mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    Getting close.

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in Post Graduate Students

    This is the invitation only keep-everyone-busy-while-they-wait-for-their-interview kind of thing. I forget that people come from out of town. I work there so I was going to just go for interview, but...
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    Getting close.

    mmc51264 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Next week is the interview/open house week for prospective MSN students at Duke for Spring 2016. I think my chances are good. The clinical degrees are much harder to get a slot for. I have applied for...
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    Where did you start?

    mmc51264 replied to jojo489's topic in Nurses Rock

    I was a teacher and did not get my contract renewed d/t being non-tenured and having a Masters. I decided that nursing would be a natural fit after being a pre-vet Biology major. I got my CNA...
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    Are these the same concept?

    mmc51264 replied to LorieStesk's topic in General Nursing

    No it isn't. For my Biology degree, I took comparative anatomy and animal physiology (I was pre-vet) and had to take Human A&P as a pre-req for
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    "Was she one of your patients?" HIPAA, and other inconveniences

    mmc51264 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My husband works for Homeland Security and there is stuff he can't tell me, I don't ask-he knows that about my job, too, so it is never an issue. We both try to leave work at
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    When do going back to school STOP!!

    mmc51264 replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    Things change and we need to learn about the changes. My brother is a mechanic. Has been for more than 25 years. Needless to say, cars have changed with the times. He has to have continuing education...
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    New Grad at Duke

    mmc51264 replied to froggy93's topic in General Nursing

    I shadowed then interviewed-both were a bout 30 min each. I wore scrubs. They will tell you all the information you need to know about salary etc. Starting dates are rolling right now, I think. When I...
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    What nursing specialty interests you the most for the future?

    mmc51264 replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in General Students

    I, too wanted Peds. Until I witnessed a child in severe resp distress during my capstone. I was a teacher and I am a parent. Working with children is either really boring (which is a good thing!) or...
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    Complacency in Healthcare

    mmc51264 replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I am an older new nurse (50ish and a nurse for It is not just nurses. Just yesterday, I ended up, gently, asking for clarification about a note a 1st year resident wrote about a pt that was so far...
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    mmc51264 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't get my TV to work I can't find the remote. I need my light off/on I need my door open/closed It's too cold/hot I need my nurse-can she bring you anything?-no-I want a ginger ale. Did i take...
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    Does my RACE matter when applying to Nursing Programs?

    mmc51264 replied to LinaJill123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Where I am, we have an EXTREMELY diverse work staff. from EVS to aides to nurses to administration, although upper management still tends to be white
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    ICU RN California native moving from Texas to NC!

    mmc51264 replied to CalishortyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    First, the pay is a wash. There are some subtleties that you don't see, as in staffing ratios and UAP help. Second, I did move with my family from Chicago. As a teacher. After funding issues, the...
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    Obtaining RN after MPH degree

    mmc51264 replied to christ0pher's topic in General Nursing

    We have several nurses with MPH I have an MAT. If you have a BSN and experience in the healthcare field at all, you are going to be more marketable than a new grad with no experience. Any...
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    ICU RN California native moving from Texas to NC!

    mmc51264 replied to CalishortyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Rex has higher retention but that means harder to get a job at. Rex is a Magnet affiliated with UNC. WakeMed is starting the process of applying and is just now implementing EPIC, so they are in a...
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    ICU RN California native moving from Texas to NC!

    mmc51264 replied to CalishortyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Nurse with experience are in demand right now at the major 3 hosp. systems. Pay is about what you said, but the cost of living is
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    How to keep a quiet environment on the night shift

    mmc51264 replied to Lobe220's topic in General Nursing

    We, too dim lights in the hallways and since we have computers in all the room, we make to turn the monitors off so screen savers don't keep pts
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    Nursing as a second career

    mmc51264 replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the horse business for many (25) years and then I decided I needed something a little more steady after having kids. I went back to school to be a teacher (it was between teaching and...
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    Biology Grad debating on NP or PA

    mmc51264 replied to Young Tangerine's topic in General Students

    I cannot speak from experience on the PA level, but as and NP, you are going to have to BE a nurse while becoming an NP. I was pre-vet Bio degree. I too hated the rote memorization of the Krebs cycle....
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    NCLEX and Job Advice

    mmc51264 replied to meccana's topic in General Nursing

    here in NC, no NCLEX, no work-all jobs contingent on passing boards. I had to put off my orientation 2 weeks because my school was late getting info to BON, so ATT letters were
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    This week I have learned (6/20, a day late)

    mmc51264 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned that no matter how hard you try, you are nothing but a body and that as a person you don't matter. Whether you are the best nurse or the worst, you are a number. "Never push a loyal...
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    How to keep a quiet environment on the night shift

    mmc51264 replied to Lobe220's topic in General Nursing

    Part of our problem is that being a more surgical floor, docs usually rounds pretty early (0630-0700) and want to review labs before they go off to surgery so pts are getting lab draws 0330-0430 so if...
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    Narcotic vs controlled substance

    mmc51264 replied to guest114's topic in General Nursing

    Ritalin is a controlled substance and is certainly not a narcotic, but is has huge potential for
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    Zosyn Frenzy

    mmc51264 replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in Patient Medications

    We use so much of it that I have decide my next two dogs Vanc and
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    New Grad Nursing Resume: Should I leave off my first degree (Criminal Justice)?

    mmc51264 replied to Nursing2102's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I had a section on my resume for education and healthcare related education. I have a AS in CJ a BS in Biology and a Masters in teaching. Education is always important. Try different formats for you...
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    NPO with NG tube, no IV fluids?

    mmc51264 replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    He should at least have replacement fluids for NG output (we have it ordered 1:1 or 1/2:1) I would think. I get very nervous with no fluids and NPO. Is he getting his glucose checked? real easy to go...