puggymae

puggymae

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  1. Slow Clinical Days

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

    I always keep a supply of pretty complicated math problems in my lab coat pocket. I also have some scenarios on index cards that I call "What would you do? that I let them work on. My post...

  2. Do you know a nurse who has had their license taken away for unsafe practice?

    puggymae replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    I have never personally known anyone to lose their license for anything other than misuse of narcotics - and unfortunately I know quite a few of

  3. Is there power in the color white?

    puggymae replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    I take students to clinical two days a week. I am from the "old school" - I still wear white pressed uniforms, white hose, white polished shoes and my cap. Patients often put their call light on and...

  4. Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    puggymae replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    As a clinical instructor I have had students vomit - and I don't get hysterical about it or yell at them - you have to learn to get control over those impulses. Even after 22 years I occasionally...

  5. Are Most Workplaces Like This to Newcomers?

    puggymae replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why some nurses are so territorial - I have worked with many nurses who treat newbies and students like crap. I was treated like the proverbial red headed step child when I first started...

  6. need some advice before I go talk to my teacher?!

    puggymae replied to MyEBee's topic in General Nursing

    At the school where I teach you cannot come to clinical if you have any restrictions - having to wear a mask would fall under a restriction. Talk to your instructor - with the time frame the program...

  7. Desperate !!

    puggymae replied to mika1's topic in General Nursing

    Look on the website for Angelfoodministries.com to see if there is a participating church near your area. Also ask the VFW, Knights of Columbus, and any other group you can think of for even $50 to...

  8. struggling financially while in school

    puggymae replied to soon_2Bnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do you qualify for WIA? Or voc rehab? If it will only be for four months just try to hang in there - can you borrow money from someone? Take a small bank loan? Can your husband or oldest son take a...

  9. Will I Be Too Old??

    puggymae replied to walktheline's topic in General Nursing

    You are never too old to persue your dreams. I had a 67 year old woman in my ADN class - she had been a grade school teacher for all her life and hated it - she said she hated the kids, and they...

  10. RN school and tattoos?

    puggymae replied to DirtRoads's topic in General Nursing

    Our school has a no visible tattoo and piercing policy - because the sites where we do clinicals have those policies. We are located in the rural south and it is just not very well accepted by...

  11. is it always going to be like this?

    puggymae replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    I have had days too numerous to count that were just like you described. Fair? No. Safe? Probably not. Going to happen again? Yes. Unfortunately the low man on the totem pole usually gets dumped...

  12. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    puggymae replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    Does this nurse do a good job as a supervisor? Are her clinical skills sharp? Does she have good leadership/management skills? Does she have many years of experience? There must be some reason she...

  13. Yet another "what does this mean"

    puggymae replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Students

    Are you sure it is PT and INP? If it were PT & INR PT stands for

  14. what do you think of this?

    puggymae replied to greenbird's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is great. The first day of school I always pass some old ones around the class for them to look at. I tell them "this is what happens when you do dumb stuff like stealing narcotics. If...

  15. narcotic use by staff

    puggymae replied to moodychick's topic in General Nursing

    No it doesn't seem far fetched to me at all that someone would become a nurse in order to have access to narcotics. A person I went to high school with showed up 10 years after graduation as an RN at...

  16. Pharmacology Math help needed

    puggymae replied to leeniebeanie_2767's topic in General Nursing

    grain 1/15 = 4 mg (1/15 X 60 = 4) grain 0.1 = 6 mg (0.1 x 60 = 6) order: 4 mg available: 6 mg Divide 4 by 6 = 0.66 Next you need to multiply 0.66 times the quantity and that piece is missing in the...

  17. Dosage Calculations

    puggymae replied to minnielynn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I teach dosage calculations - the reason many students are unsuccessful in my class is one of two things: 1 - they cannot do simple elementary school math calculations. You don't have to be able to...

  18. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    puggymae replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    Just wondering Ex-Techie if you passed your math

  19. Need Help with Presentation on Nervous System... Any Ideas???

    puggymae replied to mummyof3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Anytime you do a presentation you need to have a plan - so you need to ask yourself several questions: how long is this presentation suppose to last? what are the objectives of this presentation...

  20. PREGNANT while in nursing school??

    puggymae replied to lovinla23's topic in General Students

    Whenever you are pregnant and in nursing school you have to worry about complications in your pregnancy and what the consequences would be. In our program you cannot come to clinical with any...

  21. Gross Out Co-Worker

    puggymae replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    The next time she toots I would fan my face and say something - she keeps doing it because you guys ignore it. Maybe since you do ignore it she doesn't think it stinks - I don't know. As far as the...

  22. A little pep talk might help me

    puggymae replied to jennyflick's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Jennyflick - as an adult learner and a faculty member - almost all adults want an A all the time. Competition in the classes I teach is phenomenal as they all try to get an A, and keep others from...

  23. Uncooperative Lab Partner

    puggymae replied to shining_star28463's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree - you are paying for an education - you deserve to be with a partner who is positive and can help you. I would talk it over with your

  24. Friends are frustrating me..Anyone in same situation?

    puggymae replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Students

    My room-mate while I was in nursing school was studying political science and wanted to be a member of the White House Diplomatic Corp . She nagged me all the time about how "boring" I was until one...

  25. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    puggymae replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    I think the math exam is fair - if each question were a real patient they are going to let you kill one and still pass! That is pretty lenient. I think that missing one day a semester for clinical...