rntracy1 BSN, RN

rntracy1 has 20 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, you're right. I haven't found it to be the case either, where programs focus so much on the writing, research, and theory aspect to the exclusion of teaching any skills. Now, I will have to admit, I didn't learn every single skill I would be us...

2. What's the dumbest thing you've done that you got written up for?

   rntracy1 replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

   WOW!! I hope the nurse who called you those horrible names got written up too. Here's mine. Like you, I get bad headaches. Migraines. I was an agency nurse, scheduled for a 3-11 shift. I took imitrex before reporting for my shift. It works...

3. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   londonflo, you are so right. Nurses have worked so hard to classify nursing as a profession rather than a trade. I mean, just the hours required for the courses in the ADN program is more than any other Associate degree program. When I was in the A...

4. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   In my BSN program, we had to enter our papers into a program that made sure they were properly cited and that nothing was plagiarized. No more than 30% of our paper could be quoted from other works, and the whole reference section was included in th...

5. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   Ha ha, LOL. I meant to say college level writing and formatting. LOL. My mind was going faster than my hands could type. And, I obviously didn't proofread my work. LOL.

6. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   I feel it is you who is misinformed. I was responding to llg who was responding Hoosier's comment about nursing schools being more focused on APA format than teaching skills. Hoosier was implying that learning the skills is more important than forma...

7. What are they teaching?

   rntracy1 replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

   I have to say, I agree with you and macawake MSN. I got frustrated at times with APA formatting and citing my references, but I found my instructors really didn't deduct if my margins were slightly off or my reference indentations weren't perfect. Li...

8. Over $300k in student loans - help.

   rntracy1 replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

   Expecting that debt to be paid off in 10 yrs is crazy. That's 2500.00 per month on a monthly salary of 5k before taxes. That leaves her almost nothing to live on. Now, for the PSLF program, we have to assume she can get a job that meets all the crite...

9. Over $300k in student loans - help.

   rntracy1 replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree with you caffeinePOQ4HPRN. Not everyone can ONLY take out what they need to pay for school. I got pregnant at 19 and my son was born right when I turned 20. I worked 32 hrs per week, 3rd shift as a CNA, then went to school when I got...

10. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    rntracy1 replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! It almost sounds like you wrote MY story, or I wrote yours. LOL. I too thought mine was bad. Mine may be slightly different than yours, but very similar. I currently owe 108k. I too made the same mistake, as a young adult, of going to a private ...

11. What's the dumbest thing you've done that you got written up for?

    rntracy1 replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! (Pun intended). I would probably be fired then because I do that ALL the time. Ha ha. It helps to make a point and if I received a write up, I'd PROBABLY continue to do it out of habit. LOL.

12. ADHD meds in milk?

    rntracy1 replied to Amethya's topic in School

    No, sorry, you are mistaken. Focalin XR can be opened up and its contents sprinkled on food or in a cup of water too. When I first got that order from the doc I was nervous about it due to the extended release, but I looked it up, and it can be open...

13. Another soiled clothing vent

    rntracy1 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    We are not talking about 5th and 6th grade students, nor are we talking about special needs students with 1:1 nursing services. We are talking about, mostly, students in grades PreK- 2nd sometimes 3rd grade. If I can get a hold of a parent to bring...

14. Another soiled clothing vent

    rntracy1 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    The teacher's aides are responsible for cleaning up the students at our school too, BUT THEY DON'T! I was dealing with a parent and her child's meds, you know, the things that require a nursing license, and the Aide brought up a student with wet pant...

15. Wetting accidents

    rntracy1 replied to Tamara421's topic in School

    Gosh, here too. The one thing I DID put my foot down on though was cleaning dog poo off of shoes. I went to the teacher's meeting and told them, "cleaning dog poo off of shoes does not require a medical license. The only reason you would send that ...