vanursegrad replied to Blackcat99's topic in Management
Tattoos are fine. What bothers me is the nurse with poor bedside manner who also gossips and brings morale down. Tattoos don't change the way my unit runs or the patient outcomes. I am much more worried about the nurse with a bad attitude.
vanursegrad replied to arnie1234's topic in Management
I am sorry that you feel "tired of babysitting." Have you taken the time to educate your nurses that report to you? I am recently new (less than 3 years) experienced in nurse management and I have found that if I am clear and upfront with my expect...
vanursegrad replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric
I've heard 2 arguments. One is that O2 is for the onlooker's comfort and not for the patient's comfort. I have also heard that O2 provides improved comfort for air hunger. I have worked with physicians from both backgrounds. Morphine can alleviate...
vanursegrad replied to stethoscope21's topic in Geriatric
According to your story I probably would not have suspended you, but instead filled out a med error paper and in-serviced you. The only thing I can think of is that because the family caught your potential error and complained you were suspended. Y...
vanursegrad replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric
Ask yourself: Am I able to manage several nurses and CNAs for the entire facility by myself including conflict resolution and be impartial? Am I comfortable teaching other nurses? Will I be able to make judgement calls without someone else to confe...
vanursegrad replied to soon2begrad2010's topic in Geriatric
I have been a CNA, LPN, & RN In LTC. I have seen so many well intentioned nurses come and go because the management goes on and on about providing quality care and not taking short cuts and then give us 20 to 30 patients, expect us to go to 2 mea...
The Medical Assistant at my Dr's office also referred to herself as the nurse. Her nametag clearly stated MA. I don't appreciate someone who hasn't gone through the years of arduous work and studying, and the NCLEX calling themselves nurse. Anoth...
vanursegrad replied to Angel0411's topic in Virginia
I haven't had any issues yet. It takes a little while to become accredited. The administrators are working very hard to get the final approval through. Several of us are moving on to get Bachelors degrees and we haven't had any issues yet.
vanursegrad replied to Angel0411's topic in Virginia
I just graduated from Career Training Solutions RN program. I also attended CTS for LPN. I will tell you this: The Instructors are very knowledgable and professional. The amount of clinical sites that you will get a chance to work in is better th...
vanursegrad replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX
Took the NCLEX-PN today. I had a 3.7 GPA in school and scored 85% on ATI (which = 99% chance of passing NCLEX) in school. I'm not bragging, actually those facts didn't even come into play when I sat down to take that menacing test. I had no confid...