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    Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    smk1 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    But this just illustrates my point. If this is happening with experienced nurses then how much more so is the risk that a new grad is going to miss something, or be unsure of what they are seeing....
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    Concerned about Daughter's Assignment

    smk1 replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    Someone should be with her at all times. Is there another student (at the very least) or an assistant who can be with her during her contact with him? This doesn't seem appropriate. I am in a psych...
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    7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    smk1 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow. That really is inexcusable. You should have been given the guideline and when you first started having trouble, it should have been referred to way back then. If that had happened you could...
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    I must be getting old: A rant

    smk1 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sharon you are right. I loved the first "real world" and watched the london one because a friend was a housemate on it, but other than that it got old quick. They lost me when it became a hassle to...
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    LPN to Medical Assisting

    smk1 replied to SRH!'s topic in General Nursing

    It is a title 4 school meaning students are eligible to fill out FAFSA applications and receive federal aid (grants and or loans depending on your
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    ?Should students give IV push drugs?

    smk1 replied to Zans's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm a student. We are allowed to do pushes in the presence of an RN. Now having said that I was doing a large lasix push and it was a long push and I was chatting with the patient and happened to...
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    I must be getting old: A rant

    smk1 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I just turned 31 and grew up in the golden age of MTV. I remember when the VMA's used to be must see television. I hadn't watched them in a few years and tuned in this year and was shocked by...
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    100% dosage calculations?

    smk1 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    I have no problem with a 100% standard if what you are testing is acutally math. Don't add in stuff about what syringe size should be used or other things that are open for debate. (Unless you have...
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    100% dosage calculations?

    smk1 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    In theory I agree with this, however we get math test questions (fake orders) that are so confusing at times that it is ridiculous. In the real world you can call to clarify the order, in the testing...
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    7 months to graduation and I fail a nursing course d/t my careplans

    smk1 replied to lashawn04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't have my book in front of me but probably something like, "Risk for injury related to (what ever some of the symptoms are) secondary to (whatever type of infection it is) as evidenced by...
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    Challenging the LPN boards.....

    smk1 replied to jlm2003's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Contact your state board and get your transcripts from college in case they are needed. Many schools are set up to allow ADN students to take the LPN boards after the first year so it could be...
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    RN versus Dental Hygienist

    smk1 replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    RDH pays great in many areas of the country, but most do have to provide their own benefits and there isn't any upward mobility. You are going to do the sames things forever. So those can be cons for...
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    Disturbed Energy Field? Yes or No?

    smk1 replied to VickyRN's topic in Holistic

    Even if there is something to therapeutic touch, energy fields and the like, as a student I have to agree with the nurses who are saying that young nurses and students are best served learning more...
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    critical thinking...

    smk1 replied to Propranolol's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Prioritization. Rember the steps of the nursing process. ADPIE, one step cannot come before the other. Maslow's hierarchy of needs and the ABC's of CPR all need to be thought of in terms of what...
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You know what, I need to apologize OZ. I didn't even consider the possibility that you are not from the U.S. (you would think the OZ part of your screen name would have clued me in, but it is late...
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you are a nurse then you went through nursing school and know full well what is taught. When you have to resort to putting down the education of others then I know you really can't plead your case...
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What stage of labor
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    see
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    LPN to Medical Assisting

    smk1 replied to SRH!'s topic in General Nursing

    If at all possible, please skip the MA/CMA route. It sounds like you want to work in long term care and that is not a realm where CMA's are typically found because they are not trained to assist in...
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    Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    smk1 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WOW, I guess I wasn't as difficult as I thought as a laboring mom. I don't see what the huge deal is about letting them put in a saline lock. The very fact that you are in the hospital at all for...
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    Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    smk1 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    As a student approaching graduation, I kind of disagree with this. I think the not breathing, found unconscious "code" type situations are things we would know how to handle because we won't be alone...
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    I hate bedmaking

    smk1 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    This is ridiculous, as long as the sheets are clean, free of large wrinkles and the draw sheet is placed correctly there shouldn't be a huge
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    Robotic nurse to replace OR nurse

    smk1 replied to veritas's topic in Operating Room

    The expense and upkeep will keep this from being widely used for a long time I would imagine. Also, what if the robot malfunctions in the middle of the
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    Can nursing schools kick out students who are overweight?

    smk1 replied to veritas's topic in General Nursing

    Mybe she was having difficulty functioning in