DianeMyra replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in General Nursing
I like the ED. There is a lot of teaching and talking to patients, the charting isn't as lengthy as the floor, oodles of autonomy: the doctors listen, and respect the RN's (I work at a teaching hospital), hand's on care, great teamwork, and meds are ...
I'm not sure how our peds dept does it, as we have separate triage areas, but if an adult presents with SI they stay in sub-triage which only exits with a badge. Also, personal belongings are removed, and they are placed in a hospital gown. It's not ...
traumahawk99, As previously stated, I'm not arguing whether the BSN should be entry level; it's a complex issue with logical arguments on both sides. Folks like LindaRN, Miss Mab, Freedom42 and many others have written posts addressing this topic muc...
Classes such as the extra pathophysiology courses I mentioned help reduce “failure to rescue”; I find it amazing that you can’t connect this to better patient outcome. Topics such as starting IV’s are hardly what is researched; with this statement ...
I know all schools are different, but where I went to school we were required to have additional psych, sociology, logic and critical thinking, and pathophysiology 1 and 2 just to get into the BSN program. The knowledge obtained is advantageous to p...
This is something that has always bothered me about nursing school. Why can't I take my test home to study from it, and keep it as a reference? The test can be used as a learning tool as well, turn it back in with correct answers and rationale for 1/...
Well, if the OP can go from a 25 year old with 2 years ICU experience in November of 2006 to a 21 year old just graduating from an ADN program in one year's time there's no doubt in my mind he can retire at 30. ~ Diane
I read assigned material twice. It took a lot of time, but on the second time through I got many "ah ha" moments which helped me understand interrelated concepts. ~ Diane
Hey Tweety, I'm more of a lurker than poster, but I have enjoyed reading posts written by you. I Just wanted to say that you're in my thoughts and prayers. ~ Diane