KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    Unable to work.

    KatieMI replied to miranda819's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry you have to go through this. If your CNO is a little bit creative, a role can be devised for you... something like "admission/discharges coordinator" or "customer representative", ****it....
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    Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

    KatieMI replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

    The Problem With Satisfied Patients - The Atlantic Patients can be VERY HAPPY indeed the one moment, and dead the next one. Furthermore, available for general public data about incidence of...
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    Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    KatieMI replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    AFAIK =As Far As I Know Here is something for you to start from FAQ :: Dogs4Diabetics But, as it was mentioned already, brittle diabetes is manageable without training animal, and even without...
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    Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    KatieMI replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    AFAIK, you cannot send any animal of your own to be trained, you need to accept the one you are given by the program. (I was researching the field for my own needs a few years ago, and that looked...
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    Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    KatieMI replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Patient who is in denial, who "fights" the diagnosis and himself and doesn't master basic monitoring yet for all probabilities will not benefit from service animal. Dogs sniff for certain molecules...
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    Working for Select Specialty Hospitals?

    KatieMI replied to Nurse2440's topic in General Nursing

    Select is a huge organisation, so questions about culture/management really depend on the particular place. Some Selects have med/surg/tele units only, some have ICU and some are something in...
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    Hopeless Nursing Grad

    KatieMI replied to jst4layne's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Public libraries are free to use and they usually have full set of NCLEX books (Kaplan, Saunders, etc.), complete with CDs. Maybe not the latest editions, but they still will do it. Used books...
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    The Honest NCLEX Exam

    KatieMI replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    16. There is a new type of question which require an applicant to contact third party by phone to ask for the "clue". The applicant gets list of five persons to contact, only one of them able to give...
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    Dr. On Demand????!!!!!

    KatieMI replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    Would possibly work for well-supported, well-educated patients, possibly chronic and more or less stable, who know what to do and only need general directions. I would like to have just such an option...
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    GMO's

    KatieMI replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Had patients who wanted all food and meds too being "cruelty-free" (whatever that might mean), organic, non-GMO, "with sea salt only", etc. Luckily, we share building with another hospital where...
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    Do patients know a "good nurse"?

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

    Anonimous865, I am sorry that you have a negative experience with one of your nurses, but just to let you know: - hospital pharmacies routinely substitute one drug for another, and one brand of the...
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    "What to Expect When You're a Patient"

    KatieMI replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From reading this topic, I gathered that there is a need in this sort of information for visitors and patients. Not all negative, and not all didactic, just a straightforward explanation. So, why we...
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    Bad experiences after another,how to overcome and find my niche?

    KatieMI replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    TheSpectator, While I am absolutely agree with what TheCommuter said, I still wondering how exactly to do what you propose. I was burned badly on my first nursing job, so I did pretty much everything...
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    Bad experiences after another,how to overcome and find my niche?

    KatieMI replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    Find nursing agencies where you live and take either PRN or short local travel assignment. Make sure to specify what areas/populations you would like to work with. If you won'the like some particular...
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    "What to Expect When You're a Patient"

    KatieMI replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Karou, In our meters, it is possible to scan operator badge twice, then call and say what happened. At the worst, you always can scan the patient and explain later. There were multiple topics here...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    KatieMI replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    HouTx, If there would be just ONE successful lawsuit directed personally against the nurse who actually ate his young badly enough and, also personally, against the nurse manager who allowed it,...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    KatieMI replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    dirtyhippiegirl, It is perfectly legal. Not legal is to pay someone below the State minimum wage while this person is here in the USA, whether on visa of some type or not. It is also illegal to pay...
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    "What to Expect When You're a Patient"

    KatieMI replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, regarding blood pressures and blood sugars for family members, I would do it if I have time and/or the person in question is symptomatic. I do not want visitor coding in my room and if they...
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    "What to Expect When You're a Patient"

    KatieMI replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really do not know why nobody bothered with just such an idea yet. Nurses wear royal blue here, so do not ask someone wearing bubble pink if you can get your pain med now. Nurses only can give meds...
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    "I don't want to die"

    KatieMI replied to anh06005's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, that was my
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    KatieMI replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It only depends how hard it is going and for how long. If you for some reason locked into that particular job and it all goes on and on, then it will be only question of time and circumstances. There...
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    "I don't want to die"

    KatieMI replied to anh06005's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One time it happened... somehow there were some mushrooms on my plate.Panic, "sense of doom", SOB, Epipen, 911, car is here, to the ER we go. Me, still with sense of doom: I DON'T WANT TO DIE!!!!...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    KatieMI replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    BrandonLPN, imagine someone thinking that your peculiar pronunciation of, say, "th" (the, that, these, etc.) is somehow VERY MUCH IMPORTANT for your career as a nurse. Guided by the noble and...
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    Possible lawsuit from a new grad I was only trying to help

    KatieMI replied to marmolejo619's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1). Do not interact with her. Even in breakroom. Even not saying "hi". Refuse all assignments where you have to report to each other, do not watch her patients during breaks, do not enter a room of...
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    "I don't want to die"

    KatieMI replied to anh06005's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    False hope is telling a person with stage IV cancer that there are multiple ways to kill it all and make him healthier than before. Or telling family of 95 year old, legally blind, terminally demented...