bearsnurse

bearsnurse

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  1. My Conundrum

    Hi all, I finally had my job interview for the PN teaching position. I hope I did well. There were 3 people who applied but only 2 were granted interview on Thursday I am due to meet with the college president. What are the typical things that a coll...
  2. My Conundrum

    thank you will definitely look this up
  3. My Conundrum

    hi that is what I suggested to do to my manager change friday to one of the week nights from Monday to Tuesday the thing is our department to be considered weekend option is Friday, Saturday and Sunday but I learned from HR it does not always apply s...
  4. HELP! please

    hello, I need help to prepare a 5 minute presentation for PN students. this is a part of a teaching position job interview. can anybody suggest an appropriate topic? I really don't have a formal teaching experience except for a handful presentations...
  5. HELP! please

    Thank you for the suggestion this will have me somewhere to start with I was actually thinking of a short discussion of the nursing process because as a nurse no matter what area of care you are at the nursing process is always utilized we might not...
  6. Anticipating to become a nurse educator

    Hi all, I am as of the moment going through my masters in nursing with the track on nursing education. I have a couple more semesters to go and I will be graduating. I am getting anxious in anticipation of completing my masters because I really don'...
  7. Anticipating to become a nurse educator

    Thank you for the input I did think about staff development and being an OR educator that would be another venue I could do but I really would like to teach in a nursing school setting...hmmm I may look into spending time in an ICU and medsurg floor ...
  8. Anticipating to become a nurse educator

    I did get to do some fieldwork experience but I don't think it's enough though in theory I am prepared but it's the practical side of things I am worried about. I do know adjunct doesn't pay a lot and shifting to academia I would be getting a substa...
  9. When to bring a patient into the OR...

    My thoughts on this is that check your OR / hospital policy,the labs, H & P's, pre-op check lists etc... When you are charge nurse or have a patient under your care we have the duty and responsibility to give the best care and sometimes in the OR...
  10. OR traveling...

    Happy Holidays! everyone.... I am just posting to ask if any of you out there has done some traveling. I am seriously thinking about it...my husband and I have been discussing this whenever our finances doesn't improve any this coming year...we have ...
  11. overwhelmed...

    I have been a surgical nurse for about 11 years now eversince I graduated in 1996 I worked in the OR afterwards... I have lived and worked in the UK for 6 years and then last December 2005 moved here stateside the first 6 months I was here I worked i...
  12. Last year my hubby developed this sudden awful pain in his testicles it was so painful that he could hardly walk anyway I took him to the nearest ER being sooo worried about it. I was scared he has to have surgery for torsion or hernia or something.....
  13. Venting about unfair ER physician charges...

    thank you for the responses you have enlightened me maybe because i was so used to the system in england that we don't pay for anything (well we do through our national health insurance) but this is best to keep in mind i understand now. that situati...
  14. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

    Iam a nights weekend option person in the OR I have noticed lately everytime my husband says to me "have a goodnight" when he drops me off to work something's bound to happen so i got into the habit now of kissing him goodbye before he could say it;)...
  15. hello everyone... i am planning to enter a MSN program for next year 2007 and I needed to make a scholarly paper as required to be considered for admission in the University I have chosen to become a nurse educator... I am presently working in surger...
  16. Nursing & website is depressing!!!

    all nurses has given me comfort it is reassuring to know that i am not alone. nurses care for other people but who cares for our nurses? this web site has helped me a lot with information and the experiences shared here may it be positive or negative...
  17. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    In college I applied for a spot in journalism but ended up enrolling in a nursing program but if i would have pursued journalism I would love to be a travel/food journalist imagine globe troting seeing the world and learning about other people's cult...
  18. shy girl

    shy girl you are not alone I have been an OR nurse for 10 years now. 4 years in the Philippines and 6 years in England. now I am working in the US. I must say it is interesting to see the cultural differences in each country that I have worked on. I ...
  19. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse....

    I work in the OR still on Orientation but i have been a surgical nurse for more than 10 years now not in this country though... anyway to start my day I usually look at the board to check what assignment s i have got for the day then go and get the ...