Tait MSN, RN

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    Nurse educator certification

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

    Good to
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    Back stabbing coworkers

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

    Depends on the situation I guess. I have worked with RNs who were just mean, those I mostly ignored and blew off. If someone is gunning for you, that is a different
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    How do you do double check insulin in an isolation room and scanning?

    Tait replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah we have to double check the dosage and insulin type, not the patient, so this seems pretty common to me as
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    Nursing Education: A Call for Radical Transformation

    Tait posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Has anyone else read this book lately? I am currently around pg 100. Was wondering what other educators are thinking about this potential change to nursing curriculum....
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    Nurse educator certification

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

    What did they change about the certification? Just out of
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    Funny-ish toddler nursing diagnosis?

    Tait replied to MilliePieRN's topic in General Students

    Hmmm funny ones...well risk for impaired communication AEB incomprehensible BABBLE Risk for self-care deficit AEB not being able to do anything themselves Risk for interrupted breastfeeding AEB short...
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    Afraid to quit job after 2.5 weeks

    Tait replied to kjan's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like a safe fit. One thing that was always recommended when I graduated from my ADN was to make sure I found a strong orientation program because you wanted to have enough time to get...
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    What drug reference do you use?

    Tait replied to jinny2009's topic in General Nursing

    I am partial to paper drug books and usually picked up a Mosby Drug Reference each year for my
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    Had an exposure yesterday

    Tait replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Liked for the PI
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    Pharmacology 💊💊

    Tait replied to glomachaev's topic in General Students

    Yeah even with my HUGE mental block on math I aced all of our dosage tests. Definitely not the part I would be too worried
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    Medications

    Tait replied to teshiahart's topic in General Students

    Buy a drug book and know the number for the hospital pharmacist by heart :) As you practice as an RN you will become increasingly familiar with the meds you give on a daily basis. For the times when...
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    Pharmacology 💊💊

    Tait replied to glomachaev's topic in General Students

    I think the key for me in pharm was really focusing on the link between the med and how it would affect my patient. Thinking about how to explain it to my patient really helped stick it in my brain....
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    Had an exposure yesterday

    Tait replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I was emptying a foley bag right before shift change when the tubing from the drain popped and I got bloody urine in my eye. I was so embarrassed I didn't tell the patient. He found out when they came...
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    Losing respect for nursing students

    Tait replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I truly believe it is the media, plus we know way too much about way too many other people. Facebook and other social media sites have opened us up to more people than we would ever run into on a day...
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    RN total patient care...

    Tait replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While I am supportive of total care, facilities also need to understand this doesn't mean you can still carry a 5-7 patient load of total cares. If they want to drop the LPN/CNA then they need to add...
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    Dr. placing added stress on nursing staff

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

    Check policy but my hospital required all consults to be MD to
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    Losing respect for nursing students

    Tait replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 2006 and in my school you were told not to invade the secretaries space at any cost, stay out of the way, do everything you could get your hands on, and be quiet and keep the chart...
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    I got found out!

    Tait replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not to derail this all over the place, but my first was induced at 41 and 2 so I am not expecting anything different this
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    I got found out!

    Tait replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am almost 39 weeks myself and pretty much ready to go
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    dealing with husbands family member having stroke

    Tait replied to nursebooboo's topic in General Nursing

    My mom still believes hospice is where you go to get morphine and basically be euthanized, and she has been working in public health for over 20 years as either a project coordinator or grant writing....
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    I got found out!

    Tait replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to high risk perinatal I found nurses a little too open about how their charting system didn't work, the COWs were always offline, and how they often couldn't scan meds. All this while...
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    Is it presumptuous to have your steth engraved RN when you're a student?

    Tait replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in General Students

    I did it after I passed my NCLEX. Yeah I agree with misrepresentation and really you can get it done at anytime after you gain your license
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    Ineffective Tissue Perfusion

    Tait replied to llee316's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You can report your original post and ask to have it deleted :) Grats on figuring it
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    Need Help Acting a Disease infront of the class

    Tait replied to Virtual's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you run with low BP, salt cravings, weakness, and diarrhea you could do a dinner skit. Your character could be at the table dumping an obviously large amount of salt on their meal while complaining...
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    help a newbie

    Tait replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has a perspective on their own situation. For some nurses I knew "dumped on" meant more than one isolation patient, for others it mean more than one PCA. I am not sure what feels rough for...