angelnurse75951

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1. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

   angelnurse75951 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

   Having taught nursing school it is impossible to cover every possible scenario a student might encounter. That is why we always taught our students to check policies and procedures if dealing with a new treatment. Also one should always check meds fo...

2. Magnet hospital

   angelnurse75951 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

   I know i already responded to the Magnet question, the bottom line is that all hospital's have the potential to deliver great care or horrible care. There is a hospital in my community that I now work at, that I would not take anyone to when I first ...

3. I'm sorry, but some nursing diagnoses are just ridiculous!

   angelnurse75951 replied to klone's topic in General Students

   Actually energy field disturbance is a nod to Rogerian Nursing Science. Martha Rogers identifies persons as energy fields. Actually I think your attempt at levity was valiant. I agree that many nursing diagnoses look odd when first observed. Iused t...

4. Magnet hospital

   angelnurse75951 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

   One of the hospital's I work at acheived Magnet status and I think it is well deserved. They do work hard to make care there important as well as focus on employee satisfaction. Let's face it, all hospitals have good and bad sides. Some hospital's mi...

5. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   angelnurse75951 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing instructor and while I agree and have observed that the academic grade is not always indicative of how well you pass boards, because common sense is a large part of nursing, we have to have a cut off point for passing. In our program i...

6. Grading Scale For Your Nursing Program........

   angelnurse75951 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I am an instructor in an LVN program and the minimum passing score in the program is 75. I believe it is the same for our RN program at our college also. My nursing courses had a higher scale for passing also. It is to help insure adequate pass rates...