talbrecht

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1. I want OUT!!!!

   talbrecht replied to shoegalRN's topic in New Nurse

   This is a old post wondering how your doing? There are many things you can do in the field, it sounds like you were in the wrong job.Did you QUIT, and find another specialty. That is the beauty of Nursing you can work in lots of different positions...

2. New Nurse In TEARS...

   talbrecht replied to NightNurse0711's topic in General Nursing

   :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeatheCardiology secret.. use acetone. Shave them and wipe on the acetone, then good luck getting them off, you will have to yank! Your welcome

3. New Nurse In TEARS...

   talbrecht replied to NightNurse0711's topic in General Nursing

   :DI have been a Cardiovascular Technologist for the last 23 yrs and going to school to be an RN. What your going through it perfectly normal. Conflict is part of the job, but you will find as time goes by your ironing out the creases and building s...

4. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   :wink2:My school has mandatory enterance exams that include math, how can you say that this would justify not properly teaching medication math. It is so important yet they act like five minutes on it is justified. There should be an entire class on ...

5. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   Your very mean and insensitive with your verbbage. 75% should be a C, a D should be alot lower than 78%. At my school I got a 78% and 79 was a C ( passing.) Your wrong employers think a scale is 90-100% A 80-89 B 70-79C 60-69 D and 59 lower an F. Y...

6. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   :up:Yeah, my instructor spent a minimal time on the math, yet it was tested every week. Literally we were shown a concept; the teacher did one problem on the board and then told us to do a two page ditto and let her know if we had questions. We asked...

7. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   :redbeathe Thanks for the suggestions, yes I saw the instructor in her office who suggested students help me if I under stand it since it was not clicking the way that she presented it. She couldnt even help another student by answering a problem on...

8. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   :crying2:Bravo, I so agree. There is no nurturing in the programs, the professors across the board are full of vinager and offer zero help, they are harsh and judgemental using their authority to block the door to nursing. They only want a select few...

9. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

   talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

   Thanks, many of my friends are experiancing problems. Two have given up and will not become a nurses. In my current study group from last semester I have to repeat one class, one passed all, one is leaving the school for another and the other is ch...

10. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    :di am a good student, i attend every class, read the book over and over and over, read the study guide, complete every assignment on time, never am late always early, i am wide awake always asking questions, always prepared for clinicals infact ofte...

11. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    :coollook:Well I believe that a student needs to come to class, every class, take notes, ask questions, comprehend every detail placed in front of them and ask for help if they dont understand. It is the students responsbility to ask for more help if...

12. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    Preventing a person from becoming a nurse does not save the world. Many people die during their care because they are ill. Nurses are in place often just to comfort towards the end or often trying to save them in vain. The system in place depapers nu...

13. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    :nuke: :redbeathei was not targeting you, so sorry if you took it that way. i am speaking specifically of the teachers that dont care and the school that dont do their best to teach. i have seen many that dont work like you do. i however think that...

14. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    :nuke: So when the student does it wrong by leaving the room gowned or not giving the bed bath correctly or not knowing what a drug is what do you do? Do you teach them the correct way? You need to teach them that is your job. A student was allowed t...

15. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    talbrecht replied to newhere_noname's topic in Educators

    Your partly right,many enter into this field not really knowing what a nurse really does and the pros and cons connected. Many students are fresh out of high school really not totally evolved yet. So how do they even know what they want to be. So tha...