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AJPV

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  1. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    AJPV replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, our teachers randomly shoot us with tazers while mocking us during lecture to see how motivated we are to teach

  2. Wikipedia Entry For The "Nursing Shortage"

    AJPV replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad the article talks about how a nursing shortage is defined (perceived inadequate ratio of nurses per capita). It is important to note that the presence of a "nursing shortage" does not mean...

  3. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    AJPV replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    my best teachers were not drill sergeants. in fact, some of my best teachers (my pediatrics instructors) only got their bsn within the last 3 or 4 years. they really focused on content that matters -...

  4. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    AJPV replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree. The fact is that thousands of QUALIFIED nursing school applicants are turned away each semester due to a shortage of schools & instructors. That means that those who...

  5. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    AJPV replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    A 50% fail rate sounds excessive to me. My class of 60 has probably lost only 5 or 6 (and they aren't lost forever, just need to repeat a course). Our school has a 94% NCLEX first-attempt pass rate. I...

  6. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    AJPV replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my final semester of an ADN program. All I can tell you is that every school probably has 1 or 2 of these types of teachers. You just have to make sure your main priority is to do everything...

  7. Advantages of Bedside Nursing

    AJPV replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree - I'm about to graduate and it is encouraging to hear from nurses who love

  8. IM injection

    AJPV replied to ender's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a newbie also... Given that Rocephin is such a pain (literally) to administer IM, is there a reason it isn't always administered IV instead? I'd sure rather have only one IV needle stick with a...

  9. Patient teaching speeches

    AJPV replied to srRN912's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I find that it helps keep the patient's attention if I stand behind a portable

  10. How to handle nurses who make rude comments

    AJPV replied to studentnursehelp's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of it depends on hwo good your clinical instructor is and how much he/she can do. My last instructor was awesome. She is only a few years post-graduation herself, so she knows what it's like to...

  11. New grad asked to resign during orientation need advice

    AJPV replied to Roxy518's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a mechanism for reporting this type of hospital behavior? Are they possibly seeking magnet status? I would think that the magnet accrediting agency would find their behavior quite...

  12. NEW GRAD, administering FLU SHOTS for the first time

    AJPV replied to studentkj's topic in General Nursing

    Same with me - currently in school & taught to aspirate. But it makes sense to me that this practice is being dropped. If I start asking every nurse I meet if they have ever aspirated an IM and...

  13. Know how long a MRSA pt. is infectious?

    AJPV replied to beachmom's topic in General Nursing

    I think patient response to MRSA treatment is extremely variable from one patient to another. There are lots of variables involved - the patient's immune status, the particular strain of MRSA and the...

  14. NEW GRAD, administering FLU SHOTS for the first time

    AJPV replied to studentkj's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember, there is rarely much pain at the time of the actual injection (you can remind your patients of that too!) The soreness doesn't really set in until a few hours later. I just got my shot...

  15. Sam-e supplement...patient taking..not sure its ok..

    AJPV replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    I have personal experience with an MD who is the head of the integrative medicine department at a large teaching hospital. She prescribes SAM-e quite frequently and her patients find it effective. But...

  16. Saline in a bottle not for injection?

    AJPV replied to Hushi05's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes! And they're treating really sick people with kidney disease (many of whom are immune-compromised uncontrolled

  17. For what can you lose your license?

    AJPV replied to psu_213's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Trying to "fix" mistakes you made by going back and creating false charting. Also, pre-charting assessment or meds. Or lying on your application to the state board, telling them you have no criminal...

  18. For what can you lose your license?

    AJPV replied to psu_213's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    .

  19. Touching blood without gloves

    AJPV replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Uggh! How do I unsubscribe from this thread??? It's getting really

  20. Difficulties Defining Scope of Practice

    AJPV replied to DanidelionRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with you about LPNs often having excellent skills. As an about-to-be-new-grad RN, I have no doubt that an LPN with several years experience is probably more knowledgable and has better skills...

  21. Difficulties Defining Scope of Practice

    AJPV replied to DanidelionRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Great thread! I'm finishing up school right now and realizing that there are tons of legal issues & conundrums we didn't discuss in school. I think LTC is a magnet for a lot of those issues. I...

  22. Touching blood without gloves

    AJPV replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    another story from my nursing instructor... a super long time ago, she worked with another nurse who incidentally had long acrylic nails (before hospitals banned those - that long ago!) this nurse was...

  23. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    AJPV replied to studentCL2009's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Forget about HIPAA, and even forget about the hospital's own HR policies. What about the fact that she is stealing her employer's time on FB during paid work hours? That issue doesn't even seem to be...

  24. Touching blood without gloves

    AJPV replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I don't step into my house wearing my hospital shoes. I take them off on the front porch, then go inside in my socks, retrieve my can of Lysol, then I spray the bottoms of my shoes til their soaked...

  25. Foley sterile field

    AJPV posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm practicing for a school checkoff doing a foley. Sterile technique is the biggest thing we're focusing on. There is a tray that sits in the top part of the box that the cath comes in. The tray...