RNbethy

RNbethy

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  1. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    RNbethy replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    Don't give me 4/5 on my writing ability for a single minor edit on a 10 page paper. Other instructors have given me exceptional grades for my writing, and this mark makes zero sense. Maybe 4.9/5 for...

  2. Finding the right time to sleep...

    RNbethy replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I'm starting the ICU pretty soon: Rotating from days to nights and back again. I rely on a good night sleep and am known to go to bed by 8 or 9 every night, rising by 3 or 4 am the next morning....

  3. Reliable nursing skills video?

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Staceym: Thank you so much for all these resources. They are helping me feel so much more prepared and confident. :):) I can't thank you

  4. Reliable nursing skills video?

    RNbethy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would like to improve my nursing skills - it doesn't seem like there's enough time in lab to practice... I was thinking that a nursing skills video would be extremely helpful, just to help me think...

  5. SIM Lab Help

    RNbethy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't know why I always struggle so much with Simulations - I think it's because there's so many of us working with SIM and I get confused with what I am supposed to be doing. I also feel a lack of...

  6. Night Shift in the ICU

    RNbethy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've heard that night shifts are slower, but in the ICU are they ever 'slower'? I am getting ready for a preceptorship in the ICU that includes 12 hour shifts, rotating from nights to days. I am a...

  7. Reliable nursing skills video?

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Oh my goodness these are GREAT and Lippincott is obviously reliable! Thank you so much for your help!!!!

  8. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm having some trouble in a clinical course with one of my instructors... My confidence is somewhat low, but I feel like she hasn't given me a real chance to demonstrate what I am capable of. For...

  9. ICU preceptorship

    RNbethy posted a topic in Critical Care

    I know that others have probably asked the question before, but I can't find it... I'm getting a ICU preceptorship in 2 months and want to review. What are the most common issues I should research?...

  10. ICU preceptorship

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Critical Care

    General ICU - Thanks for the

  11. Would just want to ask help for reaserch problem. :D

    RNbethy replied to Mark San Andres's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    By comprehensiveness, I just mean completeness. For example, does the nurse include ALL of the interventions necessary for exceptional care of the patient? GPA = grade point average. Perhaps GPA...

  12. Would just want to ask help for reaserch problem. :D

    RNbethy replied to Mark San Andres's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I guess you need to be a little bit more specific about "nursing interventions/care". Do you mean effectiveness of nursing interventions? Comprehensiveness of interventions? Satisfaction of patients...

  13. How to ensure validity and reliability in research?

    RNbethy replied to plethoraldork's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it's important to distinguish between a retrospective study and a systematic review as there seems to be a question about what the OP is actually doing here.... A systematic review compiles...

  14. Advantage to daytime versus evening clinical?

    RNbethy replied to mbf1986's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a morning person but preferred evening clinicals because it gave me more time to do patient research.... I would spend all morning on research and felt more prepared for each clinical day. When...

  15. How to ensure validity and reliability in research?

    RNbethy replied to plethoraldork's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To answer your question, I need more information. What is your research question and what is it that you are actually trying to measure? Validity means that you are actually measuring what you intend...

  16. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    thanks for the support! yes, it's good to be open to feedback... even if it takes a bit of thought! if my mind is closed, i lose out - if my mind is open, there is so much to gain

  17. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks Neena_RN for the advice to go where my interests are... The ICU is what interests me the most, so that is where I think I should go! My instructor is really awesome. She let me do another IV...

  18. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes.. I've heard the "myth" perpetuated by others at my school as well

  19. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Colleen RN2B: Sorry, I guess I did use the word judge. However, "judging" has a negative connotation - what I meant to say is: I don't think the teacher is EVALUATING me based on a fair assessment...

  20. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not failing - my GPA is near the very top of the class, which is why I got an ICU preceptorship position in the first place. I'll just try to learn from this experience and grow from it!!

  21. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For more than 50% of this course, the instructor has not been present. I saw her for maybe 3 minutes a day for the first few weeks....(i.e. she was not even on the unit). In the last week, she has...

  22. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I learned 30 or less... and then my instructor instructed me to insert at 45. This threw me off, and I started to doubt myself. Yes I would have liked a chance to discuss it before going in the...

  23. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    my instructor was struggling to understand the patient just as much as i was... there's tricks with communication that one can use that go beyond spoken language. i could have made an effort but was...

  24. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    GrnTea, some of what you said is correct... but some of it is taken out of context... Yes, I agree with the instructor that my confidence could use a boost. No, I don't agree with her that I should...

  25. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    RNbethy replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This has nothing to do with whether I like the instructor or not. I actually do. As far as safety is concerned, I can understand that she needs to show me how to do the IV. However, talking to a...