KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

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    Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    KatieMI replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    BecomingNursey, I stepped on Legos of all sorts barefooted about a gazillion of times, it is not THAT bad. The standard description of 10/10, according to pain management textbooks, is either labor...
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    Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    KatieMI replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    My thing is baby talk, too. As well as "simple solutions". Yes, I am smoking. Yes, my wyfie smokes, too. We both do it for 50 years already.Yes, I got that she is here on the vent for the last two...
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    Nursing as a Second Career...can I get financial aid with a graduate degree.

    KatieMI replied to msdee69's topic in General Students

    There is a fair number of rather esoteric scholarships for adults and second/third degrees seekers. You need to Google, go through your professional societies, local/national women organizations. I...
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    Nurses- medical provider needs your opinion!

    KatieMI replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    The SO of the OP needs to be informed about one thing we nurses cherish. It is named AUTONOMY and taken for granted by the majority of doctors. Not only providers need to be more proactive and use...
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    Wound Care NP

    KatieMI replied to Asho2087's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know one NP who works excusively for wound care clinic/hyperbaric oxygen center. She got her BSN while working bedside med/surg, then got wound care certification and went through FNP program while...
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    Nursing school after bone marrow transplant

    KatieMI replied to Ashtinp's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    If I were you, I would speak with your school about individual learning plan. The first question would be clinical placements, like NicuGal said just above. Your situation is not covered by ADA. The...
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    when you know the diagnosis is wrong

    KatieMI replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, actually, removal of gallbladder does not remove risk of stones being formed in other bile ducts or common duct. Just like removal of appendix has nothing to do with diverticulitis, with its...
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    Washed RBC

    KatieMI replied to vuphan86's topic in General Students

    There is no such thing as "tissue debris in blood". The "washing" is a part of apheresis protocol (separation of RBCs from other parts of blood) and used to maximally decrease plasma components such...
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    RENAL CALCULI

    KatieMI replied to aldrich21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It depends on the chemical conrent of the stones. Renal calculi are most commonly made of calcium carbonate but sometimes may be also from calcium oxalate, urates, phosphates and so-called struvite...
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    Was I right, wrong, or am I going crazy

    KatieMI replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    JustBeachyNurse, Yes, did not mention it as something quite obvious. Got to go and bake something to de-attach myself from the another OP strange discussion. Cookies,
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    Was I right, wrong, or am I going crazy

    KatieMI replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Did you gather any history? When did she eat/drink/take meds the last time? Anyway, if patient in question already got CT scan and was seen by a bunch of specialists the moment of your assessment, it...
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    Was I right, wrong, or am I going crazy

    KatieMI replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    If nothing else, there is a thing named "oral airway". Just a cheap disposable piece of plastic, and works really well. And, yes, vitals q1-2 hours with neuro checks would be quote
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    Engagement/Wedding Ring Question

    KatieMI replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Nursing

    Not so long ago I had to care for a sweet LOL who happened to "find" a good size precious stone in her day bed (apparently, fallen from a piece of jewelry her home health care worker was wearing),...
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    Engagement/Wedding Ring Question

    KatieMI replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Nursing

    If you are one of the girls who "never" take off rings/earrings/cross, then there can be a moment for you of choosing between all that and your job. Unless you work in something like nursing...
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    Nurses Fight Back! Why Some Hospitals are Despicable

    KatieMI replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Anna asked her mentor "is everybody nice here?" And her mentor answered "YES" :roflmao::roflmao I went through the program which was just so described and the brand shiny new as well. Everybody was...
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    US Green Card Holder to do BSc Nursing in India, and to pursue MSN and Job in USA

    KatieMI replied to alfredtitto's topic in International Nursing

    1) yes, education in India may be cheaper but your sister will have to go through some hoops before taking licensing exam here in the USA and get licensed. It won't be impossible but cost some time...
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    I will not defend nurses anymore

    KatieMI replied to lost soul's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know where the OP worked and when he left patient's care, but the whole situation remains me those ubiquitous family members from "I am a nurse" tribe and maybe with considerable experience...
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    I will not defend nurses anymore

    KatieMI replied to lost soul's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the OP just hugely misinterpreted care his wife received, on top of experiencing quite some inconvenience during her hospital stays. I work in LTACH and with patient's who mostly were...
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    KatieMI replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Canigraduate, Thank you, we're all
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    KatieMI replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Being sure my baby is dead... then waking up 4.5 weeks later in ICU and finding out that she is already over a month old and doing as fine as a deep preemie might. One time, I was given a combination...
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    I will not defend nurses anymore

    KatieMI replied to lost soul's topic in General Nursing

    Dear OP, I am sorry about your negative experience and so of your wife. Next time, please keep in mind that no nurse or doctor is capable of knowing your own body as good as you do, as well as of mind...
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    HealthLeaders article on drug diversion and the impact on hospitals

    KatieMI replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    What I like in articles like this is an idea that brainwashing and police state solves everything. Feels like "welcome back to the USSR", with daily indoctrination starting from kindergarten and...
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    Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    KatieMI replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    My "working" BP is around 90-100/60, so there were a few cases I had it 50/30 when I had anaphylaxis and still was there and even talking some sense:yes:. I even had to put in my "allergy card" and...
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    Graduate Nursing schools with no GRE

    KatieMI replied to kamododragon's topic in General Students

    University of Michigan/Flint has no GRE requirements for their MSN and DNP programs except maybe CRNA. UofM Ann Arbor only wants it if candidate's GPA is below certain point. Both places have average...
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    both respiratory and metabolic acidosis - possible?

    KatieMI replied to coolplanet2003's topic in Critical Care

    Yes, respiratory and metabolic acidosis may coexist, although if things run long enough, there can be partial compensation, if patient has reserves. A relatively common case is patient with insulin...