iteachob MSN, RN

OB, NICU, Nursing Education (academic)

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    Med Math and Calculators

    iteachob replied to morahan's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We highly encourage the use of a basic calculator. NCLEX has a drop down after all. We use the Dimensional Analysis method, and if you have ever used it, you know that you can end up with very large...
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    Do Newbies "Eat" Their Elders?

    iteachob replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting thread! A co-worker and I were just talking the other day about the changes we have seen in students over the past decade (I am in RN nursing education); so it's kind of a students...
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    As a RN have you ever had a problem finding a job?

    iteachob replied to New2block's topic in General Nursing

    Problem finding a job? In a word....no. I once quit an RN position in TX and moved to ME with nothing but an interview scheduled......I was at work within a week! Travel nursing is an option also....
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    Which grad school?

    iteachob replied to freedom22's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm not mistaken most graduate schools of nursing will require the GRE, so I'd recommend studying for and taking it no matter where you go. Furthermore, if you ever decide to go even further...
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    Anyone else feel like they don't know basic first aid?

    iteachob replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure a lot feel this way. I'm an OB/NICU nurse by history, and current OB nursing professor. I use FAR more first aid teaching aerobics at the YMCA than I do in my job as a
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    Nurses and Doctors Dating Each Other

    iteachob replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'll tell my experience. My 1st job after graduating was in a teaching hospital attached to a medical school. Doctors, residents, and medical students were everywhere! I was 23 years...
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    Nurses and Doctors Dating Each Other

    iteachob replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    My first marriage was to an anesthesiologist I met working on the OB unit.....so, yes, it does happen......just not as rampant as TV would have you
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    I Didn't Pass My NET Exam

    iteachob replied to mskitty23's topic in General Nursing

    We use the NET at our school as part of admissions, but we only require a 50% (composite)! Good Lord....you must be way above that. I can't imagine what a school is thinking that would make you feel...
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    too old to become a nurse?

    iteachob replied to dingmanr2d2's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely....go for it! Don't pay any attention to people who act like you've "lost your marbles". Shoot....I had a baby at age 42 and got a lot of those "what is she thinking?" looks. I didn't...
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    Oh man, I need help...

    iteachob replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    If you are interested in L&D, then I think the more appropriate skill set would be found in the OB/GYN office as opposed to the telemetry unit. In the OB office you'll be exposed to all the...
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    Question for educators

    iteachob replied to RNmom08's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Those instructions ARE ambiguous.....but I'm sure they were perfectly clear to your instructor. We all have our bad moments, but I think perhaps she should reflect on how her instructions appear to...
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    Help!! I am drowning!!

    iteachob replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Oh my goodness, what a schedule! It's no wonder you're having trouble keeping organized. I honestly don't believe I could do even as well as it seems you have. I don't have to set up clinicals, it is...
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    Fundal Measurement - Postpartum

    iteachob replied to Yayamaya's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Midway between the symphysis and umbilicus immediately following delivery? No, that would occur on about day 6 post partum (Lowdermilk & Perry, 9th ed). At the end of the 3rd stage the uterine...
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    Bellarmine

    iteachob replied to btsteven's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything really about the accelerated BSN program, but I did get my Masters in Nursing Education at Bellarmine. The faculty there are simply awesome! It is a very highly thought of...
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    Video/DVD Suggestions, Please! Postpartum

    iteachob replied to AssociateDegree's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have my students purchase Mosby's Nursing Video Skills: Maternal-Newborn & Women's Health. It is very affordable, about $40; I have it bundled into a package that students purchase with their...
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    Really concerned NEED HELP

    iteachob replied to littlemexicanboy's topic in General Nursing

    Any nursing instructor that yells at a student should leave teaching immediately! I've been teaching for over a decade. Have students upset me? Yes, they have.....but I have never yelled. Am I...
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    Lost my calm in an emergency...

    iteachob replied to tbanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, don't feel bad, I've been there also. My 6 year old son has a severe food allergy to tree nuts. When we discovered it (via anaphylactic reaction to a sliver of a pecan at age 4).....I lost my...
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    Texas - Washington State RN Reciprocity

    iteachob replied to Crusoe's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.ncsbn.org has the information about states in the nursing licensure compact. The compact allows you to practice in more than 1 state while holding a license in another. While TX is a...
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    Do you accept tips?

    iteachob replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    No. At the facility we use for most of our clinicals, nurses are allowed to accept perishible gifts (food, flowers, etc.....) only. Even without this rule, to me, it just doesn't seem right (ethical)...
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    New to teaching pharmacology

    iteachob replied to indagenes's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    This is a very good website for information, videos, you name it....
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    Last-minute clinical instructor: Is this usual??

    iteachob replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Another thing that sometimes happens (at least to us)....we will have clinical instructors all lined up and then (it's always 1 or 2 weeks before the semester starts) they will bail on us! So, it can...
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    Who assigns APGARs?

    iteachob replied to ruralnurs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At the hospital we use for our clinical rotations, it is the person (usually an L&D nurse, but sometimes NICU or Newborn nurse) who the baby is handed off
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    What type of nurse works with babies?

    iteachob replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    NICU and Newborn nursery are pretty much your choices if you want to limit to only infants. Something you might also want to consider is geriatrics. While they are at the other end of the age...
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    Please MAJOR TROUBLE!!

    iteachob replied to setingle's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing professor here........we have pregnant students all the time! I really don't think it is any of the school's
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    What was your most embarrassing moment?

    iteachob replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Just last semester, while I was teaching a clinical on the postpartum unit, I walked in on a patient's husband who was getting out of the shower!