MMorton

MMorton has 16 years experience and specializes in Education, Cardiac.

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1. Comparison

   MMorton replied to coonkine's topic in General Students

   Andrew, very well said. Enjoy all that you learn in nursing school. Attitude is a big part of it.

2. Comparison

   MMorton replied to coonkine's topic in General Students

   Nursing school is doable. But like the others have said. In most classes you study and can restate the answers in a test. That is not true in nursing school, you have to think on your feet as a nurse and apply the classroom studies to the clinical si...

3. A Comparison BSN Versus ADN Faculty Role

   MMorton replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Many times failing the nurse is not a loss to the community, but a good service. Not everyone is cut out to be nurses. Nurses can fail for not taking responsibility, not being prepared, not being safe and for poor grades. As nurses, we would not want...

4. Made a Med Error and sick over it!

   MMorton replied to Martinette's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, what a nightmare load of patients and circumstances you were in. Thank God that you caught that insulin order on your shift and corrected it. Your facility is not staffed well enough. THere difenetly is a system error- understaffing to cause a m...

5. A Comparison BSN Versus ADN Faculty Role

   MMorton replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   So many colleges do not screen well at all and this does cause a lot of the drop out rate at the colleges. Our goal is to give every student a chance. They have to meet a specific level of math and english composition, but other than that anyone can ...

6. A Comparison BSN Versus ADN Faculty Role

   MMorton replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your comparison of the ADN and BSN programs. I am a new LPN instructor and have to agree with you. We do lose about 25 % of our class in the first semester. We are trying to be kinder and provide nursing education to support and help ea...