mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

orthopedic/trauma, Informatics, diabetes

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    How to prevent falls

    mmc51264 replied to Karolyte's topic in Orthopedic

    PT assess first. Bed alarms for all pts. NO knee immobilizers to get up. 2 people if there is any question. When PT is ambulating, they follow with a w/c. Agreed that most falls are pts that try to...
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    Nursing salary not that useful to pay back loans?!

    mmc51264 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    I went to community college for
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    PICC line blood draw

    mmc51264 replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    We are being told not to draw from PICCs If we have to, flush 10, waste 20, draw 10, flush 10, hep lock 5. They are trying to avoid infections. Also depends on whether they are single lumen or dbl...
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    Pt has severe pain when legs elevated

    mmc51264 replied to Trisha.S.RN's topic in Home Health

    I have many pts w/PAD and it feels better to dangle than to elevate. we let them
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    Relocation to a family friendly livable city with warm climate

    mmc51264 replied to wasup's topic in General Nursing

    yes, but in the more metropolitan areas, it is not as bad. I just don't watch TV. On a day-to-day basis, it is not that bad. I have lived in both NC and SC, originally from Chicago and if I focus on...
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    What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    mmc51264 replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Lovenox, oxycodone (IR and CR) tylenol, zofran, protonix, phenergan, colace, miralax, insulin, vanc and zosyn,
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    IV starts in nursing schools

    mmc51264 replied to DaynaPierceMorgan's topic in General Nursing

    ADN program in NC, was taught to insert IVs Don't have to do them at work but other hospitals
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    Relocation to a family friendly livable city with warm climate

    mmc51264 replied to wasup's topic in General Nursing

    that house here would be 200-300K depending on where you buy. We also have Duke and another hosp (WakeMed). Traffic is not too bad either. less than 2 hours to beach or mountain. Can you tell I love...
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    Relocation to a family friendly livable city with warm climate

    mmc51264 replied to wasup's topic in General Nursing

    North Carolina could be an option. The winters are pretty mild; occasional snow. Cost of living is reasonable-you can get a decent size house for less money than the places you want to go. in the...
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    How do you treat your nursing students?

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

    We just had pt that needed a portacath de-accessed. I was going to check off one of the nurses on my unit who hadn;t done it. I took the student AND the potential employee who was shadowing me. I...
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    Third Shift VA Opportunity, but HUGE homelife change

    mmc51264 replied to FreshRN41's topic in General Nursing

    I liked the idea of night shifts (huge weekend shift diffs). Until I had to work them. Part of my orientation was to work on nights to see what it was like. I would give enemas all DAY rather than...
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    Lantus BID

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

    I'll have to ask the person who said 30u/site. It may be just our
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    New Grad Residency

    mmc51264 replied to ANurseInPearls's topic in First Year After Licensure

    New grad residencies require passing boards first. We have a PNA position where nursing students work as CNAs between
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    No more 12 hour shifts?

    mmc51264 replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were just talking about this over the weekend. A veteran nurse said that when she started, she did 2-12s and 2-8s. I personally love the 12s. I work 3 days and I drive about an hour each way to...
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    PICC line flushing question

    mmc51264 replied to newgraduategal's topic in General Nursing

    Our PICC team says that the reason that we don't want to aspirate a single lumen PICC that flushes but does not have blood return is to NOT dislodge the clot that may be at the end of the tip. We...
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    Nursing School changing criteria to pass classes

    mmc51264 replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    ours was
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    PICC line flushing question

    mmc51264 replied to newgraduategal's topic in General Nursing

    we only aspirate power ports. The standard single lumen,
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    Anyone teach nursing school clinicals on the side?

    mmc51264 replied to adpiRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I'll have 3+ years in and ortho cert by the time I would do it. It is just a thought. There are some extra perks for working on the University side. I may end up what I am doing on the side now...
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    Interview for Ortho Unit this week

    mmc51264 replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Orthopedic

    ? I didn't get a chance to answer-how did it go? Ortho is
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    is nursing really worth the debt

    mmc51264 replied to starnurse2b16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My nursing debt is definitely worth it. My private university masters in teaching was NOT! ADN then RN-BSN total debt 50K/year. Teaching degree-60K in debt last salary 35K. Nursing is a much better...
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    Nurse-Patient Ratios

    mmc51264 replied to PA_RN87's topic in General Nursing

    1. What type of unit do you work on, and in what state? Ortho, NC 2. What is your nurse patient ratio, and how does it change between day-evening-night shifts? 4-5 day; 5 nights (we are 12 hours...
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    Anyone teach nursing school clinicals on the side?

    mmc51264 replied to adpiRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I will be interested in the answers here. I will finish my BSN in May and I have a Masters in teaching so I was hoping to maybe do that. I was going to try precepting first to see if I like it. I...
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    Health insurance covering titers, exam, etc?

    mmc51264 replied to mae0218's topic in General Students

    Mine weren't covered. I did what I could at the Health Dept and ended up getting my titers free because they did the wrong ones (have to make sure you get IgG not IgM (one tells you immunity and one...
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    Lantus BID

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

    When you have pts with that high a dose, how do you administer? Recommendations are no more than 30 units per site. We just had this discussion during our skills
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    Sedation Chiropractics?

    mmc51264 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I go to a chiropractor, too. Have for years. It takes some digging to find a good one and sometimes I have to take what he says with a grain of salt, but he has helped me tremendously. I also do yoga...