-MNC_RN-

-MNC_RN- specializes in Staff Dev--Critical Care & Trauma.

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1. Who made the mistake (if anyone) and what should be done?

   -MNC_RN- replied to -MNC_RN-'s topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm. Good point. I never thought of that (obviously). I can see how that would be the sticky spot... I definitely don't think I was wrong in trying to retain a good

2. Who made the mistake (if anyone) and what should be done?

   -MNC_RN- posted a topic in General Nursing

   Background: - I work in staff development and am the primary educator for two units. One is a specialty care unit, the other is its associated ICU. I am also the lead instructor for our hospital's...

3. Would like to know what you think about Sustainable English

   -MNC_RN- replied to *new*'s topic in General Nursing

   My questions are: As nurses, do you think there would be any interest in this type of training for you? Yes. Do you have any difficulties or feel frustrated when you communicate with non-native...

4. IJ catheter for Dialysis

   -MNC_RN- replied to kstec's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Generally speaking, dialysis catheters are used for nothing else. There are always exceptions. My big question would be if he was admitted to your facility and dialysis was DCd, why leave in the...

5. What does an ICU nurse do exactly?

   -MNC_RN- replied to MJB's topic in MICU, SICU

   Yeah. That one bugs me. There's actually a reason we only take care of one to two patients and it's not because we're lazy. Instead of posting the link, I have copied what I once wrote in another...

6. Please help, orientation problems

   -MNC_RN- replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

   I don't think one can tell after 5 weeks. If you're doing things that are unsafe: problem If you're not doing the work: problem Learning slower: not a problem. The first few weeks of ICU orientation...

7. Pumping a V-P shunt

   -MNC_RN- replied to NurseyBaby'05's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   We dealt with something similar in our Trauma-neuro ICU. In our case it was decided by joint committee (physicians and nurses) to have specially trained charge RNs irrigate ventriculostomies toward...

8. Death?

   -MNC_RN- replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

   My first experience? I couldn't stop laughing. Seriously. I was an NA in my first job orienting to an oncology floor. My first day there, a nurse, knowing I was new, asked if I would like to help...

9. Potential nurse...scared of death

   -MNC_RN- replied to kix86's topic in General Nursing

   Some random thoughts of mine on the matter: 1. Nurses don't constantly deal with death. I've been in the field for 11 years and, from what I can remember, I've only had 8 of my patients die. And...

10. Most RN's first borns?

    -MNC_RN- replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    First born, no alcoholism, male, son of a nurse. Who knows, if you crunch the numbers enough, maybe the social worker is right. Like the statistic that a disproportionate number of medical/nursing...

11. Who Cares About Nursing Theorists?

    -MNC_RN- replied to dlo's topic in General Nursing

    In many cases you're exactly right. And in many cases, that's the point. Verbalizing what we already do--verbalizing a theory--organizes a skill/task/thinking so that it can be repeated and analyzed...

12. Who Cares About Nursing Theorists?

    -MNC_RN- replied to dlo's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo. No, nurses at the bedside don't sit around chatting theory. They do, however, use P&Ps to guide their care. Theory and research lead to change and improvement in practice. Without theory,...

13. Can I become a nurse with vision impairment?

    -MNC_RN- replied to f1ourish's topic in General Nursing

    I would say yes, with some cautions. I used to work with a woman--a nurse--who was a patient educator and she was blind. Not partially, or "almost", but blind. She had a guide dog who was well known...

14. Ever lie about what you do to your MD?

    -MNC_RN- replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't lie about it... really doesn't matter anyway. The docs that I see pesonally I all work with anyway. I find it helps, since we can cut to the chase about all sorts of stuff. I've never been...

15. Nursing School GPA Question

    -MNC_RN- replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds pretty typical. In fact, my wife's undergrad grading scale (non-nursing...music, actually) was 92%+ was an A. It's becoming more and more common in colleges/universities,