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At my current employer, I am required to make the assignments eary. One instructor prefers the afternoon before clinicals happen the following afternoon. My clinicals start at 1330 and I have their assignment to them by 1230. The only things I really...

I work in a 28 bed ED with an average of 3,000 patients/year. We see many patients with vaginal bleeding and we either confirm a miscarriage, or threatened abortion. The DC instructions these patients get are preprinted from our computer program, EPI...

Whoops, I meant 3,000/month. We tell these patients to establish care with a Ob/Gyn until we are blue in the face, and they just dont. As far as I know, if you call, you can get in for an appointment without problems. Our providers very rarely type i...

My coworker interviewed for one of the local NCLEX positions. She was told the class is about 5 days long. And you could not have classes for weeks, then all of a sudden have a class. So if you can afford to work very parttime or if the one in your a...

My hospital claims to be offering to pay for a CEN review course by Jeff Solheim, who I have read good things about. I would have to pay for the course, the hospital would reimburse me, the money I get back would be taxed, so I will already be out so...

I have taken TNCC. It is not in my facility, it is about a 3 hour drive away. So I would also be forking out money for one night in a hotel.

1:5? Ouch. If fully staffed, we are 1:4 and I usually run my ass off all 12 hours. I came from an ED that only saw about 400 pts/month to my new job where we see 3500/month. I have only been there since June and these are my tidbits. Dont be afraid ...

We go live in November, I am very interested to read the replies!

We are starting out with Meditech charting soon. Experiences? Jessica

I am curious if any facilities have policies on attempting to bladder train by clamping a Foley cather before removing it and if it seems to help. We do not and we frequently have to reinsert indwelling Foleys or do in and out caths because patients ...

How did you hear about the behavior? Did you hear during the day or after it was over? I have students on Med/Surg with me, then also in ER, surgery, home health, hospice, etc. So I also have some in many areas, so miles away that I cannot monitor. S...

WOW, you only see each student two times/day in clinic? What level are they? Do they pass meds without you? I see each of mine probably twice/hour. This. Mine are about 30-45 minutes and the above covers it. I find myself doing a lot of teaching fr...

Failed clinic. There is no excuse for not calling. Call the clinical site and leave a message for the instructor to call the student, call another student and get the instructor's number, call the school and ask for the instructor's number (or talk t...

Ditto to not taking it. I really do understand if you need money and a job, but there is NO WAY I would take that job as a new grad.

IMO, online job options for MSN only are non-existent. I finished my MSN last May and have been looking for online prospects since and have found next-to-nothing. Almost all of them require a PhD, and most of them require in-person classroom

Ditto using rubrics and handing out an APA example. I hand out an example f an APA reference page, yet still get students who cant get the reference page right. I am also clear about references and tell them they should not be citing every sentence, ...

We usually have at least 4-5 Ca Chlorides and bicarbs. Yes, our infusion is in the crash cart. Night shift is required to do crash cart checks, there is a list that says :Drawer 1, Drawer 2, ets that lists the contents. Mock codes should be required ...

Granted I teach for a community college, but nursing instructors make the exact same as a biology, literature, psychology, etc instructor. At my community college, full time MSN instructors start under $40,000/year.

Come back and tell us in a week if they sleep all night. Becuase they dont where I work.

Well the first problem is 9-11 students. I would not work for a college that allowed that many in a clinic group, but that is just me. I usually have 5-7. Some things I do: Rotate students out to do other experiences. Each student gets one day with t...

I have googled and gotten nowhere. I see an increased ICP is a contraindication for a LP d/t risk of herniation. But how would the LP cause herniation? Thanks!

I had read it was very rare, but a contraindication none-the-less. Thanks for the answer, it makes sense :)

Ditto to asking them why the pt is on the med, action, usual dose, nursing implications. Depending on the level of the student, some of them like games. My first year students love when I use crosswords, word finds, jeopardy, etc in postconference of...

A policy that makes for special treatment for younger nurses would be criticized, so I think this one should be as well. I dont think age should have anything to do with your ability to perform the job. Years of seniority could be used to make the ru...

1. What is your degree in? ADN, BSN, MSN 2. What state do you live in? Iowa 3. What is your job title? RN 4. How much do you make an hour? $27.1 5. How much do you make a year? Depends on how many hours I work 6. What do you like about your job? Help...