mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Labor and delivery

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse2Be__'s topic in North Carolina Nursing

    See how you do in your mother/baby rotation in clinical. I hated it. I love babies, but zero interest in L&D. I wanted peds until I had a child go south quickly. It is very hard. Decided it was...
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    Are you supposed to check a boy's foreskin during a physical?

    mmc51264 replied to SydneyKidney's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Both male and female genitalia are assessed as necessary in my inpatient unit by nurses. I worked on an urololy unit and no am ortho where we have a lot of Foleys or I&Os for post anesthesia...
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    ¿Hablas en Espanol?

    mmc51264 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    i speak very little but we are required to have a certified interpreter for admissions, consents, and discharges. I wish I spoke it
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    Help with Pharmacology

    mmc51264 replied to 2bMurseTheNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sliding scale is a correction dose of insulin for a BG higher than whatever parameters the physician says. Other short-acting doses are mealtime doses and are based on weight of pt (usually). I am not...
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    max capacity lift test?

    mmc51264 replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Learn better body mechanics. Talk to a physical therapist. I am old and learned how to lift properly while working with horses years ago. I can still throw a 50lb sack of horse feed or dog food better...
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    Nurse with ADD :(

    mmc51264 replied to WheresMyPen's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I think a lot of nurses are ADD/ADHD. It helps with multi-tasking. I was diagnosed this year. At 51. Both of my children have been diagnosed and my husband is undiagnosed but there is no way he isn't....
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    Pendulum Swinging too Far on Pain Meds?

    mmc51264 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of options between oxy and Tramadol. Our doc use a multi modal protocol: celebrex, lyrica, tylenol, and a narcotic. Tramadol is usually not used unless it is pt request or out very elderly pts. I...
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    Possible move?

    mmc51264 replied to Curlywirlygirly's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I don't have any experience in Charlotte or Asheville (other than visiting). I work in the Triangle and we love being here. There is SO much to do. Concerts and museums and sports and you're an hour...
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    Magnet status...yay?

    mmc51264 replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    I too work at a Magnet hosp. We don't have mandatory scrubs (we can wear specialty or hospital t-shirts) the BSN is 80% by 2020. They are giving tuition assistance for the ADN or diploma nurses to go...
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    What is a Nurse data specialist?

    mmc51264 replied to MikePilipenko's topic in General Nursing

    we have a balanced scorecard that tracks falls, hospital acquired infection (Foley and central lines) pt satisfaction, financials, etc. We do skin audits and submit them. As the diabetes person, I...
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    Nurse practitioner or Medical Doctor

    mmc51264 replied to Kenny Rogers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    apples and oranges. Like Pixie explained (very well-I had NO idea) medical school is a completely different ballgame. An MSN degree is no walk in the park either. Do you have any nursing experience...
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    How did you decide your specialty?

    mmc51264 replied to Irish_Mist's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of fell into it. I had interviewed for a few med/surg jobs, but one of my clinical instructors who was part-time took a job as DON at a LTC facility that was looking for an RN for the rehab...
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    Age of transfer credit

    mmc51264 replied to elefante1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My Biology degree was earned in 1995. I was able to transfer everything. Here in NC, I think they have changed to (mostly) a 10 year
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    How fast did you land a job?

    mmc51264 replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    Most of my class had jobs before graduation. They were all pending NCLEX. ADN program. I graduated May 14, got my ATT about 2 weeks later, tested about a week after that. Started my job
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    LifePoint Duke Hospitals-Anyone work for one?

    mmc51264 replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    There are two near me. I worked at one before it was bailed out by Lifepoint. Both were small community hospitals, rural, that they only way they could continue to operate was to get bailed out,...
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    Why choose a 2-step TB skin test vs. TB blood test?

    mmc51264 replied to micheljd's topic in General Nursing

    When I applied to a school for my RN-BSN they told me to get the blood test. min $250 out of pocket. I can get a TB skin test at the health dept for $15. They told me to go to employee health. Like...
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    advanced directives

    mmc51264 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am confused. I have tried to understand the structure of this topic. This is not a HW assignment, I am a nurse already and I was trying to explain to a pt the difference between all of the...
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    Mr. Harry the Excessive Hair Patient

    mmc51264 replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    In NC, a CNA II can do a lot of things, insert Foleys, phlebo (separate class though)-no arterial. In the ED, a lot of them start an IV but not hang anything. I was HH aide as a II and I could do tube...
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    APRNs should only be DNPs!

    mmc51264 replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    On of the previous posters considered the whole degree of a DNP as a fluff DEGREE. I don't consider any classes fluff. One can learn something from any kind of
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    APRNs should only be DNPs!

    mmc51264 replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I didn't mean to generalize. I feel that there are some out there than think the DNP is a waste of time and I do not. I am getting my MSN in Informatics first and then getting my DNP so that I can...
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    APRNs should only be DNPs!

    mmc51264 replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    For God's sake I know what an MPH is. I was just trying to clarify what you meant-obviously content and you have clarified that you mean a dual degree. That is what I was asking. A DNP is not a fluff...
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    APRNs should only be DNPs!

    mmc51264 replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Most universities require doctoral level to teach. What are "DNP" (versus MPH) courses? I have 4 classes as basic MSN courses then 8 classes of informatics courses that go from data analytics to EHR...
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    APRNs should only be DNPs!

    mmc51264 replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It can be pedagogical. I am getting my DNP in Informatics. My plan is to be a clinical educator not only in a clinical setting (ie helping new nurses become more efficient at charting) but also at the...
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    Duke DNP Spring 2016 Cohort

    mmc51264 replied to hnshadle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm in the MSN-Informatics (Spring 2016) and just declared that I want to spend the extra year to get my DNP. Glad there are a few Dukies here
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    Someone in my charts....

    mmc51264 replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    We use EPIC too and not all pts have the "glass". I do blood glucose audits, so I am in charts but, I have a reason to be there. I know it can be boring some nights, but chart surfing is a big...