mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    Every Nurse Should Know Martial Arts

    mmc51264 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree that no one should be subjected to violence but as I said, how would you get people to "buy in" to this? The CBI training is evidenced-based, as far as I
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    What to do when patient refuses wearing a name band?

    mmc51264 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    put it on their foot. We had some lazy night shift nurses that put the bands by the computer keyboard and with the higher pt turnover we have, there were times when the wrong pt's nameband was there....
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    Protections of civilian nurses from fed. inmates

    mmc51264 replied to Fishfeels's topic in General Nursing

    Do you not have some sort of safety reporting system at your facility to report unsafe conditions? We have a system where we can identify unsafe conditions and we have the backing of most of the...
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    Every Nurse Should Know Martial Arts

    mmc51264 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    not sure how feasible that would be. Can barely get people to do required CE and what training we do
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    Medication Error During A Code

    mmc51264 replied to Nursethoughts123's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like there was no one leading the response. We always call out medication and dose when preparing and handing over and then again with time given. SVT for an hour? You did well. We...
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    Every Nurse Should Know Martial Arts

    mmc51264 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    We are offered, and I have taken, CBI training, which is specific to nursing/health care. How to keep oneself out of danger and ways to get out of physical situations. It was a really cool
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    8-10hr nursing jobs that give hospital paygrade

    mmc51264 replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand what kind of "courses" you are taking. If you are a nurse already and not back in school, can you not get whatever education you need through your facility? I have not taken...
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    Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

    mmc51264 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I am lucky to be at a teaching hospital so there is a bit of a more welcoming attitude toward teaching new (er) nurses. we have even started a mentoring program to support new hires after orientation....
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    type of certification

    mmc51264 posted a topic in General Specialties

    I a an orthopedic RN (certified). With Covid and new EBP, our total joints are doing mostly same day d/c or <24H d/c. The patient population on my unit is going to change, adding surgical trauma....
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    type of certification

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Specialties

    pre-op education. Also they are using a lot of nerve blocks to avoid a lot of general anesthesia. The total joints that do come to the floor, there is a lot of preventive measures. It really has...
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    Nursing Staffing Post COVID Quagmire...

    mmc51264 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    We are bleeding nurses at the hopsital and we can't hire them fast enough. In the coming months, we have 15 new nurses to orient. It is a daunting task. We are going to have to utilize nurses that are...
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    ADN or BSN?

    mmc51264 replied to Unsuregirl101's topic in General Nursing

    I did an ADN program as I needed to be done FAST! I had lost my job as a teacher (I was too expensive w/a masters degree). Because I had a previous BS, I only had to do the nursing courses, so I was...
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    In Search For The Perfect Nursing Job...

    mmc51264 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a LTC facility that had just opened a new rehab wing for total joint replacement pts. I did not want LTC, it was an hour drive 5 days/week. I went because the new DON had been one of my...
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    Breakroom Pet Peeves

    mmc51264 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Do not bring your leftover fish and nuke it in the microwave! Room smells like fish the rest of the day! During Covid, we only had 2 chairs in the room for social distancing. Don't put your back...
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    Happy Nurse's Week! You ROCK (literally a rock given to RN's for Nurse's Week)!

    mmc51264 replied to CABGpatch_RN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! we got rocks too!
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    Not Sure What Direction To Go From Here...

    mmc51264 replied to Aliceozwalker's topic in General Nursing

    What is interesting about having social anxiety and being an introvert (I am both), I have no issues with patients-my issues are with colleagues. I don't feel comfortable sharing with them, I feel...
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    Predatory New Grad Contracts

    mmc51264 replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing

    They are paying 2 nurses to do the job of one. There is training and the bonus. I am not sure of the exact figure, but if a preceptor gets paid $50K/year that's half of what the organizations are...
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    Bit Off More Than I Can Chew

    mmc51264 replied to bluescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Most nursing positions require 30 day
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    Experience treating patients with Munchausen Syndrome

    mmc51264 replied to AdelaideSole's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I have ever had a legit Munchausen, but we have pts that we call "a little 'Munchy'" I know it is not really appropriate, but there are many pts that are extremely manipulative...
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    I don’t know what to do

    mmc51264 replied to Adelaf02's topic in General Nursing

    This pandemic is making nursing harder than ever. I believe it is the same everywhere. Many nurses are leaving to go travel, changing hospitals, specialties, but I keep hearing the same stories over...
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    Duke vs UNC vs WakeMed

    mmc51264 replied to FutureNP_1319's topic in School, College Programs

    They are all about the same. There are some minor differences, but nothing significant. Because of Covid, there is a lot "grass is greener" movement going on, but it is pretty much the same...
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    Temporary Disability

    mmc51264 replied to newmom17's topic in General Nursing

    Will FMLA not work? Do you have enough PTO to cover you? We have several that got injured OTJ and they gave them light duty. Another had elective surgery and has exhausted all PTO and much of...
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    Hardest Thing to Learn

    mmc51264 replied to Okey Foley's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest challenge, and it is one I have struggled with since childhood, is that I am not sure if I am on the spectrum or not, which makes me socially unaware at times. I am very misunderstood. I...
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    Backpriming still a thing?

    mmc51264 replied to Kayla.01123's topic in General Nursing

    we backprime. Primary tubing is almost always NS and there are very few meds (I give 95% antibiotics) are incompatible with that. We have warnings on the Alaris pumps for incompatible fluids (LR...
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    Nurse Personality

    mmc51264 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I treat adult patients so I don't speak to them as if they are children. Most pts I can create some rapport with. I pick and choose my battles with pts. (refusing a laxative versus refusing Lovenox)....