gozojoan

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1. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

   gozojoan replied to imintrouble's topic in Relations

   I agree with so many of these comments, but I have to say that I hope I would find the compassion in my heart to treat him as I would any other patient. i would certainly struggle with this, but i would try to consider the possibility that this young...

2. What a blow to my ego

   gozojoan replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

   You will never be able to appease this nurse. My guess is she has a few insecurities of her own. She needs to get over herself but probably won't.

3. How do you sign?

   gozojoan replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

   In the event that there are other nurses in your organization with the same first initial, go with first name, last name, degree then license. Always put your degree first. - they can take away your license, but never your degree

4. Is 50+ pages of reading a week "normal?"

   gozojoan replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

   Rule of thumb for school - for every credit hour, plan on tripling that. That is how much time a week you should schedule. so, if you're taking a 4 credit class, schedule 12 hours a week for that course. So if you're a full time student, that pretty ...

5. Nurses with depression

   gozojoan replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Stress 101

   Nurses with depression. Not so uncommon for so many reasons. By nature, I think many of us may be drawn to nursing because we understand and have experienced a sense of need or helplessness, therefore we want to help others through their times of tro...

6. bullying at work

   gozojoan replied to madfowl's topic in General Nursing

   wow am I glad I'm not you. Get out and get another job! Having to deal with that says a lot about your coworkers. I am a big believer in getting HR involved, and claiming that you work in a hostile work environment, but be forewarned that it may turn...

7. Tips on surviving through nursing school

   gozojoan replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Students

   Having taught nursing for more than 10 years, here's my advise: 1. Negativity and fear spread like wildfire. Listen to your teachers not your peers (believe it or not, your teachers have more experience than your classmates). 2. Do not ask "will thi...

8. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

   gozojoan replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

   Bottom line patients have the right to know who the person is that is taking care of them. That includes their job title. To mislead the patient is dishonest and violates patient's rights. What if the MA gave advise? That is not within the scope of p...

9. evaluating students in clinical

   gozojoan replied to BeenThereDoneThat74's topic in Educators

   when i write up the evaluation for the "know it all" student, i usually address this in the area or objective that deals with professionalism or demeanor. depending on how the student demonstrates his/her "advanced knowledge" there are several ways t...

10. Confidentiality Debate

    gozojoan replied to Nursetob2005's topic in General Students

    This is an interesting topic that in many way's is a no brainer. I did a paper on mandatorytesting for HIV with hospital admission (which I am for in an effort to slow down the epidemic, but at least in New York state, is a definite no no). Here in N...

11. Hospital staff mean to students, advise needed from an instructor

    gozojoan replied to nrse2B2005's topic in Educators

    I can certainly understand your frustration with students at times and I have experienced this as a staff nurse on occasion. Hard to compete with the diploma programs even though that too can be a sore subject. I originally graduated from a diploma p...

12. Hospital staff mean to students, advise needed from an instructor

    gozojoan replied to nrse2B2005's topic in Educators

    This is not a good situation at all. Students in my opinion should be immediately removed from this clinical area and another area should be used to fulfill the objectives of the course. Although it is necessary for students to learn to deal with al...