iteachob MSN, RN

OB, NICU, Nursing Education (academic)

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    New nurse just became nurse manager!

    iteachob replied to guineachick's topic in General Nursing

    Diplomacy will get you far! Stand up for the nurses on your unit. Good
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    Nursing 101: Interval between 2 different inhalers?

    iteachob replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Give the beta adrenergic (such as Proventil) first. Wait about 5 minutes. This allows the drug to open the airways allowing for better distribution of the glucocorticoid (Vanceril, Beclovent), which...
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    Remember your FIRST paycheck?!

    iteachob replied to ashandjune's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh....this won't provide any motivation at all!!! I graduated 25 years ago from my BSN program. My first job, day shift base pay was a depressing (now, anyway) $8 / hour. I think I bought some...
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    Does your hospital allow you to say "Merry Christmas"??

    iteachob replied to VU RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Allow me (to say "Merry Christmas")?? I'd like to see them try to stop me! (I'm 6 feet tall, and perimenopausal to boot). I should add that I would not purposely say Merry Christmas to someone who...
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    Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

    iteachob replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient Medications

    Good thread; I see this and another problem all the time: I teach RN students in an OB course and clinical. I still see RN's push undiluted phenergan all the time.....drives me crazy (and I have to...
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    Night shift?

    iteachob replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights for several years.....loved it (the pace is more my style). I was much younger then (it was 20 years ago). I always spent a couple hours winding down before trying to go to sleep;...
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    Do you wear rings on your fingers to work?

    iteachob replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    No.....but then, I don't know any NICU nurse (current or former) who
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    Embarassing...

    iteachob replied to momwithajob2's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up.....it's likely that the person is on some type of blood thinner. I take ASA everyday and bruise every single time I get an injection or have blood drawn (good technique or...
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    nursing thoeries so broadly written they encorp alternative therapies

    iteachob replied to Born To Be A Grandma's topic in General Nursing

    Check out Martha Rogers' theory energy
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    How are you going to Vote - US

    iteachob replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the ANA itself has sponsored no political ads.....but, the one from the California Nurses Association is (I agree with you) appalling. It is age-ist, sexist, and stupid (in that it...
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    CRNA Program or Law School Harder?

    iteachob replied to beedog13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Personally, I would think that CRNA would be way tougher.....no room for "BS" in anesthesia, while there is so much room for "BS" in
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    How are you going to Vote - US

    iteachob replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Native Texan, National Right to Life Committee member.....and current resident of a coal producing state........ It's McCain or
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    med problems!

    iteachob replied to YummyMummyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're correct....it is 7.5 mL (not
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    Pharmacology

    iteachob replied to mebamy's topic in General Nursing

    Usual dose of 110 drugs?? Wow....just wow! I teach this stuff, and I don't think I know the usual DOSE of 110 drugs. The other stuff, yeah, but usual
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    med problems!

    iteachob replied to YummyMummyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the correct answer to #3 (answer above is incorrect), using Dimensional analysis gtt 10 gtt 240 mL 1 hr 2400 2400/240 = 10 = X X = min l mL 4 hrs 60 min 240 I can't adequately explain...
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    Funny Student Bloopers

    iteachob replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    It NEVER approaches ridicule.....and I have the student evaluations (high scores on "sense of humour" and "attitude toward students") to prove it! On the contrary, I am quick to make fun of (e.g....
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    OB nursing?

    iteachob replied to lillies3's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not a helpful reply to a first time poster, and doesn't make allnurses.com appear either friendly or helpful,
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    OB nursing?

    iteachob replied to lillies3's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Go to http://www.discovernursing.com , a site sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. Click on WHAT, and then Careers.....it lists all types of nursing, so you can go from there to find what you need....
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    Nursing instructor liability

    iteachob replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    Students do not work under your license. The instructor IS LIABLE to make appropriate assignments, based on students level of preparation. Students are liable for their actions in clinical. This is...
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    student nurse

    iteachob replied to leanne24's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't feel like it should be required....and we don't require it at our program. It can actually be a detriment in fundamental's skills lab.....lots of "that's not the way we learned it in CNA...
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    Stay with nursing or move on to another career?

    iteachob replied to avsmch's topic in General Nursing

    You know.....I don't know what they mean by a "calling" either! I asked myself a lot of questions when I was in nursing school too; like, was I really cut out for this? 25 years later, I can say:...
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    New Nurse & OB. Is it possible?

    iteachob replied to OBGYN*RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I guess I was in the right place at the right time, apparantly. Especially because what I had requested was CCU or telemetry (on any shift). By the way, I disagree with the poster who says...
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    New Nurse & OB. Is it possible?

    iteachob replied to OBGYN*RN's topic in General Nursing

    How's this for hope? My FIRST job was in OB on
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    Do you think midwife deliveries are less safe than doctor deliveries?

    iteachob replied to slippery_seal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    No, I don't believe it is less safe IF: the woman is low risk the midwife is a CNM there is excellent physician/hospital support, if needed I used to work in an NICU unit 1 mile from the Mexican...
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    Funny Student Bloopers

    iteachob replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Just today I had a student tell me in post-conference that her patients' first degree perineal laceration (OB clinical) had been steri-stripped! On further questioning (from me), she realized she had...