Agree with everything posted. At the end of every lecture, I make sure to go over the reading due for next class. Last week, I began my lecture by asking very basic questions straight from the...
A few years ago, I took care of a mom and baby who had a rough start. They didn't speak much English, and the mother would ring out literally every few minutes, usually to have her bedside table...
daisybaby replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Believe me, once the dust settled I had a word with the unit director, and then the doc, in private. He apologized profusely, and we had a pretty congenial working relationship from there on in. You...
daisybaby replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students
Well, I guess you could look at it this way- it will be good practice for when the docs yell at you (and it will happen). You really haven't been yelled at until a doc screams at you (for something...
Thank you so much for your reply! I really think this is something I will love doing, so I may take you up on your offer on clinical ideas (I'm talking like I already have the job!). Sounds like you...
Thanks for your replies.....I promised myself early on I wouldn't be the power-tripping instructor who is "out to get" students. I don't like getting yelled at by docs, and I won't yell at students....
I can only speak for acute care, but several capital district hospitals are paying around $36/hour. No benes, no shift diff. I don't know that your ICU experience would net you an increase, and most...
Hi! I'm considering applying for an adjunct faculty position in an upstate NY LPN program, and it would be really helpful to know about what goes on during labs and clinicals from a student's...
Hi everyone- I'm considering applying for a lab/clinical adjunct position for a local (upstate NY) LPN program. In college, I tutored several nursing students that my professors referred to me, and I...
Adenocard is one that is never, ever diluted. It's given as a rapid (like as fast as you possibly can) IVP followed by a fast NS 10cc flush. Adenocard's half-life is a few seconds, so you need to get...
daisybaby replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency
I'm an L&D RN, not ER, but I have always wondered why insurance companies and Medicaid continue to pay for these non-emergent visits that gum up the ER..... people won't stop using the ER for...
daisybaby replied to Amethyst Veralyn's topic in General Nursing
We call the staffing office during the business workweek, or the nsg sup. on eves or weekends. Same thing- we are only required to say if we are sick or absent. I have gotten some less-than-genuine...