StudentAmie

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1. My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

   StudentAmie replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Relations

   That was my point exactly. Whether the OP was incorrect on thinking the dressing change should be sterile is irrelevant. The practice witnessed was wrong and unsafe.

2. My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

   StudentAmie replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Relations

   I would rather someone incorrectly change my dressing in a sterile fashion than in the manner this poster's preceptor performed the dressing change. My point was that there are many comments here that stated this poster is "nitpicking" her preceptor ...

3. My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

   StudentAmie replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Relations

   I admit I haven't read all the comments, but I find it disturbing how many people have dismissed the dressing change as "it's not a sterile procedure". Maybe not, but you absolutely need to wash hands and change gloves between dirty/clean dressing. E...

4. Narcotics administration

   StudentAmie replied to schoolmack's topic in Medications

   100% agree with KatePasa. Whether it is safe to administer the medication in question should be the only consideration. On a medsurg unit you are NOT treating addiction, and what purpose does it serve to get into a power struggle with your patient? I...

5. The Wisest Thing I've Ever Heard on Allnurses ...

   StudentAmie replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

   Liddle...I actually wondered if that was how you intended it after the fact. The sad truth is that the nursing faculty shortage means there is a lot of very expensive but very poor instruction going on out there. YouTube is a great resource, but no o...

6. PNP Board Review Material

   StudentAmie posted a topic in NP Students

   Has anyone here recently taken the CPNP exam (through PCNB)? I am in my second year of a primary care PNP program and am trying to find some resources to order that would help me review throughout my studies. I have looked at both of these, which eac...

7. The Wisest Thing I've Ever Heard on Allnurses ...

   StudentAmie replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

   I think the fact that the first things that come to mind as "wise advice" gleaned are negative comments like the ones above speak volumes about how nurses treat one another. Eat the young, indeed.

8. Starting PNP program in Fall 2011!

   StudentAmie replied to StudentAmie's topic in NP Students

   I agree wholeheartedly with what Jennifer said. I am in my peds class right now with the FNP students and the thought of how little peds coursework they get would make me nervous to be certified to care for those patients with so little experience. I...

9. Stethoscope for Mother Baby job?

   StudentAmie posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am so excited...I graduated in May and have been working on a Medical SubAcute unit...but my passion has always been maternity (former doula), and I just landed a DAY job in Mother Baby! I am also in a Peds Nurse Practitioner Program. So I am wonde...

10. Starting PNP program in Fall 2011!

    StudentAmie replied to StudentAmie's topic in NP Students

    University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, same school I did my BSN. Is the PC/AC portion acute care? The one limiting factor to this program is that it is primary care only. Not a big deal right now since that's what I want to do, but if I ever want t...

11. Starting PNP program in Fall 2011!

    StudentAmie posted a topic in NP Students

    Hello! Is there anyone else here pursuing the pediatric route? I am in a bit of a unique situation as I just graduated in May and got my BSN/RN. I actually work on an adult Medical Progressive Care unit as peds jobs are super difficult to attain in m...

12. Best NCLEX review guides, figured I would ask folks who have passed!

    StudentAmie replied to StudentAmie's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for all the advice! I am halfway done and will finish in April. My concern is that quite honestly, I don't feel like my education is preparing me much. Other than clinicals, my coursework has been kind of baloney and since it was a second degr...

13. What do some L&D nurses have against doulas?

    StudentAmie replied to anon456's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It sounds like everything you did was incredibly appropriate, and well within the scope of NURSING...so why it's even being brought up that doulas are so terrible sounds like just a somewhat toxic work environment. I can see in an environment like th...

14. Improvement Ideas

    StudentAmie replied to HelloOBNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Given all of that-the best thing that we do is give good patient care-the other stuff doesn't matter. In fact, I found that patients that got poor care often complained about the extra things we did too!! There is no substitute but parents feel speci...

15. Need your opinions

    StudentAmie replied to achiever's topic in Ob/Gyn

    babyktchr, we were sort of advised to put clinical rotations on our resumes, especially if our actual patient contact experience is limited. Our groups are also given lots of choices for which rotations to do so I can see how it would be relavent, I ...