BonnieSc

BonnieSc

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  1. New Grad: grunt work or unique abroad experience?

    BonnieSc replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    Have you considered that nurses have "limitless opportunities" because historically, nurses have always had hospital experience first? I work as a nurse in Africa now. Here (as in the US, really) it's...

  2. A question about food

    BonnieSc replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Nursing

    We do this sometimes. Same price as for patients' visitors. But I don't see how it helps nurses use their time more efficiently unless staffing is so bad the nurse only has ten minutes off. The...

  3. I'm a sexless nurse

    BonnieSc replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    "Intimate" means a lot of things. I often describe the care I give as "intimate" when people ask what I do. Changing dressings is intimate; helping someone in a hospital gown walk to the bathroom as...

  4. I'm a sexless nurse

    BonnieSc replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    This situation is not just about sex. I don't think the vast, vast majority of American women who prefer female gynecologists make that choice because they think most male OBGYNs are thinking about...

  5. Nursing in Russia?

    BonnieSc replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    People often tell me there are Americans who need help, too, why can't I stay and help them? The US has a lot of nurses, most of whom can't or don't want to leave the country. They can take care of...

  6. No visiting hours?

    BonnieSc replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    Heh. I guess I really have seen it all since there aren't any other complaints yet about visitors smoking meth in the bathroom of a shared room, or physically threatening the roommate, or plugging...

  7. No visiting hours?

    BonnieSc replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    Visiting hours are very old-fashioned. (On the floors, that is. Other areas may need different rules.) My hospitals have had visitors all day long with a surge after work most days. Having family...

  8. Paying jobs in Latin America?

    BonnieSc replied to kep308's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what they were doing 25 years ago, but I assure you, it's a new program. Global Health Service Partnership | Peace Corps At least in recent history, nurses who were in the Peace Corps...

  9. Paying jobs in Latin America?

    BonnieSc replied to kep308's topic in General Nursing

    There aren't many that I've ever found. Peace Corps is one as the above poster says--that's a fairly new program (the nurse role, I mean) and pay is very low. Doctors without Borders sometimes sends...

  10. Staff lecture

    BonnieSc replied to Twofastdogs's topic in Camp

    I have also used the six Bs (I think it was from The Basics of Camp Nursing) and it went over well. Actually, some of the staff put on a skit about it for me, demonstrating each B, and it was really...

  11. IV push failure - how I am failing

    BonnieSc replied to Brandazzle1's topic in Patient Medications

    You are far from the only new nurse who didn't know this information; I don't consider it "basic nursing" myself. Compatibility is usually talked about in terms of what can run together, not related...

  12. What do you REALLY assess? Percussion? Palpation?

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks everyone for the comments. I did my first teaching session today. I expected the comments about "we don't have time for this" (though my demonstration showed how quickly it can be done; I think...

  13. What do you REALLY assess? Percussion? Palpation?

    BonnieSc posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm about to accomplish a major victory by instituting required AM assessments on the floor where I'm a nurse educator. Before you gasp, I work at a hospital in Africa (you may have seen other threads...

  14. Website for refresher - medsurg nurse looking to travel

    BonnieSc replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I know it was less than a hundred dollars, but I don't think it was much less... somewhere between $75 and

  15. Splinter removal

    BonnieSc replied to Twofastdogs's topic in Camp

    I confess, I love removing splinters and am now almost always successful. I learned the technique from a young counselor in my first year as camp nurse. Obviously, if the splinter/sliver is sticking...

  16. Disappointed in nursing

    BonnieSc replied to nursingilove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agreeing with others who say to find a new job. I liked my first job but thought hospitals were gossipy and nurses were catty. My next job was on a similar floor in a different hospital/community and...

  17. Website for refresher - medsurg nurse looking to travel

    BonnieSc replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Lippincott nursing advisor app! It's a bit expensive but highly

  18. What do you REALLY assess? Percussion? Palpation?

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Was it something new that had developed since

  19. Mentoring Preceptors

    BonnieSc posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am introducing a sort of preceptorship model on Monday at my hospital (I work as a staff educator but also with the students who rotate through the hospital; there is minimal involvement from the...

  20. Mentoring Preceptors

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

    It's going better than I expected and the student is really finding it valuable to take patients... but the nurses sure miss having a lackey. I found today he'd given meds for all his nurse's...

  21. What do you REALLY assess? Percussion? Palpation?

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What's your rationale for palpating for abdominal

  22. Mentoring Preceptors

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

    It IS my responsibility, it's my job! I'm in Africa, but since very few people here have any idea what things are like in Africa, I wanted a wider perspective. The issue of mentoring preceptors is...

  23. Graduated 2 Years Ago, but Just Passed NCLEX RN. What now?

    BonnieSc replied to Myname82's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I got my license right away but then didn't find work for two years... any kind of nursing work. This was at the worst point (and the beginning) of the new grad oversupply. Eventually I was able to...

  24. Flushing with Sterile Water

    BonnieSc replied to BonnieSc's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Yeah, the head pharmacist actually refused my suggestion on grounds of infection control. Technically, sure, he's right--though even many hospitals in the US are using multi-patient vials, none of us...

  25. post conference

    BonnieSc replied to kfynn589's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I've spent a lot of time doing careplans. I hate careplans, but the students are tested on them and I do acknowledge that they can teach an organized way of thinking about the patient. Sometimes the...