mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    whats the main cause of stress that RN goes through at work?

    mmc51264 replied to yayita's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I can deal with most things, but I get very stressed out when I feel like I have lost control of my time management. It snowballs SO
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    Hourly rounding. Are you kidding me?

    mmc51264 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We just got the same message in our huddles.
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    Continuing education requirements...

    mmc51264 replied to CamillaG's topic in General Nursing

    We get plenty at work. We have 4 trauma conferences a year that we pay for, but we get paid to be there. I have enough hours for
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    Graduating HS with all of my nursing prerequisites done

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

    I worked with someone like that She has been a nurse for 8 years and has her ANP before 30.
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    What Docs Don't Understand About Nurses

    mmc51264 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a teaching hospital and we just went through "new resident July" They learn very quickly how to listen and use the nurse as an ally/teacher/mentor. The ones that don't listen to us or,...
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    Requiring a BSN degree for an ADN scope of practice

    mmc51264 replied to Gentleman_nurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Not to make light of the subject too much, we a nurse who came up with "RN" stands for narcotics and refreshments and "BSN" now stands for Bed Side Nursing. I have a BS in another field and my ADN...
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    CNA before nursing

    mmc51264 replied to amandaamanda's topic in General Nursing

    Ours required it. I had my CNA II (I think it is a NC thing) where I could insert Foleys, removed PIV, suctioning (not deep), established trach care, PEG tube feeds. Most of the skills we had to...
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    My patients would be horrified...

    mmc51264 replied to Kitkat1212's topic in General Students

    I don't think your patients would be any more upset with you than you would be with them when you see them sucking their thumbs at age 30, 40, 50-fill in the blank-while they are sleeping. What you do...
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    Did anyone find that their previous degree was harder that nursing school?

    mmc51264 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    I have a BS in Biology and Masters in Teaching. Nursing was harder that both combines. 3.8 undergrad; 4.0 grad school. ADN degree Totally different set of thinking skills. I have wondered if an ABSN...
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    Surprise!!!!

    mmc51264 posted a topic in General Students

    I have been getting the run around from my financial aid department, so I talked to the director to help sort stuff out. She called me back: due to my GPA, I was awarded a 3K+ scholarship! That's my...
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    Babies in hospital rooms. ..ugh!! *twitch*

    mmc51264 replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was doing capstone, there was a pt that was sick and her sorry butt kids brought their kids and left them for "granny" to watch. In the hospital!!!! She couldn't get out of bed and the kids...
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    Any other nurses with poor quality fingerprints?

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

    i managed to fingerprints for school/jobs, but may of the fingerprint recognition resources at work (so you don't have to login everytime) don't read
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    how to suction a NG feeding patient who aspirated

    mmc51264 replied to treeye's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am not sure how an NG tube pt could aspirate, granted I do not have a ton of experience with them for feeding (we end up with a lot of SBO/ileus), unless they were vomiting (?) Is this a bolus feed...
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    New FB messenger,...HIPAA Violations?

    mmc51264 replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    When I set up work email, my phone is encrypted. I have not installed the FB app anyway, but that is the way they have it set up so we can use our phones at work
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    Surprise!!!!

    mmc51264 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Students

    Both of my programs were around 10K. This money just makes it so I don't have to have loans for the last
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    Your Specialty & Why

    mmc51264 replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I wanted peds, but I witnessed a cild in respiratory distress and it really shook me. As a parent, I figured I wouldn't be able to handle it. Long story, short, I ended up in ortho, which I...
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    I Passed Ortho Nurse Cert Exam!

    mmc51264 replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in Orthopedic

    trying to schedule mine soon! Thanks for the help!!!!
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    Why can't we tell pts/families we're understaffed?

    mmc51264 replied to delphine22's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is like with kids-the pts know already. We don't have to say
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    You will not learn anything in the conference room!

    mmc51264 replied to dudette10's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am looking into becoming a clinical instructor. I was a teacher before I was a nurse and I love the clinical portion of nursing. I would like to motivate students to be like I was as a
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    You will not learn anything in the conference room!

    mmc51264 replied to dudette10's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Amen to that! I was the opposite-I kept getting told to give others a turn. I would volunteer to do anything and everything. Even now as a nurse, I will step up and try things that are new....
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    who does the blood draws in your hospital?

    mmc51264 replied to annieboo444's topic in General Nursing

    We have a phlebotomy team, any stat draws are to be done by docs. We just got a notice that we are not to draw from PICCs. I need to brush up. I had a pt last week that the only access was foot. We...
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    Nurses, do you exercise?

    mmc51264 replied to nurseling's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am working up to a gym membership once the kids go back to school, but I have been going to yoga for about 6 weeks on the day after my 3-in-a-row. It really helps me from seizing up. Again, once...
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    RN to BSN full time + working full time

    mmc51264 replied to Dewman's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I do six credit hours a semester. I am going to be finished in a calender year. Work full time, plus I just accepted a prn job at another hosp. 12 hours could be really difficult depending on the...
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    Violation of labor laws- looking up pts prior to clocking in

    mmc51264 replied to telee73's topic in General Nursing

    I have enough time during shift change to get information about my pts. I never understood coming in 30-45 min before shift. I see that a lot. 12 hours is enough for me, thank you. I drive a long way...
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    If one is treated for MRSA, are they still contagious?

    mmc51264 replied to beachmom's topic in General Nursing

    We require 3 swabs to take someone off of MRSA precautions, but since our pts don't usually stay long enough, they just get put on those precautions. I was told that most nurses are already colonized....