mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    ECU DNP 2018

    mmc51264 replied to gaustinrn's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I can't get them to answer an email about post masters
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    Greener grass?

    mmc51264 replied to c27_AEMT's topic in General Nursing

    work weekend nights. Usually the shift differential is fairly significant. Then you might not have to take any extra
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    Two sciences at once??

    mmc51264 replied to Bketchens's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a biology major, I took two life sciences and
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    scientific rationale for jehovah's witness

    mmc51264 replied to zorahna's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, we had a JW, and a 7th Day Adventist. They were willing to share the parts of their religion that were challenges in nursing. It was wonderful to have a respectful,...
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    Thoughts on Covering Own Shift

    mmc51264 replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    If something non-urgent comes up once our schedules are published, we are responsible for finding someone to switch with. I would take the PTO and not worry about it (out policy is that if you call...
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    Preceptorship Objectives

    mmc51264 replied to NSS21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    there should be a document that is for all. You shouldn't have to remake the wheel. We have 3 benchmark packets-30 day, 3 months and 1 year. It is explicit in what is
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    Is this part of a nursing career?

    mmc51264 replied to Mireame's topic in General Nursing

    I was a HH aide while going to school. I thought I wanted peds so I ended up getting a great job for a great family to care for their chronically ill child (non-verbal, PEG tube). later, in clinical,...
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    Is switching from a Biology degree to BSN while in undergrad worth it?

    mmc51264 replied to iopmoris's topic in Nursing Career

    I have a Biology degree (I was pre-vet) When I decided to go into nursing, they took all my sciences. The only thing I had to take was human A&P because I had taken comparative anatomy. I would...
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    Keeping experienced staff!!!

    mmc51264 replied to riden6944's topic in General Nursing

    We have some perks for more veteran staff. No floating, no holidays, shift choice. It's the nurses that are 3-5 years that we are having trouble keeping. Some go on to get NP, some get homesick, but...
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    Does your hospital pay?

    mmc51264 replied to riden6944's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We get a bonus for certification (up to 4 I believe) but we pay for the test. I pay all my association fees (they are tax deductible) I do get enough free CEUs to renew my license and opportunities to...
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    Graduated from non-accredited program

    mmc51264 replied to MKYPAL's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My comm college was not "accredited" by NLN or the like, but it was by the college system. I was eligible to sit for my RN and become a nurse. So I am a nurse and have had no trouble getting into a...
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    Leaving Residency Program?

    mmc51264 replied to MoriahGriesbach's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    if you are up front with HR, ask them what you can do to leave, what you have to repay, etc so you are "eligible for rehire) If you do this professionally, you should be fine. Stuff like this...
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    Can i be fired

    mmc51264 replied to Joshua08's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It may come up as an issue in annual review. Peer review is more important than I thought. I just tried a clinical ladder advancement and perception is someone else's reality. People that don't know...
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    Ready to change

    mmc51264 replied to brad30's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a very small world. I would not burn a bridge. one year is really a short time. Try something to shake it up: work some nights, work weekends, volunteer on a committee that you might be...
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    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    mmc51264 replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    In a busy med/surg floor, it is impractical, If I have a few minutes to chart, I go in the doctor's room (they are usually there on the weekends) and play something softly. I think it is extremely...
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    Was I wrong?

    mmc51264 replied to Munch's topic in General Nursing

    All of our SS pts get a PCA. It is a horrible disease and many of them have high pain/high narcotic tolerance because of the disease. PCA meds can be better regulated than having prn meds to give. You...
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    8 versus 12 hour shift

    mmc51264 replied to mimilovern's topic in General Nursing

    I loved 3-11 shift but it was an hour drive and I rarely had dinner with my family. Now I am doing 3-12s and it is hard for me to get up early, it is only 3 days a week. I like the 12s
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    Rising above the cattiness

    mmc51264 replied to healthcare2015's topic in General Nursing

    It's a fine line between being friendly and trying not to get into the middle of stuff. I hate the drama but I cannot work in a vacuum. I just recently had a peer review done for clinical ladder...
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    Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    mmc51264 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an area where there are 2 teaching hospitals and they each have satellite hospitals. There are more hospitals (5 or so) within 100 miles. We are desperate for nurses as well. (Raleigh-Durham...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    mmc51264 replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    My two cents. We get a lot of patients from outside hosp. and it amazes me that the only pain regimen is IV dilaudid. They get to us and we have a protocol of non-opioid, PO, meds, then PO...
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    New nurses without clear career goals

    mmc51264 replied to tara07733's topic in General Nursing

    I would be open to anything. I ended working LTC rehab as my first job. I ended up getting the exact experience I needed to get the dream job I didn't know I wanted!!!! Lots of my classmates had...
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    Hospital employement that helps with tuition

    mmc51264 replied to christiholt's topic in General Nursing

    Duke offers tuition reimbursement upon hire and then 5K/year after that plus, if you attend Duke for advanced degrees, they have a program that they pay a good portion of the tuition. I just finished...
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    Fastest RN to BSN program in nc? Or online? (Fewest pre-reqs)

    mmc51264 replied to countrygirl1234's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    No. Discussion Boards, different projects. I loved it. There were some papers but not the 10-15 page APA papers everyone thinks of. One of the professors there does this whole thing of using...
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    Fastest RN to BSN program in nc? Or online? (Fewest pre-reqs)

    mmc51264 replied to countrygirl1234's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I did my RN-BSN @ UNCW online in a calendar year. WSSU is another very popular one. Each school is a little different. Depends on what you took during your ADN program. I had a BS in Biology so that...
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    Pain scale

    mmc51264 replied to nurseequestrian's topic in General Nursing

    If they are borderline and I know that the higher dose is going to make them feel better, I ask what number their pain is when they move. It may make the difference. I have had discussions about this...