rntracy1

rntracy1 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...

  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...

  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...

  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,...

  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.

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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,...

  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...

  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.

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  16. Communication Discrimination

    rntracy1 replied to WinterLilac's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is also this type of discrimination in the reverse. It isn't only minorities who deal with it. How about the Spanish speaking people who speak Spanish because they KNOW others don't know what...

  17. Bypassing Nurse? HELP!

    rntracy1 replied to SWimbish's topic in School

    Whaaaa? No way! I would not do that. When the parent shows up at my school and they call me for the child, I tell them, "I never called the parent, don't know where the child is or what the problem...

  18. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    rntracy1 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Your quotation from the CA nurse practice act is for those who have ALREADY offended and are currently under a treatment plan. In my state and probably most others it is the same way, if you have...

  19. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    rntracy1 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Morte, I am in agreement with you. It is absolutely, complete, unequivocally untrue that nurses cannot be prescribed opiates. In fact, I am an RN, in a pain management program, and both my BON and...