KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    KatieMI replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Dear Globoid, there is a thing in this country which has an overflowing abundance of medical data of all sorts and big money to deal with it. It is also not depending on, or financed by, any MD or...
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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    KatieMI replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    My school provided malpractice insurance for students, but it only covered allocated clinical hours. So, I bought my own. All my preceptors knew about this practice, no one of them winced
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    Cooking while in nursing school?

    KatieMI replied to lonelyloner2013's topic in General Students

    Сrockpot. Pasta/cooking sauces ("Street Kitchens" ethnic line from in Walmart is, in fact, not expensive, all sauces work with chicken and they are not that bad) Prepare components, then divide...
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    MSN in nursing for people with different bachelors good deal?

    KatieMI replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Students

    Leaving alone question about entry level MSN: Midrange ABSN somewhere else $30000 (we do not speak about big names here, just a midrange decent school outside of very high cost places) + FNP somewhere...
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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    KatieMI replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Because we deal with students who have deficit of basic knowledge (the aforementioned biochem, etc) and many of them already spent years from school in atmosphere which, as a general rule, is...
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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    KatieMI replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    1). Neither MD, nor PA programs generally designed for students who continue to work while studying. NP programs must follow the reality, in which most students continue to work. 2). For the same...
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    KatieMI replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    - I do not want to lose my license; - it is not within my scope of practice; - I never did it that way; - it is not according to policy; - they do it like that there, we never do it here; - etc. So...
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    Little people

    KatieMI replied to Kher13's topic in General Nursing

    Meds dosed by kilos/body surface area need recalculations for such patients. There are special tables calvulating body surface for amputees and achondoplasia patients (the most common form of...
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    KatieMI replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking about being reported to the BON - I had it because my then-NM "provided excellent customer service" to an openly racist patient who "just wanted to know" what I was doing in America the...
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    What do you do to relax

    KatieMI replied to marsbar37's topic in General Nursing

    Bake, bake, BAKE!! Something really elaborate and attention-requiring, like "Spanish Wind" torte :) Go for some foodie shopping. Drive with Pink Floyd or Queen blasting full power (we recently got 75...
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    KatieMI replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Saw two in four years - one for stealing narcs, another was sentenced for multiple charges ranging from DUI (more than once) to domestic, minor and animal abuse. The license was revoked after the...
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    MASTER'S IN NURSING

    KatieMI replied to VLANGFORD's topic in General Nursing

    1). You can work in WH as FNP. In fact, places which are not limited strictly to serving females of fertile age (urology, fertility, gyn/onco, gyn/geri, ID/HIV, many inner city/underserved...
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    Adventure seeking Nurse Practitioner specialty

    KatieMI replied to mleibo4's topic in General Nursing

    There are a few FNP programs which specialize on rural/difficult to access populations. Grads of these programs get jobs in medical missions, Doctors Without Borders, Peace Corps and the like...
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    Calorie restricted diet in the hospital? Thoughts?

    KatieMI replied to RNingBSNing's topic in General Nursing

    1200 kcal/day may not be enough for basic metabolic needs of an obese patient. Plus, such super-restrictive diet is not likely to induce compliance in the future. Be an advocate and ask for dietary...
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    Pertussis vaccine

    KatieMI replied to IrishRN929's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know about your "severe allergy", especially "tetorifice" in particular? Did you consult a specialist? I ask that because it is in fact pertussis component of combination vaccines,...
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    RRT to NP.. Need advice

    KatieMI replied to RRTflorida2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Master's in Respiratory Care, with "leadership" or not, applies minimal, if any at all, widening of the scope of practice when it comes to bedside care. Graduates with this degree can teach, or...
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    RRT to NP.. Need advice

    KatieMI replied to RRTflorida2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are plenty of decent NP programs which allow direct admissions (it is another question if that is desirable, but that's where things are staying right now). Try to get into accelerated BSN...
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    Occupational exposure to floor wax

    KatieMI replied to NurseHP's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that nurses are exposed to gazillions of pathogens, chemicals and other products, many of them with proven cancetogenic, teratogenic and any other shprt- and long term harmful effect ever...
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    Syringe driver terror

    KatieMI replied to milly's topic in General Nursing

    By understanding that the poor human being is now dying, regardless of my actions. Everything I can do as a nurse is to help him or her to depart this world with as much comfort and dignity as...
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    heparin med error

    KatieMI replied to b33110's topic in General Nursing

    Heparin DOES NOT affect PT/INR. It also DOESN'T affect platelets. It ONLY affects APTT. Overdose of heparin wouldn't cause bleeding from IV place, because closing such small, acute injuries is...
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    A Fake interview; does anyone have one too?

    KatieMI replied to MikeMSN-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had them more than once. With time, I learned to figure it out - only typical questions asked, too formal, shorter/way longer than usual (but still stone-set formal at that), making notes in the...
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    Mom suing nurse after suffocation accident

    KatieMI replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    That's what they say when officially asked. Put on plain clothes and sit for a few hours in a lobby of any pain clinic of your choice - you'll be pretty amazed hearing what they REALLY think. Yes,...
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    2nd tb test is freaking me out

    KatieMI replied to MsLori615's topic in General Nursing

    Before you start taking those pills, ask for Quantiferon Gold test. Some people have kind of slight misbalance of immune system (In fact, quite possibly almost all of us have it but in 99.9% it...
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    How To Recover From Near Rock Bottom...

    KatieMI replied to Snowana's topic in General Nursing

    Too many of them... enough to say that I speak VERY slowly with quite a heavy accent with British overtones and overall is a quiet, introverted, never-small-talker with some "ICU personality"...
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    How do I get them to listen?

    KatieMI replied to whatdayisit11to7Nrse's topic in General Nursing

    Ask your doctor to write and send an official letter to your DON, or deliver it yourself. Ask for and keep a copy. If nothing happens 2 weeks after that, ask just once more. If nothing happen after...