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  1. Anyone know about peds home care vent cases?

    indie replied to warrior woman's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt if anyone will post an awful experience with a vent. dep. child - most I heard about and come across in the community have had delightful elements to them. Other diagnoses may cause more of...

  2. Need Help With Needs Assessment

    indie replied to RandyB's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I echo everything in the above post. Also, think logically and write a matrix plan with needs and time frame on one axis and staff grades/numbers or whatever on the other, so you can see the time...

  3. Kaiser Employees

    indie replied to SJSU_Mami's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, Kaiser in San Diego hires new grads as several of my students were hired there straight from their NCLEX passes. However, I do know of a few situations in which students took training and got...

  4. A tiny nurse

    indie replied to Teresa76's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome from a 30 year veteran nurse who is 5' 1". Learn and practice everything you are taught in the safe lifting and moving, body mechanics class. Talk with rehabilitation RNs - they know more...

  5. RNs in Advanced Class with New Grads

    indie replied to -jt's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    What a professional you are! Such thoughtful replies. Doctorate or no, teaching 'experience' or no, I do not believe she knows much about education if she lets a class run away like this with nothing...

  6. LPNs and Generic Students

    indie replied to ChangeAgent's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Why are you 'lecturing' to this group? There are many ways to engage a class of differing needs. (Think about a kindergarten teacher who manages short attention span kids, some of whom can read and...

  7. RNs in Advanced Class with New Grads

    indie replied to -jt's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Interesting, thoughtful post, I feel your pain at the situation, but actually think you are going to have to grin and bear it or partially lose your sanity in the process. I do not believe you are...

  8. Ok, rephrase...

    indie replied to mingus's topic in General Nursing

    Mingus: I'm still not exactly sure what you are wanting to achieve and what you want from us, although appreciate the rephrase. As I see your post, you are writing learning modules, to be put on line...

  9. Resistance to change

    indie replied to kmaryniak's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You know already that it's related to power and threat and autonomy and being afraid that really they might not be all that knowlegable. A couple of suggestions from my own experience in this sort of...

  10. Question About Waiting Lists!!!!

    indie replied to sepjon's topic in General Nursing

    SD information: I have known students join Maric College's ADN program (for- profit college, rather expensive, priority given to students who took prerequisites there) after five years of being told...

  11. patient confidentiality

    indie replied to luckylucy's topic in California Nursing

    In a similar vein to the last posting; in the 1970s when TB was suspected, but we did not want to label the door to the room we had notices stating "all visitors report to nursing station" and "AFB"...

  12. nursing part time?

    indie replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

    In recent years, physical issues have limited the amount of clinical work I feel comfortable doing, but I have always 'worked full time' by having another job - usually health related, some even...

  13. One Nurse's Vision: No One Dies Alone

    indie replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In Charing Cross Hospital in the early 1970s, my training school, it was part of the general procedure that no one died alone. The head nurse would do whatever it took to free up someone, usually a...

  14. How the Battle Axe is Born

    indie replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    Plato: Have you just observed these 'types,' or do you observe a little of each type in yourself on bad days? What about a description of the nurse we'd all like to be/are on our best days? Or a...

  15. NPR story on RN's in California

    indie replied to txsugarlvn's topic in General Nursing

    It's these sort of stories that tell me that this is a very opportune time for RNs to advance into Independent Contractor status, earning the $$ directly without going thru an agency. Facilities...

  16. Faking having cancer, can you imagine?

    indie replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to read what the psyche RNs have to say about this. In recent years, as an instructor, I was sucked into this sort of story by a student and was instrumental in getting her a lot of general...

  17. Attention all clinical instructors, would you do this??

    indie replied to RN_2_B_5/2004's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    As a credentialed/experienced clinical instructor, my first thought is: What are the expectations of the group that has just two hours to prep? Are they the same as for the first group; if so, this...

  18. new legislation

    indie replied to redshiloh's topic in General Nursing

    Do I misread the original posting? - it seems to me the bill would change/eliminate the need for an RN to be a BSN even where facilities require this and thus help alleviate the nursing shortage (in...

  19. Renerian's thread "Worksheets from your shift..." uppdated w/ a poll

    indie replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry about yr experience, Renerian: Two points: 1. A HIPAA violation only occurs if confidential information gets into the hands of someone who does not have a "need to know' in order to provide...

  20. HIPAA/HIPPA infraction or not ?!

    indie replied to dachweiler's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not a HIPAA violation. I recently read an article in a local newspaper in CA (while away on vacation, can't remember town or city) that went into the over-interpretation of this act and how...

  21. Telephone Medical Advice

    indie replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    I stand by my two postings above. Sjoe: Of course the clerks are rewarded for 'getting callers off the line quickly' if all the callers want is directions to a facility or to know where to call to...

  22. New...need advice

    indie replied to lilchoka's topic in California Nursing

    lilchoka: There are waiting lists for nearly all RN programs these days; even community college ADN degrees, that is why I suggested Maric - expensive in the short run, but as you'll be in and out and...

  23. What is a professional nurse?

    indie replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    Ainz et al: Interesting, thoughtful postings. Thanks. I like to see what newer RN professionals are thinking now. (I'm getting old and trying really hard to retire, but allnures seems to have given...

  24. New...need advice

    indie replied to lilchoka's topic in California Nursing

    There is a short ADN program at Maric College in San Diego. Not classy, but it does the job of getting you RN status quickly. Not exactly what you were looking at, but getting into this sort of...

  25. New Independent Here!

    indie replied to flowerchild's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Good balance in your postings, Nightingale. Yes indeed, there are many ways to do right by ourselves, our profession and our patients. There are also many ways to be an IC and I have tried quite a...