SweetOldWorld

SweetOldWorld BSN, RN

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  1. What do you think about the way Mr.BossMan has dealt with Charge nurse on my floor?

    SweetOldWorld replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, it's in our job description that we are able to function as charge after (I think) 6 months on the job. I think that's a good thing. Not everyone likes to be in charge but it's important...

  2. How important is statistics in nursing and nursing school?

    SweetOldWorld replied to miyhaka's topic in General Students

    I don't quite agree with this. Having a basic understanding of statistics allows you to read the nursing literature intelligently and can only improve your practice as a nurse. You don't have to...

  3. Is it looked down on if you go for BSN full time after graduation instead of working?

    SweetOldWorld replied to WDM08002's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't do clinicals in my RN to BSN program. Well, except for community health. It was pretty much expected that we worked during the program, because we drew on our work experiences for classroom...

  4. Hypothetical Question: What happens when the baby boomers retire?

    SweetOldWorld replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've worked with a few zombie nurses in my

  5. Entry to clinical research

    SweetOldWorld replied to Nishaji's topic in General Nursing

    Giving this a bump because I'm interested in the answers you might

  6. Transition from bedside to call center/triage?

    SweetOldWorld replied to Genista's topic in Telephone Triage

    I don't have any answers for you but I'm curious about the same thing. I'm considering leaving bedside nursing, but have the same reservations you do about not being able to go back easily if I change...

  7. First week of orientation down

    SweetOldWorld replied to hgorrondona's topic in Gastroenterology

    How is it going now? Not an experienced endo nurse, but considering my options, and would like to hear more about how your orientation is going. How do you like it so

  8. Letter of recommendation for student

    SweetOldWorld posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    A student I precepted has asked me to write a letter of recommendation for him. I am willing to do this. However, he wants me to send a general letter directly to him and he will then use it as...

  9. Letter of recommendation for student

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

    Whispera, thanks for your reply! Do you send the letters to students electronically? I was thinking of writing it in Word, but then saving as a PDF file so that it couldn't be altered. Putting your...

  10. As basic decency slips away....We watch them die and do nothing.........

    SweetOldWorld replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. A water rescue poses serious risks. I'm sure we've all heard stories about would-be-rescuers drowning along with the victim. Incidentally, the local fire department's water rescue program was...

  11. Want to be a Med-Surg Nurse

    SweetOldWorld replied to newyorkgroove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    36 is

  12. Electrical cord inside the Foley, pt from ICU

    SweetOldWorld replied to Asystole RN's topic in General Nursing

    I do think you're on to something here... this could be very useful in OB to give babies something to listen to while they're waiting to be

  13. JIT (Just-In-Time) management applied to staffing levels

    SweetOldWorld replied to SunDazed's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me Toyota has been in the news in recent months for an entirely different reason. Hmmm, maybe cutting things too closely doesn't always work out so

  14. What constitutes a preceptor?

    SweetOldWorld replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    We get nothing extra for precepting

  15. clinical instructor calls me air head

    SweetOldWorld replied to medsurg911's topic in General Students

    What is a colonoscopy bag? And what do other nurses' errors (if those even are errors) have to do with you? Especially if more than one person is expressing concern, best to listen to what they're...

  16. Nursing students who do not understand what nursing is about

    SweetOldWorld replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    It's

  17. Patients dead from infected IV's....

    SweetOldWorld replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    Fascinating. I wonder what other biological experiments were carried out that remain

  18. Patients dead from infected IV's....

    SweetOldWorld replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    A high number of patients on TPN developed Serratia marcescens bacteremia. It wasn't that hard to figure out. Two of the hospitals reported it right away when they saw the unusual increase, and the...

  19. What is the difference between CT scan And MRI

    SweetOldWorld replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!

  20. Are you insulted????

    SweetOldWorld replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they observed how competently you cared for your husband and thought you really have the right stuff to be a good nurse. When I was a new nurse, there were many days when I longed for a job...

  21. What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

    SweetOldWorld replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on where you work. At my job, it's helpful to know what the doctors look like and which ones have really bad handwriting so you can catch them before they leave. That will save you a...

  22. Not really sure if this is okay.

    SweetOldWorld replied to endlessdays's topic in General Nursing

    What does your facility's policy

  23. A Sentinel Event........

    SweetOldWorld replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    APIC has some good info about infection control-related sentinel events.

  24. Would you allow someone with 4 misdeameanors to be admitted to a nursing school...?

    SweetOldWorld replied to jfisher23's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Maybe he was just yanking your chain. And BTW, the word is voilà, not WALLAH. Sorry, but that's a pet peeve of

  25. competency/skills checklist for each area of nursing

    SweetOldWorld replied to cnastud2b's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And where do you think you're going to be using these skills? You do understand that RN stands for registered nurse, don't you? Practicing nursing without a license is against the