WineCountryRN

WineCountryRN has 20 years experience and specializes in pediatrics, ed, public health.

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1. Ultimate tricksters-pediatric nurses

   WineCountryRN replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Pediatric

   Honestly, I think children (and pets) really pick up on OUR emotions. If we go in uncomfortable with a skill or procedure or are mad at our charge nurse/ spouse, the cold coffee in the cafeteria, and the child (or worse, parent and child) picks up on...

2. UCLA Phasing Out CNS?

   WineCountryRN replied to SanDiFrangles's topic in CNS

   As a Pediatric CNS, I know for a fact that PICU and Pediatric Units (and NICU too) that take CCS $ in California are required to have CNSs on staff. I was told this my the faculty member at UCSF who teaches courses for the APRN programs (this was in ...

3. How much time per test question?

   WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Educators

   Here is what my mentor (professor of nursing at another campus wrote)... The standard is a minute per question but if they are higher level questions or ones that take lots of critical thinking like math or multiple thinking steps. I would have ...

4. How much time per test question?

   WineCountryRN posted a topic in Educators

   I just started to teach at a local community college and have the first test scheduled this week. I was taught to offer the students one minute per test question but some are complaining that this isn't long enough (of course I am giving them a 10 mi...

5. Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

   WineCountryRN replied to guest042302019's topic in Educators

   Now this is something I can use! Great ideas! As an educator, I struggle with keeping my 90 minute lecture interesting and engaging. Balancing a lot of content with a lot of students is no easy task. My teaching is like my cooking some of the 'stuff'...

6. Should complete their education modules during patient care time?

   WineCountryRN posted a topic in Educators

   I work at two different hospitals and due to budget constraints, they are both requiring that more and more education via computer based modules be completed while the RN is working providing direct patient care. It is obvious that the RNs just want...

7. Faculty competency checklist

   WineCountryRN replied to RNHURT's topic in Educators

   I think it is great that hospitals require clinical instructors to be competent. Should a staff development dept (or the dept. that oversees orientation of staff and volunteers) make that final decision to see who will be leading the students in THEI...

8. New Grad Starting in ED - Advice on Good Assessments

   WineCountryRN replied to ecf1972's topic in Emergency

   Reading all of these lovely responses to a new nurse is so encouraging! Some say that nurses eat their young...not in this case! Best of luck to our new grad...would love to have you in our ED! Just the fact that you are asking for help and trying to...

9. How do you get thicker skin?

   WineCountryRN replied to Loves2Lurk's topic in Emergency

   As an ED educator, all I can say other than sorry for having to deal with someone mean spirited people and yes they are out there. One of most beneficial presenters that we had in our ED was a former cop/head of our security who teaches on de-escalat...

10. How to Engage ER nurses in Clinical Education

    WineCountryRN replied to Nancycal's topic in Educators

    Did you get the job? Do you what to chat about some ideas to mix it up? I have been doing education for 4 years the last 1.5 being in the ED. The ED is a different breed of nurse...teaching needed to be brief and interactive. I would highly recommend...

11. How private are medical records?

    WineCountryRN replied to sufergal's topic in General Nursing

    OR you could ask the hospital to see who has accessed your chart and when (all this electronic business leaves a different kind of fingerprint). Most hospitals have a security department for this and all concerns could be brought up. I have known nur...

12. Favoritism in Nursing?

    WineCountryRN replied to xenabsnrn's topic in Relations

    So far great advice from the other posters. Sometimes there are reasons beyond your control that you will not be advanced to the position you want b/c it is about timing and often, not what your know, who you know. Does your employer have affirmative...

13. Seeking ED education on Labor/Delivery in the ER

    WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Emergency

    OMG~this is so funny because I decided to do another search on this topic and here I end up finding myself again. This is what I ended up doing. In collaboration with OB services including a CNMW and a nursery nurse I had the nurses for 4 hours. One ...

14. Any ED CNS' here?

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in CNS

    Just wondering if there are any CNS here in this forum and what kind of 'work' do you in your department. I am a part time ED educator responsible for the unit education of regular staff, new hires, tech, orientation to new equipment and processes. I...

15. Master's Thesis Topic

    WineCountryRN replied to missgill's topic in CNS

    could you find a way to make your topic r/t education of students or staff? for example, you love cardiac care so how to you implement a new STEMI program with staff through education? OK for example, my Masters was in Peds but my thesis focus was t...