edowhitetop

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1. Effective PowerPoint Presentations

   edowhitetop replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Very good information. I printed it out to remind myself when I prepare PowerPoints for my PhD studies too. Thank you!

2. They did a c-section without anesthesia

   edowhitetop replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Never experienced C-section without anesthesia but do understand the idea as I did experience the extraction of a wisdom tooth without anesthesia. They had shot me up with novocaine but the instant they started pulling it became evident that it had n...

3. Desired Characteristics of Effective Nurse Educators - My Ideal Nursing Instructor

   edowhitetop replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   These are things we all know, but you did a very good job of putting them all together in one place. Thank you.

4. Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

   edowhitetop replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Anyone hired as an instructor has an obligation to instruct. The administration needs to be made aware that this is not happening in this class. Nice lady or not, she needs to take classes in how to teach or get out. Her responding to questions by me...

5. What would you have said to this CNA

   edowhitetop replied to zofran's topic in Relations

   Write her up - now and when it happens again. This CNA has an attitude that definitely does not belong in the art/business of health care. Years ago, a hospitalized friend told me he had requested that a particular nurse not be allowed to have anythi...

6. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

   edowhitetop replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Relations

   You gave the man the greatest gift of all - you treated him like a human being - something he apparently was not accustomed to.

7. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

   edowhitetop replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

   My dad always worked for precision in our speech. If we twisted a sentence or used the wrong word, he would respond to what we had said rather than what he knew we intended to say. So the correct question would be, "Is there a physician here?'

8. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

   edowhitetop replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

   Many specialists, although they can put M.D. behind their names, are so long out of touch with the basics that they would be of little help in a crisis. It is actually a matter of knowing what to do. My grandmother, who did not have a lot of formal e...

9. Should students be penalized due to Instructors Mistake ?

   edowhitetop replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   Instructors should be required to correct their mistakes. Back in the old days, when I attended a very small high school, one of my teachers asked me to grade some semester exams in a subject I had never taken and gave me a key to use. I discovered m...

10. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

    edowhitetop replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Before I retired, I had to be particularly careful about client contact in public because I worked at a mental health center and this was widely known. Since I retired, I have moved (from Wisconsin to Florida) and seldom go out in public because of s...

11. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    edowhitetop replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral

    Sorry, Dr. Knope, your example does not impress me. The PhD poet would understand the question even if you do not. And the Doctor-Nurse could probably handle the crisis at least as well as the Doctor-Physician. So give us all a break. The best "docto...

12. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    edowhitetop replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes patients can be extremely difficult - but that is part of the job. Just be glad you are on your side of the relationship.

13. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    edowhitetop replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as though this woman has been subjected to years of mental abuse. She is so convinced that she is worthless that she has become "worthless." It takes a lot of work to get past that.

14. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    edowhitetop replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    Seems to me that ANY open offer to do something for someone is asking for trouble. Even in an ER you could get some pretty off-the-wall requests - and a reminder that you had ASKED for it.

15. They did a c-section without anesthesia

    edowhitetop replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :studyowl: I believe that the main problem was the panic factor. I was born at home - breech - and the doctor did not make it in time. Attending was a midwife - my grandmother. Despite the crisis situation and the fact that it involved her own younge...