mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Statistics class

    mmc51264 replied to mago8388's topic in General Students

    is there a community college nearby? I took a couple of classes i needed there. It's a whole lot cheaper than even a state
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    How did you become a CDE?

    mmc51264 replied to gbrush's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I am looking at sitting for my CDE. I have been a floor nurse for 3 year. Any given week, I have a minimum of 2/3 days diabetic pts. Anytime I give insulin I am educating my pt. Over the course of...
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    Medication errors

    mmc51264 replied to fangirl's topic in Patient Medications

    Why should ya'll get written up when the reason more mistakes are made is because of the understaffing. All that does is cause more stress and more mistakes. Self-fulfilling prophecy.
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    Can you recommend a medication?

    mmc51264 replied to russianbear's topic in Patient Medications

    OMG we do it all the time! I work on an ortho floor at a teaching facility. Sometimes residents need a little help. It's all in how you word it. "Do think X might help?" or "Sometimes we use X for...
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    Need reasons why becoming a nurse first, then becoming a doctor, is a bad idea

    mmc51264 replied to jeaux's topic in General Nursing

    Curious as to why that is. Different mind set to being a nurse versus a doc? Very
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    Applying for Duke ABSN fall 2016

    mmc51264 replied to Ijfo's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    they DATA buses, Durham something-or another (the red buses) and the Duke buses. When I am at a bus stop, I have to make sure I get on the right one because depending on the time, there is liek 4...
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    Medication errors

    mmc51264 replied to fangirl's topic in Patient Medications

    when i worked LTC, we had to notify MD. Monitor if there was an issue. In the acute care setting, we have a "Just culture" where we file an internal report,, notify MD, but they look at why error...
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    CNA before Accelerated BSN Program

    mmc51264 replied to nerdyy.nurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i worked as a CNA before and during my ADN, so about 3 years. I found that it was a great experience. Many of my classmates were uncomfortable touching another human being-one freaked out when she had...
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    Completed my BSN

    mmc51264 replied to Rhody34's topic in General Nursing

    I felt the same way you did: why do I need this? But I ended up enjoying it and I am glad i have it. Starting my MSN in Jan
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    Dry?

    mmc51264 replied to Donna 1966's topic in General Nursing

    We have pts that go to the OR "dry". For our ortho pts, they do not go to sx dry as they tend to lose a little more blood. Took me a while for me to figure that out. All out pts that are NPO are...
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    Questions for Planned Parenthood Nurses

    mmc51264 replied to ilovelamp's topic in General Nursing

    really coincidental timing. There is a shooter in the PP in Colorado Springs. 4 cops have been shot so far. I have never worked there, but I used their services for my preventive care and birth...
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    Will my diabetes affect my future in nursing?

    mmc51264 replied to amb25315's topic in General Nursing

    There are way more type 2 nurses than you could even imagine. Having an A1c of 5.8 is
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    Where did you start working right after getting your RN license?

    mmc51264 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I started in a LTC rehab (sub-acute rehab as some call it). I was oriented to the whole facility so I worked so I worked LTC side too. It was not what I had envisioned, but it was the BEST...
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    Max dose for humalog?

    mmc51264 replied to Michelle King's topic in Patient Medications

    We have had pts so insulin resistant that there were on insane amounts of insulin-20+ units of U500
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    NHRMC or Novant?

    mmc51264 replied to alc0550's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    that sounds like what is going at my facility/organization. Not Novant.
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    Epic class

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse.German's topic in General Nursing

    Each hospital/entity has their own version of Epic.You would need to be trained on the specific version that is in place where you work. It actually is fairly easy to navigate. Also, each unit has...
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    Nursing Professor or School Nurse? -What is your opinion

    mmc51264 replied to desiruns's topic in General Nursing

    I am certified orthopedic and am a diabetes "mini" expert on my unit. I could, wiht my MSN and my MAT, take the CNE post masters certificate and teach specific classes, which I AM interested in. I...
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    Nursing Professor or School Nurse? -What is your opinion

    mmc51264 replied to desiruns's topic in General Nursing

    thanks! I just know that I am not going to last another 10 years on the floor, so I was looking for options. I also wanted non-clinical. Maybe it's just because I had such a bad experience as a...
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    Full time working moms - how do you manage it?

    mmc51264 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I have a great husband and we work it out so that I work mostly the days he is off. I work weekends and one weekend day so I am home for most of the weekday stuff. Hubby is home by 1300 every day. We...
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    Nursing Professor or School Nurse? -What is your opinion

    mmc51264 replied to desiruns's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse educators that I have met on my floor say they have taken a pay cut from floor nursing to teach. I was a teacher before I was a nurse and I made half the money I make now. I had a Masters in...
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    Nursing Professor or School Nurse? -What is your opinion

    mmc51264 replied to desiruns's topic in General Nursing

    Other than a doctorate (Phd, DNP, etc) nursing education with an MSN is not going to pay anything. With the doctorate comes the assumption that you are going to continue research along with teaching...
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    Healthcare for undocumented immigrants

    mmc51264 replied to takkatak's topic in General Nursing

    We get a lot of bad trauma cases and I will tell that the most commonly seen pt is a young man, usually mid 20s, that still lives at home, no insurance, has wrecked mommy's car, that has no insurance...
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    Choosing a Specialty

    mmc51264 replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Nursing

    I have a long personal history of orthopedic issues and my first job was in a LTC rehab unit. Fell in love with it. Now I work on an ortho unit, mostly total joints. Thought I wanted other...
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    Bio Degree to BSN???

    mmc51264 replied to aarchie09's topic in General Nursing

    I did my ADN with a BS and an MA. Community college is much cheaper so it was feasible without the Pell
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    Bio Degree to BSN???

    mmc51264 replied to aarchie09's topic in General Nursing

    I did BS Biology to ADN (2012) and then RN-BSN (2015) after I worked a couple of year. My BS was in from