mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Why your avatar?

    mmc51264 replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    I have two children with Type 1 diabetes and my avatar is the global symbol for them. Type
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    Non-hospital jobs for ADNs

    mmc51264 replied to Merry120's topic in General Nursing

    Most school nurses have to have BSN, but that may differ among states. There is home health, but most want you to have some experience. I worked as a HH aide while I went to school and did...
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    Ortho floor nursing job?

    mmc51264 replied to COBSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE being an ortho nurse! Yes, the acuity is high, but I cannot tell you how much I have learned. You get patients with every comorbidity possible so it can be a challenge, as is the pain...
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    Working below your license

    mmc51264 replied to happ09's topic in General Nursing

    it was explained to me that we are to work to the top and the bottom of our scope. As a nurse, my scope includes everything an aide does. As long as I getting paid what I contracted to, it doesn't...
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    Advice on quitting

    mmc51264 replied to joytrann15's topic in General Nursing

    Try to get a job lined up! Also, check with HR or someone quietly, but I think nurses usually have to give 30 days. When I left my first job, I gave 2 weeks and then they told me I had to give 30...
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    The state of nursing now

    mmc51264 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    we had a company come in and evaluate. The restructured a lot of the middle management so it affect too, much but, we are expected to "work to both ends of our scope"-the top and the bottom (which...
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    Looking for DNP Program- Masters in non-MSN accepted

    mmc51264 replied to kcolver's topic in General Nursing

    then you should be able to get into a DNP program. Kind of the ideal
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    Should I accept a SNF position as a new grad even though this is not the field I want?

    mmc51264 replied to FishBones's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked for 10 months in LTC rehab. It was invaluable experience! Time management, geriatric population, orthopedics, PT stuff. The best part was, when I applied for a new grad position, I was still...
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    Looking for DNP Program- Masters in non-MSN accepted

    mmc51264 replied to kcolver's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if you can do that. Do you have a BSN? You may be better off in an Ed.D program if you want to teach. I have an MA in teaching and it was not good enough. I have finished MSN (Informatics)...
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    BSN or Associates Degree

    mmc51264 replied to raynpetal's topic in General Students

    I did my ADN and then did an RN-BSN after I worked for 2 years, they paid most of the tuition. I was an older student (in my 40s, like you) and liked that I could get to work faster. The RN-BSN...
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    Is it a medication error if...?

    mmc51264 replied to kbrowning's topic in Patient Medications

    Our pts don't get charged until med scanned. Any med pulled should be returned, but stuff like senna, I don't think they much care about. All controlled substances need a witness for return or waste...
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    mmc51264 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    We have d/c'd hip replacements POD #0! Not often, but almost everyone gets up POD 0. EOB, stand & pivot but they do
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    Should you work as a CNA/Tech before or during nursing school

    mmc51264 replied to Beautiful_Beginnings's topic in General Students

    I worked as a home health aide during nursing school. It was great. I had a pretty flexible
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    Fairness

    mmc51264 replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    we have self-scheduling. If there are days that you absolutely cannot work, you can designate that, which means, if they have to change your requested schedule, than they try very hard to not ask...
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    Really good article about chronic pain and the nurse's responsibility in it's management.

    mmc51264 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Working in orthopedics, we have a LOT of pts that have chronic pain issues. We have to deal with the chronic pain and the acute pain. Some of them have a baseline pain of 5-6/10 and are already taking...
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    mmc51264 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    They make things like neutralizing sprays!! We have one bathroom in the hallway. I don't think that is the best place for pooping but people do and the hallway reeks. Of course when you have an...
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    New Grad hired in the ER, question.

    mmc51264 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I asked a nurse from the ICU, we were in some sort of meeting, why they hire new grads for ICU. She told me they have so much trouble staffing as it is 1:1 (maybe 1:2). The travelers are a crap shoot...
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    Question about priming tubing

    mmc51264 replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    we usually run antibiotics as a secondary and then saline lock when they are done. Change tubing
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    My Body Is Not My Resume: Exploring Nursing Dress Codes

    mmc51264 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    to vivalasviejas I have the same tattoos! A semicolon and a caduceus. I have others that are not very visible (ankle and calves). I have found that the patients that notice them, it's a great...
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    Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    mmc51264 replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    "I agree with some of what you said. Particularly as it pertains to direct entry APNs- they've never been nurses, so how can they practice an advanced form of it?" This!!!!! Totally agree with you. I...
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    What do you think? My mother is told she is a drug addict by her primary care physician

    mmc51264 replied to lhome's topic in General Nursing

    Had a bit of an epiphany this weekend. We get a lot of complicated pts from OSH. I have noticed that these OSH don't give PO pain meds! IV dilaudid. Every three hours. When they get to us, we usually...
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    New Grad, how many portfolios?

    mmc51264 replied to anflores23's topic in General Nursing

    Our applicants go through HR and they make the recs to managers. I am working on a portfolio for my clinical ladder. My advisor just went through mine with me and took all the "fluff" out. They are...
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    Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    mmc51264 replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I am certified in my specialty, climbing the clinical ladder and have completed an MSN program (non-cinical) I don't really want to leave the bedside but rather mentor the new nurses that are being...
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    Fingerprint failure

    mmc51264 replied to Rntr's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, I am in NC and a lot of teachers fail because of all the paper counting they do. Mine barely work. I think my friend used an old set when she fostered a child and they couldn't get prints off...
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    New Grad, how many portfolios?

    mmc51264 replied to anflores23's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessary They didn't even want them when I was interviewing to be a teacher. Who had you do a