PedsDrNurseTheo

PedsDrNurseTheo ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, EMT-P, NP

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  1. associates in nursing is pointless

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to kkia123's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to differ. According to the HRSA report of the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses: "The initial educational preparation for the largest proportion of RNs is the associate degree....

  2. associates in nursing is pointless

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to kkia123's topic in General Nursing

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  3. associates in nursing is pointless

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to kkia123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ASN nurse, working in a Neuro ICU. I have quite a few colleagues who are ASN RNs. I'm working on my BSN, but it's not b/c of the job market. By the way, my hospital is hiring, I get...

  4. Help on dealing with interns

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to blastopore's topic in General Nursing

    What I try to remember is that those of us who are nurses working at teaching hospitals have a rare opportunity - we get to model the relationship these new doctors will have with their nursing...

  5. IPPB

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to snowmaiden2005's topic in General Nursing

    We have a couple of docs who write for IPPB on a regular basis - I see the machine used more often than I would have thought possible. Of course, they also write for CPT on patients who cannot be...

  6. My New Diagnosis

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, wow. I am so sorry. That stinks. And boo for the condescending giggling hand-pat false sympathy from your healthcare providers. :down: Hope you feel better soon. Shingles

  7. Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Aaron86's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Until it's your child. Until you find out that there was a killed vaccine that was available and safer, but someone decided it was more economically feasible to determine that you/your family should...

  8. Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Aaron86's topic in Disaster Preparation

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  9. Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Aaron86's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And several of us nurses - I am an RN - have in fact, presented reasoned and rational arguments in favor of taking the killed vaccine over the attenuated virus. I did not "latch on to" your poorly...

  10. Ethical Issue- Nurses not getting flu vaccine when they could!

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Aaron86's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Personally, I won't take the LAV. No more than I ever allowed them to vaccinate my son with the attenuated polio virus - which was supposed to be "safe" - or rather, "acceptable risk." I insisted on...

  11. This morning I sat with a patient as he died

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    The two most important people in our lives that are seldom remembered are the ones who attend us at our entry into this world, and the ones who attend us at our exit from it. We nurses get to be...

  12. Can anyone tell me what "a square window sign angle of 0 degrees" means?thx in advanc

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to netbenben's topic in General Nursing

    Look in your maternal-child nursing textbook under Ballard-Dubowitz assessment for gestational

  13. Nurses role in Eriksons

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to melly_25's topic in General Nursing

    You mean EVERYONE you know, have ever met, encountered, or watched on televison has adequately mastered each of Erickson's stages appropriately? Wow. You either have a lot of very well adjusted...

  14. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Important distinction is that it is a seasonal flu shot, not H1N1. Tragic story. Our daughter developed cranial nerve VI palsy after her regular immunizations at 18 months. She had gotten her DTaP,...

  15. OK, What Else Could I have Done?

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see: You did a primary assessment, you made sure that help was on the way, you stayed with the patient, you did as good a secondary assessment as you could, and you handed off care...

  16. New Grad looking to start RN career in Gainesville Florida

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to PsycBScN2010's topic in Florida Nursing

    Shands at UF and North Florida Regional Hospital are the two big hospitals in Gainesville. Shands is the UF teaching hospital system and encompasses the main hospital, a cancer hospital, pediatrics,...

  17. Open heart ICU

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Kiwi's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ya gotta love those colleagues who'll smack you down in a caring way, don't ya?. Believe me, I got my share of it early on, when people looked at me and saw an arrogant Medic newbie nurse - even...

  18. Open heart ICU

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to Kiwi's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Not to be rude, but it's people like you who scare the crap out of me. (OK, maybe to be a little rude.) 62 hours of senior preceptorship and you think you're an ICU nurse? Dude, you're dangerous....

  19. Leaving Neuro ICU - wishing it had gone better

    PedsDrNurseTheo replied to PedsDrNurseTheo's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Thank you for that. However, I'm very much convinced he's fully aware of the situation re: unit culture - he's the one who's designated his "core" group of charge personnel and preceptors, and gives...