SHGR MSN, RN, CNS

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    Adjunct Faculty a.k.a. 'Academic Sharecroppers'

    SHGR replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm going to present another point of view here. I took an adjunct position with one day a week of clinical. It gets my foot in the door, it's a chance to stretch my skill set, and it's actually...
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    Nurse-Midwife vs. Psych. NP

    SHGR replied to Anony12's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Pro tip: one shouldn't pursue either of these without the certainty of wanting it, and what it entails. How to know that? Work in the field as an RN, and shadow the advanced practitioner to see what...
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    Concern for Type I diabetic

    SHGR replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    I think this may be the big clue here. How many middle school kids do ANYTHING independently (much less manage a complex condition like T1DM which is difficult for adults including health care...
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    Got any advice for new adjunct instructor?

    SHGR posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I picked up a side gig as a clinical instructor. It starts tomorrow. I feel a little overwhelmed. It's not directly my area of expertise, but something that I deal with indirectly all day every...
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    Got any advice for new adjunct instructor?

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

    Thanks for asking! I had my students at the site for the first time yesterday. It went really well! It was really our orientation day, getting oriented to the site and to behavioral health and...
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    manual or electronic BPs in your clinic?

    SHGR replied to SHGR's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks again for all of your responses. I am presenting at our monthly QI meeting this week and will mention "standard practice at other noncritical care settings based on responses from active...
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    Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    SHGR replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In sixth grade I missed two weeks of school due to varicella. I have a lot of scarring from it that really looks worse with time, believe me! I had them EVERYWHERE. Every mucus membrane, down my...
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    New job after 25 years!!

    SHGR replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, telephone triage and telephonic case management. It takes some getting used to. It is real
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    New job after 25 years!!

    SHGR replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Telephonic nursing is indeed challenging. You can't just pull the covers off of someone and do a head to toe. All you have is what they sound like on the phone. If you have access to the chart,...
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    Got any advice for new adjunct instructor?

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

    Thanks, JBudd! I will keep these in mind. We had lab the first day and then orientation is the second clinical day. These are third semester students and they seem like a strong group, which is...
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    Area of nursing with greatest amount of vomit

    SHGR replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Nursing

    I saw lots of vomit on a med-surg/oncology floor. Lots of post-ops, lots of GI, lots of chemo. Meh,
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    SHGR replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    Especially because you "didn't really need to
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    Preceptor Problems - Advice needed

    SHGR replied to dragonfire123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just viewed a webinar on why talking to pts and explaining what you are doing cuts down on patient distress and increases satisfaction with care received. This link explains what I am talking about...
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    ALERT: Nonsterile IV saline sent to facilities

    SHGR replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It should have NOT FOR HUMAN USE in big letters on it. This sounds like a dangerous product
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    Need to network with Care Coordinators who deal with Medicare patients in private practice

    SHGR replied to asabau87's topic in Case Management

    We use Crimson Care Management from the Advisory board company to manage some of these aspects (transitions and complex care). It sends real time email alerts for transitions which I love. It may...
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    Why can't hospitals do better?

    SHGR replied to ORNurseCOS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

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    Question about psychiatric experience

    SHGR replied to RHIA, RN's topic in Psychiatric

    If they don't explicitly state something like "five years experience in inpatient psychiatric unit" that you haven't done, this sounds like strong psych experience to me. What is the rate of...
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    I'm an MSN now!

    SHGR posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I graduated last night. Can't believe it's all over. I still have to take the AGCNS exam. But the school and clinical hours are
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    Anyone applying to PhD programs?

    SHGR posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am finding that the PhD application and preparation process is quite different from applying to MSN or DNP programs. I was going to apply to the local state university PhD nursing program, but...
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    Anyone applying to PhD programs?

    SHGR replied to SHGR's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks, llg! I have indeed spent a lot of time perusing the different faculty members' active research interests. The few nursing faculty whose interests are germane to my own are phasing into...
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    manual or electronic BPs in your clinic?

    SHGR replied to SHGR's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I need to do a more thorough lit search on BP in very obese individuals- but here is one example Palatinia, P and Parati, G (2011).Blood pressure measurement in very obese patients: a challenging...
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    Complaining about your employer, loudly, at nurses' station

    SHGR replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People don't need to ask me whether I like what I do. I enjoy my work and it shows in my attitude and the quality of my work itself. Even so, it's just like any other personal question at work-...
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    Sure didn't expect this!

    SHGR replied to thegreenmile's topic in Retired Nurses

    Maybe this is regional or site-dependent. I see nurses hired for telephone triage and care coordinator jobs that have long and broad careers, hired for their knowledge and experience. Or it could be...
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    Social Skills in Nursing: The Art of Validation

    SHGR replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, like Goleman's
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    Why can't hospitals do better?

    SHGR replied to ORNurseCOS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This thread took a good turn here. I think people hear phrases like "cancer warrior" and "lost her courageous battle with cancer" and really, there were other alternatives all along. No, not...