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So as new nursing students we keep getting told time and again, "Dont read into the question." Ok fine. We had a question recently: "A Native American patient has been refusing to take their medication or attend treatment, which of the following wou...

Yeah I didnt see their post about not knowing the rights of med administration until after I had already posted. While not knowing a full assessment makes sense (at least compared to my own program) not knowing the 6 rights of med administration by ...

Our school is set up similarly. We learn our assessment system by system, we arent cleared for a full assessment until the end of the first semester. As for your clinical instructor, I would discuss what happened with your lecture professor. Clinic...

This is going to happen. A lot! Dont sweat it. My gosh when I was still in the army and we were learning to give IVs we practiced on each other. By the end of the week, we looked like a support group for hemophiliac intravenous drug users. Frankly t...

We dont have a lot of info to go on. Are you in a ADN or BSN program? Are you in a public or for profit program? At our school clinicals are attached to a specific lecture course. While we have clinical instructors, they are generally not actual me...

For someone who keeps touting their intelligence I find it remarkable that you neither know how to use the quote button, nor type in grammatically correct paragraphs.

That they need to seek professional counseling, as this is a spectacularly bad idea and as you said they seem to be obsessed with it which can be unhealthy to this degree.

As a former cop whose been in lots of hospitals I can state, your facility should have a written policy for this.

I dont know what the nursing "culture" is but I agree with this. Nursing is a second career for me. However, the practice of listing your degree behind your name is generally tied to a career where you are licensed and the degree is part of that lic...

Our faculty is 75% DNP to PhD. The only EdD is the admissions director.

Normally I'd agree with you but the amount of whining in this thread by professionals who are supposed to care for and protect the some of the most vulnerable of our population, calling children who are 5, 6 or 7 years old "entitled" or "snowflakes."...

Oh I sincerely apologize that I wasnt here checking everyday for your reply in order to answer. I am a BSN student and abuse survivor. Oh yes thank you so much for correcting me on mistakenly advocating for abused children, so that you can rant a...

If you parent your child based on information from Facebook posts, you should be stripped of your parental rights and be denied the ability to bear more offspring. We need to stop the stupid people from breeding and raising more just like themselves...

So because they told you they had a camera, you admitted to something you know you didnt do? With 12 years of experience on the job? Either you arent being honest or you have a spectacularly bad decision.

Im not buying that. That is the single most boneheaded excuse Ive ever heard.

Ever consider its an abused or beaten or bullied child using the easiest excuse they can think of to come to what they perceive as a safe place with someone who wont judge them and is supposed to care? These arent small adults who throw tantrums over...

Nothing wrong with bashing anti-vaxxers. They place our entire population at risk through their sheer stupidity. Bash away. We had a nursing faculty member state last week that "there are many studies linking MMR and autism", also seemed to be comple...

Maybe you missed my first sentence? I was not longer speaking in context of the question. But speaking in terms of real life practices. Hence my final statement that....

UMass-Boston is $12,682 a year. Worcester State University is commutable from Boston and its instate tuition is $10k a year. Fitchburg State University is commutable from Boston is $10k a year. UMass Medical School in Worcester offers a direct ent...

I vote neither? 1. A ADN at a community college will take you just as long as the BSN at a university. And then you will still need to complete the BSN once hired. 2. Do NOT pay for a private school. $40k on top of already being $50k and THEN wanti...

Here are some relevant examples: People Are Freaking Out Over 'Racist' Nursing Textbook | Nurse.org These arent isolated incidents. Our current textbook has similar examples that are extremely derogatory to minorities and shows a profound amount of i...

NCLEX questions aside. Im fairly confident, even as a student, that if the adult under your care is: 1. Fully competent 2. Not a danger to themselves or others 3. Not involved in an emergent/traumatic situation 4. Has not given you permission to cont...

This is what Im curious about. I wonder if they just did the simple mass test or if they then sent the sample out for confirmation gas spectrometry testing.

You cant do triangle bandages, reductions or other techniques online. You have to build muscle memory. https://www.nols.edu/en/about/wilderness-medicine/medical-professionals/

I was joking! It was a joke. LOL Get some rest!