mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    At a crossroad, just finished BSN

    mmc51264 replied to LadyOfTheFlashlight's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I am almost done with my MSN in Informatics. According to a conference I went to, by 2018 there will be a 180,000 shortage of informatics nurses. It is such a varied field from teaching new grads EHR...
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    Ageism

    mmc51264 replied to katbird03's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Considering I am 52 and fitter than most of the under 30 nurses, it's not a problem. the only I see with ageism is the $$ factor. Most have maxed out their pay and they CAN'T get raises anymore. They...
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    Orders from hell...

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

    Extubate member??BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Best one
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    What does your nursing career repair bill say about you?

    mmc51264 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't change anything. I did an ADN program instead of an ABSN. Got a great education. Had a great class to go through it with. I am one of those that don't believe in regrets because everything...
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    RN shortage

    mmc51264 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is the key. It's location. We have 3 level 1 trauma centers, 3 level 2s and all the satellites, plus all their clinics. We are saturated with facilities and no nurses. then what happens...
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wish I was a gifted writer to write a profound article about being on the receiving end of care. My son was hospitalized for the second time this year for dka. This was a very mild case and really...
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    RN shortage

    mmc51264 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    I see the movement of many into APN but I have a feeling that is going to be SO saturated soon that they are the ones not going to be able to get jobs. We are hiring from new grads to clinical leads...
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    I did a Google search, and my RN information and a bunch of other things are there?

    mmc51264 replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just googled myself! OMG! They have a speeding ticket on there (not a major one-was dismissed so that's a problem right there). My BSN graduation. It's weird how certain things are on there and...
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    RN to MSN Programs

    mmc51264 replied to susie1969's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Most MSN programs are now online. I am at Duke and my cohort is from all over. We meet once a semester for an intensive conference type classroom experience. They help with practicum placement. that...
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    MSN vs MBA vs MHA

    mmc51264 replied to Hoey1823's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I have a colleague who is finishing MBA and MSN to something higher level. She is at the highest level of the clinical ladder. Another friend had a previous MBA and just finished MSN-DNP in...
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    Disapointed with nursing...

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

    I chart in the room with the patient so I get a chance to talk to them. I find out lots of interesting things, they like the attention (most of them, if they want to be alone, I don't do it) and it...
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    RN shortage

    mmc51264 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    there is a massive shortage where I am. I was one of those that said that the shortage was just them not hiring. Now I know there really is in some parts. We have been red-lined for over a week now...
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you had a really horrible experience. Whether the events of that ER visit actually happened as you recounted or not, doesn't matter. What matters is how you perceived your son's care....
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    cleback I have notified people that I work for about my experience and it is not the worst one. I was trying to describe more the sadness and frustration I feel for my child than an indictment of the...
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    Too old to start medsurge

    mmc51264 replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    NO!!!! I am going to be 53 in May. I have been a nurse 5 years. I work on an orthopedic floor and i love
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    Hmm...that's nice

    mmc51264 replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have some great nurses as patients or family members and some not so much. Personally, I don't like to tell that I am nurse unless they are so condescending that I can;t stand it. the best was when...
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    BSNbeDONE Sorry you went through that. It is very frustrating at the lack of compassion of others in this profession. Hope things are better for you
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    gemmi999 Are you really going to try and defend the care my child got (err didn't)???? I am a nurse and the mother of 2 T1 kids, this one was diagnosed 11 years ago (he's 13). YEAH you saved a...
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    PHENTERMIN

    mmc51264 replied to Ilovenurse79's topic in General Nursing

    bring it to employee health, no one else needs to know that. I am on medications that I have prescriptions for. When I test, I present the scripts and my manager gets a report that all is good....
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    Nursing with anxiety

    mmc51264 replied to bsn46's topic in General Nursing

    I have anxiety. Started in 2006 when my mother was murdered. I couldn't sleep. Put on a benzo (couldn't take anything that would knock me out, youngest child was diagnosed with T1 6 weeks before my...
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    Weight loss for nurses

    mmc51264 replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    You really don't need sugar. Protein is eventually broken down to
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    Do you think nurses get special treatment?

    mmc51264 replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    Not as patients LOL I wrote a piece about the horrible care my child received this week in the ED for DKA. This is after even worse care in Jan for another DKA admission-much, much sicker, so the...
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, they offered to bring the pillows and blanket. They just never brought it. normally I would have known where stuff is, but the ED is set up very different than the floor units. At the point...
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    other side of the coin. again.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I talked to the charge nurse about issues but I am not going further with this. The last hospitalization was way worse, but they saved his life. I spoke with patient relations. They do nothing but...
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    RN salaries in North Carolina?

    mmc51264 replied to Murse_1's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Cost of living. I am from Chicago and the house I have here, the taxes would be higher by a power of 10. I find that we live comfortably on the pay I get here. (I am in the Raleigh-Durham