puggymae

puggymae

OB, NP, Nurse Educator

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  1. teaching physical assessement

    puggymae replied to mdavidfnp's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I also teach in an LPN program. Starting last semester as a faculty we decided to do less teaching, and do more facilitating. That meant doing away with alot of lecturing and coming up with more...

  2. Have you had a gastric bypass or lap-band procedure?

    puggymae posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking for success and horror stories related to these procedures. I have a family member considering this surgery - the closest hospital/surgeon that performs these is over 100 miles away from...

  3. Have you had a gastric bypass or lap-band procedure?

    puggymae replied to puggymae's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, these were things I wanted to hear. My sister is thinking about having the surgery and we want to know the good, the bad, and the

  4. Is becoming a nurse harder now?

    puggymae replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I think school is harder because nursing is more

  5. I Was Accepted Into Nursing school and now I'm so scared. I have more people telling

    puggymae replied to SCgirl07's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on being accepted into nursing school! I think people like "scaring" people - have you ever heard a bunch of women talking about having a baby to someone who never has? It is normal...

  6. Students who fail

    puggymae replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach first level Pharmacology - I lost 12 out of 40. I lose 10-15 out of this course every semester. I find it interesting that I offer group and one on one tutoring starting from the first day...

  7. Dog and Pony Show --A Nursing School Rant!!

    puggymae replied to Ohmygosh's topic in General Nursing

    If contacting the dean, your adivsor, the registrar.... doesn't work, try the local news station. When our students had a problem with the book store and financial aid the news truck showed up and...

  8. Med Terms

    puggymae replied to mandirocker's topic in General Nursing

    Our school requires medical terminology as a pre-req. Since the medical field has its own language the people that work in that field need to be "fluent" in that

  9. Deathbed visions

    puggymae replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I have cared for many patients who spoke of little children dressed in white sitting by their beds watching them or talking to them. Usually the patients die within a day or so of starting to mention...

  10. Difficulty with a CNA

    puggymae replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Nip it in the bud! When you see something not done correctly you need to confront the CNA right then - and have them redo it (and redo it, and redo it) until you are satisfied. If it happens more...

  11. Benadryl without an order

    puggymae replied to ncrachuj's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't give it either. If it was the charge nurse who suggested that you use "common sense" I would go to them and have them give it if s/he thinks it is okay to

  12. Christmas Gift for your unit from docs

    puggymae replied to fetch33's topic in General Nursing

    Ink pens they obtained from drug reps!

  13. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    puggymae replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    If you work Christmas Eve you shouldn't have to work Christmas Day. And if you get off at 0700 it is stupid to think that you could come back in at 1500. I would not do it. If I got fired I would...

  14. Students who fail

    puggymae replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In the program I teach passing is 78%. When students fail with a 77% they lament "I only needed one point." Or "I failed by one question." When in fact they failed by a whole percentage point which...

  15. oral liquid potassium is bitter

    puggymae replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    If someone can drink it undiluted they are a better person than I am! I always dilute

  16. How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    puggymae replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from an Associates program, then decided I wanted to be a FNP. There wasn't a bridge program so I had to go get my BSN. I did not learn one additional thing about bedside nursing/patient...

  17. What is the biggest frustration for nursing students?

    puggymae replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    One big frustration for students is that in clinical there isn't "enough of me" to go around for everybody. Alot of times there is a "line" waiting for me to check medications or do procedures. Our...

  18. competency (skills) fair

    puggymae replied to totomel's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I love doing these kinds of events. We do one for our students every semester as a refresher. A "Casino" is really fun - give them play money to "spend." A really popular one had a "Survivor"...

  19. fellow nursing student needs help

    puggymae replied to beth38's topic in General Nursing

    If she cannot talk to the instructor then she needs to go up the chain of command one step and talk to that person. However she really needs to talk to the instructor and find out EXACTLY what the...

  20. Does your work call you at 0530?

    puggymae replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Not only did I get called at all hours of the day or night, once when I was sitting in the dentist chair having a root canal done the receptionist brought me the portable phone and said it was an...

  21. Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    puggymae replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    As I laid in my bed 2 hours post op after having my gall-bladder removed (open) the daughter of the woman in the next bed (who was near death due to brain cancer) said to me "I am wore out, since your...

  22. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    puggymae replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I teach Pharm and all students have to do a site check off (pass/fail). I teach in an LPN program, and we get alot of students who came from RN programs (flunked out) who cannot pass the Pharm...

  23. Chemically Dependent Nurses

    puggymae replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    If you work with a person who you suspect is stealing drugs and is impaired if you do not report them you are as guilty as they are. I have reported several nurses over the years to our nurse manager...

  24. Who thinks this stuff up, anyway??

    puggymae replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would tell you, but then they will come and kill

  25. Nursing educators- salaries

    puggymae replied to ginat113's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Wilburs Mom - It sounds like to me that you are between a rock and a hard place - a difficult place to be. You should be paid for the work you do. Period. In Kentucky the BON dictates how many...