Nurse Bethie

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  1. Head-to-Toe Assessment

    Hello! I am looking for some help. The college where I teach is considering going to a head-to-toe assessment for our 1st year BScN students and we don't know where to begin....we are searching through texts but we are looking for something that is 1...
  2. What is a Saratoga Tube?

    Please help! I am a nursing instructor and one of the clients on our floor has a Saratoga tube...I have no idea what this is. I am hoping that you can help me to explain it to my students are direct me to reference so I can learn about it. Thank yo...
  3. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    We are having a bit of a debate at the school of nursing where I teach. We are having difficulty getting the students to properly landmark. Although a majority of the texts state that ventrogluteal is the preferred site, but we are wondering if you...
  4. We are just starting with our high fidelity Human Patient Simulators and I am wondering how others are using them within their nursing curriculum. I am responsible for the Clinical Skills Lab and will be the front line in introducing and operating t...
  5. Accelerated BSN or 4 year BSN thru Mac

    Trousse, The program at Con-Mac does not have a way to specialize, however in 3rd and 4th year you have a say in where you do your clinical placements. As lalaxton said, you can guide you learning to where you want to go. I encourage you to keep yo...
  6. Mcmaster Conestoga BSN prgram

    Are you attending the Conestoga site for the collaborative? If so, I will be one of your contacts in the program. I work in the Clinical Skills Lab whre all your "hands-on" skills are taught and practiced. I have also worked at the Mohawk site and...
  7. TOP TEN LIST: basic skills you should master..fast!!!!

    What a great thread! I am glad to see students interested in the skills needed for success. I agree with the other skills like assessment, sterile technique but the number one for me is MEDS! Having a good grasp of the 5 (or 6) rights and the 3 chec...
  8. What to expect 1st semester of nursing school???

    Congratulations! You have a fun, difficult and rewarding road ahead of you. My advice (as a Clinical Skills Instructor, myself) is to always be prepared and admit when you are not sure of something. If a student comes to me with some information u...
  9. What is a Saratoga Tube?

    The student states that the tube was in the abdomen (like a G tube) but looked like a salem sump tube. Have you ever heard of this before? The students mentioned that the nurses were irrigating through the blue vent tube which was the most confusin...
  10. Does anyone have skills checklists?

    "Modules for Basic Nursing Skills" by Ellis, Nowlis and Bentz has excellent skills checklists. It is a great resource for skills in general. It is concise and procides excellent rationales for students.
  11. Clinical Skills Lab Suggestions

    Hi! I am an instructor in the Clincal Skills Lab (mock hospital unit) at a Nursing College. I am looking for suggestions and feedback from students nurses from all over the place. I have gotten feedback from my own students about what they like and...
  12. Clinical Skills Lab Suggestions

    Thank you again for all your great suggestions! I think that the comments about food in the lab are right...we do not allow food in our lab - just water in bottles - for those students who just practice for hours and hours! I am hearing that there ar...
  13. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    I had a doc in trauma who like to order CTB-KLO Coffin to bedside - Keep lid open!
  14. Clinical Skills Lab Suggestions

    Wow! I am impressed by the amount of feedback! Thank you so much! I appreciate that time, space and individual attention are the greatest difficulties in the lab setting. I am shocked at the teacher to student ratio that some of you described. ...
  15. Delegation

    Hi! Delegating ADL tasks is a topic up for debate. If you look at an article from Nursing2004 (November, p.57) called "Are you Too Posh to Wash?" and the follow up letters in Nursing2005 (January p.8) there is a arguement for not delegating those A...
  16. Any young nurse educators out there..

    This is a great discussion! I am 29 (almost 30) and I am full time at a nursing college in Ontario. I actually head up the Clinical Skills Lab (on campus mock hospital area) and have found many different reactions. I do not find that the students h...
  17. Checkoffs

    I agree with the advice you are getting. It is most important part of a transfer is communication and eye contact. Ensure that you give simple instructions, one step at a time and wait for ackowledgement of the instructions before proceeding. I fi...
  18. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    Yes...the surrent theory is that students should not use the dorso site but many find it difficult to properly landmark the ventro...they tend to be too far forward...any advice on landmarking to make it easier to explain?
  19. Why do grown men and women?

    Sure, there is time for fun in classes, howver, we are dealing with issues and information that could mean life or death to our patients. I think what the real issues is....determining which are the moments for fun and laughs and which are the times...
  20. I Need Help Remembering My Math Steps

    My instructors taught me, and now I teach my students, to keep a small notebook in the pocket of your scrubs. In it, write out the formulas and conversions (or photocopy a chart that makes sense to you)and keep it with you an the floor. If you hav...
  21. I Made an A!!!!

    Congratulations Rachel! Great Work! "What one has, one ought to use; and whatever one does, they should do with all their might." -Marcus Tullius Cicero
  22. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    Basically what I am asking is: Is the dorso-gluteal site a big no-no in the clinical setting? Is it being discouraged by agencies and ventral gluteal being encouraged? We want to teach our students what is actually being practiced and not the "in a...
  23. Head-to-Toe Assessment

    Thank you so much! This is goin to be a great tool for my students....helping them organize their thoughts until they can do this at the end of a 12 hr shift! You are a truly wonderful asset to me and my students!!!!!
  24. i'm a newbie here..want to meet friends...

    Welcome...I am new here too...it seems very friendly and open..I am glad to join you here!
  25. Head-to-Toe Assessment

    Thanks for all your responses...I am looking for a quick head to toe with ability to assess the general health status then do a focus examination on the primary needs (like what we do at the beginning of shifts). My students are first year degree st...