carroll77566

I heard a lot of the same complaints when I was in nursing school. What students need to remember is the instructors are trying to prepare ALL of the students for what is to come after nursing school, not just one individual. When complaining about minimum required passing grades for math tests--There is no second chance when you have a medication dosage error. How many reports have we seen in the media where a nurse gave a wrong dosage or even a pharmacist mixed it incorrectly. My nursing school required 100% passing on math tests. We also had to do the HESI exams each semester and in my opinion it helped me pass the NCLEX. I guess my advice would be to just be patient. Nursing school doesn't last forever and you will have plenty of time to make your mark on nursing once you graduate :)

I think medical abbreviations are one thing....it's when phone text abbreviations are used that i have a problem.:wink2:

I agree, working in a smaller hospital makes it harder not to share some personal information with your patients. The problem that I have is when I run into a previous patient in the grocery store. In general I try to keep it very generic, no names and I never tell anyone where I live other than "in the area".

just an associates degree in business.....he's a genuine scammer

I work at a small hospital in the cath lab. We have been up-ramping our interventional procedures with the hospital looking forward to opening up a CVOR. They recently did their first CABG and it was a great success, so of course there was media coverage (local newspaper) As I was reading the article I saw a quote from my boss and he was listed as "Dr. ____". Seriously?! :nono:Okay, first of all he wasn't even in on the surgery because.....he's not a doctor. They didn't consult him on the case becasue.....he's not a doctor. He has no certification, he's not a nurse and he's a far, far cry from a doctor! :angryfire He wouldn't even know what was going on in our department unless we informed him. I guess it's not like he told them he was a doctor because several people were present for the interview but still...... and when we were teasing him but serious about the fact that it shouldn't say 'Dr' he just laughed like we were jealous or something! Jealous no, madder than hades that he is taking credit thathe surely doesn't deserve, heck yeah! Anyway, I just needed to vent..... it wouldn't do any good to have the paper write a retraction because those are usually printed in 1cm x 1cm boxes on the bottom of the 4th page!:yldhdbng: Thanks for listening!!!

I'm sure you are but always read the rationale behind the review questions that you are doing. Even if you answer it right, read over the rationale for the right answer and the wrong answers. It will help you reason your way through other questions. I firmly believe this is what helped me pass the NCLEX. I also had a lot of questions about prioritizing and the only tool I remembered from school for prioritizing was Airway, Breathing, and Circulation........ Hang in there though....if you can make it through nursing school you can make it through this!:heartbeat

In my cath lab we use Angioseal and Starclose routinely with bedrest times of 2 hours, HOB elevated to 30-35 degrees with a soft left restraint on affected leg during bedrest. The only time we go longer than 2 hours is if the ACT is high, the patient is oozing or there is already a hematoma at which point we may opt for a sandbag. (Our docs have the same philosophy that dianah mentioned about no one looking under). I have never heard of using ice on the site....the only rationale I can think of for this would be to reduce swelling but I'm not aware of any studies that would support or discredit. It doesn't seem like it would be very comfortable for the patient either.

Yes the memorization can be daunting...it always helped me to think of all the people that had done it before me.....therefore if they can do it so can I! And remember, you never stop learning.:redbeathe

I have also had this experience and felt the same way. It would be different if they actually had something to contribute but most of the time it seems they are just trying to show off....but in my experience these "know it alls" usually aren't there in the end because of their inability to zip it and listen to the instructor.