yumaRN1990

I am the ube for a busy med-surg floor for about 6 months any other UBE's out there who has some good teaching ideas? I don't have my masters just BSN with a 17 years of expierence. I have been a resource coordinator for several years and still am o...

Yes, I am still the unit based educator for our unit, which is 52 bed medsurg unit. I probably have about the same amount of staff as you do. Some of the things that I am finding works is a morning huddle. I usually do it right before shift change...

Has anyone out there taken classes on line at Grand Canyon? I am beginning my master's program and am planning on taking classes there. Is the computer program easy to use? The advisor I spoke with says that the university has been voted as one of...

Sorry, she said that the computer system used for the online classes is easy to navigate. Sorry to say, she did not say the degree itself was easy. I have been looking for universities to get my master's in nursing education I thought the program so...

I have just recently accepted this new postion, in fact it is new for whole hospital. Can anyone out there give any ideas as to where I can find self evals and assement tools that I use to get information from the nurses on my floor? (It is a med-s...

You arenever to old at least that is what I am being told now. I am in my late 50's and going back to school to get my masters' in education. the job I recently accepted is a clinical nurse expert and it requires a master's degree. I got my AA w...

I do agree that we should not have to get a masters degree but that looks like the way this program is going. You would think that all our time as nurses would count for something. I also have a med surg certification and a holistic nurse certifica...

You Go Girl! I am proud of you and thank you for you do for our troops. I am a med surg nurse and like you, I feel we are far from "average". Med surg nurses are thrown into different things everyday and we have to be up to date on new skills all t...

Is there a certification program out there for those of us who have a BSN. I have been working as our unit base educator for about 6 months now. I would like to become certified, but at my age I don't want to get my MSN. I think I have seen one bu...

I got my degree through the University of Jacksonville, in Florida. The program was easy to use and the professors were easy to get in touch with if you had questions or problems. I don't know what the cost is now but about 3 to 4 years ago it was...

I have been a nurse since 1990 and started out in Med-Surg, thought I needed a change and went to Home Care/Hospice. I returned to the hospital about a year later, and my med surg manager, said see I told you you were a med-surg nurse. I am still h...

I took the exam last May and passed, but did not get the results for a month. I would not say that it is a slam duck type of text. I can tell you that I will not let mine expire, becasue I definetly don't want to have to take it again. Very nerve ...

Hi, I plan on taking the test in March, I am looking for anyone out there who has taken the exam and can tell what to expect and what I really need to be studying? I am a Certified Healing Touch Practioner, and have taken classes in Reki and Quantum...

I have worked med-surg for a very long time, (somedays it feels longer than others), but it is the place I want to work. I have seen a lot of changes in our unit over time. We have gone from one aide on each hall to total of five. Our equipement i...

I received my BSN through the Jacksonville U. out of Florida. It was a lot of work, but I am glad I did it. It did not mean alot of extra pay for me, but it was something I wanted to do and to prove to myself that I could. (I had been out of scho...

I am on the wound care team and we never have use tegaderm. We do us adaptic to help proctect the wound bed, especialy if the wound is highly vascular. Then sometimes use the white foam and it is covered with the black. The white is especailly goo...

I am just taking over the job as unit based educator, I am currently working as resource co-ordinator ( charge nurse) on a med-surg unit. My job will be very similar to your's. We have not had a unit based educator in quite a while so any ideas yo...

Thanks for the reply, I am one of the two day charge nurses and I have been doing it for about 5 years. I really feel I am just evolving into the positon, but I really need a change. It is such a challenge being in charge of 12 nurses 6 ca's and 5 ...

Any nurse educators out there? Our hospital calls the positon a unit based educator. I have been offered a job as a unit based educator and would like to know from others if they like their jobs and what are some of the things that is expected of t...

I agree with many of the statements and ideas that Wooh had. Your preceptorship or oreintation was so short and I understand your frustration. Give it some time, it takes 6 to 8 months sometimes even longer to begin to feel comfortable. Ask for he...

Just curious, does anyone out there who covers LPNs do you get paid extra for doing so? At our hospital we don't and when you do you actually have double the patients.

I don't know what I said that made anyone think that I did not appreciate the hard work that an LPN does. I am sorry for any misunderstanding. I have worked and learned from some very good LPN's who do a very good job. I was simply asking a questi...

In Yuma it is between 20 and 22 an hour. We work 12 hour shifts, and a differential is figured into that. We also get paid a dollar extra an hour for working the weekends and time and half for the holidays. When over time is worked we get "peak" w...

26 is not to old. I got my AA in nursing, and my oldest son was taking some of the same college classes I was. Then after being a nurse for 14 years my son and husband encouraged me to go back to get my BSN. I am still looking for classes to furth...

Angus thanks, for the information about the books.