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  1. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "i also do not understand the relationship of you and the student. are you the school nurse? or a nursing instructor? is the student a minor or adult? what is the relationship and responsibility...

  2. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was just reading something about this subject, and it made me think. It says that acute renal failure can be a cause or effect of elevated blood pressure. She says she has a UTI now which has been...

  3. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a good trick, to call the paramedics. But I'm not sure if that would violate the students' rights to call 911 without her permission? Another thing I could've done, since I was in the...

  4. The Nurse's Role in Providing Spiritual Care - Is It OK to Pray?

    conscientiousnurse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "I agree that a health setting is not the place for prosletising too, but if a patient asked me about my faith I think it overides what I do as a nurse. Although great care is needed here." This...

  5. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    True. I teach nursing assistants, and we were at clinical in a nursing home. I was checking off another student on B.P. skill, and I was shocked when I heard the reading. I will talk to my school...

  6. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the comments! She didn't want to go home even though I told her I wouldn't count her down for going home early, and said another student was her ride home also. I should have probably...

  7. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was hoping some of you urgent care nurses or office nurse could help me with this question. Or is it more appropriate to put on the emergency nursing

  8. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    today i had a student i was teaching who had a bp of 188/124. what would you have done in this situation? she says she recently saw the doctor and had a normal b.p., but is having problems with...

  9. Why is it always "Fire the nurse"

    conscientiousnurse replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "read this and see how little we are respected arizona nurse has license threatened by doctor after providing patient education | the nerdy nurse" i looked at that link and was shocked that this...

  10. hypertensive emergency?

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Telephone Triage

    Today I had a student I was teaching who had a BP of 188/124. What would you have done in this situation? She says she recently saw the doctor and had a normal B.P., but is having problems with...

  11. Seven-year-old girl dies of peanut allergy at school...

    conscientiousnurse replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    "If you witnessed a child in anaphylaxis, would you administer another child's epi pen?" I heard of a story where there was a field day at school, and a nurse used another child's Glucagon to help a...

  12. Practicum

    conscientiousnurse replied to wells1081's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am a nurse teaching at a private CNA school and may be able to help a little. But could you please clarify: what and where is the practicum you are doing? I have not passed through an MSN program...

  13. Seven-year-old girl dies of peanut allergy at school...

    conscientiousnurse replied to caregiver1977's topic in School

    It's very sad, of course. But perhaps some good might come of it for the sake of other kids. In the state of WA, the death of a child at a school field trip triggered the life-threatening condition...

  14. Incorporating One's Faith into One's Work

    conscientiousnurse replied to Lilnurse0803's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I really like the above two comments. I am a Christian and have been in nursing many years, and recently started being a teacher for nursing assistants. This has caused me to think about how I should...

  15. Had interview for SDC

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I had an interview at a LTC facility for a staff development/infection control nurse. I read another post by a nurse that said all the things she had to do in LTC as a SDC (give PPDs to all the staff...

  16. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

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

    Hello! I am currently a nursing assistant teacher also, in a private school (3 week). I recently applied for a position in a community college as a program director for their nursing assistant...

  17. CNA training program, manual

    conscientiousnurse replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello! I recently applied for a position in a community college as a program manager for their nursing assistant training. I am currently an NA instructor somewhere else but want to be able to prove,...

  18. I need to assess my student their practical skills of measuring vital sIGNS

    conscientiousnurse replied to ubsjl's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach nursing assistants, and this is how we evaluate.: We use a double stethoscope to listen to the blood pressure readings, and the student's finding must be within 8 mm Hg of ours. We also take...

  19. confused about insulin

    conscientiousnurse replied to supervisorhatchet's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I don't know what the state surveyors would say about this subject. But this is the way we did it when I worked in a school.: We gave the insulin based on the carb counts, but sometimes we could give...

  20. new nursing assistant teacher

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

    Thanks for your reply! Maybe something like having the other students sign off that they actually are practicing a certain number of skills, and bringing this paper to me at the end of the day. Giving...

  21. new nursing assistant teacher

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello! I'm a new NA teacher in a 3-week school. Are there any others like me out there that have any advice to offer? My main question is how to be able to get all the students tested for all their...

  22. NA class: students being idle

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi, again! I am a new teacher at a 3-week nursing assistant course. It is very fast-paced, and we depend on the students using their time well so they'll be able to pass the course and the state CNA...

  23. Dealing with difficult situations during teaching

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello! I just interviewed for a job teaching nursing assistants. In order to qualify to teach additional classes, I was given an application which the state requires to fill out, which includes these...

  24. Dealing with difficult situations during teaching

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

    Thanks so much for the helpful comments, Whispera! I'll try to find out more about the job. I will consider what you said. However, since I don't have any solid teaching experience so far and don't...

  25. What do you think of this agency? Transition to home care

    conscientiousnurse posted a topic in Home Health

    I have an interview Monday at Waterford Home Health for a part-time case manager position. This is a home health position doing initial and continuing home visits. I do not have experience in hospital...