TooterIA

TooterIA

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  1. Clinical question

    At my current employer, I am required to make the assignments eary. One instructor prefers the afternoon before clinicals happen the following afternoon. My clinicals start at 1330 and I have their assignment to them by 1230. The only things I really...
  2. miscarriage-what instructions/support do your pts get?

    Whoops, I meant 3,000/month. We tell these patients to establish care with a Ob/Gyn until we are blue in the face, and they just dont. As far as I know, if you call, you can get in for an appointment without problems. Our providers very rarely type i...
  3. I work in a 28 bed ED with an average of 3,000 patients/year. We see many patients with vaginal bleeding and we either confirm a miscarriage, or threatened abortion. The DC instructions these patients get are preprinted from our computer program, EPI...
  4. Kaplan

    My coworker interviewed for one of the local NCLEX positions. She was told the class is about 5 days long. And you could not have classes for weeks, then all of a sudden have a class. So if you can afford to work very parttime or if the one in your a...
  5. CEN review course but not taking the exam?

    I have taken TNCC. It is not in my facility, it is about a 3 hour drive away. So I would also be forking out money for one night in a hotel.
  6. Starting in the ER soon

    1:5? Ouch. If fully staffed, we are 1:4 and I usually run my ass off all 12 hours. I came from an ED that only saw about 400 pts/month to my new job where we see 3500/month. I have only been there since June and these are my tidbits. Dont be afraid ...
  7. My hospital claims to be offering to pay for a CEN review course by Jeff Solheim, who I have read good things about. I would have to pay for the course, the hospital would reimburse me, the money I get back would be taxed, so I will already be out so...
  8. Anyone in the ED used EPIC. Go live soon in ED.

    We go live in November, I am very interested to read the replies!
  9. Students behavior at clinical sites

    How did you hear about the behavior? Did you hear during the day or after it was over? I have students on Med/Surg with me, then also in ER, surgery, home health, hospice, etc. So I also have some in many areas, so miles away that I cannot monitor. S...
  10. Thoughts on post-conferences

    WOW, you only see each student two times/day in clinic? What level are they? Do they pass meds without you? I see each of mine probably twice/hour. This. Mine are about 30-45 minutes and the above covers it. I find myself doing a lot of teaching fr...
  11. Failed clinic. There is no excuse for not calling. Call the clinical site and leave a message for the instructor to call the student, call another student and get the instructor's number, call the school and ask for the instructor's number (or talk t...
  12. Ditto to not taking it. I really do understand if you need money and a job, but there is NO WAY I would take that job as a new grad.
  13. Just part-time?

    IMO, online job options for MSN only are non-existent. I finished my MSN last May and have been looking for online prospects since and have found next-to-nothing. Almost all of them require a PhD, and most of them require in-person classroom
  14. Grading student written papers

    Ditto using rubrics and handing out an APA example. I hand out an example f an APA reference page, yet still get students who cant get the reference page right. I am also clear about references and tell them they should not be citing every sentence, ...
  15. Contents in Crash Cart

    We usually have at least 4-5 Ca Chlorides and bicarbs. Yes, our infusion is in the crash cart. Night shift is required to do crash cart checks, there is a list that says :Drawer 1, Drawer 2, ets that lists the contents. Mock codes should be required ...