mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    MA or CNA prior to NS general education?

    mmc51264 replied to KirbyK05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    MA takes a little while longer to get done, but I was a home health CNA while I was in nursing school (I already had a BS in Biology so all my pre-reqs were done). I found it to be a great help while...
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    Is it true that unionized nurses in NYC don't do lab draws, catheters, EKGs, etc.?

    mmc51264 replied to Ramona Abramov's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we have a vascular access team that places most of our IVs and also phlebotomy so we don't have to draw labs (unless they have a central line/port). We are very spoiled and it can be...
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    Midline Usage

    mmc51264 replied to Rabid_Panda's topic in General Nursing

    We don't use them hardly at all! Can't give anything extravasating through them, can't draw labs, can't tell if they've infiltrated. BSI or not, they are a bad idea as far as I can tell. Interesting...
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    Documenting a medication given by a physician

    mmc51264 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    In EPIC, we have an option to select "given by other" and then can put in a note who gave
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    Crusty Old Bats

    mmc51264 replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Yep and then I explain it
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    Broke My HCA Contract

    mmc51264 replied to Lrjames98's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that after all this time there hasn't been some sort of class action suit against them. They are horrible. Hear stories like this a lot. I guess all we can do it keep preaching...
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    Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

    mmc51264 replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

    Glad you are fine. So nice of you to dismiss others that have concerns. We had a nurse get shot in the ED. You win, you're tougher than the rest of us. Glad healthcare violence on health care workers...
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    Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

    mmc51264 replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

    Not a dude. Sorry if you got offended, it's kind of mind-boggling that one would not understand that there are pts that have psych issues, many untreated, and there are hospitals in not so nice areas....
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    Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

    mmc51264 replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

    We have had 2 people assaulted, one died, in our parking area. People do act on theses things
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    Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

    mmc51264 replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be stupid but may I ask why? If you read all of my post, our badges do not have our last names on them, the notes do. I didn't want the person to have access to my last name. You...
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    "Cell phone" vibration in your thigh?

    mmc51264 replied to srercg's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    ooooooh!! I have had this happen to me! It's so weird. I have chalked it up to the fact that I am older and getting varicose veins so when they are micro-infarcting (my made up word for how a varicose...
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    Can a non-licensed allied healthcare professional manage a licensed registered nurse?

    mmc51264 replied to Jenny2001's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NC and almost everyone higher than me, that I have to have any contact with is a nurse or a physician. Up until recently, the president of our hospital WAS a nurse! Now a doctor. There are...
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    Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

    mmc51264 replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. We have an icon (EPIC) in the upper right hand corner of the note and you can click on it to choose to hide the note. There is a pop up that has you explain why you are hiding it (generalities)...
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    Crusty Old Bats

    mmc51264 replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Old beds. Sometimes I will catch myself saying to "gatch the knees" and even with electric beds, the idea is the same. I get funny looks
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    What is the toughest part of nursing?

    mmc51264 replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    We all seem to go through the same things, but what really bugs me, and it isn't even really is a big thing-the time I spend looking for crap!! The bladder scanner, the Doppler, meds that are stocked...
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    Fired after verbal abuse from patient's family member

    mmc51264 replied to msbukki's topic in General Nursing

    I had my life threatened by a pt, they were filming me and the person single me out and said "I'm going to kill you "white *** *** ***" The cop that was there said, Those are just words. Amazing. I...
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    The Working Poor-Nurses

    mmc51264 replied to TeaCea's topic in General Nursing

    I was a teacher before I was a nurse, I made 2x the salary as a 2 year degreed nurse than I did as a master degreed teacher. can't compare the 2 anymore. I have now been an RN for 11 years and I make...
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    2021 Graduate Getting Multiple Rejections

    mmc51264 replied to RNCT93's topic in General Nursing

    We have a nurse that is a 2nd career nurse, went to a program that has a "master of nursing" not an MSN. Horrible RN. Going to kill someone ? Just a comment on the $$ issue regarding these...
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    Finally, someone is discussing this openly

    mmc51264 replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a nursing shortage-they aren't hiring! plenty out there, but not enough being
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    Things you wish doctors would do/say differently?

    mmc51264 replied to Larissa5838274's topic in General Nursing

    I wish the surgeons would quit telling the pts they can go home. At 0600!! Get report and I go in and they are dressed and ready to go. They don't have home health PT set up, or many of the things...
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    What was she thinking?!

    mmc51264 replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    I work inpatient and we have some nurses that think everyone works 24/7. I am a weekend nurse and the ones that don't work weekends don't realize that the weekday case manager is not on 24/7....
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    License Being Reported By Admin

    mmc51264 replied to Lina561's topic in General Nursing

    If she is your supervisor, reporting the staff is telling on herself. never heard of such a
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    We can't eat

    mmc51264 replied to vintagegal's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an area where there are 2 teaching hosp and upwards of 5 universities in a 30 mi radius. Between students, residents, faculty, nurses and ancillary staff; plus a research park, it's...
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    Decapitated baby

    mmc51264 replied to SHH's topic in General Specialties

    I need for someone to explain how this is even possible??? I was convinced this was some kind of hoax.
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    Procedural Consent Problems

    mmc51264 replied to bubblern90's topic in General Nursing

    Nope nope nope. Their job to get consent and get them signed. Out of my