KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Life, death, and dying.

    KatieMI replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    It is far from being "only American culture" phenomenon. I have many friends in medical field all over the world, and those who practice in Westernized medicine all complain on the same. People losing...
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    A Newly Defined Type of Constipation: Opioid Induced Constipation

    KatieMI replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    The effect itself was known from Avicenna time. Every ER, I guess, has a set of frequent fliers coming once in a while either for pain pills script, or for symptoms directly related to constipation...
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    Is it OK to go to work the day after having anesthesia

    KatieMI replied to guest825264's topic in General Nursing

    100% question to whoever provided the anesthesia, while keeping in mind that everybody is different and that "just a Vicodin for pain" still considered to be "an influence". There may be way more...
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    Patient threat and HIPAA

    KatieMI replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Yet another time: - threats to self or other's personal safety overrun HIPAA (and, basically, everything else) from the moment they hit the air. Where I work, such situations are quite common and we...
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    Patient threat and HIPAA

    KatieMI replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    No, it doesn't. Even if some sort of information would be disclosed (it is unclear from OP's post if it was or not), threats for life/personal safety overrun
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    Has nursing made you negative?

    KatieMI replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    I am not that much negative than just at loss sometimes about how much slack is allowed for like almost everybody else around. When I have to repeat three times in a row what I want in my coffee and...
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    When Others Say You Aren't Right For Nursing

    KatieMI replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading" (Gautama Buddha). By the questions asked, I had a few dozens of people, all of them nurses, telling me just that and more of...
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    Wanna know what's cool?

    KatieMI replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    ... and it is even cooler when, while you push with all the might you'd ever mastered, you hear the croak "get the **** off my chest!" the guy, after all that, was apologetic to no ends for saying...
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    $100,000 for accelerated BSN to MSN?

    KatieMI replied to dre13day's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, it is not even close to reasonable, counting that you may expect salary of about $100000/year WITH experience and IF you find a job. Second, unlike NPs, nurse specialists are valued...
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    The film: Vaxxed.

    KatieMI replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. I am "next in line" caring for such patients in long-term acute, and can sign under every word above. Most of these patients who made it out of ICU survive and eventually start to breath,...
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    I'm about ready to quit!!

    KatieMI replied to BrownNAchic's topic in General Nursing

    Phlebotomists walk a whole d*** lot while pushing heavy carts and they bend a lot, too. Sitter sounds like a great idea, except the employer will have to know and consider the sitter's physical...
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    I'm about ready to quit!!

    KatieMI replied to BrownNAchic's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live, positions of "activities supervisor", "enrichment specialist" and the like are popping up in different LTCs from time to time. As far as I understand, at least some of them do not...
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    BS+RN+??=MSN?

    KatieMI replied to pistolpete02's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, even unrelated PhD + ASN =/= BSN, let alone MSN. Although, when you shop around for your BSN or direct MSN degree, try a brick-and-mortar program take a look on your transcripts. Both...
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    Is a fall occurrence of "zero" possible?

    KatieMI replied to nursidosis's topic in General Nursing

    Propofol, lorazepam, paralysis to zero twitches, vent, PLUS four-extremities restrains and 1:1. For everyone, from admission to discharge Seriously, falls are not good to happen, that's true. But...
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    How to handle allegations of sexual impropriety

    KatieMI replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    Because it can happen. Any day. With any of us here. And just as heron said, both real misconduct and false accusations, by patients, families and our own
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    Does where you go for graduate nursing school matter?

    KatieMI replied to lyndsmar's topic in Post Graduate Students

    So, the total will be $30000 + $92000? For MSN with projected salary around $80000 in Ohio? Gosh, you can go to medschool just as well for that sort of money. And yeah, the school doesn't matter that...
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    Accepted to FNP program, an $80,000 student loan worth it? I need advice!

    KatieMI replied to Aik0's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    One thing, OP. I am doing online program, for one thing precisely for an option of finding my own preceptor. I'd got so much enough of Her High Majesties suffering from terminal power trip syndrome...
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    Accepted to FNP program, an $80,000 student loan worth it? I need advice!

    KatieMI replied to Aik0's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I worked my butt off for a year in temporary staffing agency, and after that year had more than enough saved to pay for my Master's. My former brick-and-mortar university (no frills, and definitely...
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    The film: Vaxxed.

    KatieMI replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    All that good and great, except one thing. One very little thing. Does anyone in this country has freedom to randomly kill other human beings for his or her perceived personal advantage? It is not...
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    Anesthesiologist Assistant

    KatieMI replied to shaywood91's topic in General Nursing

    Anesthesia assistant is an option available only in US. It was basically created by anesthesiologists to "combat" movement of CRNA for independent practice (read: piece of $$$ pie). There are...
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    Accepted to FNP program, an $80,000 student loan worth it? I need advice!

    KatieMI replied to Aik0's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No way, period. First, Master's programs are intense. You need to count for AT LEAST 40 to 50 hours/week for studying only if you are full-time, and probably more. There is no human way to do it well...
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    I wasn't accepted to the graduate nursing schools I applied to. Why?

    KatieMI replied to Solnce1981's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Solnce1971, CHECK YOUR PRIVATE
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    I wasn't accepted to the graduate nursing schools I applied to. Why?

    KatieMI replied to Solnce1981's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you were applying to Graduate nursing program, you must be a licensed Registered Nurse holding Bachelor's degree from American school. Period. No exclusions. Humble program or not. If you want to...
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    Public health nurse job offer but will receive paycut...Opinions?

    KatieMI replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    If you are planning to get back to school, you'll need many of weekdays available. 8 to 4:30 M/F schedule will not be, most probably, compatible with clinicals, if you are going to have any, and, if...
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    I want to move out of rehab

    KatieMI replied to Aks1114's topic in General Nursing

    Try to get arrythmia course done. Also, if there is an "acute" LTACH near you, a non-ICU burn unit or acute orthopedic unit, try