TooterIA

TooterIA

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  1. Question regarding lack of bed bath in ICU

    TooterIA replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, yes, they need some form of thanking. I have been a nurse for 7 years and being thanked comes so rarely that I remember every time a patient or family member took the time to express their...

  2. Tell me what it is like to work for a 4 year

    TooterIA replied to TooterIA's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am in northeast

  3. Tell me what it is like to work for a 4 year

    TooterIA posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I finished my MSN in May with a focus in education. I have taught clinicals for a community college and really enjoy the setting, but they are going through major budget cuts and I have been told they...

  4. a question about critical thinking

    TooterIA replied to neurontin's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Sounds like a homework question, nice of the previous poster to give you the answer

  5. What position and salary are you hoping for after you graduate?

    TooterIA replied to 4jen's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know it doesnt seem worth the loans. I am hoping the perks will be enough (day shift, weekends and holidays off, love what I do, etc). And there is a loan repayment program in my state I hope to...

  6. What position and salary are you hoping for after you graduate?

    TooterIA replied to 4jen's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My goal is to be full time nursing faculty at a community college. My "ideal" salary goal is to continue making the same pay I do now in the hospital ($55,000), but in reality I will be taking a...

  7. Tell me what it is like to work for a 4 year

    TooterIA replied to TooterIA's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    No full time positions are available at either community college or the university now Although I went back to teach clinicals again today and made it well known I will do whatever I can to get a...

  8. Accepted a clinical instructor postion

    TooterIA replied to lkwashington's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    What specifically are you looking for? I have taught RN students in the past, this semester I am doing LPN students. One thing that helped me in other clinicals is being very detailed. I remember the...

  9. Typical rate/dosage pitocin after C-Section

    TooterIA posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a new surgeon who is new to doing C-Sections and his Pit order is drastically different from our other surgeon, just wondering if it is a typical rate and dosage. This is not a typo: 80 units...

  10. Grad School Project Ideas

    TooterIA replied to mAGGI315's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I know you requested something in the maternity field, but I did mine on medication error prevention. I presented my teaching project to first year nursing students and talked about why medication...

  11. Excited about video skills fair

    TooterIA replied to moodwaffle's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have never been involved in either watching or making such a teaching tool. But as an employee, it sounds fun to watch, and I bet it was fun to develop. Congrats and I hope your employees love

  12. Job availability for nurse educators

    TooterIA replied to caitiecait's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I live in Iowa and right now, nursing educator jobs are few and far between. I am done with my MSN in 2 weeks and have been watching the job market for almost one year, and have only seen a handful of...

  13. video cameras in labs

    TooterIA replied to Ruth1417's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We have had cameras in the community college I attend for several years. There is no concern for privacy, each student has their own tape they are responsible for, they record their procedures on the...

  14. Relationship between H1N1 vac and resp distress?

    TooterIA posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My hospital delivers about 80 babies/year. Within the last month there have been 3 babies that within one day of birth develop resp distress and we have to transfer them out (we never get to hear back...

  15. Relationship between H1N1 vac and resp distress?

    TooterIA replied to TooterIA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I realize it is a very small number. We only take low risk pts and usually only have to transfer out 3 or less babies in an entire year, that is why it was shocking we had 3 in such a short time....

  16. Pros and Cons over using "Wall a Roos" and charting in patient's rooms

    TooterIA replied to keecat's topic in General Nursing

    Con: Very hard to concentrate on charting if you have a chatty patient Some pts will find one thing after the other to bug you with just because you are in the room Cant chart on a different patient...

  17. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    TooterIA replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    We got a ham or turkey and a 1% bonus. Neither makes sense since we are doing layoffs and

  18. Holiday Pay

    TooterIA replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work for an agency? I wasnt aware there were places who didnt provide PTO or vacation of any sort unless it was an

  19. Why do units rotate shifts?

    TooterIA posted a topic in General Nursing

    There is a nearby hospital I would love to work for, but they have rotating shifts. As far as I know, every single unit in the whole hospital rotates shifts. It is normally 7p-7a for 6 weeks, then...

  20. Why do units rotate shifts?

    TooterIA replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the insight so far. The reason of giving new nurses an oppurtunity to work days doesnt seem reasonable to me. Everyone entering nursing schools knows that as a new nurse you will be working...

  21. A Professor's Grade Deflation Policy

    TooterIA replied to Millerstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, I would have been thrilled to have 30 EASY questions. We usually had about 40 hard questions and 10 we never discussed but could be found in the reading. I can guarantee...

  22. Online Master's Nursing Degree's??

    TooterIA replied to therisingsun68's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently finishing my MSN through UOP with an Education focus. I checked with the college I want to teach for, they had no problem with UOP an currently have multiple instructors who did their...

  23. Teach me how you get paid as fulltime faculty

    TooterIA posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have tried to do searches and have not come up with much. Teach me about the world of being a teacher, please. So there are 9 month and 12 month contracts, correct? How often do you get paid? Does...

  24. Teach me how you get paid as fulltime faculty

    TooterIA replied to TooterIA's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    So when they talk money, they talk hourly? Monthly? Yearly? I just get confused when you guys talk contracts that they dont break it down to hourly. KWIM? So in an interview they will tell you your...

  25. Does it matter as a nursing instructor, where one receives their MSN?

    TooterIA replied to caitiecait's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Do you know where you want to work when you graduate? I wanted to attend University of Phoenix online and knew where I wanted to teach when I was done. So I asked around at the college I want to teach...