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  1. Mock Code

    GIRN replied to suni's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If you're not in Education, Kmoonshine, you need to be! Great points! Taking the testing out of the situation and making it a learning environment is what you should strive for. The nurses really want...

  2. Torn between jobs

    GIRN replied to studentnurse3's topic in General Nursing

    It's a tough call. That time though, in the late afternoon until bedtime, is a special time with kids. Even though I'm generalizing and being chauvanistic...the kids don't have the same homey feeling...

  3. Are students in the way?

    GIRN replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That would be really interesting to find out, who's license the students are working under. We always thought it was the instructor's, also. We have a lot of students come to our area for practice in...

  4. Endo Center vs Hospital

    GIRN replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

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  5. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    GIRN replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    What did we say about too many Chiefs and not enough Indians in the hospitals? Administration isn't addressing our real problems...they're just trying to whitewash the quality of care with marketing...

  6. Entry all RN's be BSN's

    GIRN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You've made some interesting points, OldPhatMC. That's a good correlation about the technicians that would just do the technical end of the job and would never be solo practitioners. If that would be...

  7. scrub nurse

    GIRN replied to verock's topic in Ob/Gyn

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  8. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    GIRN replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You said it very well, BlueEyed RN. It's harder as a nurse...more responsibility,...but it's easier to bear. Now you're memorizing things because you know you want to have it in your brain for...

  9. Tell Me if I'm Crazy

    GIRN replied to BBFRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Congratulations! That's really exciting for you! I hope you like teaching! Let us know how it

  10. higher pay for BSN grads?

    GIRN replied to evans_c1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

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  11. Pulled from orientation to be a tech???

    GIRN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can see why you were upset. Your job title has changed to RN but they demoted you to fit their needs...! You, along with everyone else on the floor, could have helped out but to take a day of...

  12. ICU Care Plan

    GIRN replied to leesespieces's topic in General Students

    I'm with you guys! Time was so valuable and we spent so much of it working on the Care Plans instead of being out on the floor, learning from the patients and experienced nurses. Once we got into the...

  13. Need some advice on current situation...any help would be greatly apreciated.

    GIRN replied to GrossmontRN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

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  14. My preceptor gets frustrated with me.

    GIRN replied to Zumz's topic in General Nursing

    Look what you DID learn from that preceptor....that in the real world it's up to you to know the rules and let your critical thinking skills...and your ethics, decide what's right. It's your license...

  15. Entry all RN's be BSN's

    GIRN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

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  16. unit based educators

    GIRN replied to syb's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Our hospital did this for a few years and the staff liked it. However, the Educators were 'asked' to pick up responsibility for many other educational and Human Resource needs throughout the hospital....

  17. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    GIRN replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Gee...now why would there be a nursing shortage when we can all relate so many wonderful, positive, nursing school memories to the public???? This is appalling! Why would any prospective nurses want...

  18. Tell Me if I'm Crazy

    GIRN replied to BBFRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I say go for it! It's a great opportunity to see if you like teaching. It's really only 44 hours of work and then the extra day of school. I guess a lot depends on how much time you'll need to spend...

  19. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    GIRN replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    CPI was required in our ER and I felt like I was in a scene from The Emperor's New Clothes". I kept looking around at the other participants thinking, "Do you guys really think this will work? Where's...

  20. Repair cost per procedure

    GIRN replied to HowardB's topic in Gastroenterology

    Good question. We've been wondering about this, too. Seems we're always sending scopes in for repair and are looking for suggestions on taking better care of them. We think we're handling them...

  21. Staffing....What are guidlelines / formulas for it

    GIRN replied to WaynesvilleRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    Don't know if this is helpful because our hospital-based Endo lab uses RNs as scrubs and the Techs simply clean the scopes and stock. We have anesthesia push propofol. So each case has 2 RNs (One...

  22. Staffing....What are guidlelines / formulas for it

    GIRN replied to WaynesvilleRN's topic in Gastroenterology

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  23. Endo Center vs Hospital

    GIRN replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

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  24. pain scales

    GIRN replied to L's in a jam's topic in Gastroenterology

    Sorry...no formal literature. I ran into the doc today and he said he knows this through experience and knowing the anatomy. He said if you think about the patient lying on their right side, the...

  25. pain scales

    GIRN replied to L's in a jam's topic in Gastroenterology

    The doc that tells us to use the right side is very much into what the literature says. I bet he'll have some literature as a source for his choice. I'll ask him next time we work