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Instructors should maintain certifications and credentialing in their areas of expertise and teaching. Anything else is a waste of money and time. As mentioned before, how is requiring ACLS for a NICU nurse any more reasonable than requiring all facu...

I agree, FMLA is fantastic for those who use it as intended. Can I also say: AlsgalRN, I think you're amazing.

Just keep speaking over her when she interrupts. She can hold her questions until you are finished. She is being extremely rude.

The part of your post that makes me most uncomfortable is that others have noticed this person's strangeness/inappropriateness to the point that they took you aside and commented on it. There are all types of odd people in health care, but the fact t...

Peer evaluation with a rubric, as Moogie mentions above, can be helpful in some cases such as rating contributions to a group project, etc. However, giving any type of access to another student's grade is a FERPA violation and should not be done. T...

I would rather work minimum wage than someplace like that. I couldn't adequately care for 165 customers at a RESTAURANT, more or less 165 patients whose lives are in my hands. I like my license too well to agree to that. I hope you will find someplac...

I have been reading the thread on families adjusting to nursing school and was thinking that families also could use a positive but realistic "orientation" to what their SO/parent will experience in school. As a nursing faculty member, I am curious:...

It isn't dealt with, unfortunately. Despite the fact that best practices show that nurses need debriefing after such events, it never occurs. It hasn't in any of the places I've worked at. I think this is one of the worst things about health care. I'...

Research/evidence yes. Some nursing theories have value, but others I find laughable and completely divorced from the reality of nursing practice.

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Does your school use dosage calculation software such as eDose, ProCalc, or ATI dosage calculations software? If so, what do you think of it? Is it easy to use and helpful to you, and do you take a calculations exam using this software? Also, does yo...

Tait, I couldn't agree more. As a nursing instructor who works insane hours trying to ensure my students receive an education that prepares them for real-world nursing, the only thing I refuse to replicate is the cattiness of coworkers and the genera...

The most important thing to do, as others have mentioned, is to look at the dress code requirements for the school he plans to attend and the clinical sites where he would be placed, both in nursing school and as a CRNA. Here, students are not allowe...

I would like to ban rude visitors, small children who scream and play in the halls unattended, call lights, and smelly feet. Of course, many years ago my preceptor told me that if you remove the shoes for any unnecessary reason, you get what you dese...

Ours is outside and we love it! In terms of infection control, a smarter move would be to limit visitors to two at a time. I was in L&D the other day and there were no fewer than 40 family members, all clamoring to "see the new baby" who couldn't...

Thank you all for the responses! I appreciate your feedback!

I agree with the above (wtbcrna); I also have several true allergies leading to anaphylaxis, but the problem with treating the patient as if all listed allergies are equally valid can lead to lack of appropriate care. For example, if I accepted the p...

This may/may not apply to your situation, but I am a nursing instructor and it is painful when a student fails. It is difficulty to see someone's dreams shattered. Your instructor may seem distant because it is very painful to tell someone "I'm sorry...

I live in a non-unionized, right-to-work state. It would be more accurate to call it a right-to-get-fired-unjustly state. I watched 30+ excellent nurses who had been with the hospital for 15+ years be "let go". Mysteriously, it was only those nurses ...

I would do as others have suggested and check policy and bring this to the attention of her superiors. Although in most cases we do have a surplus of nurses, it still costs money to train someone new and get them "up to speed." A manager with common ...

As an instructor, I can say that it is not usually the school that needs to "get over it," but the clinical site. I could not care care less what tattoos, piercings, etc that my students have with the exception of anything that would possibly hurt th...

For new nurses: If in doubt of what to do- wash your hands and take a set of vitals, and ask for help. If no pulse/no resp and you freeze up --> call code, start compressions/bagging pt. Someone will come! The thing you spend all night worrying ab...

One other thing you might consider is trying to pair up with another mom with similarly aged children who has a different schedule. This has worked for a friend of mine, they exchange days of watching children. Also, if your school has an early child...

Reading through many of the posts, I see such common threads of feeling insecure, out of place, frightened, etc as a new student. It reminds me of feelings I felt as a new nursing student. I remember the very first day of clinicals; I felt like an al...

When she says things like "You are a good nurse" and "I know I can count on you to get things done" what she is really saying is "unlike everyone else." It is manipulation. If you don't want her to talk about you behind your back, don't listen to her...