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1. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

   pdmt replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate your concern (for the patients and for me!) As far as the charting.....she was doing the charting, and it never occurred to me to look to see what she wrote. I don't know if she charted that procedures were performed when they were not,...

2. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

   pdmt replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate your concern (for the patients and for me!) As far as the charting.....she was doing the charting, and it never occurred to me to look to see what she wrote. I don't know if she charted that procedures were performed when they were not,...

3. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

   pdmt posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new RN who has worked two full days on a med/surg floor. I did my preceptorship on this floor as a student, 6 weeks with a wonderful, caring, conscientious nurse. The preceptor I have been given as a new grad is not so wonderful, caring OR co...

4. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

   pdmt replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new RN who has worked two full days on a med/surg floor. I did my preceptorship on this floor as a student, 6 weeks with a wonderful, caring, conscientious nurse. The preceptor I have been given as a new grad is not so wonderful, caring OR co...

5. Confession is Good for the Soul

   pdmt replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

   I was given some wonderful advice one time: That it's OK to get angry about something, but don't get bitter. Easier said than done. I collect quotations, and one that I use sometimes for my email tag is ""We don't see things as they are, we see thi...

6. Medical Billing & Coding/Transcriptionist

   pdmt replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

   Are you looking for something on-line or a school near you? There are a lot of scam schools out there -- especially the distance learning ones. You pay up the wazoo to take their courses and find yourself unable to get a job when you get your "certi...

7. Help with clinicals

   pdmt replied to student-RN-BSN's topic in General Students

   I am so sorry for your situation. What you might do while you are waiting for next summer's med/surg course to come around (no way around that) is get a job working in a hospital as a nursing assistant -- they're called nurse techs, or aides, or PCAs...

8. is it oriented or orientated?

   pdmt replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

   How about "fair-nix" instead of pharynx and "lair-nix" instead of larynx. And then there's always the asthma "exasperation".

9. Survivors' guilt -- losing classmates

   pdmt posted a topic in General Students

   We just finished up a 10-week med/surg rotation. While everyone passed the clinical portion, the theory tests were the downfall for 20+ students. Among them were two of my very closest classmates. What are your experiences in this type of situation...

10. nursing school curriculum change

    pdmt replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    Edward -- Thanks for the info. I appreciate your taking the time to post all of this information. It is exactly what I was looking for.

11. nursing school curriculum change

    pdmt replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I am aware of the student nursing forum here, but was actually looking more for feedback from those who have already graduated. Am aware of the GN forum, too, but felt I needed information from those who would have more exp...

12. nursing school curriculum change

    pdmt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a 2nd semester (first year) student at a community college nursing school (ADN). This is the first class to participate in the "new curriculum". We have been told by the faculty that this curriculum change was mandated by the accreditation boar...

13. A cute joke...Now add yours!!

    pdmt replied to mopsi's topic in Humor

    OK, I know there's a joke forum, but just have to add this---- A body washes up on shore and is taken to the coroner. He has done the post mortem and says to his assistant: "I know what profession this person was in". The assistant asks him what h...

14. Nursing school grants

    pdmt replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in General Nursing

    I am a first year ADN student and researched extensively for grant money this past year. There are a couple things I can recommend. First and foremost, complete the FAFSA forms. There are some scholarships/grants (the Student Nurse Association, for...

15. Rankings for Nursing Schools

    pdmt replied to Tigger100S's topic in General Students

    Like missionnurse, I am a nontraditional student at a community college. For eight of the last nine years, there has been 100% NCLEX passing rate for graduating students. If that's not a good ranking, I don't know what is!! But ranking is not prest...