icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    icuRNmaggie replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    It's a nurses job to educate students Nurses cant delegate only managers can actually this is more like a top ten list of the dumbest things said on
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    icuRNmaggie replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    some of these crusty old bats just need to retire nurses really do eat their young it's okay to call yourself a nurse as long as nobody gets hurt am I being bullied (red jello) I need to interview a...
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    Rant - How should *I* know?

    icuRNmaggie replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    Some individual started a thread recently titled " do I really NEED a BSN?" He or She was argumentative with nearly every person who tried to present factual information about the job market and...
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    Taking a Job with YouTube as Your Training

    icuRNmaggie replied to Nibbles1's topic in General Nursing

    Run..
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    icuRNmaggie replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    I know you love yourself a lot, but since the topic is are nurses paid to teach, really no one is interested in hearing about you, you, you oh yeah, or you. It was unnecessary, boorish and quite...
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    Stephen King Readers Thread

    icuRNmaggie replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    like
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    icuRNmaggie replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    It makes me cringe when a student posts "I am precepting in
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    icuRNmaggie replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    What an odd response, and with quite the patronizing tone for a student. Can you add anything of value that hasn't been said fifty different ways already by fifty different
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's like whack a mole. One leaves and another pops
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    icuRNmaggie replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    If you never had a problem, why are you preaching about
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I quoted your first paragraph. What's your
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    Bladder irrigation with a 2-way Foley

    icuRNmaggie replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The large clots need to be removed manually with a Toomey syringe with the catheter opening open to air. I dont think the large clots would be removed with gravity drainage and I can picture the...
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    icuRNmaggie replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    The students that get it have stopped posting. The students that refuse to accept it are going to have difficulties in their clinicals and blame it on someone
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    Starting out in a hospital?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Nurse2BeCam's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. It is a good place for a new grad to be watched and mentored and to master skills and clinical judgement because we are a tightly knit
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    Should I Wear this to Work?

    icuRNmaggie replied to lilgop's topic in General Nursing

    It's cute and it looks like one of the T&Co. necklaces. You will get compliments and questions about where you bought it. Your LGBT patients are going to respect you even more. Be proud to be who...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The reason that Doctor and Nurse are protected titles is not insecurity, it is to protect the public from injury and fraud. Performing a procedure without a Nursing or Medical license means jail time...
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    Do I NEED to get my BSN?

    icuRNmaggie replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If there is any possibility that you might want to work in primary care as a pediatric NP or FNP at some point in the future, definitely go for the
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is illegal in 39 states to claim to have a Nursing license that you have not earned. It is a serious matter to face a fine and a sanction from the Board of Nursing to cease and desist using the...
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    Question about antibiotics

    icuRNmaggie replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Drug Search page: calcium, blood pressure medications, thyroid, diet aids, antidepressants, pain medications There are no interactions between Cephalexin p.o. and Bactrim p.o. according to
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    Been asked to do home wound care after patient is discharged

    icuRNmaggie replied to Cbailey75's topic in General Nursing

    If she has been hospitalized for several months, her homecare needs may be rather complex. She needs to move on to other support systems and focus on that adjustment and her recovery. She would...
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    Vent about toiletting patients

    icuRNmaggie replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is not a matter of "being above it," it is a matter of providing safe and adequate Nursing care. In the context of this discussion, with one RN in charge of fifteen patients, their health,...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nursing is a profession that requires formal education, clinical experience and legal regulation. Medical Assisting, whether certified or not, is a vocation, that may or may not require any...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    icuRNmaggie replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would be very tempted to reply: "And I am Dr White's PATIENT and I dont do business with fake