psalm_55

psalm_55 specializes in icu, neuro icu, nursing ed.

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1. Thinking out of the box re: Nursing education

   psalm_55 replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

   SWtooth -- that was my original thinking. how can we reduce the workload of student nurses without sacrificing the quality of RNs produced?? (BTW, i'm all in favor of getting rid of nursing diagnosis...

2. Thinking out of the box re: Nursing education

   psalm_55 posted a topic in General Nursing

   a nurse attorney stated during a presentation that Associate Degree Nurses should be awarded a Bachelor's degree b/c of all the work involved in becoming an RN. This was a EUREKA!!! moment for me....

3. Medicine: Have we gone too far? And, is our system ethical as a whole?

   psalm_55 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   ACCESS to health care is unethical. i believe the USA is the only industrialized nation without universal access to health care. many of us have children who are 23 y.o. and kicked off the insuramce...

4. "Diploma Nurse preferable"

   psalm_55 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

   Bottom line clinicals are what YOU make of them. You have to be willing to soak up everything you can. i agree. i graduated from an ADN program (during a time when all of my instructors had come out...

5. COPD pt's and 2L o2

   psalm_55 replied to wooosp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Titration. Titration. Titration. Titrate O2 delivery with SpO2. Giving what is needed while not exceeding the patient's baseline or usual spO2. so, yes we can give higher concentations of oxygen. and...

6. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

   psalm_55 replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

   i woke up during surgery. was intubated. unable to move (probably pavulon), eyes open just a slit and covered with ointment -- so everything was blurry but i was aware of light. could hear every word...

7. Drug Guide

   psalm_55 replied to arv's topic in General Nursing

   i compared the information on a few drugs commonly used (such as lasix) drugs in the med-surg setting in 2 popular drug guides. am somehwhat of a pharm nut -- love it -- so i could honestly say -- at...

8. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

   psalm_55 posted a topic in General Nursing

   what happened here is truly tragic -- but given the complex, understaffed and over worked conditions in most hospitals, well -- it, or something like it, could happen to many of us. the nurse's name...

9. noxious cleaning solutions used in hospital

   psalm_55 posted a topic in General Nursing

   i read a thread not that long ago that dealt with this topic. there was a link to a legitimate organization's website that had recommendations regarding cleaning solutions -- walls, floor, etc. used...

10. Are any of you guys as burned out as I am?

    psalm_55 replied to Germanicus's topic in Men in Nursing

    i wish you well and much success. take a break. and maybe...part time nursing outside the hospital will be in your future?? also, consider auditing / working for insurance companies. or look into...

11. Injections: to pinch or not to pinch

    psalm_55 replied to TRINI_RN's topic in General Students

    the general rule of thumb is: if the patient has an inch to pinch, then pinch' otherwise,

12. grading written papers / assignments

    psalm_55 replied to psalm_55's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    thank you both for your input. scribblerrn, i will share your school's method with the rest of faculty at our curriculum workshop. all of our graded papers have scoring guidelines with points assigned...

13. grading written papers / assignments

    psalm_55 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    as is the case in any nursing program, several instructors are involved in the grading of written assignments both within a single course -- and throughout the program. some students feel that it is...

14. "Do we have to know this for the test?"

    psalm_55 replied to DAMomma's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    the answer is "D. all of the above". i get that question at least once every semester -- and my response is "I don't teach to a test. I teach you to be Nurses."

15. Sterile field contamination?

    psalm_55 replied to MamaT's topic in Nursing Humor

    to avoid contamination of a sterile field from a sneeze, i sneeze toward the floor. perhaps we need to implement a new policy re: gas passing. interesting . . . i can just see physicians and nurses...