shocked to discover how many mentally developmentally delayed young adults are out there in community. The trend about making word "retarded" medical equivalent of "n-one"...
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    KatieMI replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Donning gloves every time for every patient's interaction is wrong for the following reasons: 1). It makes proper assessment impossible to perform. Skin temperature, texture, structure of skin...
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    Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    KatieMI replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    If this nurse also finds time to properly access her patients while constantly wiping everything she sees or touches, then she's truly excellent. But something makes me doubting
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    KatieMI replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I politely asked family to move to visitor room for a short time, especially if they wanted to speak. If they also wanted to know why, I told them. Most understood. I would ever bring them coffee....
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    Terminated years ago, go back as travel nurse?

    KatieMI replied to KrispyRN1's topic in Travel

    If you are "travel" position, you are not hired by the facility you work into. You are employee of your travel agency, and that's their HR who deals with you. The facility's HR has very little to do...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    KatieMI replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree. But let's forget about this for just now :) One NM I once worked under made a rule that whoever sends fellow nurse, CNA or RRT in ER by exposing them to things they made known to be...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    KatieMI replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    If it were so, nicotine gums would have the same, although weaker, effect. Not patches, as nicotine in them goes through liver first bypass and has no peak concentration. Also, central acting nicotine...
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    Nurses Smoking: Compassion Instead of Judgement

    KatieMI replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    People have their God's (or human law's) given right to do whatever they want with THEIR OWN bodies. They have no right to endanger anybody else by doing so. Unfortunately, there are some other fellow...
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    CBD & Nursing don't mix

    KatieMI replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with that. But the current situation for many bearers of professional licences is what it is - total lack of tolerance to pretty much everything. It is not much likely to change any...
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    Workplace Sayings

    KatieMI replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Inner city ER where every second H&P was started the following way, almost word to word: " I was just goin' down the street minding my own business and there came those two dudes..." the...
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    How do you deal with someone trying to get you fired?

    KatieMI replied to solDanz's topic in General Nursing

    2 weeks note, doctor's note leave for the rest of the time due to some (just a little) overblown symptoms "probably related to extreme stress brought by continuous perception of workplace abuse" (yes,...
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    I need an experts opinions please !!

    KatieMI replied to Rn 1979's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, OP has 110% good reason to refuse to do that. Every respectable hospital has a policy expressively discouraging using employees as translators due to HIPAA and potential conflict of interests....
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    I need an experts opinions please !!

    KatieMI replied to Rn 1979's topic in General Nursing

    'been there, had that. More than once. Those who never were in these shoes hardly can believe how senselessly cruel people can be toward those whom they can mock and harrass if they know there will...
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    CBD & Nursing don't mix

    KatieMI replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is, CBD production is not checked/certified and there are more ways to make it than to cook an apple pie. Therefore, some manufacturers' products can cause THC tests to be truly and...
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    I need an experts opinions please !!

    KatieMI replied to Rn 1979's topic in General Nursing

    I am also a nurse with quite heavy foreign accent and was in situations like you described for quite some time. What your so-called "colleagues" do is not acceptable but people differ in their...
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    CBD & Nursing don't mix

    KatieMI replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Organized Chaos, from your messages, I feel that your professional life, as well as state of health, is in a mess. Accounting for this, maybe it could be suggested to try to adhere to...
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    Workplace Sayings

    KatieMI replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Universal dose calculation: just enough of it. You can always add a drug, but once you did that, you cannot get it out. Start low, go slow, get to goal It's a sin to make Jesus' bus
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    Can you still give give furosemide if pt bp is 90/60(order is to hold it if for bp <90/60)

    KatieMI replied to Newnurse1256's topic in General Nursing

    Access your patient and know his baseline BP, then go from there. And, for God's sake, do not hold it ONLY because BP was
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    Why do you visit allnurses.com?

    KatieMI replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Because I need to communicate with smart people in order to stay alive, and I feel more comfortable to do it in writing so that nobody picking me up for my ***damned accent. And, yeah, here I heard...
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    Preceptors for FNP needed - Please help

    KatieMI replied to Black Coffee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    PreceptorLink - Preceptor Matching Service for NP Students Also, even if you are in critical care (as according to your profile), Primary care/Internal medicine providers round in ICU. Each of them...
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    Riddle me this Batman?

    KatieMI replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    You also might want to know how it comes to be that generic eszopiclone costs $370 for month low dose supply in US Walmart but only $10 from online Walmart pharmacy in
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    GCS verbal response

    KatieMI replied to ireyes98's topic in Emergency

    Verbal: (you ask patient how he is doing and if he needs something; your name is not Minnie): 5: hi, how'ya doin'? I'm fine, just my head hurts like h*** and I want turkey sandvich and some coffee and...
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    Family Member Watching Pro-terror/ Anti-America/ Anti-Semitic video

    KatieMI replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in General Nursing

    They can do whatever they like according to the First Amendment of the Constitution of the USA. They cannot DO anything along the line, but they can think, read and watch. And I would leave alone the...
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    Family Member Watching Pro-terror/ Anti-America/ Anti-Semitic video

    KatieMI replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Davey, but I was in just such situations more than once and, except the time when I was very new and in very abusive environment, asked to remove me from care of this patient immediately...
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    How to make more money as a LVN

    KatieMI replied to phoenix78852's topic in General Nursing

    Private care agency in rich area (you don't have to live there) Find a high demand skill, master it and market it around. I personally know one LPN who just has a magic touch with gery/psych...