AOx1

AOx1

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  1. Interview wear - summer version?

    AOx1 replied to lei7's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Very professional and nice. I would also take a small portfolio with my resume and references in it, and hide some blotting papers and a comb to refresh just prior to the interview

  2. What do you wish you were told on the first day?

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    As I often give examples from my own practice, I will not identify my place of employment. I wouldn't want any of my students to feel I have violated their trust. It is hard to earn trust, harder...

  3. Instructor won't keep hands to self

    AOx1 replied to elle27's topic in General Students

    Absolutely, practicing nurses are all very used to seeing and assisting people at their most vulnerable, but this is not an excuse to touch someone else without their permission. A patient who accepts...

  4. Feel like such a failure..

    AOx1 replied to BanoraWhite's topic in General Students

    As the post above suggests, definitely consider using a different method of calculation if you are allowed to do so. I teach calculations and have noticed that my students often do well with one...

  5. What do you wish you were told on the first day?

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Thanks to those who have posted. I am taking notes. I know what I would have wanted to hear when I was a student (you can do it, work hard, etc) but you never know what will be helpful to others. I...

  6. Instructor won't keep hands to self

    AOx1 replied to elle27's topic in General Students

    As an instructor, I would never initiate anything more personal than a handshake, due to the possibility of making someone uncomfortable. Anything else must be initiated by the student and in public....

  7. Dirty clinical sites?

    AOx1 replied to l'etudiante's topic in General Students

    There is something very wrong with not only this place but also your school. I am an instructor, and yes, clinical sites are scarce, but I would not accept students being placed in this facility year...

  8. Other Students Repeatedly Asking me for things....

    AOx1 replied to beingthankful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would point the way to OneNote and call your work finished. If they can't learn to do their own work (barring illness, emergency) they will fail out of nursing

  9. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    AOx1 replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I vote for a pair of lime green scrub pants that were so tight they could have billed for performing a colonoscopy, exposed thong, and a neon orange shirt. Did kind of feel sorry for the "sleeping off...

  10. Magazine Subscriptions

    AOx1 replied to strwbrryswrls's topic in General Students

    Before you purchase any, you might check to see which subscriptions your school's library holds online. Ours has many nursing journals. Some good general ones in addition to Nursing 2010 include...

  11. Waste of Time Complaint against me

    AOx1 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to go back immediately to that unit for supplies, wearing a pair of these

  12. Waste of Time Complaint against me

    AOx1 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they need a counter-complaint filed against them for patient abandonment. If they were attending to their patients, they wouldn't have time to worry about hall staring, smiling, etc. I...

  13. really annoying day in clinical

    AOx1 replied to Isitpossible's topic in General Students

    As a nursing student it is true that you may not see the full clinical picture, but this is NOT a reason to discount what you did see, which is a significant change in patient condition. Again, any...

  14. Books every nursing student should own?

    AOx1 replied to Servingshots's topic in General Students

    More than anything, I wouldn't take any test without doing tons of NCLEX questions on that particular topic. I tell my students this all the time!! Also, Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales series...

  15. really annoying day in clinical

    AOx1 replied to Isitpossible's topic in General Students

    The problem is your instructor and the nurses on the floor. I am a nursing instructor. I can, and often do, learn plenty from my students. Anyone can give you valuable information, from the...

  16. Concerned for new grad in ICU supervisor role

    AOx1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am concerned for a friend who has accepted a hospital ICU supervisor position. This is a new grad with no nursing experience other than as a CNA for a year (not in the ICU). This is a small...

  17. Concerned for new grad in ICU supervisor role

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the great news is, she told me she just read through the thread. She agrees that she needs to reconsider her options. She has already passed NCLEX but has not yet begun orientation to this new...

  18. Do you experience jealousy from friends/family members?

    AOx1 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha!!! I am in the exact same position, and my family is also supportive although they do tease me about "burning degrees if I need to keep warm in the

  19. BLS certification card

    AOx1 replied to PhilaBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    If you took it though AHA, they should have a record of it, although they also usually refer you to the instructor you took it with. I know you tried to contact the training center; did you by chance...

  20. Concerned for new grad in ICU supervisor role

    AOx1 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I could not disagree more. What is needed for her is good, caring advice. Not sunshine and roses that everything will be fine, nor a call to take away someone's license when they are...

  21. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    AOx1 replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Travel photographer/safari guide :) (at least in my

  22. Objective vs. Subjective data

    AOx1 replied to sunkissed75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are correct. Subjective is something the patient says, objective is something you observe. She is correct in stating that if the patient grimaced/flinched/pulled away/etc that this would be an...

  23. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    AOx1 replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care whether it is on my badge or isn't. Ours are made for us and do list degree. I wouldn't presume to judge someone by the fact that letters representing degrees are/aren't on their badge. I...

  24. People think you are rich because you are a nurse

    AOx1 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I had a young, able-bodied relative that would try this tactic often and didn't work, yet expected us to loan her money. We told her she would have to earn it, just as we did and told her she could do...

  25. Tips for entering students collected over the years

    AOx1 posted a topic in General Students

    The following are some tips and recommendations I've collected from my own nursing students, other faculty members, and this board over the years. I hope you find it helpful. Supplies and tips for...