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  1. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly - overly literal and laughably complex? (please see examples at end of this post) Are we trying so hard to legitimize nursing as a...

  2. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    could i please ask that the personal comments about me stop? who i am or what my character is really has no bearing on the fact that, even on face value, the language used in the nanda's is overly...

  3. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    All, please read three pages from Suzanne Gordon's "Nursing Against the Odds" (paperback edition): Pages 32-33, 65. She describes the nursing diagnoses situation better than I can. I just got this...

  4. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    My med-surg textbook just offered up this one, in the course of my studying. Even the pithier ones seem to use too many words: NURSING DIAGNOSIS-ESE: "Impaired Skin Integrity and Impaired Tissue...

  5. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm a little surprised by the "oh you're just a student" belittling tone of one of the previous posters. Is this the type of personally disrespectful tone I can expect from my future managers...

  6. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Yes - the "nursing process" is assessment, diagnosis, planning (goal-setting), interventions, and evaluation (how much were those goals met?). And it's not a specifically nursing process. It's the...

  7. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I posted this to the general forum since I want to know how real nurses feel about nursing dx's, and also since only a relatively few people read the students' forum. And, yes, I independently...

  8. Do/did any of you hate clinical?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HA! Well, at least your take on your clinical experiences gave me a good laugh... So true. I still don't know where those magical doctor's orders come from. The stork

  9. Do/did any of you hate clinical?

    marie-francoise posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do any of you hate clinical, or hated it when you were in nursing

  10. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that nursing dx's can be good learning tools - they can make you really think about a client's condition - what the related factors are, and how one aspect of the condition might relate to...

  11. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. In nursing diagnoses, it's like we have to desperately dance around a medical term, since God forbid we actually use MEDICAL terminology! Actually NAMING a disease? (unheard of!) So, the end...

  12. Patient family issues

    marie-francoise replied to foxc1121's topic in General Nursing

    The Four Seasons - what a clueless CEO! Dee brings up a good point - why are we taught so much in nursing school, when we are then treated like servants when we get out of school? Seems as though they...

  13. IM site bleeding

    marie-francoise posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is some bleeding from an IM flu shot injection site normal, upon needle withdrawal? (when there was no blood upon aspiration) Could it be caused by injection angle, or by not withdrawing the needle...

  14. Patient family issues

    marie-francoise replied to foxc1121's topic in General Nursing

    Completely ridiculous situation! You have every reason to be appalled, in my book. Seems as though a large chunk of the public view nurses as just handmaidens ready to answer every beck & call...

  15. Is it just me?

    marie-francoise replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Two books pretty much say it all: "Where Have All the Nurses Gone?" by Faye Satterly "Nursing Against the Odds" by Suzanne Gordon After skimming through them, you may be comforted & affirmed in...

  16. IM site bleeding

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, my class was taught to aspirate with flu shots, and pretty much all IM injections. I was wondering as well about the flu shots, since I swear everytime I've received a flu shot, they didn't...

  17. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    marie-francoise replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are now adhesive strips called Bis (pronounced "Biz") monitors that can help prevent anesthesia awareness. These strips, which are attached to the forehead, essentially give EEG readings that...

  18. IM site bleeding

    marie-francoise replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your responses! This is

  19. Nursing Sucks! Or Does It?

    marie-francoise replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    I see you are pursuing your MPH. I'm an MPH and was able to find a job with it, but have now gone back to school for my ADN. An MPH degree can be broad-based (health promotion/disease prevention) or...

  20. Do you know of any nurses that left nursing?

    marie-francoise replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I've also had an ex-nurse tell me she'd rather work at a Home Depot than return to bedside nursing. I'm a nursing student who loves the material I'm learning about in nursing school - it's very...

  21. For all the nurses that want to quit...

    marie-francoise replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear HealthyRN, I've wanted to be a nurse for about 15 years - wanted a career in which I could interact with people while also using health-related knowledge and skills. I also now want to augment...

  22. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    marie-francoise replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ah! I didn't know you were joking. I usually have a sense of humor; but hearing about all the nursing workplace woes I guess has dampened it

  23. For all the nurses that want to quit...

    marie-francoise replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    HealthyRN - You sound JUST like what I think I'll sound like in a couple years, if I ever do finish nursing school. Even as a nursing student, I'm completely skeptical of the nursing work environment...

  24. Question for RNs. . . current nursing problems.

    marie-francoise replied to Dove1019's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    See this thread:

  25. Should I be THIS freaked out over vomit????

    marie-francoise replied to Tysmommy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    janfrn's response seems cruel, not to mention unprofessional - INSTRUCTING nauseated patients not to vomit since you don't "do" vomit, and then suctioning their mouth while they ARE vomiting?...