Jen01tx

Jen01tx specializes in Med-surge/geriatrics.

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1. Race during report.

   Jen01tx replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly. It sparked enough curiosity to cause her to start a thread. It might have been something about the way the nurse recieving the report made her request... her tone or whatever.

2. Race during report.

   Jen01tx replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

   You made a great point!

3. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

   Jen01tx replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN/LVN

   Initially most nursing schools DO require their students to do the work an aide normally would. I'm speaking of during their clinical rotation.s The first six weeks of clinicals nursing students work very closely with the aides. I do have to say t...

4. Race during report.

   Jen01tx replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

   " It might prevent the nurse from questioning orders for higher or lower-than-usual dosages of certain medications though, don't you think?" True.

5. Race during report.

   Jen01tx replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

   " It might prevent the nurse from questioning orders for higher or lower-than-usual dosages of certain medications though, don't you think?" True.

6. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

   Jen01tx replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN/LVN

   Trust me, we pick up those skills quickly. At least I had to. Your unit won't run if you can't guide the staff. Especially for those evening and night shifts when a DON/ADON aren't readily available and you might have one supervisor.

7. No respect for LVN's/LPN's

   Jen01tx replied to Jen01tx's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks for the advice. I think I will be better prepared next time such a situation arises.

8. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

   Jen01tx replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN/LVN

   "What I meant was that nurses learn nursing. They don't learn leadership or managerial skills." I have to disagree with this statement. Nurses are taught about delegation, different styles/approachs to take in managing the staff, etc. It might vary...

9. No respect for LVN's/LPN's

   Jen01tx posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I won't go into all the details of what happened to me today. I'm just getting off my shift and wanted to vent. The jist of it is I had a negative exchange with my supervior today. I questioned why we were taking a particular approach in patient care...

10. Race during report.

    Jen01tx replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    If this was a patient being transferred from your unit to another, asking for the race of the client seems legitimate. Some nurses just like to be thorough when giving or recieving report. Somone mentioned how race plays a role in how an individua...