ReinventingMyselfAgain MSN, RN

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I've done a lot in my 30 years as an RN. Looking to do more.

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    Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to RNAngelus's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You've received excellent advise thus far. I wonder, what do your patient's parents think of this? Immsyre they realize this. I would think their influence may be of some help. As a former peds nurse...
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    Where do you sit in lecture

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    As a professor, I thank you for not attempting to squeeze your way into the front. There is nothing more annoying than someone who walks in late and tries to dominate the room by distracting the...
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    Nurses pictures on patients whiteboards???

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to jibbs's topic in General Nursing

    This thread makes me laugh. Not the idea of implementing the photos, but of the mass hysteria and paranoia. Lets face it, if you want anonymity, nursing is not the career for you. They know your name,...
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    I'm looking very lost in front of my students

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Carrollrn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    What semester are your students in? Remeber, to keep their level in the program in mind, when delegating them responsibilities. Hopefully, this is NOT their semester for cardiac rhythms and such :)...
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    Not invited back to teach-are student evals given too much weight?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to mystory's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    While you are 100% correct, there is unfortunately this feeling (by some students, not all) that the instructor is supposed to be iunstructing. I try very hard to balance the conversation; making it a...
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    Clinical Instructor site problems...need ideas

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to sexyrn1's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You've gotten some very good advice so far. I've been in your shoes (kicked out when JCAHO came to visit). This was before sim lab, so we needed to come up with some case studies. IMO, this is the...
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    Advice needed

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to manos's topic in General Students

    i feel like there's something missing from the post, regarding exactly what the question is asking, and what your choice was, and what the correct answer is. i find it very difficult to agree with a...
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    Reconstitution Drug Calculation Problems

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to jessicalane's topic in General Students

    Your patient is to receive gentamycin 150 mg ivpb q18h. You have to constitute the powdered form of the medication. The gentamycin comes in a 260 mg multidose vial. The directions state that after...
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    Was this a A Violation of Hipaa?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I stereotyped your babies in my post :sofahider: I love animals, and your babies are adorable! And I know an animals behavior is determined by it's
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    Do you think they/employers are watching what we post?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm not looking for them, I've found students on here. Usually their username gives them away in some way (or it's the same as their email address). I've seen specific threads about my place of...
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    Anything wrong with this order?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, it can be made sense if, by an intelligent nurse. But an order should never be subject to interpretation. It should be clear. If everyone does it however they please, imagine what the patient's...
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    Length of orientation for experienced nurse going to new hospital, same specialty

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to 0402's topic in General Nursing

    It definitely sounds like a sufficient amount of time, maybeore than you think you need. But I wouldn't go mentioning that right away, until you get a feel of the hospital, unit, p&p's and...
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    Incompetent??

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to studentblue07's topic in General Students

    Why did you take yourself off your meds
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    advice for soon-entering student

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to bigeyes4's topic in General Students

    Speaking as a middle-aged professor (who teaches a lot of middle aged wife/moms): Have a sit down with your family, now and again when you begin. They need to understand that your role in the house...
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    Do I hate nursing school or just MY nursing school?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to luamoon66's topic in General Students

    from an educator's prospective: it sounds like you like the idea of nursing school, the subject matter and the challenge. what you don't like is the way the school is run, the politics/mentality of...
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    A vet tech as a nurse ?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a vet tech for a brief time. They trained me on the job (it was at a large animal shelter). I learned quite a few skills and things that transferred to nursing school. I medicated all the...
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    Clarification. :) My Manager is Gossiping about me. What do I do?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What she said. Managers are human beings. And human beings don't have to like everyone they work with. They just have to tolerate them. If she felt you were such a problem, she would have approached...
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    Cna's view of nursing

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to evolvingrn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    was this back in the day where a woman was encouraged to find a "nice little job"? (i'm dating myself by asking this )? regarding the question if nursing being more mentally demanding vs. physical:...
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    This "us" vs "them" mentality....

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to DL-SNUP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And all this, because our society tells us "we can be whatever we want to be". The generation that was treated with kid-gloves is growing up in a time of recession and massive unemployment. A time...
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    This "us" vs "them" mentality....

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to DL-SNUP's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it's funny how this thread turned into an "Instructor Bashing" thread (I only got through page 3 or so). And yeah, I'm being sarcastic. It seems that we are dealing with a lot of different...
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    accepted to Nassau comm coll and Queensborough comm coll

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to laura11's topic in New York Nursing

    You go to clinicals where the school tells you to. You have options (in the same way you would choose which section of your couse to take). But the clinicals are in groups, with an instructor. The...
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    I'm an Idiot....

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    He he... that's my state. And my guess is a weekend off is going to be better than a weekend of an unlicensed nurse working on the floor. And yeah, I did get a reminder. My guess is it went in a pile...
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    treatment of student nurses on the floor

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to teterichko123's topic in General Students

    There's a whole-lotta stereotyping going on in this thread. About students and nurses alike (and I'm sure there was some insrtructor-bashing in here that I didn't see :uhoh: . And it's wrong. We all...
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    Withdraw from Nursing I? Need advice!!!

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to kalyani's topic in General Students

    I am not from your area, so I cannot speak to either of the schools you are dealing with. But I will say this: the grass isn't always greener on the other side. Oftentimes, it is the same stuff,...
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    How do you handle leechers aka LAZY STUDENTS in your class?

    ReinventingMyselfAgain replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

    First off: do not write anything for them, even for money!! I am all fine and good with students sharing what they learn/know. Some students need it, because what they are doing on their own is not...