CountryMomma ASN, RN

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    Obese Nurses

    CountryMomma replied to Goldentreasure's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If I were your little huge friend I'd stop being your friend the minute you tried to "help" me like this. I'm morbidly obese and in a weight loss program supervised by a physician. She initially...
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    How accurate is the ATI Exit exam

    CountryMomma replied to Rn 1979's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the ATI- comp predictor, had a 99%. Passed NCLEX first attempt, 75Q, 55mins. My school utilized ATI t/o curricula. They also used Saunders review as part of our
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    Anxiety and Ativan

    CountryMomma replied to owlcitygirl's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I work with a nurse that has severe GAD, and it was causing her a few debilitating health problems. She was prescribed an SSRI and Ativan. She took her SSRI religiously and the Ativan on off days...
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    Sanford Fargo, ND

    CountryMomma replied to Eru Ilúvatar's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations Eru! Welcome to
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    Have you encountered useless residents?

    CountryMomma replied to seks's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know the value of d-dimer in ddx of PE is relative low, I'm assuming. So many other things can be a source of elevated d-dimer that on my floor, a d-dimer is rarely even batted an eye at. In...
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    New grad, need advice! CNA performing RN tasks

    CountryMomma replied to The Lady Kate's topic in General Nursing

    Be sure you clarify which "infractions" you are reporting are truly out of the CNAs scope. On my floor, some aides are able to remove Foleys and courier meds to/from pharmacy provided they are not...
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    How often does the CNO address nurses? Why? How?

    CountryMomma replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not sure I would recognize our CNO if she came up and started a conversation. I know we got a new one recently, no idea of the name. She did address my residency cohort, but that was over a...
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    CountryMomma replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a person who came from am alcoholic background and had struggled in the past with drinking, I invite you to stuff it. Not everyone needs to get wasted to loosen up, not everyone who abstains is a...
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    Sanford Fargo, ND

    CountryMomma replied to Eru Ilúvatar's topic in General Nursing

    Observation 1W can be fast paced, the obviously critical pts don't pass through but once in awhile things will go south pdq. You'd learn a lot about the various procedures/tests and admit/discharge...
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    Sanford Fargo, ND

    CountryMomma replied to Eru Ilúvatar's topic in General Nursing

    Medical surgical and medical specialty have their differences. Med Spec (6 south) does not, on average, recover surgical pts, take urological pts, keep the high risk Tele pts, but they do have many...
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    Sanford Fargo, ND

    CountryMomma replied to Eru Ilúvatar's topic in General Nursing

    The medical surgical floor is also a good feeder for
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    Take an order while visiting?

    CountryMomma replied to strongenough's topic in General Nursing

    Nopity nope nope. As a family/friend I ain't touching equipment, meds, or the computer. Depending on the state of my family/friend pt, I might not even toilet
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    Meaning of your username?

    CountryMomma replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Countrymomma: I live in the country, I am country, and I'm momma to 3 cute monsters. First chair viola, Dr who nerd, and raise layers and meat birds in my little
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    CountryMomma replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not saying I don't have a beer or sangria with the crew after a weekend. I'm social with my group. What I don't do is get drunk. Like I said before, I do not like being drunk outside of my own...
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    CountryMomma replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not just you. 1 beer is my
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    CountryMomma replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lived in a trailer in a crappy park for quite a few years and at that time in my life fit the bill to a T. I don't get drunk around coworkers, neither mine not my husband's. We're rather private...
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    Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers, & GenY/Millennials: Can We Work Together?

    CountryMomma replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lost in the shuffle of generations ('82) and think it's a bunch of pop psychology bunk that has very little to actually offer re: workplace relationships. In general I lean more towards "Don't...
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    Some nurses have PTSD symptoms

    CountryMomma replied to db2xs's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The prevalence and impact of post traumatic stress disorder and burnout syndrome in nurses. - PubMed - NCBI This study differentiates between PTSD, Burned Out Syndrome, and plain stress. Nurses,...
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    Opinions on nursing students?

    CountryMomma replied to milesims's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The last nursing student (in a preceptorship position) that was on our floor thought I was kidding when I warned her if she continued to take seats at the computers that floor nurses needed, or...
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    Has nursing made you negative?

    CountryMomma replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Negative? Not really. I was a pessimist with a carefully guarded hopeful center when I started nursing school. That hopeful center has been pressure cooked into a core of cynical realism with...
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    Do Antidepressants Work? Maybe Not.

    CountryMomma replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Psychiatric

    You mean discussing further how chronic cyclic MDD is really more "mommy didn't love me" and less "I'm missing something between my synapses, I think I'll sleep for 20 hours, cry about burnt toast,...
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    "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    CountryMomma replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    I had to provide transcripts, not just my diplomas. My GPA was also on my resume. When I interviewed applicants for a previous position, we absolutely looked at transcripts, grades, and...
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    "Smart" students make bad nurses?

    CountryMomma replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Please do not insinuate that those with high grades do not have work ethics. I had a 3.9 at graduation, I did very well in clinicals, and according to my last annual evaluation I show excellent...
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    Do Antidepressants Work? Maybe Not.

    CountryMomma replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Psychiatric

    In some cases (like mine) there isn't so much an underlying issue as there is an altered brain chemistry. Talk therapy, while nice, is not going to convince my neurotransmitters to behave and play...
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    CountryMomma replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    We aren't talking about psych milieu in the setting of acute delirium or psychosis, which I thought was fairly evident. We are talking about longstanding progressive dementia - irreversible,...