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  1. Limitations on Nursing Student Experiences

    lub dub replied to nurseethel's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    These restrictions sound perfectly reasonable. The safety of the patient is of utmost

  2. Kind of a silly question...

    lub dub replied to eyesopen_mouthshut's topic in General Students

    Very good question. Dress in a professional manner (NO jeans), bring pen & paper for taking notes, and please please please, turn off your cell phone & put it away during the

  3. Please help

    lub dub replied to knicks11554's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you in nursing school? Don't you have resources there, i.e. tutoring services, instructors, other

  4. Resume and cover letter Help!!

    lub dub replied to rahema03's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Resumes That Knock Em Dead and Cover Letters That Knock Em Dead, both written by Martin Yate, are excellent resources for this type of thing. In addition, there are lots of online resources available....

  5. Failed Nursing School 2 yrs ago..Go back? (Long Post)

    lub dub replied to Holly2013's topic in General Students

    Listen to your "inner voice". You said that you're afraid that you "can't handle" nursing school again. Like they say, a goal without a plan is a dream. If you can put together a solid plan, where you...

  6. Accredited Online LPN school in MI

    lub dub replied to nikintraining's topic in School, College Programs

    I've never heard of an LPN --> BSN program. I don't think they exist. Go for your RN

  7. I am having a hard time getting into a Nursing school.

    lub dub replied to NSEEK's topic in School, College Programs

    The last group of admissions to the school I teach at took in had an average GPA of 3.8! (This is in Florida.) Sadly, you may need to change your career

  8. Mandatory Meeting With CNO

    lub dub replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, would you rather the CNO try to fix your floor's retention problem without speaking to the staff nurses? The tone of your post makes me think that you have a bit of a negative attitude towards the...

  9. "bad" evaluations given by students of faculty

    lub dub replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I've found (after 8 years of teaching in an associate degree nursing program) that students with good grades give favorable evaluations, and students with bad grades give unfavorable evaluations. It...

  10. Would you give a drug someone else pulled from a pyxis?

    lub dub replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, I

  11. Help..teaching med-Surg

    lub dub replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Can you get PowerPoints / lecture notes from other instructors in the program? For better or worse, students these days expect PowerPoints for everything! I like to mix in case studies (are there good...

  12. post conference

    lub dub replied to suni's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I like to use the "what did you learn today?" every once in a while. it makes the students actually think about what they did that

  13. Driving to clinicals

    lub dub replied to mysnurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I live 3 miles from where I do my clinicals. And I live about 20 minutes from where I lecture. Guess I'm

  14. 8 fired (3 Nurses) for refusing flu shot.

    lub dub replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thusfar, the nurses have not given valid "religious" reasons for declining to get the flu vaccines. They's rather run the risk of infecting their

  15. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    lub dub replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU, SICU

    Propofol, all the

  16. The Post-interview Follow up letter

    lub dub replied to Anniehow's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Email appears to be acceptable these days for this type of communication. Having said that, I would send out the email later on the same day as the interview. That type of promptness will impress the...

  17. New to Education

    lub dub replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I would STRONGLY suggest getting a

  18. Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    lub dub replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A member of my family suffers from dementia, & I find nothing funny or cute about it. There is a thread elsewhere on this site that talks about the elderly being devalued, & I thought of this...

  19. Non-weight-based heparin infusions

    lub dub posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Is anyone here using a non-weight-based heparin protocol for dosing patients on heparin drips? I heard of a hospital near me that is switching to this, due to excessive errors being made by nurses...

  20. Non-weight-based heparin protocol

    lub dub posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Is anyone here using a non-weight-based heparin protocol for dosing patients on heparin drips? I heard of a hospital near me that is switching to this, due to excessive errors being made by nurses...

  21. Scrubs and Infection Control

    lub dub replied to nick7331's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There was a hospital near me a few years ago that had an increase in post-op CABG infections. The source was eventually found to be a surgeon who was bringing dog germs from home into the O.R. on his...