Tait MSN, RN

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    New nurse feeling a litte down

    Tait replied to alliejane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah I wouldn't let this get me too down. I have to say I would be irritated that they would create a scene and write-up over it
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    Feel Horrible, Have Lost All Confidence....

    Tait replied to LatinRN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The reason it feels so bad is because it was a learning experience. Most of my first med errors were also ones, that in the end, seemed to benefit the patient (120mg Solu-Medrol instead of 60mg etc)....
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    Sexual Orientation Question

    Tait replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It feels to me that there is a long standing assumption that homosexuals/bisexuals are at an increased risk because of increased sexual activity, and/or unsafe practices. I have been told by family in...
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    Abusive patient...How far must I go to be a PT advocate?

    Tait replied to GreenApplesauce's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fact that you are spending time trying to come to a place where you can help this man, but not sacrifice yourself does show compassion. For every five great patients I had, there was always one...
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    Help! New nurse with questions!

    Tait replied to calliemarie30's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In ATL one hospital hired 500 positions, not sure of the total RNs in that one, and my old hospital is offering a $2K referral bonus for experienced RNs. Kinda of all depends on which side of the...
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    T-shirt design for nursing teacher

    Tait replied to sooz10's topic in General Students

    I have designed two t-shirts for my hospital. One was a Magnet promo shirt this year and the other was an entry into the Heart Walk (2009 I think). I won an iPod for the second one :) Perhaps...
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    Nursing School Patient Loads

    Tait replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    So it definitely looks like there is a lot of variation in the
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    Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

    Tait replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I noticed a complete lack of discussion on educating techniques through my MSN program. I also noticed that most of the ppts I saw from classmates were boring, uninspired, and down right ugly. I think...
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    Nursing School Patient Loads

    Tait replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't see the thread, but I am not surprised. It is interesting how people respond differently to students vs. nurses or just in how the OP phrases the comments. There is another thread over in...
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    Nursing School Patient Loads

    Tait replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Your situation sounds similar to the one we are discussing, though I am not sure how the RN factors into the other students day. Maybe, if you have time, you could pop over to this thread and offer...
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    Reaching a dedicated, intelligent nursing student who has trouble with clinicals

    Tait replied to onewill's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Done and
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    Reaching a dedicated, intelligent nursing student who has trouble with clinicals

    Tait replied to onewill's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Wait...so four patients and a new floor? To me these sounds like ridiculous expectations. I am curious as to what others would say as well. Maybe we should start a poll
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    how to deal with abusive patients?

    Tait replied to melbot's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. All I can say is I am sorry you had to go through that. I show no humor with patients who are intolerant. While you don't have to be completely lenient with their behavior, since nursing has an...
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    Reaching a dedicated, intelligent nursing student who has trouble with clinicals

    Tait replied to onewill's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I definitely agree that it is difficult to manage time flow when you have to wait for someone else, so figure that will get easier when you are on your own practicing. They have you taking five in...
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    Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

    Tait replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yep!!!!
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    nursing conferences

    Tait replied to mom35's topic in General Nursing

    Ft Duncan derails aside >.> I haven't been to a nursing conference yet, but I have been to a nursing research conference and it was awesome. I came away with connections, inspiration, and even...
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    TPN order I'm confused on if this is too much or too little for this patient

    Tait replied to ren09's topic in Patient Education

    I would call the MD and pharmacy.
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    Paper charting

    Tait replied to sasrn0988's topic in General Nursing

    I paper charted for the last five years. Basically we had "charting by exception" which meant the following: There was a checklist of systems for each patient on the form. When a patient was admitted...
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    New Grad - Resume and Cover Letter. Please Critique for me!

    Tait replied to Jaimielynn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Objective: use is the appropriate term, not utilize. E & T: Looks fine, I prefer a colon between the degree and school, but that is my preference. H of Q: 1. Dump considerable, sounds...
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    Reaching a dedicated, intelligent nursing student who has trouble with clinicals

    Tait replied to onewill's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    "Dumped on the floor without a road map" this rings so true to me. Even as a seasoned nurse now, I clearly remember those days from school and my first year or two. In school I was someone who had to...
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    Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

    Tait replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    While I will preface that the overall tone of this thread is negative and blaming, I do understand the frustration. As someone finishing their MSN-Ed I have been preparing ppts for class and did a few...
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    How do you develop your mastery after nursing school?

    Tait replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

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    How do you develop your mastery after nursing school?

    Tait replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    A commitment to lifelong learning. What I find I love about nursing is, as I got more into it, the more I wanted to know. I use Medscape a lot to keep up on new meds/techniques/management. Nice thing...
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    Happy Easter Nurses!

    Tait replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Easter Brian and all of
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    Uh, tech support, it's me again...

    Tait replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I think I had two? One for the IDX system and one for PIXIS. I generally used the same word and then changed the number at the end every six