mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Documentation has ruined nursing

    mmc51264 replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    We actually had a few nurses retire so they didn't have to learn EPIC LOL I, on the other had, had a great affinity for it immediately and became a super-user. That's what got me interested in...
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    Documentation has ruined nursing

    mmc51264 replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    As a preceptor, orienting new hires, I get very frustrated that people think that if there is a line in a flowsheet, something has to go into it. Nurses complain about having to document too...
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    Can you tell me more about Ortho/Neuro Nursing?

    mmc51264 replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Our service line is ortho/spine/neuro. We are a specialty. My unit is ortho/trauma and we also see a lot of ortho oncology. One unit does intermediate neuro and ortho spine and then we have the neuro...
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    I'd like to think that not all managers suck

    mmc51264 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    We had the best one ever and she left us. That darn work/life balance (new baby). Happy for her, but boy do we miss
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    Should Hospitals Rehire LPNs/LVNs?

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    So do I, and they are hiring LPNs right now. Travelers are just too expensive at the level at which they are being used. I am a little worried about the newer grads and the positions they may be put...
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    Accelerated MSN vs regular MSN

    mmc51264 replied to light55's topic in General Nursing

    I did a non-clinical MSN (informatics) in about 5 semesters/18 months. It was 2 classes per term, plus a capstone-type activity. If I want to do a clinical job, such as an NP, I can do a post-masters...
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    Patient Experience/Patient Satisfaction Scores Are Not Solely the Nurse's Responsibility

    mmc51264 replied to TeachRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love that somehow, we are penalized for bad food, bad housekeeping and patient transport that takes
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    Accelerated MSN vs regular MSN

    mmc51264 replied to light55's topic in General Nursing

    If you ever want to try for a DNP, I think you have to have the BSN. Is this for advanced practice? Not sure I understand what an "accelerated" masters is. randomly, I oriented a new grad that...
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    ASN, Hospital Setting

    mmc51264 replied to bluedreamerstu's topic in General Nursing

    not right
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    Improving the Nurses' Understanding of Pain Perception

    mmc51264 replied to Steven Marshall's topic in General Nursing

    I have chronic pain and work with mostly ortho/trauma pts and deal with a LOT of pts that have pain. Sometimes it is a fight with some providers to get a pain management regimen that works. With the...
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    mmc51264 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I just posted that in my organization (Magnet) is now hiring LPNs
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    Phasing Out ADN?

    mmc51264 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    The pendulum has swung. When I was a new grad 11 years ago, with and ADN, I was not considered a candidate for several jobs because of the lack of a BSN. Now, my organization is hiring LPNs right now....
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    "Reasonable accommodations" for RN with ADHD & PTSD? And / or advice?

    mmc51264 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    going through some similar issues. There is a website-JAN "Jobs Accommodation Network" There are all kinds of mods in there. There should be a disabilities department available through employee health...
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    Biden loves nurses...awkward

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    you do know that he overcame stuttering from childhood. This thread is gonna turn uglier than it is already
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    Would you pick the hospital medsurg job or the subacute rehab job?

    mmc51264 replied to kmend11's topic in General Nursing

    I did sub acute ortho rehab. 15+ pts, learned time management REALLY fast. Now on and ortho/trauma unit. Wouldn't go back. Almost took a PRN job at another place in an acute rehab. Old classmate had...
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    Are ALL Nurses Trauma Informed? Take the Survey

    mmc51264 replied to Vickye Hayter's topic in General Nursing

    with an attachment that has "nurse recruitment" in it-not going there. Is the really AN
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    Clinical Instructor

    mmc51264 replied to Guest1204365's topic in General Nursing

    My child signed a FERPA form. I can speak to his professors if I need to (he is a T1 diabetic and on the
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    Mitigating Implicit Bias and Microaggression in the Emergency Department

    mmc51264 replied to nancyEDRN's topic in Emergency

    There is also implicit biases and microagressions between staff in all areas. Going through it right now. And from pts to staff. Yesterday had a pt request a new nurse simply because the nurse...
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    Public Service Loan Forgiveness question

    mmc51264 replied to als522's topic in General Nursing

    First-Mohela is extremely frustrating. I was admitted to the PSLF program before Mohela took over my loan servicing and I, finally, just got some notification that my info transferred over. That...
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    Access to medical records

    mmc51264 replied to ApplePineApple's topic in General Nursing

    we use EPIC where I work and literally everything is released immediately to pt via MyChart. Certain results are not released d/t something like a sensitive dx or one that needs to explained in...
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    No longer conducting drug tests

    mmc51264 replied to oldie's topic in General Nursing

    I was tested for my first job out of school and then my current position which I have been at for 10 years. Now I am curious if the new hires are
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    What else can be done about a nurse sleeping on duty??

    mmc51264 replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    How is this not grounds for immediate dismissal?? Once is a mistake, an ongoing issue is mismanagement by the facility.
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    Potassium and I.V.s

    mmc51264 replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    If I have a pt that is sensitive to it, I run it slower and sometimes Y-site NS to dilute
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    Have you ever left in the middle of a shift?

    mmc51264 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Or if you give report. Some nurses where I am give their phone to a "'buddy" and take a 30 min lunch break. As long as someone knew OP was gone and came back, it shouldn't be
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    Have you ever left in the middle of a shift?

    mmc51264 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Once, when my son was on his way to the ED (my husband was driving him) for