Doreen NY

Doreen NY has 25 years experience and specializes in med-surg, psych.

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1. Taken advantage of...

   Doreen NY replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Students

   You need to keep your papers private and do not share them with other students. You can offer help regarding sentence structure, ideas, punctuation and format but never allow a fellow student to read your paper. It is also possible for a classmate to...

2. Not a real nurse?

   Doreen NY replied to Iris34's topic in Psychiatric

   I have great respect for nurses who work with the psychiatric population. Psych nurses need to have an excellent background in medical conditions as well. It is rare to have a psychiatric patient without some coexisting medical condition, be it diabe...

3. What sources do nurses use to stay informed of new medical research?

   Doreen NY replied to Elginite's topic in General Nursing

   The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is an excellent site for keeping up with the latest research. There is a nursing research section that discusses the best evidence based practices. (http://www.ahrq.gov). The National Guideline Clearingh...

4. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

   Doreen NY replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   I am sorry to hear that nursing schools are not using nursing diagnoses. Nursing is a science so different from medicine and we should be seen as a unique profession, separate from medicine. I realize that our care revolves around the patients' distr...

5. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

   Doreen NY replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   The profession of nursing is always changing and care is based on evidence based protocols. Nursing is always keeping up to date with the latest treatments, technology and medications, so each and every nurse is responsible for keeping his or her pra...

6. The University of Texas at Arlington

   Doreen NY replied to zoeyzoe's topic in Texas (UTA)

   Has anyone considered Regis University in Denver Colorado? I just completed the RN to BSN program. It took me 2 and 1/2 years, since the majority of time I took one class every 8 weeks.You can complete your non-nursing classes at the same time that y...