mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    How Do Nurses Advocate for Their Patients?

    mmc51264 replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 kids that are T1 diabetics and had to learn how to advocate for them before I was a nurse. I use similar techniques to advocate for patients. Many times it is a matter of communication....
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    How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

    mmc51264 replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

    We went to a dress code last year. I HAD 30 sets of scrubs and laundry is done weekly/every other week at my house (hubby is law enforcement so he has uniforms) Now, I have 6 sets of scrubs so that I...
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    Words of Guidance to New Nurse

    mmc51264 replied to MiladyMalarkey's topic in General Nursing

    Working as a nurse is a complete 180 from school. I feel that new grads are sometimes coming out with unrealistic expectations. Nursing is hard (nursing school is really hard too, just different). Be...
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    Questions about morning blood sugars/insulin

    mmc51264 replied to Logracia's topic in General Nursing

    I am the diabetes "champion" on my unit (and parent of 2 Type 1 kids). BG does not get taken until trays arrive. Insulin needs to be given within 30 minutes of eating and the BG should be no more...
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    Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

    mmc51264 replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I was hired as a new grad into a specialized residency for orthopedics (there was a program for many of our specialties) I got a fabulous 6 month orientation. There is a lot of medicine issues with...
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    Income as part time RN

    mmc51264 replied to Wuulie's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you could do phone
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    New Grad making small mistakes!!!

    mmc51264 replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

    we have to do safety/rounding checks every 2 hours and being on an ortho floor, lots of pain assessments/re-assessments. I chart in the room when I am there and make sure I do I&Os, pain, an my...
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    Pain patients being denied their medication!

    mmc51264 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Pain Management

    My PCP wouldn't prescribe pain meds (Tramadol!!!!), so I got a referral to pain clinic. Best thing I ever did. Dr. is fabulous and the NP I see most of the time is really helpful. I get to pick their...
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    Med error?

    mmc51264 replied to TraumaQueenRN4's topic in Pain Management

    We have to give PO first and then the IV. Min of an hour apart. Not sure why they would use Norco. We use oxy/PO dilaudid and tylenol
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    MSN Informatics program recommendations...

    mmc51264 replied to nurse404's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I got mine at Duke. It is mostly online with a week of campus meetings. Two total for the program. Best part is them finding
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    Breaking New Grad Contract

    mmc51264 replied to Nursenursexoxo's topic in General Nursing

    I had to sign a 2 year contract-however, I got $10K in tuition reimbursement and a 6 month orientation. That did cost the hospital money. The amount to be paid should I have left, went down as time...
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    Nursing type that doesn't involve giving injections and shots

    mmc51264 replied to CheesePimiento's topic in General Nursing

    even as a school nurse, you may have to give insulin or glucagon or
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    Post MSN question

    mmc51264 replied to Obsessedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here, the market is so saturated, it is very hard to find clinical sites (and most programs are not super helpful). I have an MA in teaching and an MSN in Informatics. Thought about getting NP for...
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    Aide Documentation - Rationale?

    mmc51264 replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

    I am having some issues now with our aides not being able to write a narrative note. We had a very ugly male pt that was making very sexual comments to one of our aides. I felt that it was not...
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    Is 1 L of NS bolus/ hour excessive (total of 3L) for a patient that came in wuth dehydration and acute renal failure

    mmc51264 replied to what's topic in General Nursing

    When I was doing clinical, we had a pt in the ED that his living status was unknown. He was so dehydrated that it took 3L and 3 hours before he started to make any urine. We put a Foley in to get...
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    Hospital New Grad Orientation. I feel like quitting nursing.

    mmc51264 replied to PinoyRN123's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is normal to feel this way! My biggest pet peeve is that so many new nurses are not really prepared for what nursing really is. I precept a lot of new nurses and I see it all the time. Try...
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    manager proposed promotion

    mmc51264 replied to JabRN17's topic in General Nursing

    i have 6 degrees too. 3 are nursing and the others are science, education
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    Why did you choose that nursing program (current or past)?

    mmc51264 replied to NurseBlaq's topic in General Nursing

    I missed the application deadline for an ABSN program so went through an ADN program at Community college. So glad that I did! Got a good education and great clinical experience. I had no trouble...
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    Trapezium bar.

    mmc51264 replied to Nursing Au's topic in Orthopedic

    our total knees get up within hours of surgery. There are no precautions for knees as far as moving. The best way to roll a total knee (or hip, for that matter) is to roll onto operative side. One...
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    Ortho - a stepping stone?

    mmc51264 replied to Apple-Core's topic in Orthopedic

    As an ortho certified nurse, I am going to try not to take offense. Orthopedics is a LOT more than "bone stuff". We have Stepdown, pts on telemetry, pain management using many multimodal...
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    Does ANYONE like the hospital?

    mmc51264 replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I am an orthopedic nurse and I love my job. I got my MSN last Dec and have stayed at the bedside. My MSN is in Informatics, so I am on that committee, but I like working 3 days a week, I like...
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    RN school while in High School?

    mmc51264 replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    i would think that a student would have to be 18 to do pt
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    HIPPA?

    mmc51264 replied to hara1112's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I access charts all the time from home to do chart audits. I have to go through double verification procedures to access hospital intranet. I have permission from the hospital (as others do) to this...
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    Cerner or Epic - Which do you prefer?

    mmc51264 replied to LewisDanielUSA's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE Epic. Changed my nursing. I, for some reason, had an natural affinity for Epic and I am much more
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    Is this insubordination? How do I deal with this PSW?

    mmc51264 replied to guest1048932's topic in General Nursing

    dumb question-what is a