RoxyDi

RoxyDi

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  1. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    RoxyDi replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you might want to brush up on assessment skills, gain more experience and also understand the unintended negative consequences associated with the use of technology. Neither people or...

  2. Health care administration - non nurses

    RoxyDi replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm sure your personal experiences are important, not everyone will have the same experiences with being managed by someone in or outside their field. I believe that in many cases, nurses MUST...

  3. A New Day: A New Psychological Contract with Night Nurses

    RoxyDi posted a topic in General Students

    Recently, I've read several articles in healthcare industry publications related to sleep deprivation and the unsafe conditions faced by medical students and residents, and how their work is...

  4. A New Day: A New Psychological Contract with Night Nurses

    RoxyDi replied to RoxyDi's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the information. What I meant about not seeing information about the topic is that in the publications I've seen (management, patient safety, risk management, health care industry in...

  5. Health care administration - non nurses

    RoxyDi replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    How can you manage nurses if you don't have more than a superficial knowledge of what their job entails? The same way people without management skills (nurses without management education) can manage...

  6. Health care administration - non nurses

    RoxyDi replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    Great points. My son in law recently graduated from MBA school and is in a corporate leadership program with a major health care company. I am about to graduate with an MHA and I have 30+ years...

  7. Health care administration - non nurses

    RoxyDi replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    I am with you, RiskManager. In my experience, more and more administrative positions are being filled with nurses, but that historically has not been so. I think the essential thing here is putting...

  8. Nursing Student with Learning Disability

    RoxyDi replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I echo supportive comments re: getting diagnosed for appropriate accommodations. When I graduated from a diploma program in 1981, I wanted to earn a BSN degree, but was petrified of having to take...

  9. Should I get my masters? 48 years old with 24 years experience

    RoxyDi replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    As a fellow nurse over 50 who has gone back to school twice now, starting at age 49, I agree that it is a great thing to do if you really do plan to use the degree. I was a diploma grad from the 70s...