nursemeanie

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nursemeanie has 10 years experience.


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  1. Struggling with an unmotivated clinical group

    Midterm evals are this week... They will definitely get the message after that! I think their last clinical instructor was lax, and that's what they got used to. Their evals will be a wake up call for sure. According to the other instructors, it i...
  2. I have a group of students this semester who are really challenging. I've never had such a difficult group. I laid out my expectations at the beginning of the semester and every day at preconference we discuss the goals for the day. However, I sti...
  3. Help with 4 year old Hem/Onc in isolation

    Do they have child life specialists where she is hospitalized?
  4. Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

    Having a baby in nursing school would be very difficult. I got pregnant after my last final (ooops!) and working as a new grad and pregnant wasn't a real treat, either!
  5. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    I was married to one, but not anymore!
  6. Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

    We had a kid with an extremity injury mention occasional shortness of breath. Doctor ordered a chest xray for completeness sake and there was a large mass in the chest
  7. Ever discussed sexuality with peds patients?

    I'm in Peds ER and haven't had any patients quite that young, but have had discussions with many adolescents.
  8. Curious

    We give IV Decadron po all the time in peds
  9. Social Worker to Nursing??

    I was a social worker and did an accelerated nursing program, too. Best decision I've ever made, and hardest thing I've ever done!
  10. Epinephrine via ET tube?

    If you are in need of Epi and are sick enough that the only way to give it is through the ET tube, a little fluid in your lungs is the least of your problems
  11. nuero checks

    What is interesting is that most of the students I have sent out after observation for a head injury received the head injury a day or two before (hockey practice is a big place it happens). This isn't unusual at all... Kids frequently don't show con...
  12. ER to ICU orders

    That sounds crazy. My ER has a one hour turn around time for non-urgent patients. Admitted patients they want to the floors within an hour of the decision to admit, not an hour from walking in the door!
  13. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    My ex-mother in law has a few. It's library, not li-berry. Sometimes you vomit bile, not vile! Someone to blame is a scapegoat, not "an escape goat"
  14. First nurse job...not what I was expecting

    Maybe you could find a peds ED? Best of both worlds!
  15. I did a double major in 2 social science fields and graduated in less than 4 years and it was easier than the accelerated nursing program I completed.