icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Fill the gap, easy beneficial class

    icuRNmaggie replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Spanish for healthcare workers. Religions of the
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    Have to take time off MA class?

    icuRNmaggie replied to muirite's topic in General Students

    A career as an AHIMA certified ICD 10 coder is another option and your nursing credits will put you ahead of your peers. If you complete your RN at some point, you would have no trouble finding...
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    How would you break these up?

    icuRNmaggie replied to kolabee's topic in General Students

    I would like to add that in no way am I bashing AS or AA in Nursing graduates. Many if not most of these programs produce really great
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    I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    icuRNmaggie replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    Why is it that people in a position of responsibility chastise, reprimand or just remind the whole group in an email or a staff meeting? Why can't they counsel the individuals who can not dress...
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    How would you break these up?

    icuRNmaggie replied to kolabee's topic in General Students

    The nurse I described probably graduated in the mid 1980's and I assure you there is a way, as she came from a minority inner city school public school and less than stellar community college in a...
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    How would you break these up?

    icuRNmaggie replied to kolabee's topic in General Students

    In some states Chemistry is not required for the AS degree. I worked with a nurse from one of those states who did not know that K is the chemical symbol for potassium. It came up in conversation...
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    How would you break these up?

    icuRNmaggie replied to kolabee's topic in General Students

    An understanding of acid base balance, electrolytes, osmosis, osmolarity and osmolality is necessary for being able to do well in A&P and Micro. Take Chemistry
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    CNA - Any thoughts on pre-occupying a dementia patient?

    icuRNmaggie replied to tonyapinion78's topic in General Nursing

    If a dementia pt believes that it is 1973 and that they are staying at a hotel, let them. If the pt identifies you as his Mother or daughter, there is no harm in agreeing with him. That is...
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    CNA - Any thoughts on pre-occupying a dementia patient?

    icuRNmaggie replied to tonyapinion78's topic in General Nursing

    A member of my family who had dementia loved watching tapes of the Jackie Gleason show and Red Skelton, the Dirty Dozen and Bridge on the River Kwai. He liked to sit with the kitchen staff and read...
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    VENT!!

    icuRNmaggie replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

    50 patients in subacute rehab? How is that even legal? It is time to part ways with this facility. Find another job waiting tables, delivering pizza or working a cash register, then change...
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    Guam Nursing Jobs

    icuRNmaggie replied to mao_zedong214's topic in US Territories, Puerto Rico

    Yes, I am aware of that. I could not find anything online about the official language of Guam, which is why I asked. Are there any other languages spoken in Guam that would be required or...
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    Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I do not clean disposable emesis basins or bedpans. Not happenning. They go in a red bag then in the biohazardous waste can. We have known for a decade that flushing a toilet generates a plume of...
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    Panic Mode - Need a clinical site!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Putterbogeymumu's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask the advisor to send me a list of hospitals that accept their students. If they don't provide any help with finding clinicals, I would file a grievance, request a refund and transfer...
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    Panic Mode - Need a clinical site!

    icuRNmaggie replied to Putterbogeymumu's topic in General Nursing

    What school are you attending? Does the program have a partnership with any of the hospitals in your area or elsewhere? How many credit hours do you need for each clinical area? How much did you pay...
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    Pirate busted.

    icuRNmaggie replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

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    Pirate busted.

    icuRNmaggie replied to Chisca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Do you have any idea if the people involved will be added to the OIG fraud
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    Medstar Hospitals

    icuRNmaggie replied to Flygaze's topic in Maryland Nursing

    My friend, who is a very strong nurse, did a travel contract at Southern MD and she felt that her license was in jeopardy almost every day. I can not repeat the details of incidents that occured...
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    Texas Hospitals

    icuRNmaggie replied to ERpinup's topic in Travel

    I have met too many travel nurses from Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Florida to make it just a coincidence or personal preference. They all tell the same stories about awful working conditions and...
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    Guam Nursing Jobs

    icuRNmaggie replied to mao_zedong214's topic in US Territories, Puerto Rico

    I have seen travel nurse positions for Guam and I was wondering if English language is the official language of that hospital. Thank
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    What questions should I ask at Orientation tomorrow?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Jen_Loves_Nursing's topic in General Students

    Focus. Read the syllabus. Listen. Take notes. good
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    Best place for a new grad BSN

    icuRNmaggie replied to jamersss's topic in General Nursing

    Seattle and Takoma have very good hospitals which practice very good medicine and they are unionized. The union contracts are on the web and you know exactly what the payscale and benefits are and...
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    What's with ...

    icuRNmaggie replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are some really good comedy writers here, cheesepotato, oncrn, and beentheredonethat top the list. Clinically, esme, grntea, juan delacruz and muno can teach EBP to me anyday. Management...
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    A potential nursing student seeks realistic advice/outlook

    icuRNmaggie replied to Markman122's topic in General Nursing

    A BSN in the Baltimore Washington Metro area is very employable. The wages and working conditions can be less than ideal the further south that you go. Fairfax and Richmond will be tolerable. I have...
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    Seasonal Ski Town Positions

    icuRNmaggie replied to dixiejoe88's topic in General Nursing

    On the East Coast there are ski resorts from Massanutten VA all the way to the Canadian Border with at least a hundred small and critical access hospitals that hire travelers. I have not worked in...
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    When did it become OK to treat your nurse like poo?

    icuRNmaggie replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency

    Venting: I know it's not like the ED but last night, an ICU pt told me he would take a chocolate mocha smoothie at bedtime. Since his FSBS was elevated he got a diet pudding. Patients really think...