suni

suni BSN, RN

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  1. "putting the whole picture together"

    suni replied to iluvnoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Also, prior to starting your assignment ask to take a few minutes to review with your preceptor the patients and do some critical thinking practice. For instance, if you have a patient with a chest...

  2. Anyone using Second Life?

    suni replied to del100's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Explain to me how I use

  3. Post Conference

    suni posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am in Staff Education and am getting ready to do a post conference for nursing students, actually several. My first one I planned on setting up a room with at least 5-10 things wrong and test...

  4. Patient teaching handouts-Clip art needed

    suni replied to Msnurse2u2's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have always just googled or used yahoo also microsoft website has clip art by catagory such as health

  5. hourly rounding

    suni posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Anyone doing this and if so how is it working out and how did you get the nurses on

  6. Diluting IV narcotics = narcotics tampering?

    suni replied to mcknis's topic in Patient Medications

    i cannot imagine that this is accurate infomation as the IV drug handbook and the manufacturer recommendation say to dilute the

  7. Technology in Nursing Staff Development

    suni replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Craig, I find that I am using webinars more often due to accessible and the ability to archive them and repeat them at a later date. Many offer free CEU's and are really quite good. We do use Net...

  8. Medsurg certification

    suni replied to helper T cell's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I also went for the CMSRN, med surg needs to be realized as a speciality and this denotes it the

  9. Walden University MSN - Education students

    suni replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in Post Graduate Students

    cost of a

  10. The Positives

    suni replied to mindystl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think there are many positive expects to being an RN. First of all, I have the ability to make a difference every single day I go to work, how many people can say that? I also learn something new...

  11. MedSurg Certification Exam... anyone taken it?

    suni replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I also took the AMSN exam two years ago, I did not study but have been an RN for 10 years. I should have reviewed a little but really h ad no idea where to

  12. pulse ox

    suni posted a topic in General Nursing

    do any of you own your own pulse ox, it is always an issue finding one and I was thnking of buying one of the fingertips from devonstore, the cheapest one says it is not for medical...

  13. Certification Exam

    suni replied to suni's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    certified wound and ostomy

  14. Certification Exam

    suni posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I am considering a wound nurse job and am wondering about preparation for certification examZ? Any suggestions

  15. Cheap sites to buy Nursing Equipment

    suni replied to Katie5's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I,m thinking about the pulse ox.Your right finding one on the floor can be a

  16. help with mock code

    suni posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am running mock codes and have 2 scenarios I generally use one resp and one cardiac. I would like to use a new scenario but am not very imaginative, any help would be appreciated. THe cardiac one I...

  17. help with mock code

    suni replied to suni's topic in General Nursing

    I am actually starting to do them every few months on a med surg unit just to get people more familiar with the code cart and not to panic! Generally speaking the patient is already dead so anything...

  18. My Father Died Today

    suni replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry about your Dad, I also adore my Dad and realize that he will not be with us much longer, perhaps a year. I treasure each day and know that your memories and the love you shared with your...

  19. Lecture question

    suni posted a topic in General Students

    I am getting ready to do my first lecture for student nurses as an educator on the endocrine system. Any thoughts from you all of what I can do to make it more interesting for

  20. Critical thinking "quiz"

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

    I think if you use case scenarios it would be helpgful and make sure they know it is a no shame no blame culture. THat you just are hoping everyone can grow

  21. AMSN

    suni posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Do any of you belong to AMSN? If so do you find it beneficial and what do you think of there convention? WOuld it be worth

  22. Taped report?

    suni replied to BonnieSc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    we have taped report for a long time. It does save time if the person taping just does updates. I do not need to know a lot of useless details just tape the

  23. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime "PAY"

    suni replied to Paws4K9s's topic in General Nursing

    I also believe this is a violation of the Labor Laws and I would report it, if your supervisor is doing it does your HR department know that it is

  24. hourly rounding

    suni replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you! found the article, read it and printed it to do an educational offering as we move forward with hourly

  25. Obs vs. Inpt

    suni replied to lisa41rn's topic in Case Management

    I would be interested in this information also and how is billing done? If a patinet is an overnight stay and is put in an inpatient bed how does that affect reimbusement for the unit that accepts the...