KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Communication Discrimination

    KatieMI replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The thing is, workplace bullying is legal in this country, as well as lateral violence. And that's what they do, abdolutely legally, just for someone being "different" from the crowd in any sense. It...
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    Communication Discrimination

    KatieMI replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One so-called "nurse"who practically tortured me every single working shift by making fun out of my English among other things, got a really bad dental job done after I was done in that unit. She...
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    Communication Discrimination

    KatieMI replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Try to do deliruim screen with the wrong order of questions, wrong combination of letters or tasks from MMCE (count 10 back). Give enough time to
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    Communication Discrimination

    KatieMI replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a primarily US site, so experience in the USA might be different. But I can tell you first hand that in some areas, including where I live, it is a daily reality for many people. I once lost a...
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    Caregiver taking naked picture of patient

    KatieMI replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Or the family member was going to expose the pictures on Facebook with something like "my fiancee is in ICU... they put THAT thing into his privates... can I EVER have sex again with him??? with THAT...
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    I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    KatieMI replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't say it
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    I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    KatieMI replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    In that particular case, those 5 min of my precious clinical time I've just spent explaining upteenth time that I cannot pick up any more shifts were stolen from me. I demand them to be fully...
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    I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    KatieMI replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    The truth may or may not have anything to do with that phone call, or nature of that call, or anything the OP did or didn't. The manager very well might just find someone wishing to work full time and...
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    bradykinin cough

    KatieMI replied to whatdayisit11to7Nrse's topic in General Nursing

    1). Cough does not lead to aspiration. It, in fact, provides protection from it. 2). Cough is an indication for switching one ACEI to another one, but not for completely stopping them. It is...
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    If you go to a hospital get ready to YELL

    KatieMI replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Medscape: Medscape Access one relatively recent source. The doctor in question appears to be a surgeon, and at one point he was the Chief resident in surgery. This explains a lot of his
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    If you go to a hospital get ready to YELL

    KatieMI replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that doctor passed his neurology part of Boards with good, solid "F". Because carotid stenosis per se is a rather stable condition. Carotid US is not an emergency study, unlike CT scan. A...
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    Be a Real Nurse: Compassion is the Key

    KatieMI replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    What I would like to add is that "compassion" is frequently wrongly understood by nurses AND patients alike. I saw innumerable times that a nurse who was presenting almost direct threat to patient's...
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    My hair is dyed.. Job interview

    KatieMI replied to mallerina87's topic in General Nursing

    I saw once in Walmart a temporary dark color paste, supposely for roots' last moment touch... may it do the trick? Anyway, it is probably a good idea to appear a bit more conservative on
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    Lost stethoscopes

    KatieMI replied to mthiga's topic in General Nursing

    Seriousy, if you know where to buy just such thing for Littmann (not Etsy Prestige Medical), kindly let me know. It would be useful for keeping my old favorite stetoscope safe, and
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    Lost stethoscopes

    KatieMI replied to mthiga's topic in General Nursing

    Tubing of flashy neon color, a engraved yoke plate (as big as possible and saying "RN") and decorations of tubing, yoke and head, if it is full metal, with some glued Swarowski cabs greatly reduce the...
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    Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    KatieMI replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Drug diverters should be criminally prosecuted, IMHO. But I really doubt it will deter anyone from doing so. Humankind had some 10000+ years to make sure that the most horrific executions don't do...
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    How to Not Die in the Hospital

    KatieMI replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It is not a "stupid, offensive comment". It is a sad fact. Numeracy and the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities and Challenges - Health Literacy and Numeracy - NCBI Bookshelf 8.6% uninsured Americans...
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    How to Not Die in the Hospital

    KatieMI replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Because of this is one of the ways to look inside a lay person's brain and see what they might perceive as important things - and to guide them to care for things which are REALLY important. The...
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    Nurse Practitioner

    KatieMI replied to urp007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Check the mediand salaries for NPs for your region, then subtract at least 10 -15%. This will be your estimate. From what I know, it is next to impossible for a new grad FNP to make 130 grands/year...
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    Clinical Disaster

    KatieMI replied to bboughter's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are female: ask your own Ob/gyn and every single woman you know, especially those who were recently pregnant. They often have excellent relationships with their providers. Ask your previous...
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    And so the day did finally come...

    KatieMI posted a topic in General Nursing

    Many Physicians, Nurses Want Pain Removed as Fifth Vital Sign It came earlier than I thought... but here it is. The returning of common sense. I really, truly hope that the pendulum will not move...
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    And so the day did finally come...

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    The "customer service" model's time is counted from now on, too. If pain assessment would be mandated to include at least two components (i.e. "pain number" plus something else, like functional...
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    Nursing Arrogance

    KatieMI replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please for all means go ahead and be meek and humble. Just do not vent later on if you are treated as a waitress, if you are thrown under a bus yet again for others' sins, and if you are feeling like...
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    Nursing Arrogance

    KatieMI replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Where precisely did you get this definition of "meekness", as well as find this quality to be a firm prerequisite to being a nurse in our
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    I didn't become a nurse to feed people's addictions. Do *nurses* have the right to refuse

    KatieMI replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When they finally hit the line of waiting time in pain clinic with nobody giving them even a single new script, they go one of three ways: - go on street drugs (approximately half of them) - wean...