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  1. Sr. Nsg Student: can someone pls help . . .

    bookwormom replied to i_heart_nursing's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    A contact hour is a unit used to qualntify continuing education. I think you need to contact your state board to see if contact hours earned before licensure can be applied to the contact hours...

  2. Am I being underpaid?

    bookwormom replied to teresa41's topic in General Nursing

    Just for comparison. Several years ago the DON job was open at a (chain operated) nursing home in my area. 60 odd beds. Starting salary $60 K. They have gone thru several DONs. Finally got one with an...

  3. discouraged educator

    bookwormom replied to 19Claire59's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    As an educator of prenursing and sophomore nursing students, I am troubled by schools with a high attrition rate. Sure, some students aren't going to make it in any major or course or study. But when...

  4. clinical simulation dummies

    bookwormom posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Does anyone have experience to share about the new high tech dummies which have breath sounds, ekg, etc? Our dummies are wearing out and we're thinking of buying new ones. I'm wondering which of...

  5. BSN to MD

    bookwormom replied to samswwjd's topic in General Nursing

    I have known of students with a BSN going on to obtain a MD. A nursing background would certainly give you a patient focused outlook. Still, I am concerned that you are considering nursing as a second...

  6. BON-No Background Check??

    bookwormom replied to wildcats's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps they assume this has been carried out by your school as a requirement for

  7. Night Sweats...Why?

    bookwormom replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    SSRIs can cause sweating (big time), but I vote for

  8. Ok here is a wierd one, Urine Smell

    bookwormom replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in General Nursing

    How about meds? Here is an interesting link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Modafinil#Urine_smell_of_sulphur.3F Of course asparagus gives a wierd smell too, but not everyone notices

  9. Directed pushing

    bookwormom replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope you won't mind a question from a non- OB nurse. With my third baby, when I was pushing (in the traditional method as discussed above), one of the nurses was simultaneously pushing hard on my...

  10. Medicare and following diabetics

    bookwormom replied to grannynurse FNP student's topic in General Nursing

    I am in a diabetes program for state employees. It involves counseling q month X3 then q 3mo indefinitely, I think. The counseling is provided by a pharmacist . The advice has been generally good. WT...

  11. I'm falling for my PRECEPTOR

    bookwormom replied to IMA's topic in General Nursing

    Here's something to think about: sexual harassment. If you express feelings that aren't reciprocated, this might be seen as sexual harassment. If you two exchange subtle sexual innuendos in the work...

  12. ADN or BSN please read before you flame

    bookwormom replied to tankandroxy's topic in General Nursing

    No disagreement with any of the prior posts, but I believe BSNs make more to start at the Veterans Administration Hosp and some state facilities. Only a concern if the VA has a hospital near you...

  13. Concept mapping guidance needed

    bookwormom replied to dlocke101's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If you can find it, there is software called "Inspiration" that can be used to make very easy concept maps. (Check the web). Then, a click on the button, and it generates an outline based on the...

  14. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    bookwormom replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    ***"Do you support this NANDA diagnosis? Or do you feel that this diagnosis threatens the legitamacy of our profession? Nanda still stands behind it. What are your thoughts? "*** I thought it might be...

  15. Doctorate for Advanced Practice Nursing??

    bookwormom posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I read an article in a nurse practitioner journal a few days ago that said there is a move for all advanced practice nurses to be educated at the doctoral level by 2015. (It wouldn't affect anyone...

  16. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

    bookwormom replied to ZZTopRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Until last year I also worked part time in a psych facility, and I agree that sometimes pts say such sweet and heartbreaking

  17. Glossary of Nursing/Medical Degrees-Certifications & Allied Heath Certifications

    bookwormom replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    D Litt et Phil South African Doctoral degree-- Doctor of Lterature and Philosophy --this is the doctoral degree for nurses at the University of South

  18. Can we get rid of the Apothecary system?

    bookwormom replied to bookwormom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have been told that apothecary math questions still occur on the NCLEX. Can this be correct? If so, we would have to cover it. The nursing Math for Meds texts still include it. I would rather...

  19. Can we get rid of the Apothecary system?

    bookwormom posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    It seems to me that teaching apothecary conversions takes a lot of time that could be put to better use educationally. Surely if it is in use anywhere, it is an error waiting to happen. What would it...

  20. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    bookwormom replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    [ However, is this the kind of energy field we have been talking about that apparently surrounds people? And, if one finds a diagnosis of an altered energy field on a patient's chart, exactly what...

  21. Pass-Fail Clinical Grades. Are educators lazy?

    bookwormom replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach Fundamentals of Nursing clinicals. We used to be P/F. Now we give a grade. I think giving the grade is a bit ( only a bit) more time consuming. However, graded or not, writing extensive...

  22. surviving theory class

    bookwormom replied to mtnmom's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Whoops--should have flunked math. It was 27 years ago, but it seems

  23. surviving theory class

    bookwormom replied to mtnmom's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I took nursing theory 37 years ago (!!!!!) and we talked so much about Orem that I still have a knee jerk reaction. I had straight As and then handed in the last paper late. The paper was graded by a...

  24. Doctorate for Advanced Practice Nursing??

    bookwormom replied to bookwormom's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It is wonderful to teach, but without a doctorate, preferably a PhD, colleges and universities are unlikely to award tenure and one is seen, at the university level anyway, as a "just a clinical...

  25. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    bookwormom replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I think we have gotten a little bit away from the nsg dx of altered energy field, but I have some thoughts on spiritual distress. Making a referral to clergy may be appropriate, but first we need to...