KatieMI BSN, MSN, RN

ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine

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    need higher medical support

    KatieMI replied to brotherbear3's topic in Public, Community Health

    Honestly, if I were you, I would start looking for another job, NOW. Before something happens. Due to my unusual education history, there was a time when I was constantly asked to be a counselor of a...
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    Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    KatieMI replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    Hollister makes female urinary pouches with hydrocolloid sticky pad. Where I am, they work quite well except for some patients need a bit of shaving down there to make the pouch adhere and stay put....
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    Nurse questioning pain med

    KatieMI replied to RN_2012's topic in Patient Medications

    There is nothing criminal in asking physician for separate orders for different kinds of pain, especially if patient already takes pain mess for chronic pain. Like: Morphine 1 mg IVP Q4H PRN for...
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    Coming out with mental health... or not?

    KatieMI replied to KatieMI's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you so much, guys!. I got it - no word out about it to those who do not need to know It happens on my free day, usually at around 5 AM when they want me to come and cover for someone who just...
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    Online application status being reviewed but job filled!!!!! 😡

    KatieMI replied to RNerica12's topic in General Nursing

    The manager makes decision whom to interview, screen and hire. HR is only managing emails/paperwork. Technically, they can nic/hold a resume or keep another one out till manager remembers that...
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    How to Recruit talented nurses

    KatieMI replied to IoraRecruiter's topic in General Nursing

    The most talented, clinically advanced and prone to think critically people have a notorious tendency , as a general rule, NOT to be the easiest and funniest to work with. With time and some (usually...
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    Advice on creepy doctors?

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

    First and foremost, GET OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Predators do not get cues. They do not stop till they get what they want. If you were told to figure it all out by yourself by your manager,...
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    Field Day & Previous Injuries

    KatieMI replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    My daughter has several medical problems, mostly stemming from her birth ("extreme premee"). In those few cases the nurse attending the event was not our school nurse, I put in backpack snacks, water,...
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    Nursing School Horror Stories

    KatieMI replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

    I personally did not experience any real horrors while in school. Certain level of, let me named this way, non-acceptance happened some times but nothing as bad as I got to see and feel during my...
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    Can a Foreign educated RN now licensed in the USA apply for an RN-to-BSN program?

    KatieMI replied to joannanairobi's topic in International Nursing

    I am a US citizen and speak American English as well. But when I was searching for BSN program 4 years ago, in place # 1 I was asked to take TOEFL, and to take it ONLY in their center. Their reasoning...
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    Nursing School Horror Stories

    KatieMI replied to MR-RN15's topic in General Students

    I really think that sharing "horror" stories at a forum full to the top with nursing and pre-nursing students, most of whom are already nervous, is like telling about chances of bleeding to death and...
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    Uniform

    KatieMI replied to Laki's topic in General Students

    One Amish nurse I know wore plain, no splits, ankle-length skirt for clinicals and continues to do so till this day. She had to speak with Dean while in school and claim "religious needs" for wearing...
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    No Restraints

    KatieMI replied to B52's topic in General Nursing

    My life and nursing experience says that if one starts to get repeated thinkings about GETTING THE HECK OUT OF THERE WHATEVER IT TAKES, then it is most possibly the time to do just that and get the...
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    Solutions for Tired, Achy Feet

    KatieMI replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah... I once found my new perfect pair of shoes... with sale price to die for:uhoh3: The following dialogue happened: - the shop lady: Would you like to buy this spray to protect your new shoes...
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    Creative, cost effective teaching strategies needed, please!

    KatieMI replied to nicola64's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Apple juice for urine; it is naturally positive for sugar and, after being left at room temperature for a while, becomes positive for ketones as well. Take an eggplant, peel it, dice and fry in 1/2...
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    Can a Foreign educated RN now licensed in the USA apply for an RN-to-BSN program?

    KatieMI replied to joannanairobi's topic in International Nursing

    Here is what you have to do: 1). Shop around for schools. Brick-and-mortar are better than online for foreign grads, especially if you want to continue in grad school. Pay attention, among other...
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    Childhood Obesity: Breaking the Cycle

    KatieMI replied to cynboys's topic in Patient Education

    The problem is, the wast majority of "problem" parents heard all that, probably hundreds of times, and thus perfectly conditioned themselves to direct our wholeheartly delivered teaching into one ear,...
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    Level of difficulty of a BSN program for an international student

    KatieMI replied to dcm2142's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It really depends on many things. First, your English (speaking, reading, writing and understanding) should be more advanced than the level needed for daily conversations. I do not even know how to...
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    Some people are too smart for nursing

    KatieMI replied to Careerchange88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The problem is, antiintellectualism is present in nursing. Although this problem is time- and place- specific, it is here. One recent topic on this very forum was about "A" students who just can't...
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    Previous pneumonia

    KatieMI replied to suzy12's topic in Immigration Advice

    It won't be a problem. Get documents about your BCG so some genius won't give you PPD. Scars from old pneumonia don't look like active
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    Cirrhosis

    KatieMI replied to MikeHale143's topic in General Nursing

    AST/ALT: measurement of hepatocytes destruction, so usually elevated but may be normal or high normal if inflammatory process in liver is supressed as result of treatment or natural remission. ETOH...
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    Crazy clinicals instructor doesn't like us using the restroom?

    KatieMI replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    I wish it would be troll. But I was ordered to go and get some hot chocolate for a visitor although it was made well known that I could not touch, smell or taste anything made from cocoa. I took a...
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    Crazy clinicals instructor doesn't like us using the restroom?

    KatieMI replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    If some nursing instructor told me that the student she is going to assign to me for whole 12 hours cannot eat and use restroom, I would sacrifice 5 min. out of my honest half an hour to write Dean a...
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    Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    KatieMI replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    The whole bullying culture although not without its merits has taken a hold. I beg your pardon, but what are exactly the "merits" of bullying? Not eyes rolling and not polite explanation that online...
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    would you give this bp med?

    KatieMI replied to lynnburg's topic in Patient Medications

    1). What was the heart rate trend? BP baseline? 2). What the beta-blocker was for, maybe something beyond HTN? 3). What other meds were on board? 4). Was it classic Lopressor without intrinsic...