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  1. Sanders, McDermott push for single-payer health care

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I honestly don't think you are aware of what's in the law. Or the thousands of waivers that are being sought and arbitrarily granted or denied by

  2. Dear Faculty or Educators please reply :)

    jmqphd replied to lifein08's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach with some faculty members with exceptional expertise in particular clinical specialties... who then got their MSN's at one of the big on-line outfits. (The one that evokes a bird rising from...

  3. Clinical instructor with a BSN?

    jmqphd replied to Tina, RN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hard and fast. In our state you cannot be on faculty without a Masters degree. Additionally, a certain percentage of faculty at accredited schools must have MSN's (not education degrees). There are...

  4. Students behavior at clinical sites

    jmqphd replied to Calamazoo's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    We depend upon the nurses in these units giving us feedback. Last semester, we heard that one of our students was TEXTING!!! in the OR!!!! (We were unable to find out which one it was.) But we came...

  5. Care plans-any alternative clinical assignments?

    jmqphd replied to Donna9's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In our program it varies between semesters. Our clinical objective in the final (6th) semester is to organize the care for 2-4 stable patients. As such, we certainly expect students to prioritize...

  6. Vermont governor signs single-payer health law

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    yeah, well... if I don't like the decisions of my health carrier, I can leave it. May have to leave my job, or leave town... but I'm not forced to take one (as in "single", unitary, unique, without...

  7. Sanders, McDermott push for single-payer health care

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Long as Sanders and McDermott are willing to use the same health care system they force us to use... they will have my respect. Congress exempted themselves from Hillary Care. They exempt...

  8. Aaaagh!!! I want to run screaming from the room and pull my hair out!

    jmqphd posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Students come to us when they are failing or near failing, tears and frustration. They can't understand what is wrong. Maybe they have "test-taking problems". You probe and can find no...

  9. Pre-employment exams (medication / med-surg)

    jmqphd replied to ciao_bella's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I wonder if these exams are predictive of anything. On our Neuro-unit, we never had a nurse wash out for lack of knowledge (or, I guess a better way to put it... inability to learn). We have had...

  10. Stethoscope does not seem loud enough

    jmqphd replied to tag2007's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yeah... I have this problem with any stethoscope I use. The issue is that my ear canals are at a very sharp angle in the direction of my eyes (does that make sense?) In any case, I have to bend the...

  11. Need your advice

    jmqphd replied to Solumedrolbreak's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Sounds pretty black and white in terms of Workman's Comp. This should be a slam dunk. Are you able to work, or will you be able to work at your job as an RN with the residual caused by the

  12. Please help c this dilemma

    jmqphd replied to pomlover08's topic in Patient Medications

    Oh, yeah... you don't give it to two eyes when the order reads one. You just exceeded the Nurse Practice Act in our state, and I'd bet all the other 49 as well. Give them as ordered or hold them BUT...

  13. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    jmqphd replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If we are non-partisan and independent, why are our professional organizations so far to the left? (This is not a new thing.) Why were they totally in the tank for ObamaCare? Look at the catalogues...

  14. Aaaagh!!! I want to run screaming from the room and pull my hair out!

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

    I must say, that our school, from leadership on down is all about helping students succeed. We have open skills labs (6 hrs a day, 3 days/week) that all of us sign up to cover. The reason I posted...

  15. Florence Nightingale: Her continuing influence on global health

    jmqphd posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, I had to get some CE credits, and have a fondness for history (especially nursing history) and decided to take this class (on-line). What a bunch of cr*p. I think Miss Nightingale would be...

  16. A Short History of Anti-pathophysiologicalism

    jmqphd posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The college system in which I teach is calling a multi-campus-wide curriculum meeting. Rumor has it that the "bigs" want to tone down the pathophysiology in our Med-Surg Curriculum. I'm old. I've...

  17. A Short History of Anti-pathophysiologicalism

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

    I believe this happens because... science is hard. I'm not sure this is all about psychobabble, rather the people who have risen to the top of the heap and are "curriculum designers", have probably...

  18. How to positively help a really bad student

    jmqphd replied to redtshirt's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I sort of assume that you and I are probably practicing nursing in different countries, your educational and licensure system is not one with which I'm familiar. Nevertheless, it's clear our thinking...

  19. Mocking Teachers Online: A Student's Right?

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

    There is another side to how social media influences education. Very few faculty members these days are tenured. (College/University tenure systems are like a medieval guild.) There is actually a...

  20. Question? Advice?

    jmqphd replied to AngelsRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    HI... this may be a little bit off-topic and I don't want to hijack the OP. But your comment is interesting. In our area, the two main competing hospitals are in a cut-throat competition to...

  21. What do you/your school do about no-call/no-shows in clinical?

    jmqphd posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Student says she didn't have the instructor's number. Had a fairly lame excuse (feeling sick.) My students have my cell number. I tell them if they can't reach me they need to be in pre-clinical no...

  22. Nurses Rally for Health Care Funding

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is about taxing the Wall Street corporations that were bailed out by our tax money. They then gave their executives bonuses and foreclosed on homes. You are TOTALLY correct to be disgusted by...

  23. Nurses Rally for Health Care Funding

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Look... I am going to be on Medicare in a few years. Because that's what I want? No... that's how it is. While nurses are lobbying for increased Medicaid funding (what was Obama Care about????...

  24. Nurses Rally for Health Care Funding

    jmqphd replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/06/08/how-a-teachers-rally-made-me-anti-education/ I find it really interesting that a nurses union is holding a rally where they chant and agitate for Eeeeevil...

  25. How do you politely walk away or say no?

    jmqphd replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    Um... rubbing a patient's back used to be part of what we called AM and PM care, and it was expected that nurses would do it. (Different era. Hell, different century!) But it is not out of your...