mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Why do some fairly new nurses talk down about bedside nursing?

    mmc51264 replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I became a nurse at 48 (almost 11 years now) and I have gone through school to get BSN and MSN (informatics). Many people ask me why I still work on the floor. I'm either too educated, too smart, etc....
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    registered veterinary technician thinking about going into human nursing

    mmc51264 replied to RVTtoRNmaybe's topic in General Nursing

    Large animal vet tech for years (my initial degree was pre-vet biology) I have been a nurse now for 10 years. I think that medicine is medicine and it carries over well. I have issues in my hands and...
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    Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest Has Health Professionals Talking About Commotio Cordis

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It was interesting to me that almost in real time, a classmate of mine saw it happen and what followed and her first reaction (as an ED/trauma RN) was CC. My husband tried to tell me it was the...
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    Obesity in the Digital Age: Let's "Scale" Back the Misinformation

    mmc51264 replied to Tana Bao's topic in General Nursing

    That's not the answer. Lifestyle change is the best for long term weight
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    Is this discipline or discrimination for being autistic?

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have sort of started the process, and I think they are figuring it out. the person that's involved in this thinks that playing "Dr Google" for mental health is OK. I am a former teacher and have a...
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    When You Receive a Warning at Work

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Going through a similar thing "someone" said they didn't want to work weekends because I am weekend option. I made "someone" uncomfortable. I understand confidentiality, but some specifics would be...
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    Is this discipline or discrimination for being autistic?

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    new manager started it about 2 years ago and then the best manager ever left and now we are back to NO manager and some upper management has gotten involved and it seems to have become this person's...
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    Is this discipline or discrimination for being autistic?

    mmc51264 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This!
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    Oxycodone Mistake

    mmc51264 replied to Angelasc's topic in General Nursing

    She said Oxycontin ER, not oxycodone
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    Is social media clamping down on alternative healthcare ideas?

    mmc51264 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a policy discussion. They are saying the rise in allergies and autoimmune diseases (which I am not sure is accurate, we have just become more global) are related to over "cleanliness"...
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    Is social media clamping down on alternative healthcare ideas?

    mmc51264 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Which is silly because I would think any medication could be dangerous if taken incorrectly. smdh. And if this is the case, the biologics would only available to men and post-menopausal women??
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    Is social media clamping down on alternative healthcare ideas?

    mmc51264 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Can you elaborate?? I have 2 Type One kids and also have an autoimmune disease. What policies have affected autoimmune
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    Why do so many nurses work multiple jobs?

    mmc51264 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand it either. If I want more hours, it is easy enough to get more. I actually get scared when I hear of a nurse that works 3-12s at one job and 3-12s at another. That is just
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    Delayed pain management before change of shift?

    mmc51264 replied to kpmadden83's topic in General Nursing

    I would never contact a provider because the pt said that they did not get pain medication. If the pt and medication were scanned and in the computer, they got it. I explain that to them. And then I...
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    Delayed pain management before change of shift?

    mmc51264 replied to kpmadden83's topic in General Nursing

    The documentation tells you when the pt last had pain meds. I work on and ortho/trauma unit and pain management is key. I always try to make sure my pts are medicated if warranted because sometimes...
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    Supporting Access to Health Information by Combating Social Media Misinformation

    mmc51264 replied to A.D.Pharis's topic in General Nursing

    totally agree and they are so slick, it is very difficult for many to tell the
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    Supporting Access to Health Information by Combating Social Media Misinformation

    mmc51264 replied to A.D.Pharis's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea, but we have nurses and others in healthcare that have views that are questionable. I knew a nurse, I helped to orient her. She stayed at our facility barely a year (got...
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    Misinformation and Medicine

    mmc51264 replied to FNP2writer's topic in General Nursing

    NO he did not and people like you, especially in health care are part of the problem. smdh He tried, a severe uphill battle, to get the truth out and as another posted stated, the R rhetoric was...
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    Unions - Yay or Nay?

    mmc51264 replied to Kiwi82's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Money. I am in a "right to work" state. They can fire at will. There is no leverage the unions can use. Many of the unions promise things that they have no ability to enforce. I think I...
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    Health Care Workers Settle COVID Shot Mandate for $10.3 Million

    mmc51264 replied to InHisImage's topic in Disaster Preparation

    what in the actual fluff are you talking about???? what irrational fear do I
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    Unions - Yay or Nay?

    mmc51264 replied to Kiwi82's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I work with nurses who have friends working in union hospitals and their conditions are worse than where I am. I work with a great organization. They have listened to us and acted when things got...
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    Weird Pay Policies

    mmc51264 replied to Yazminfarooq's topic in General Nursing

    There was a thread on here somewhere that talked about the necessity of "job jumping" in order to get more money. We recently had an increase in pay because they had to offer new grads more money to...
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    Health Care Workers Settle COVID Shot Mandate for $10.3 Million

    mmc51264 replied to InHisImage's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Concerned enough that you thought it was important to post. Your defensiveness scares
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    Health Care Workers Settle COVID Shot Mandate for $10.3 Million

    mmc51264 replied to InHisImage's topic in Disaster Preparation

    that's your concern? the growth of the church? This scares
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    Intentionally understaffed with a charge out of staffing, is this normal now?!?

    mmc51264 replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of one of the charge nurses. You really think we do nothing for 12 hours? I fill out paperwork for new hires. I do tele audits, hypoglycemic audits, I am on 4 different practice councils and...