mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    Home Health Rapes

    mmc51264 replied to RubicsCube's topic in Home Health

    I'd be more worried about being bitten by family's dog than being
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    The thing that has surprised you the most about nursing...

    mmc51264 replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    I was surprised by the lack of "lifelong learning" by more veteran nurses. I have been on my unit for a little more than 2 years and I am checking people off on skills that they should have already...
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    Can I go to grad school now?

    mmc51264 replied to Terra Fermata's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I waited 2 years to do my RN-BSN because I was burned out from school. I just finished my BSN and I have been at my current job for a little over 2 years. There are a lot of changes going on in...
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    1yr+ nurse got 2 good offers, PCU or Rehab Unit? HELP!

    mmc51264 replied to T.Dix.Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Rehab. I started in rehab and loved it. gave me the experience to get a job in an ortho unit that is my dream job. I feel that working as a relatively new nurse in a PCU unit at a smaller hospital...
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    How do you sign your name?

    mmc51264 replied to ohiobobcat's topic in General Nursing

    Well... It's my name, but I have such terrible handwriting, no one could ever tell! First, last, RN. Sometimes I have to print it out for transport and that is
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    UNC Chapel Hill 2015 MSN adult/gerontology nurse practitioner program

    mmc51264 replied to cnsiffor's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I met with an admissions person at Duke, I am not interested in AP, I am looking at non-clinical MSN. She told me that the NP programs have exploded and are becoming VERY competitive. Good Luck...
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    Straight to the MSN, skip the BSN postlicensure?

    mmc51264 replied to 777RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I have a friend that wanted to get her DNP and was told she had to have the BSN. She got the BSN and is almost finished MSN while working on DNP. A lot of it overlaps, so it is not 3 distinct...
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    Concerns, asked to resign, etc.

    mmc51264 replied to LostKitten's topic in General Nursing

    It's not age. I started nursing at 48 and I learned EPIC faster than many of the younger orientees that I started with. I am faster at most everything than the 20 somethings I work with and some. I am...
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    Fed-up: Admin will not even meet with me so I can withdrawal. A warning to others.

    mmc51264 replied to reluctantrn's topic in General Students

    Either withdraw and go on your merry way or get a lawyer to force them to meet with you with attorney present, if you feel that
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    Spanish for nurses, any free stuff online?

    mmc51264 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    This may not have everything you need, but I found this website when I was taking my Spanish course Medical Spanish Cheat Sheet by Rushabh - Cheatography.com: Cheat Sheets For Every
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    2nd career, new nurse to med-surg and need help

    mmc51264 replied to iowa27's topic in General Nursing

    It will get easier. I am second career (nurse for almost 4 years) but at first when they start throwing around acronyms that you don't know, it is hard, I still struggle when I have off service pts (I...
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    LIAR: ADN RN prompted to lie about holding a BSN... is it passable?

    mmc51264 replied to kitkats4breakfs's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I too, had to give a copy of my degree wen hired. there is a difference. Just finished my RN-BSN and started annoyed that I had to do it, but after, I learned a lot. I have a bachelor and a masters in...
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    Teaching Ideas

    mmc51264 replied to TanyaWilson's topic in General Nursing

    There can never be enough diabetes education. I am constantly amazed at how many health care providers know so little about insulin/timing/testing, etc. Also-a documenting quickie-what NOT to put in...
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    mmc51264 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, we use blue plastic "liners" to put under pts to slide them, which is like greasing the bed. We have lifts, we call for assistance when we need to move someone and there is usually a...
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    Interested in this field

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I know our research departments need help with collecting sorting data while adapting it to make it more user-friendly. We also are still optimizing EPIC as time goes on. That is a fluid process. We...
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    Interested in this field

    mmc51264 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I did not/do not know a great deal about this field, but where I work, at a teaching facility with associated with a university, they are actively recruiting nurses to get an MSN in Informatics. Can...
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    mmc51264 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    i have only been a nurse for 3 years. Before that, I worked with horses, which is how I got hurt so much. No teaching of body mechanics in that career! I am saying that NOW that I am a nurse, I am...
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    Almost Graduate: NCLEX

    mmc51264 replied to tutter525's topic in General Nursing

    No temp license. Many places will hire with the caveat that you will have tested and passed by the time you
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    Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    mmc51264 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. I started nursing in my late 40s. I have had multiple orthopedic surgeries and I have been to chiropractors and massage therapists along with the traditional medicine doctors. Since...
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    credentialing question for Ortho certification

    mmc51264 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    I am taking my ortho certification test next month This will give my ONC cert. Is is possible to get a "BC" with that? I know that ortho is not part of the ANCC group. Is there such a thing and an...
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    credentialing question for Ortho certification

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in Orthopedic

    Thanks! I don't see it that often and was just
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    Shoulder replacement surgery info

    mmc51264 replied to libinpanthappillil's topic in Orthopedic

    I had shoulder sx-just a chip removed and it was the most painful thing I have been through. I have has 7 orthopedic sx and 2 c-sect. I did not have, but was told that a recliner is the easiest way...
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    first RN paycheck?

    mmc51264 replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

    Paid bills. Boring! When I caught up a little, I did buy myself a better stethoscope-engraved and all.
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    Accepted a job at UNC. Where should I live?

    mmc51264 replied to healtheworld's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Also, my husband and I are looking to move closer to each other's work (I am at Duke, he is at the airport), and Hillsborough is supposed to be nice; anywhere in Orange Co. We haven't started looking...
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    Accepted a job at UNC. Where should I live?

    mmc51264 replied to healtheworld's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Rex is very close to Cary and a very nice hospital. As far as traffic from Brier Creek to Chapel Hill, you most likely will be traveling against rush hour. I travel from south of Raleigh to Durham...