mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Do nurses make a difference?

    YES!!!!!
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    Mieux de vie

    I've never heard of
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    New grad need help, afraid I’m failing

    AS far as giving report, someone should be able to help you. We have an old Kardex that we used to have in every chart box (before EPIC). Maybe there is something that the nurses that are complaining...
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    9 Types of Manipulative Patients

    there are some that are legitimately manipulative. I do not usually play into people trying some behaviors. When I was a new nurse, I had a pt that accused me of not giving her narcotic pain...
  5. I tool a job at a LTC facility that had just opened a new ortho rehab wing. I was there 10 months before I got a job at a hospital. I got a job at a great facility in orthopedics. They had a great new...
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    Dropping off resume/portfolio to unit you applied to?

    every position in my organization goes through HR. Even internal positions. I just applied for a promotion and I have to have a phone conference before I get to talk to my manager. lol. I find this...
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    Who wants to hire a graduate nurse at 55?

    I started my first nursing job at 48. There is value in life experience.
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    RN to BSN dilemma (for an older RN)

    I got mine @ 51 through a state school online program. It took one calendar year and I got reimbursement through my work. Cost me next to nothing. The program was set up for working nurses and it was...
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    Strategies for HAPU prevention

    we have a protocol in place with a different name. Our latest issue is heel. They need waffle boots or floatedon pillows. We have a lot of pts that come in with hip fx and are geriatric and need to...
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    What area/nursing specialty do you prefer?

    Been an ortho nurse for almost 8 years now. LOVE it
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    New Grad Nurse ICU Residency Programs

    I think Duke does longer, new grad residencies for ICU and ED. They are hiring now, I believe. Good tuition reimbursement if you need
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    Any way to set (regular) reminders in EPIC?

    there is a work list that should have the tasks you need. Especially
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    Help w/job decision?

    My 2 cents is that if you have another bachelor degree, you may not need a lot of classes. I did my BSN in one calendar year, which my facility paid for most of, in the minimum of hours because I did...
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    New Grad Dilemma

    I work on an ortho floor that has telemetry pts. And a lot of comorbidities so it is kind of like a med/surg floor. We do heparin gtt, insulin gtt, just no cardiac gtt. I love my floor. I didn't know...
  15. I like nursing students! I would say about half of our NCAs are in nursing school and we always hope they stay after graduating. The only time I have had an issue was where we had one group that...
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    New nurse question?

    we have a text page system at my facility. It allows us to send them a message with a priority. We can page them to a phone, but if it not an emergency, if I page and say that I need an order changed...
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    It's Driving Me Crazy

    I am not coming in early to look up pts off the clock. I get what I need from off going nurse and then look up other information once I get started. There is plenty of time to find out what I need to...
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    PhD nurses educating DNP students

    Agree. I was just talking to some younger nurses and trying to explain that the DNP is really a mini-thesis defense. It's kind of like the DPT and OTD (PT/OT doctorates). My neighbor is old school PT...
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    They have no choice. No one has never NOT signed
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    Medical diagnostic recovery unit?

    We have an IR department. They do a ton of
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    Tired and burnt out from the abuse

    We have just started a zero tolerance for abuse from patients and family. I just tell someone like that I am not going to engage until they can speak to me in a civil manner. We get good support from...
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    Setting the Precedent: Nurses Fired for Being Sick

    this makes me so sad. I am familiar with FMLA and intermittent FMLA as I have 2 kids with Type 1 diabetes and I never know when I have to take a day off. I had surgery about 5 years ago and had my...
  23. Watts school @ Duke was one of the last diploma programs I know of. They have officially paired with a brick and mortar university so that the students can do the diploma program and their BSN studies...
  24. we just assume that pts are filming us. We are told to document, document,
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    Medical diagnostic recovery unit?

    never heard of it. Hope someone