londonflo

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  1. Patient Abandonment

    londonflo replied to DanT103's topic in General Nursing

    Of this I agree. I did not read the OP's post (and subsequent actions) as being as civilized/calmly thought out as you expressed here. If the actions were thought out, why wonder later if the term...

  2. BIOLOGY/BIOCHEM DEGREE TO NP

    londonflo replied to chemist11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The op did not say I want to go straight to an NP curriculum. Please review what I have emphasized above.....1. you do not know anything about the rigors of a med tech curriculum NOR nursing BSN...

  3. Patient Abandonment

    londonflo replied to DanT103's topic in General Nursing

    1) Explain to orienting nurse that orientation needed to be done before starting to give medications. 2) Request a log-on to the system. Explain would not give medications until these things...

  4. Working as a tech on the floor until my new grad RN residency begins?

    londonflo replied to Hispromiseremains's topic in General Nursing

    What are your legal responsibilities within your state's Nurse Practice Act? You are an RN, are you not? Ask them for an orientation and assignments now. Frankly, what is this hoopla about a...

  5. Patient Abandonment

    londonflo replied to DanT103's topic in General Nursing

    You can be charged with being an unpleasant person. You gave some "medications' ... that was accepting your role because you acted within your role. What are you playing

  6. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    We did our own respiratory treatments at the VA (not RTs then) and not knowing where to grab = yow

  7. BIOLOGY/BIOCHEM DEGREE TO NP

    londonflo replied to chemist11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thank you chemist11: I want to thank you for responding and providing more details. My father was a chemist and we used chemistry on a daily basis around the house. When I started a HS chemistry...

  8. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    When I started we had urine dipsticks (for "sugar and acetone" ) to determine possible blood glucose levels - probably so inaccurate as we know renal threshold may increase in long-term diabetics and...

  9. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know the name of that bed set up. At the VA hospital in the 70s, there was a huge room with about 15-20 beds. The patients through were pretty ambulatory on that floor. As students we had to...

  10. Precepting After 4 Months Off Orientation

    londonflo replied to MDelainy's topic in General Nursing

    You have been a nurse for 3 years You have been off orientation in this positions for 4 months Your complaints about the position itself are - understaffing, everyone complaining the...

  11. BIOLOGY/BIOCHEM DEGREE TO NP

    londonflo replied to chemist11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Writing for scientific publications and getting PUBLISHED is very different than 'writing papers'. The OP strikes me as a first-generation college student (and successful) and as such is not into...

  12. Faculty Workload Ratio

    londonflo replied to ohtay's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Upon rereading your post I saw the quote above: Shared Governance will be your friend if you truly want to teach and it is not vague-- They will provide all the freedoms (may be not all the $ you...

  13. Faculty Workload Ratio

    londonflo replied to ohtay's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I tried to write what your contract with the college should pay for: times lecturing at the front of the class time spent proctoring a test at the front of the classroom clinical...

  14. Things you wish doctors would do/say differently?

    londonflo replied to Larissa5838274's topic in General Nursing

    And their 'ride' is already there! Looking at you with 'daggers' in their eyes!! complaining about the

  15. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    male bed - smoking- non-smoking female bed - smoking - non

  16. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I always wanted to get a job creating brand names for drugs: Lovenox - into the love handles Nar/can - Narcotic antagonist Zoloft - lift you up Prozac - Professional RX needed...

  17. Is nursing burn out really that bad?

    londonflo replied to nursingcand's topic in General Nursing

    I finally figured out what you meant by 'sections'. The NCLEX PN may have titles of sections that are the same but the verbs and measurements of achievements are different. You may find it beneficial...

  18. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Instructions for thinning charts...7 days of 'progress notes'

  19. Crusty Old Bats

    londonflo replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    IV pumps were only used for TPN and blood. Sometimes you'd have a 'runaway IV' even though you counted the drips per minute you would come in an hour and the liter bag was half gone or dry! Buretrols...

  20. Faculty Workload Ratio

    londonflo replied to ohtay's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You need to read the union contract (which I assume is in addition to the union handbook). I am retired now but there were faculty reps from each department that should be helpful to you. Where is the...

  21. Can a second degree student apply for a Traditional BSN?

    londonflo replied to Helen Lee's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, you can take a community college course of study in a traditional setting. The problem can be getting loans for another Associate/BSN program. I wrote a long answer for someone who had a bio...

  22. BIOLOGY/BIOCHEM DEGREE TO NP

    londonflo replied to chemist11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The DNP is a clinical doctorate and as such there is a distinction in time, expense. Also physicians receive a Medical Degree (MD) but many do go onto a PhD or a MPH (Master of Public Health). It...

  23. Western States (preferably CA/NV/UT/OR/WA) with BSN programs accepting upper-division nursing transfer credits

    londonflo replied to em.m_carter's topic in School, College Programs

    The courses your cited are pretty standard. Every school starts with a Foundations course and builds on this as well as Health Assessment. I would print out copies of your course syllabi for all and...

  24. MedSurg SATA Questions Struggling

    londonflo replied to city222's topic in General Students

    Have you contacted the Study Skills department at your school? SATA really are an art and a science. See if there are some study groups - sometimes just talking these through is very

  25. BIOLOGY/BIOCHEM DEGREE TO NP

    londonflo replied to chemist11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello, For totally clarity ..I am not an NP. I got my MSN in the dark ages (late 70s) as a Practitioner/Teacher. I totally wanted academics but this was the program in my city. But I think...