nursemeanie

nursemeanie has 10 years experience.

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1. Struggling with an unmotivated clinical group

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

   Midterm evals are this week... They will definitely get the message after that! I think their last clinical instructor was lax, and that's what they got used to. Their evals will be a wake up call...

2. Struggling with an unmotivated clinical group

   nursemeanie posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I have a group of students this semester who are really challenging. I've never had such a difficult group. I laid out my expectations at the beginning of the semester and every day at preconference...

3. Help with 4 year old Hem/Onc in isolation

   nursemeanie replied to Hearts wide open's topic in Pediatric

   Do they have child life specialists where she is

4. Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

   nursemeanie replied to 1naturalhealer2016's topic in General Students

   Having a baby in nursing school would be very difficult. I got pregnant after my last final (ooops!) and working as a new grad and pregnant wasn't a real treat,

5. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

   nursemeanie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   I was married to one, but not

6. Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

   nursemeanie replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   We had a kid with an extremity injury mention occasional shortness of breath. Doctor ordered a chest xray for completeness sake and there was a large mass in the

7. Ever discussed sexuality with peds patients?

   nursemeanie replied to TekkenDanser's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I'm in Peds ER and haven't had any patients quite that young, but have had discussions with many

8. Curious

   nursemeanie replied to Cart8289's topic in Patient Medications

   We give IV Decadron po all the time in

9. Social Worker to Nursing??

   nursemeanie replied to Lisicat28's topic in General Students

   I was a social worker and did an accelerated nursing program, too. Best decision I've ever made, and hardest thing I've ever

10. Epinephrine via ET tube?

    nursemeanie replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Patient Medications

    If you are in need of Epi and are sick enough that the only way to give it is through the ET tube, a little fluid in your lungs is the least of your

11. nuero checks

    nursemeanie replied to vikivail26's topic in School

    What is interesting is that most of the students I have sent out after observation for a head injury received the head injury a day or two before (hockey practice is a big place it happens). This...

12. ER to ICU orders

    nursemeanie replied to amys4304's topic in MICU, SICU

    That sounds crazy. My ER has a one hour turn around time for non-urgent patients. Admitted patients they want to the floors within an hour of the decision to admit, not an hour from walking in the...

13. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    nursemeanie replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My ex-mother in law has a few. It's library, not li-berry. Sometimes you vomit bile, not vile! Someone to blame is a scapegoat, not "an escape

14. First nurse job...not what I was expecting

    nursemeanie replied to ilia_RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe you could find a peds ED? Best of both

15. degree changers, was nursing harder than your previous degree?

    nursemeanie replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I did a double major in 2 social science fields and graduated in less than 4 years and it was easier than the accelerated nursing program I