chocoholic999

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1. How to help underprepared students?

   chocoholic999 posted a topic in Educators

   I have taught fundamentals at a community college for 8+ years. The preparedness of incoming students is dwindling by the year...students who can't read, write, or do basic math. I don't mean they can't read well, or quickly. I mean they can't read. ...

2. Inconsistency is making me question my CI

   chocoholic999 replied to NONOO's topic in Student Assist

   I meant that the ANA doesn’t differentiate between CIs and other nurses.

3. In trouble afraid of being kicked out don't know what to do

   chocoholic999 replied to Sweetb90's topic in General Students

   Well that is quite a different story from this original poster’s but glad it worked out for you.

4. HELP I don’t know what I’m doing

   chocoholic999 replied to ddsnnurse98's topic in General Students

   Study groups. This will give you multiple viewpoints on what to study and multiple ways of looking at information. Also--when you do NCLEX style questions, be sure to look at why you got the answer wrong instead of just looking at the right answer. E...

5. In trouble afraid of being kicked out don't know what to do

   chocoholic999 replied to Sweetb90's topic in General Students

   Well you are getting a lot of strokes and comfort from posters telling you the school was over-reactive, punitive, and "stupid" and that you should basically blame youth and excitement on the fact that you violated a school policy and a condition of ...

6. Single Mom in Nursing School

   chocoholic999 replied to futurenurse06's topic in General Students

   I went to nursing school as a single mom of 3, youngest was 4 at the time, but I had help from my parents and the older two grew up quick and had to help with the preschooler. I used to take my books and the kids to the park and let them run for hour...

7. Jeopardize nursing school, as a CNA

   chocoholic999 replied to MyDream 2bRN's topic in CNA/MA

8. Mandatory Vaccination

   chocoholic999 replied to degfnp's topic in General Nursing

   I am trying so hard to understand your point but without capitals, appropriate punctuation and restriction of double negatives I am not able to understand. Could you please repost your position?

9. RN, ADN being obsolete

   chocoholic999 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

   Sorry, but some of us ARE collecting sign-on bonuses. Lump-sum bonuses and hourly bonuses that had me at $75/hour at some jobs. Plus, recruitment fees of $1000-$2000 per nurse for referrals. Gift cards just for showing up to interviews. It's all ab...

10. RN, ADN being obsolete

    chocoholic999 replied to lovewaves's topic in General Students

    Holy cow where do you people live? I am a nursing instructor for ADNs. Every single graduate is employed, most (60%) have a job secured before graduation, and they are working in their first choice area (ED, ICU, med surg specialty or clinics.) One o...

11. Health insurance that restricts employees from receiving care outside of employer owned ho

    chocoholic999 replied to floatRN's topic in General Nursing

    What I want: 1. work in the best facility possible 2. receive care in the best facility possible so yes, I would be fine with receiving care from my employing organization. My experience has been that when your employer CANT provide the service (doe...

12. Call a waaaaambulance!

    chocoholic999 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is 50 and retired (military). He spends literally every day golfing. When I come home from home from 12 hours short staffed I smile and nod sympathetically while he WAAAHS about the party in front of him taking too long on the 10th hole. S...

13. Are you a "Sister?"

    chocoholic999 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I volunteered a bit in South Africa and this is what I was able to piece together: professional nurses' title is "Sister"-even the men. I don't know if this is everywhere in S.A., but in the rural clinic where I volunteered there was a man called "s...

14. Am I a woosy for feeling 5 patients is too much on a medsurg floor

    chocoholic999 replied to PaperPushingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Aiken published a study about this years ago: http://dpeaflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/2003-1-The-Aiken-Study.pdf basically, 4 patients is a safe med/surg patient load. Beyond that it gets deadly. Every time I was assigned 5 or more pat...

15. Nursing nightmares.

    chocoholic999 replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Recurrent nightmare of a co-worker wandering around unit asking if "anyone knows where we keep the gun" because the doctor's order said "make sure patient gets shot in a.m." Told co-worker about it. She never looked at me the same again.