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  1. Scholarship Money for Nurse Educators....Apply by Feb 15th 2005

    pmchap replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The $$ sound great - I just live in the wrong country :rotfl: If anyone kknows of $$ support for foriegn researchers let me know - I am keen to be involved in cross cultural/cross border studies in...

  2. How do Nurse Educators View Overweight/Obese Students?

    pmchap replied to rkrs6673's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    All the

  3. Please can anyone assist me in choosing nursing schools?

    pmchap replied to xanthippe's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Welcome to the world of second degrees...... After completing my initial degree (BN) I did a BEd - the first two years where exactly as you said 'busywork' - I loved it because for two years my marks...

  4. Any young nurse educators out there..

    pmchap replied to EmmaSwan47's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Perhaps we are threatened by peers because we do feel that they are older - & therefore at times treat us as the 'babies' or with kid gloves. I was amazed at the 'mothering' I recieved from a few...

  5. Question of the Month: Should A & P Content Be "Retaught?"

    pmchap replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Another way to consider the question is - how many times does a student get taught something before they learn it.... and then how many times do you need to learn something before you understand it....

  6. I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

    pmchap replied to katlpn6's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well yes it is harmful to the patient - what if one of the needles hits a vein? when you draw back - how do you do so. Localising two needles within half an inch of each other has got to intensify...

  7. Do DON,Adminis.,Admissions get bonuses?

    pmchap replied to Shell5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In Australia everything is regulated - right down to the admins pay packet. it is only when you get to the ceo's of private places and the ceo's of health services for the public places that they...

  8. Do male nurses get less abuse than females by nursing supervisors and patients ?

    pmchap replied to Lanceman's topic in General Nursing

    MMMM gender - the issue that non of us seem to be able to get away from - or solve. I have personally found that I have had little problems getting on with docs, other nurses or patients. The only...

  9. your first massage...what was it like?

    pmchap replied to Nemhain's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Imagine a group of your classmates taking turns on each other - welcome to my first massage experience. Part of my nursing course included holistic therapies. Salt Scrubs, aromatherapy and massage...

  10. International Traveling

    pmchap replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have had the pleasure of working with plenty of travelers - unfortunately I have never spent much time with them on how they went abourt getting their quals recognised ie allowed to work - but a...

  11. Nurses and smoking......

    pmchap replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Well - what a thread of debate... I (being a teacher as well as a nurse) have always struggled with the concept of how to effectively inform someone about health choices. The respratory nurse who...

  12. Anyone want to share why nursing has been a POSITIVE career choice for you?

    pmchap replied to secondfiddle's topic in General Nursing

    We nurses - like all people love to unload our stress - and unfortuanately that means forums like this can seem negative, but most nurses have a core desire to see that their patients are looked after...

  13. I need advise

    pmchap replied to mye614's topic in General Nursing

    The fear of the 'DOCTOR' and how he (yes he as a lot of female doctors are better to deal with) will treat you should not really bother you. As a new nurse dont be surprised is senior Doctors pretty...

  14. Making docs pay for bad handwriting?!?!

    pmchap replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    They must take a course in how to 'chicken scratch' during their long stints at uni. The interns seem to be great and easily readable - as soon as the get the letters VMO they adopt really bad...

  15. Quit or be fired?

    pmchap replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    Well I have just spent the last hour getting to know your story Wendy..... I have a couple simple questions for you - do your former employers know anything about employee relations? - what they have...

  16. Night shift Nurses, how did you manage?

    pmchap replied to RNview's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I no longer work nights - but over the last 10 years have worked about 8 of those as nights. Working nights is a unique experience which brings out unique traits in people. How many day shifters...

  17. Okay, now a question for nurse educators from a pre-nursing student

    pmchap replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi, Apart from the academic stresses placed on students I have seen a number of undergraduate students drop nursing for other reasons. One big one is that currently with the nursing shortage that...

  18. Any young nurse educators out there..

    pmchap replied to EmmaSwan47's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In the students that I deal with (in the clinical setting) it would be strange to expect them to work and learn as part of a team without recognising each of them by their first name. For me it would...

  19. Any young nurse educators out there..

    pmchap replied to EmmaSwan47's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    One question about looking young then onto being a young educator. All of you early 30's lectures - how young do you look. I am 33 and don't think my 'look' has changed in ages (except for the extra...

  20. How do Nurse Educators View Overweight/Obese Students?

    pmchap replied to rkrs6673's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Well said Vicky, I know that during education many lectures often teach what is not always clearly evident by observation. For example we all learn about cancer, lung problems and heart problems and...

  21. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    pmchap replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi all, I am a clinical nursse educator - not quite the nurse educator yet - but getting there. My background - a BN then generalist/aged care and rehab nursing while doing a BEd (so if i ever grow...

  22. Registering IN New South Wales

    pmchap replied to vicki25's topic in International Nursing

    Your other option vicki is to apply for a position with one of the health areas - they can help expediate the process. The NRB seems to work wonderfully fast when it is for people who have positions...

  23. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    pmchap replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    So many things have been brought up its hard to know where to start. I work in Australia for one, so I will mention australian nurses wages. two - I am also a qualified teacher and have a wife who...

  24. Nursing, is it really a profession

    pmchap replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    MMMMM what makes a professional, as an rn with a member I have too say - it is not that..... I think it has something to do with how we work with each other. I need to say I have only worked in...

  25. Air in IV lines

    pmchap replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    All interesting thoughts, the hook thing is good - what I have found that works well is to spike the bag upside down, half fill the chamber by squeezing the bag, clamp the line then hang the correst...