KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    SLP vs RN: Need Advice!!

    KatieMI replied to Stephia87RN's topic in General Nursing

    SLPs have extremely limited clinical area of practice. Depending on their degree, they may not even study pharm, and way too many of them "do not know what they do not know". And they also are very...
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    Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    KatieMI replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I just bought a pair of walking shoes with sleeves and custom orthotics for $$$... it is definitely overspending for me, but it will help me to save my back and knees. So I count it as an...
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    Accelerated Masters with no Nursing background

    KatieMI replied to Katie_dogluvr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Roser13, These "non-nurse nurses" are hired, and in large numbers, by cheap physicians who do not want to negotiate higher salary/benefits, as well as by, for example, public health departments to...
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    Accelerated Masters with no Nursing background

    KatieMI replied to Katie_dogluvr's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Doesn't sound like a good idea unless going into direct MSN/nursing informatics program. Accelerated MSN programs do have their place, but they are most definitely not good for someone without any...
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    "You're too smart to be a nurse. Be a doctor"

    KatieMI replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I am THAT bright and then some more than THAT, and I am not sorry. While nursing as a profession definitely has its own quirks, and plenty of them, it is the same about any other field of human...
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    "You're too smart to be a nurse. Be a doctor"

    KatieMI replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    "Let me put it straight. You wanna someone STUPID taking care of your mother?" Usually this ends the discussion. And I'd heard that more times than I care to
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    KatieMI replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

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    Drug urine test after 12 hour shift

    KatieMI replied to Kallie3006's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ... and, providing you are innocent, do not forget to sue personally every single person who participated in that disgusting
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    KatieMI replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if it so happens that policy says "up to four hours" (does it mean one? two? three and a half?) and the order says nothing in particular, then you probably should use your clinical skills....
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    Fasting time needed for FBS and lipid profile .

    KatieMI replied to dhoomboys's topic in General Nursing

    It is 8 to 12 hours, and even this is probably unnecessary and excessive Study: Fasting Before Lipid Panel Unnecessary | Medpage Today So, if patient has blood drawn at 3 AM (as it does happen in...
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    New to LTAC

    KatieMI replied to AnneNugget's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    It really depends on what kind of med/surg experience you have. If you were working for a long time in a unit which only takes patients with certain pathologies, it could be a good idea to get out...
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    Broken

    KatieMI replied to NotAllWhoWandeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry that you are going through this mess, but it looks like that things turn out to the better, and that's great! When you do PT, bug your therapist with questions. You know anatomy well enough...
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    Nurse and nutrition?

    KatieMI replied to kaygbean's topic in General Nursing

    While you are getting certified as, say, diabetes educator or nurse educator (some of them find jobs in bariatric or cardiology teams and so teach a lot about nutrition), you may get your NM to...
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    Holding "Ordered Meds"..... What are the rules?

    KatieMI replied to jk2185's topic in Patient Medications

    Oh, yeah. ASA and Plavix from Cardiology #1, as a gold standard for stents protection; + Heparin drip for subtherapeutic INR for coumadin bridge for being gold standard for stroke prevention by...
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    Holding "Ordered Meds"..... What are the rules?

    KatieMI replied to jk2185's topic in Patient Medications

    Develop relationship with physicians. Let them know you are thinking and interested person. Get medschool or NP school level pharm book and read it. It is not rocket science, I assure you. ALWAYS...
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    SVT...from what?

    KatieMI replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    Saw it and did it a few times. Patients (those who are still here, that is - I try my best to give them at least a touch of Versed but blood pressure may not allow it) usually feel it as well. Many of...
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    SVT...from what?

    KatieMI replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    These are all about ventricular arrythmias. SVT is kinda a different
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    SVT...from what?

    KatieMI replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    Tiny bubbles? No. Domperidone? No. (something tells me that it was not the single med the patient was on... is it true?) PICC too deep in? Hardly so. SVTs basically caused by two groups of things: -...
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    Legal analysis of race-based staffing at patient request

    KatieMI replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    I actually do not think that even race-preferred staffing for deeply demented LOL who happened to live 90+ years with certain "beliefs" is as discriminatory as satisfying "no such and such people near...
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    Is there such a thing as Engraving Stethoscope tubing

    KatieMI replied to cahalana's topic in General Nursing

    The stethoscopes' tubing is made from plastic. Engraving will decrease its strength and cause premature wearing. Littmann's are especially prone to it, for some reason. In addition, you are going to...
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    Legal analysis of race-based staffing at patient request

    KatieMI replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    In all three places I was so far, that was daily and common practice, save for the sign on the door for most of the times. Patients were, and are, granted whatever their whims might be, for a reason...
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    How You Can Lose 50 Pounds In 90 Days

    KatieMI replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear OP, while the advices you gave in your article are harmless enough, the stated goal of minus 50 lbs in three months is not even remotely possible, let alone safe one. Being a med/surg nurse...
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    Drug seeking- something to ponder

    KatieMI replied to Nsg is an art's topic in Pain Management

    Well, not precisely so but still... The thing is, opioids are LESS effective for fibromyalgia than early complex treatment consisting of stretch, yoga, accupuncture, hydrotherapy, normal natural sleep...
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    Lost my cool

    KatieMI replied to sbtr50's topic in LPN to RN

    And, yep, I experienced precisely all that, being seen as free-for-all-who -cares educational support. I usually said that it is ok but I charge $25/hour for private tutoring, cash only. After that,...
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    Lost my cool

    KatieMI replied to sbtr50's topic in LPN to RN

    1). Get off Facebook. I mean, at all. Just close your account. More harm than good comes from it anyway. 2). Stop being free resource for everyone. You're going to school for yourself, not for them....