Roland

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  1. allnurses mentioned in AJN and it ain't flattering

    Roland replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

    So it's fine to starve Terri Schiavo to death but executing a convicted murderer is grounds for the revocation of your medical license. No wonder this country is headed the way of ancient

  2. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    Roland replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you considered the possibility that Terri might be able to eat and drink without benefit of a tube? The parents have repeatedly requested that she be allowed a swallowing test (usually...

  3. How much do NCLEX question writers have to justify their answers? I took a Kaplan...

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    course taught by someone who purportedly participated in the actual NCLEX question writing process at one point in her career. Time and time again she would reply when explaining the answer to a...

  4. How much do NCLEX question writers have to justify their answers? I took a Kaplan...

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Again, the point was that for the question to be correct the author should be able to cite objective evidence in the form of journal articles, studies ect. Specifically, many of us avoided answer "C"...

  5. How did you "get" the skill of starting IV's?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who is a new grad working on a med surg floor for about two months. She is really upset because she has missed her first ten IV starts. Although she hasn't gotten in trouble she...

  6. FDA issues warning about Naproxen.

    Roland replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What? Live without Naproxin? Last year when I had a herniated Lumbar disc I was in so much pain (the worst of my life) that I actually took two of my mother's morphine sulfate (who had just died of...

  7. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my Assessment class we have a final up to forty five minute compentency which we must pass or we fail the course (even though I have a 90% average on my written exams). Now I can see not allowing...

  8. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I passed but barely. It took me almost forty four minutes and fifty seconds to do the whole assessment and we were only allowed forty five minutes. It's just amazing to me that so much in my...

  9. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I practiced with my partner today for about six hours and feel somewhat better. I'm still shaky at finding his femoral pulse (and occassionally his brachial, but I can usually bring that one into...

  10. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, for the encouragement 3rd Shift. However, I still don't understand the logic in assigning an "F" when I have earned a B+ in all facets of the class for which a grade is assigned. Why not...

  11. If you can't get immediate adult ICU experience after school which is better....

    Roland posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    adult ICU stepdown (no more than three drips) or PICU/NICU at the same facility? I say take the ICU stepdown with the promise of being able to transfer to an adult ICU at a Clarian facility in six...

  12. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    1. We must use the partners that we are assigned. 2. We get 45 minutes for about five pages of skills, and evaluations covering pretty much all systems head to toe. 3. We must palpate the brachial...

  13. Why do they have to give you an "F" for failing final compentencies?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I have listened to the breath sounds offered on our student learning resource web site and will do so again before our examination next week. They can tell because they listen with dual scopes to...

  14. Tips on finding a brachial pulse on a heavy partner...

    Roland posted a topic in General Students

    we have to do the two step BP procedure where you first palpate the systolic. I'm having trouble reliably finding my partners brachial pulse (we are not allowed to use the radial as back up). Does...

  15. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    My impression of nursing school based on my very limited experience is that there are many things taught that while perhaps not a waste of time are none the less perhaps not the best possible use of...

  16. Is nsg school part of the problem with the profession?

    Roland replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    There is one very importent point that we should all remember. If we think that the way we are treated in school is so wrong, then when some of us ultimately find ourselves in positions of power...

  17. Is nsg school part of the problem with the profession?

    Roland replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Why?, Why?, Why? Does your story seem so common? I personally, know two or three nursing students who have experienced nursing instructors who acted very much like the situation you describe, and it...

  18. If "life after death" or prayer were proven true how would it affect nursing care?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    By scientifically proven I mean to a point where "mainstream science" especially medicine understood it to be empirically demonstrated (perhaps in the same way that mainstream science accepts black...

  19. If the "Captain Trips" of influenza materialized would you quit your job?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    "Captain Trips" was the slang term from Stephen King's The Stand, for a variety of flu which escaped a government lab and ultimately killed most of the worlds population. Realistically, we will...

  20. 36 vs 40 hrs?

    Roland replied to RodeoLP's topic in General Nursing

    I think you will find that in regions of the country where nurses are in greater, relative demand, that you are more likely to get paid forty for

  21. 36 vs 40 hrs?

    Roland replied to RodeoLP's topic in General Nursing

    I think you will find that in regions of the country where nurses are in greater, relative demand, that you are more likely to get paid forty for

  22. Are second semester RN students allowed to take lpn boards?

    Roland replied to sandie523's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a powerful selling point for a nursing program! You would think that schools would adjust their curriculums to make it more feasible (where it is not). Especially, since so many...

  23. Are second semester RN students allowed to take lpn boards?

    Roland replied to sandie523's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a powerful selling point for a nursing program! You would think that schools would adjust their curriculums to make it more feasible (where it is not). Especially, since so many...

  24. If the "Captain Trips" of influenza materialized would you quit your job?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I savor Dark Tower books like a fine wine and have only had a chance to read to the Wolves of Calla thus far ( I consider Stephen King more of a prophet than a writer!). A key to this scenario was...

  25. unions or not

    Roland replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

    One really good thing about unions are potential retirement benefits. My mom retired as a teacher in Indiana and drew a pension of all most $2,000 per month. In addition, she had access to...