Live Chat Schedule - feedback needed

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Specializes in CCU, Geriatrics, Critical Care, Tele.

We've recently updated our live chat (click here)

We are planning on setting up some scheduled chat times, so that there will actually be people in the chat room at specific times :)

We'd like to get some feedback from you, our members, as to what times you would like to set up for scheduled chat times. So please let us know what you think.

Also, we would also like to set up chats on specific nursing related topics, so, please submit your suggestions on topics you'd like to see discussed as well.

We will be putting the chat schedule in our newsletter, which is going out Mon or Tues, so please send in your suggestions as soon as possible. Thanks again for all your help!

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Brian...would love to put down a definate time; but with my schedule being so goofy, I will have to just take chances and pop in if/when I can. :p

Will think on the rest of your questions. :chuckle

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I would like to suggest a room for premium members only.

As far as scheduled times..9am-11am for night shifters? I stay up in the am...sleep in the eve.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

That's a great time for me, Shell. See ya there!

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Hello, Everyone

Study Group or Homework Group

Health Trivia

Game night

Topic night For Example Hypertension, indications,

Nurse Practitioner topics

Pre-nursing issues

Scenarios for nursing students, nurses, nurse practioners

issues pertainning to nursing

Professional organizations, importance of joinning, memberships,

Alternative health care

Holistic approach

Medications

Skills

Oh watching surgeries by Thomas Jefferson Hospital on the internet and have a discussion afterward.

Explainning what are incidents, medical error, and how do you handle them?

Diseases

Be a Peer to a nursing student....which does not require an all day and a lot of hours. Discuss any issue she/he have at school or whatever.

Health issues pertainning to nurses

Self help groups or issues....ie. stress and how to relieve it

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Angie- see ya there!

Button great topics

How about stump the nurse....A game where students and nurse newbies ask questions and try to stump the experienced nurses? Could be challenging and fun:)

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Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

Stump the nurse...I love it! LOL!

Heck, those ideas are better than mine, I was going to suggest some seasonal topics once a week, like 'ideas for preventing cold/flu', 'beating the holiday blues', and things like that...(kind of like my inservices at work..LOL! but more fun).

But it is hard to get everyone on at the same time..I have missed other topics on chats because I was pacific standard time, and they weren't...and I missed it by an hour or so :(...

I absolutely adore having a room that isn't 100% nursing related for us nurses that just want to chat and relax after work...yet discuss nursing things PRN :)! That has cetainly livened up the chat considerably!

The one thing...and it happens in all chats...is when you do get folks on there that just want to make trouble. Sadly you do as much as you can and it still happens. Hard sometimes to judge also if it is just someone having a bad day or trying to ruin a chat...not fun for administration to handle (trust me...have admin'd over 10 chats in my day). Talking about how to best prepare for those folks, we call 'Trolls' is something good to discuss before it happens...

LOVE the chat site though...very very pleased!!!!!

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Specializes in Utilization Management.
Talking about how to best prepare for those folks, we call 'Trolls' is something good to discuss before it happens...

Isn't there an "Ignore" button for trolls?

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8pm-10pm....could work for me:)

Thursday, Friday...would be my best evenings:yelclap:

Annor

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

Crazy schedule here, too, and must be in bed by 7:30 pm the nights before I work.

Guess I'll just have to take my chances.

I love the "stump the nurse" idea ! :)

And I also like a "breakroom" in the "chatroom".

Maybe the "breakroom" chat could be open 24/7 for all of us with crazy schedules?

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Specializes in Emergency.

Probably to get the most good 2 or 3 times a day is going to be best. One night poster said 9a-11a would be good, thats OK if you work 11-7 but not if you work 7p-7a, as we are long gone to bed by then. What probably would be good is 2 or 3 hours at shift change times. 7a, 3p, 7p and llp. I for one generally check email in the morning when I get home and again when I get up in the afternoon. Even if I get up late say 5PM I'm sure if the room is active and lively from a 3PM start their would be people to chat with.

On another note I find it kind of sad that the chat room on this site isn't active. One would think as busy as the forums are IE how may hundreds of posts get made each day.

RJ:rolleyes:

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Specializes in CNA/ ALF & Hospital.

I will be popping in whenever I can.

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