KeyMaster

KeyMaster

OR, CVOR, Clinical Education, Informatic

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About KeyMaster

KeyMaster has 30 years experience and specializes in OR, CVOR, Clinical Education, Informatic.


BSN May 2010 - Woo Hoo! I'm done! MSN, Nursing Education July 2016 - WooHoo! This is IT

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  1. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    Our system leadership mandated a minimum BSN requirement and won't accept applications from nurses with an Associate degree. Yet they are willing to moan, groan and complain about the severe nursing shortage that is keeping them from filling the HUGE...
  2. The HARD Truth for most nurses

    OP: "Definitely thinking about different degree, since experience is the only way to open up other nursing positions, but I am not about to work bedside for 10 years. I would rather go back to school." Oh yes, absolutely! What we really need are mor...
  3. Things You Didn't Learn in Nursing School

    Don't Panic! Words of wisdom there
  4. Putting in orders

    The downside in my hospital is that a lot of the MDs simply don't want to put in electronic orders. Many are older and although they may be comfortable with a computer they are not proficient with a keyboard, so order entry is time consuming and frus...
  5. Older nurse lacking computer skills

    I teach electronic perioperative documentation to our newly hired associates. It is obvious that many of the more mature nurses simply don't use the computer in any ongoing capacity. I always encourage them to make sure they have glasses that allow t...
  6. Patient Picking At Clothing/Bed Linens

    Saw it lots when I worked on a geriatric med-surg floor. Sometimes with dementia (back when we called it organic brain syndrome), sometimes with tardive dyskensia, sometimes just because. To prevent patients from picking sores on themselves or irrita...
  7. Any credibility to this argument was lost with the opening sentence.
  8. Why is staff turnover considered bad?

    Some of the perspectives on turnover are generational. Once upon a time long-term loyalty to a company or position meant that the employee was rewarded for their seniority: additional compensation, benefits, promotions and a valuable retirement pensi...
  9. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    The entire staff of the hospital should obviously have mandatory education provided on how to knock on a door. Of course someone will have to develop a policy on how loud the knock should be and the duration and frequency of the knocking. This will p...
  10. Student loan taking forever to pay off...

    Wow. I couldn't even begin to imagine. Makes me even more thankful for the good old Diploma program days. I received a stellar education with tons of hands-on clinical time, passed "boards" with ease (like 99% of my class) and went on to work at the ...
  11. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    :yeah:well said!! the total truth in a nutshell. there is no nursing shortage. there never has been and with the number of new grads cranked out every year there will not be a nursing shortage in any forseeable future. do not be fooled into thinking...
  12. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    Sadly a lot of places are interviewing, but still not filling positions. If you have a stong education with a string of degrees behind your name, recruiters want more experience. If you are experienced, they want more education. If you have both you ...
  13. RN labor supply: Are we in a bubble?

    This article only PROVES that THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE - and that there never has been. There is simply a shortage of nurses who are willing to work in understaffed, underpaid positions. "hospital employment of registered nurses (RNs) increased b...
  14. Foley to LIS???

    I once had a very tired resident order foley to low wall suction and an NGT to bedside drainage :) A quick phone call cleared that up with no problem though.
  15. My RN-BSN program through South University was all online. I did not have any clinicals.