KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    I was asked at least one illegal question on every single interview for a nursing position I had so far. So, they may be trained but do not appreciate the fact that doing so breaks the
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    You're not going to pull that on me

    KatieMI replied to TeenyTiny's topic in General Nursing

    Great idea for the post! Family member called and said that the PCA pump was "leaking and beeping". The pump was indeed beeping "empty" but under it there was a puddle of fluid of the volume obviously...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    In France, there is a state law which prohibits ANY religious-associated items while being in certain, mostly goverment-controlled, places of work and study. There's no difference if you're Christian,...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know if the OP's friend was "melodramatic" and "evasive" as I was not presenting there. I also do not know if she had ever actually stated her cultural preferences and how exactly she did it....
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    She had cultural preference to wear it and stated so. Plus, she was asked several times about being Muslim. As I wrote, it showed cultural incompetence (not only Muslim women wear head coverings) and...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. In some Orthodox communities, females are encouraged to wear headscarf even if they are not married, or if they are going to be married soon. Anyway, there are only two legal options for...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, that's incorrect. People can wear whatever while on duty as long as it is not against the workplace's policies regarding dress code. The items on long chains/large earrings/flowing...
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    Diversity/Religion In The Workplace

    KatieMI replied to RutgersFlower2016's topic in General Nursing

    This is not the OP's friend who failed. The HR, management and other unit staff were ones who did, and I wonder if there was also a story of a "concerned" family member or a patient whose racism and...
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    Death and the Soul

    KatieMI replied to dream'n's topic in General Nursing

    I care for patients pronounced "brain dead" sometimes more than once, and this is precisely the feelings I do NOT have with them. They are just what they are: dead bodies kept alive by purely...
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    How would you react? Body odor discussion.

    KatieMI replied to Nurse-rachet1's topic in General Nursing

    I had such conversations some gazillion of times because I have severe allergies and some personal hygiene items patients/families bring in can be dangerous for me (and for other staff members in the...
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    Accelerated FNP or Adult gero NP programs

    KatieMI replied to RNnextstopDNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    UofM Flint full time is 5 semesters/16 months and doesn't require students to live in Michigan. It is competitive and darn busy,
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    Going Backwards

    KatieMI replied to PsychoSocial RN's topic in General Nursing

    You absolutely did not "blacklisted" yourself. Moreover, on some units your skills of managing psych patients will make you unvaluable addition to staff. Float is a good choice because float nurses...
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    KatieMI replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have just such patients in LTACH from time to time. Most commonly they are sick, obese and already weakened poor souls living alone or with someone even weaker than they are, so if they...
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    2.5 GPA and Desire to go for FNP

    KatieMI replied to JanetFNP2b's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    1). Do not go to high-ranked programs, whether on-campus or online. Also, do not go to any online programs, at all. Good quality online studying requires very developed studying skills; your GPA may...
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    KatieMI replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, the guy who ate half a dozen of doughnuts 6 hours before surgery, on the premice "I was told that I can eat everything if I can see through it". He could see through those holes in the doughnuts...
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    KatieMI replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll remember to the end of my life a patient who was pleading his case to a doctor who was to present him to heart transplant board so the patient could be put on the waiting list. The board, not...
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    Medical Tourism

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Medical tourism is what fueling research in some countries. Current achievements of German and Australian molecular genetics in, for one example, intraop diagnostics of high vs. average risk melanoma...
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    Nursing students who want to be NP's

    KatieMI replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    Because the first article doesn't seem to be available for free, I am putting here one "unexpected" finding from it: - There was a significant negative correlation between years of experience as an RN...
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    Nursing students who want to be NP's

    KatieMI replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    The fact is, there is NO RESEARCH WHICH SAYS SO. Yes, you read it right. Nothing says that any "previous experience", nursing or non-nursing, significantly influences NP's outcomes, in any way. Just...
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    Having a hard time with overseas nursing school..

    KatieMI replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in General Nursing

    OK, for one example: go here: Traditional BSN Program | University of Michigan-Flint (it is traditional BSN program in University of Michigan/Flint, MI). Write down or print courses' numbers. then go...
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    Nursing students who want to be NP's

    KatieMI replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    If not a secret, how exactly you "investigate" your providers, especially if you have no idea whatsoever what did they actually do during their training and no means to check it? (contrary to public...
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    Nursing students who want to be NP's

    KatieMI replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    I was quite surprised to see that the number one ranked NP program in the nation (according to US News) requires only one year of full time RN experience, and the GPA requirements are just a 3.0....
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    Stuck RN😞

    KatieMI replied to RNFELIZ's topic in General Nursing

    Before you blow off $$$ you don't actually have, get a used textbook on med/surg nursing and read it. You'll be surprised of what you remember :) Because you do not have recent acute care experience,...
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    Stuck RN😞

    KatieMI replied to RNFELIZ's topic in General Nursing

    Are you ADN, BSN or Diploma RN? Why do you need a refresher? Do you just think you need one, or someone told you so? How long you are out of any nursing work? Who "feels inadequate to work in...
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    Differentiating between lung and bowel sounds

    KatieMI replied to LifetimeLearnerS's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It can be caused my many things, among them: - high staying of diaphragm - lung which is not fully distended by air (pneumonia, fibrosis) - pleural effusions (fluid conducts sound vawes much better...