The solution to a shortage is not to lower the requirements for minimum competency.
Nursing programs have these policies for a reason, and they don't take it lightly as it can impact their...
The board exams are minimum competency exams; they are designed to make sure that a new graduate NP has at least a bare minimum fund of knowledge to safely begin practice in their certification...
This is the part that you need to focus on. You've completed school and clinicals and are about to enter practice and you have been studying and doing review questions for five months.
Why are you...
BostonFNP replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing
Interesting. Macrobid is a strange call for a male with UTIs especially if associated with kidney stones. Listen to his lungs, see if he has a Velcro sound on inspiration, those sharp powerful...
BostonFNP replied to pepitohonguito87's topic in General Students
I don't follow your logic on this about somehow the nursing school being at fault for you not learning from making a dangerous mistake on a simple math question, not even a med calc question. In real...
As described, this is a post-op patient in acute post-operative pain with what sounds like a reasonable and legitimate order for acute pain control from her providers. What does your nursing judgement...
I'm not sure if you are responding to my post or someone else (helps to use the quote button) but I'll respond:
My post wasn't a judgement on you and it was entirely based on what I know of your...
You have two problems:
1. Getting authorization to test, testing, and passing the NCLEX. I'm not sure you could get authorized at this point. If you are able to get authorized to re-test, how are...
It appears this school was put on probation and then dropped from accreditation from the Florida BON due to abysmal NCLEX pass rates. Like less than 10% for a number of years compared to a national...
BostonFNP replied to Allison Minor-Green's topic in General Nursing
Just playing devil's advocate here but:
You wouldn't see a problem with putting a patient on a prescription medication as long as they were told there is "no official data" regarding it's...
BostonFNP replied to Allison Minor-Green's topic in General Nursing
Louis, M., & Kowalski, S. D. (2002). Use of aromatherapy with hospice patients to decrease pain, anxiety, and depression and to promote an increased sense of well-being. American Journal of...