KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    New to LTAC

    KatieMI replied to jlynn2303's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I would advocate for days. LTACH environment has a whole lot of things to learn, and most of it happens during the day shift. Also, during the day there are less patients per nurse, and you will want...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    NOACLS, Well, again I do not know what kind of nurse you are. I will stop here. As a person born with disabling physical traits who lives more than on par wiyh everybody else including you, I find no...
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    RN's and specialty catheters

    KatieMI replied to AnthonyD's topic in General Nursing

    LTACH. Whatever type provider wants, we do it. Three-ways placed by nurses with doc on stand-by somewhere near and/or with one of other nurses with urology experience. Population is mostly like the...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    You do not have a choice of color to be born with, and not much of that for your descendants, if you are a beetle. You just live till a bird finds you or your child, then you both die. By your logic,...
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    Can I still be accepted to Nurse Anesthesisa with Academic Violation on transcript?

    KatieMI replied to SaudadeScrefe's topic in General Students

    Check your
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    Frustrated, feeling prejudged...

    KatieMI replied to brandiep1982's topic in General Students

    I'd heard it to be true reg. former paramedics, and also reg. former teachers, former holders of non-nursing advanced degrees (the latter experienced myself) and, God forbid, nurses returning to...
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    Robots assisting nurses?

    KatieMI replied to cchao's topic in General Nursing

    Automatic dispensers of blankets, heated wipes, pads, basic sterile supplies (gloves, 4x4, 2x4, etc.) built into room. Robotic compounding of kits for basic procedures and bringing them into rooms,...
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    Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    KatieMI replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Awesomosity0, Pre-procedure check, patient is A, Ox3, in hospital for X months: -when did you eat or drink anything last time? - yesterday at dinner. - ok, did you take your morning pulls? (I know EMR...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    NOACLS, Ok. Natural selection it is. Now, how do you feel about all other cases when we, as human beings, bypass it for the benefits of an individual? By natural selection's law, half of our children...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    NOACLS, I do not wish you to experience some "constructive criticisms" which are to "help to build character" with quite deliberate purpose to destroy it first. I wish you to see, just one time, the...
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    Question for cardiac or ICU nurses

    KatieMI replied to klone's topic in Cardiac

    This is one reason for "everybody off and stop" pause every 2 minutes during the code. For 10 seconds or so at least two people have to search for pulses on large arteries like carotid or femoral to...
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    An actual case of NETY

    KatieMI replied to springchick1's topic in General Nursing

    :roflmao:
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    How to handle being bullied by nurse manager and colleagues?

    KatieMI replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    Luv2, I thought so too, and in addition it was, or what I thought to be, my absolutely 110% dream job. I needed money, I had no support, and had 100500 more of VERY important reasons to be a fool that...
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    Family refuses care

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

    It is ok to let a person die. It is not ok to let him die in pain and discomfort if that might be helped. If patient has dementia and it is bad enough so medical decision power belongs to family...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Agree, llg:yes: My own negative experience still hurts pretty badly, so I am sorry and you are
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Again, IMH (umbly)O, As it was just said, bullying is a condition of enabling which starts from the top of the chain of command. In order to stop it, the top of the chain of command needs to get hit...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    The "bad" coping techniques are in each of us, just some of us we're developed the right way, and some... well, not so right. People do not suddenly become bullies after work promotion, they start...
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    How to handle being bullied by nurse manager and colleagues?

    KatieMI replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you can. I was terminated from the unit where the NM openly named me "dirty foreigner soiling this country's air", among other things. There was no talk about any letters, of course. I called the...
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    What is the motivation for bullying?

    KatieMI replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    IMH (umble)O, there is one phrase: Because they can do it. At the end, the actual reason doesn't matter. The "target" can be awfully inept, or incredibly smart, much worse than anyone or way better,...
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    How to handle being bullied by nurse manager and colleagues?

    KatieMI replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    Leave it ASAP. And then make the place and unit's name known far and
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    Worst/silliest/are you serious pt complaint you've received?

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

    MunoRN, I knew it all when the time it happened as well as that the EMTs did excellent job. It is not an easy thing to knock down for a moment a struggling patient with BP like 50/30 while quickly...
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    Worst/silliest/are you serious pt complaint you've received?

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

    ScrappytheCoco, So sorry you went through this, and happy it is just an ugly past now
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    Worst/silliest/are you serious pt complaint you've received?

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

    ScrappytheCoco, such things happen often, because of some meds. Versed, ketamine, clonidine and quite a few more can cause memory shifts and false memories. I once got ketamine plus versed plus...
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    Worst/silliest/are you serious pt complaint you've received?

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

    Being in the USA illegally and "stealing the job from the good American workers". Doing too much assessments, much more than any other nurse. Being "just so different that our family can't tolerate...
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    How do I get enrolled into a 4yrs BSN.

    KatieMI replied to cobby's topic in International Nursing

    If you are already in the USA LEGALLY and WITH FIXED VISA STATUS (I.e. can stay, study and work and have valid driver's license and SSN): 1). Google 4-years BSN programs in the state you are residing....