Flo1216

OK...someone please help me. For the past 2 years I have been getting these weird palpatations, and it feels like my heart is beating in my throat. When it happens, I feel very lightheaded, like I may faint. It usually goes away in about 10 minutes. ...

I was working in peds last night and they brought up an 8 month old baby with a head injury who had been in a car accident. The baby was the only one hurt...the parents claim he was in a car seat and that the car seat was properly fastened. They said...

Tell me whatI have said that describes playground antics.

Sunnygirl...are you making a general statement or referring to someone in particular?

What is it that what I am saying lacks validity? I am giving a student's perspective. But I guess the opinions of a student do not matter.

So when I practice I will be mean and nasty to anyone with less experience than myself? They forgot to teach us that in school.

lol:):roll :chuckle

Kids r fun...Maybe YOU need to get over it. I'm fine. If I justify my statements it is because I feel they are misunderstood. Take a chill pill.

It's more like stupidity or laziness. I mean if that were the case, I don't think that they intended to harm the child. I wouldn't charge them with child abuse. But I would definitely provide them with some in depth education about child safety.

Unfortunately, I am a float and don't work peds very often. I worked there last weekend and tried to find out and everyone was like " I don't know, " I guess they thought it was none of my business or else they really didn't know.. I didn't so much s...

Like I said ,the impression I get from Mattsmom's posts is that she is not particularly receptive to students or newcomers. I reacted to the way the post made me feel just as you reacted to the way my post made you feel.

I actually agree with you about the checklist thing. I mean if inserting a foley is on my checklist and I check it off, I wouldn't refuse to do it again just because I checked it off. How else will you become good at something unless you do it over a...

I don't agree with that though, Fab. There is a difference between constructive criticism and the pirannah-like behavior exhibited by some nurses who simply are not receptive to students. I welcome constructive criticism because I know it can only ma...

The preceptors in the hospital where I work get paid extra. And they should be. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. If someone doesn't feel comfortable precepting somone, however, they should talk it over with their supervisor, not take it out...

Hey, you were the one complaining about the students coming from these programs, not me. I was just agreeing with you.

I didn't believe I was resorting to insults. I wasn't the one complaining about the nursing students that come to your hospital.. Also, my school is hospital based. That is, the hospital in which I do my clinical rotation owns my school and the prece...

Perhaps the nursing programs in your area are inferior,Fab. I can only speak for my own program. We fill out our own check lists and come up with our own nursing diagnoses. I guess that would annoy me too if I were in your shoes. But what I am talkin...

Hoolahan....how is that nervy? I have read many posts on this issue by Mattsmom and the impression she puts forth is that she is less than accomadating to newcomers and students. Not everyone is a good teacher or not everyone is willing to precept. W...

llg...I like the way you think:)

As far as starting IV's are concerned, we do a rotation with the IV therapy nurse, as that is their specialty. It works out better that way. I guess every school is different and some are better than others. The quality of students probably varies as...

Perhaps the phrase of nurses "eating their young" wouldn't be heard so often if there wasn't an element of truth to it. The object is to attract more people to the profession, not drive them away from it. If students are treated like dirt, why will t...

Remember guys...not only is there a shortage of nurses, there is also a shortage of instructors. They do their best but they cannot do it all. I always remember the nurses, not matter how overworked they have been who have taken time to make my clini...

Mattsmom-I hope I never have you as a preceptor, no offense. I have never once heard you say a positive thing about students or new nurses. In general, I have noticed that the people who refuse to be supportive of newcomers are the same ones who grip...

Ok, so I am in my final semester of nursing school and with some limitations, am expected to function almost independently in the RN role. So I had a patient the other day who is in the late stages of AIDS. HE is very ill and understandably cranky. I...

I have a question...if a pt has no insurance, can they still get hospice? Just curious. As for filling out an incident report, the reprecussions of my doing that would be absolutely unbearable. I hate when stupid people in positions of power make me ...