ElizabethStoneRN

ElizabethStoneRN

Pediatric Emergency & Nurse Education

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About ElizabethStoneRN

ElizabethStoneRN specializes in Pediatric Emergency & Nurse Education.


Hello! I'm a staff nurse in my state's first pediatric emergency department, and also work as a clinical instructor for a BSN program. While "little people" are the patients whom I most love caring for, I also enjoy caring for the grown ups with my nursing students! In addition, I love to write professionally, especially when I have the opportunity to teach others by telling real stories from my nursing practice. My clinical expertise is in pediatric triage and assessment. I also am very involved with my professional organization, the Emergency Nurses Organization.

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  1. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    actually that's one of the most common myths of magnet. the whole BSN issue is coming from the Institute of Medicine Recommendations, not Magnet requirements. Magnet only has specific educational requirements for nurse managers/administration, not c...
  2. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    Thanks again to all of you who are offering your opinions. Lets keep it professional- please no student bashing or bashing in general. we are better than that. we all are entitled to our own opinions and experiences. clearly our experiences dif...
  3. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    Thanks for all of the passionate and at times, entertaining, feedback. I can only speak to my own experience and the experience of many nurses I have worked with in my hospital and my state (we don't have unions btw). I agree completely that Magne...
  4. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    Simply put, Magnet designation symbolizes "nurse-driven excellence in patient safety, quality outcomes and patient satisfaction" 1. So what exactly does this mean? To better understand the meaning of nursing excellence and the value of Magnet designa...
  5. Magnet Designation: What's the attraction?

    Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction? Simply put, Magnet designation symbolizes nurse-driven excellence in patient safety, quality outcomes and patient satisfaction” 1. So what exactly does this mean? To better understand the meaning of nur...
  6. Thank you for your comments and story! Yes you are right - "bad" preceptors , or ones who eat their young, can be toxic to new nurses. I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. Fortunately when nursing Students have preceptors , they also typic...
  7. Thank you for your comment, and your concern. Actually I use my real name and pic on purpose bc I'm one of the allnurses,com writers. - so we want our writing to be under our real names, searchable , Etc.
  8. Many nursing students make the transition from regular, group clinical rotations to working one on one with "real nurses", or preceptors, during their senior year. Preceptors put a lot of time, energy and heart into helping teach the students during ...
  9. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    yes I think you documented appropriately. I would hope that the physician notes/h&P would include details as to why they were not treating the patient's reported pain. This is something I would check, as his nurse. and if the doctor had not mad...
  10. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    Thanks for your feedback and question! yes. I think that learning to view the vital signs as just one component of the assessment is something that is important- and it gets easier with experience- b/c with every new patient you care for, you retai...
  11. Pick my "poison"

  12. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    I understand why you could feel that way. the reality is that many systems issues are revealed in these cases- issues that, if left unchecked, will continue to directly or indirectly cause patient harm. expert nurse witnesses are critical in helpi...
  13. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    I know you can take a class, become certified- and I'm sure there are ways to put yourself "out there" as an ENW and drum up business, but ultimately being qualified is linked to your professional experience, not a class. for me personally- it st...
  14. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

  15. Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness