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I like to hear stories of students that have had a positive experience with a clinical instructor. What worked for you - approach, style? Do you like post conference? I have mostly stopped doing it for my evening students because of the time 1030...

Sounds like I would want a representative from HR. Clinical educator? The comments above dont speak to any competencies that werent met - and you havent stated a particular incident...it sounds like they got everyone involved so the accountability...

Perhaps your strength as a leader will develop the team??? Even though you are not in a formal managment position - your leadership will likely shine through. What you are describing is one of the wonderful things about nursing. best of luck to...

gypsymoon, this is horrible... Short of a code - I am not sure what could be happening that all four students meds werent given on time. Evening clinical: We have a lull before report, so I typically advise the students to check for meds and make c...

I really want to thank everyone for the wonderful responses so far. It has given me a lot to think about in the next few weeks. It sounds like the consensus is that the instructors "approach" makes all difference. My favorite clinical instructor...

The uniforms are fairly straight forward - I saw white scrub pants and I dont think they have a uniform top. They have an official school lab coat - it has a patch on the sleeve, it is short and professional. It looks really sharp. They left the...

I beg to differ. Thank you every day for your hard work. CNA = MVP

Congratulations! Best of luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roll

Everyone added great comments so I will try and not repeat. If the site was red etc. - then I wonder if the nruse filled out an incident report. Typically their is a section that states tx - it probably states the IV was removed. Your quote from...

#21 Mangement by cc,bcc and forwarding (CYA) - emails, emails!!! http://www.despair.com/power.html ROTFL - Number 13 - Managing by open door... Meetings...meetings to organize the meetings....

My favorite story... Relax though it was for a sales type position. I waited in the lobby of a hotel for about 20 minutes - because I was early. I then walked into the conference room and faced five interviewers. One of them happened to be a man ...

Just a thought - how about hiring a lawyer and pursuing expungement? I didnt know a history prevented you from attending classes - but it will come back to haunt you when you apply for a license with the BON and you will also need to declare this o...

I dont have any clinical experience with burns. But a good fit seems like a wound care specialty IF there would be support from medical staff. NP's can write the orders etc. If you are not hospital employees - you can bill for services.

Orals are fine if you can coordinate - or IV in hospital setting. It is very difficult - I understnd where the RNs come from in the hospital...With coordinating pain meds to wound care. Sometimes you are doing a linen change - perineal clean up and...

You raised some really points. Many facilities do not want to pay for someone certified. By the way there are some nurses out there practicing wound care without any training. More alarming - there are NP's doing the same. I dont believe in week ...

Does anyone have ideas on how to engage different levels of students? My classes are likely to have LPN's and generic students. I received feedback from some LPN students that they would like more advanced topics in the lecture. However, some o...

I haven't heard of it. It is not a bad idea though, student nurses are providing a service. The presence of nursing students on a floor is considered when staffing is done. Jennifer

I dont believe the starting salaries are bad when compared to graduates of similiar education. that being said... all the bonuses, and tricks dont seem to help the retention issues at hand. The vacancy rate is still high in most institutions....

The more I think about this... I question how someone in a masters program could have that much difficulty writing a paper. This person wanted to take short cuts. We need all APN's, but I recognize the life and death decisions that a CRNA's makes ...

Academic policies are clearly outlined in all student handbooks. This is academic dishonesty. I am not sure if you knew from the onset the level of help you were to going to give (editing - style). The student made a conscious decision to submit...

Congratulations for deciding to return to school! La Salle has an excellent accelerated BSN program. You can elect to "exam out" of certain courses. They have a FT coordinator that administrates this program. They teach for the real world whic...

We really need to support our colleagues (students or fellow employees) so they can take a break. Caveat: Foremost, patient care should not be compromised. The students would need to take a break within an appropriate time frame. The students s...