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I have the Dansko Marcelle (Mary Jane) and they are great. I also have the Sonja and the Professional -- which can bother my instep after a long day ( I have a somewhat wide foot and a high in-step). I have heard that the Pita style runs wider. In any case, at $110 dollars, try before you buy. The one bad part about Dansko is that one pair of size 38's can be tight, and the next pair of size 38's can be just right.

Driving down the highway and reading medical acronyms in the license plates... oh look there's THR followed by a DVT! Ironic? Or perhaps I've been studying a wee bit too hard...

"You're too nice to be a nurse"??! I say we add this to the stupid statements people make, like "you are so smart, you ought to be a doctor". Go right on, being nice, smart, caring, efficient, etc... Nursing embodies ALL of these traits. Sounds to me as if your classmate has much to learn.

Flow rate (gtt/min) is used if you are regulating the IV infusion by gravity. If you are using a pump, you simply set the pump to ml/hr. You have 50 ml (includes the 1 g of Ancef that is required) that needs to be administered over 30 minutes. Pump setting must be ml per hour, so set it up: 50 mL/.5 hr = 100mL/hr

Hi Daytonite, I really like the doc you are working on. Good Flow. I would add in code status, and precautions/safety issues. On the meds part, a nursing considerations column would be nice. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You would make an AWESOME nurse educator. Many of us here on this forum have benefited from your experience & wisdom. A BIG thank you for all you do for us!:flowersfo

I bought the Mikael corner workstation from Ikea yesterday. I just finished setting up. So far, I think it will work well. I'm so excited to have some space of my own!!

Thanks! I needed a laugh this morning!

Perhaps I am being too optimistic as to the skill set of today's student nurses (but I hope not). I will say that for the future of the nursing profession, these skills should be obtained either through previous experience, or because the student rolled up their sleeves and delved into their work. I think on that point we can ALL agree!

If you were the patient and your nurse had to mix and draw up your insulin, what % of the time would you expect his/her calculations to be correct? Just another way of thinking about it...

Learning to be part of a group -- managing a project, alternately leading and following is an important part of life (I might also add the importance of solid public speaking skills to the mix). As a parent of a child entering college as a freshman in the fall, I would feel her education would be lacking if these these aspects of education were not addressed. However, the face of the nursing student is changing. We are often older, with a few more lines on our faces, possibly on a second career, or advancing our nursing practice. We may not have depth of nursing knowledge (at least those of us new to nursing), but we do come to the table with many skills-- often including interpersonal and organizational skills needed for successful group dynamics. I received credit for my previous degree, and I CLEP'd out of classes such as Intro Computers and Basic Programming. If only there were a CLEP for group projects -- been there, done that, got all four credits! Now please stop tormenting me with the "learning experience" of a group project!

of course. you will sometimes have co-workers, clients and even bosses who are less than pleasurable to deal with. you smile, roll up your sleeves and deal with it -- the adversity should remain unseen to the client/patient. however, we do have a choice in the situations we place ourselves in most of the time and in our response to that situation. in the work environment, my compensation was based on 100% of the result of the group effort... i chose my group carefully. the original poster's complaint (valid, imho) was that the group project represented 60% of the grade. in the real world, if my compensation were based on a variable that was 60% beyond my control, it would not be a situation i would choose. hence, accept employment elsewhere. one more point... as a manager, it is far easier to hire the right people to comprise the team, than to let the wrong people go. i have had that unpleasant task on my plate, and i will taking hiring over firing any day!!

With all due respect, the difference between nursing school projects and real world projects, is that in the real world if a team member is not pulling their weight and they do not produce, they will be the first to be let go. In my past career I managed a multi-million dollar sales territory. I led a diverse team, comprised of an inside sales person, many engineers and a project manager. It took the input of every person to get the job done smoothly and have the client happy at the project completion. Should someone not pull their weight, the project would be compromised. This would result in a credit to the client for their inconvenience -- hitting my bottom line, and as a result my paycheck. :trout: I made darn sure I chose my team players carefully. In nursing school we are often assigned to a team NOT of our choosing. I have yet to see any adverse repercussions for team members on group projects who do not pull their weight. While I agree that it is a valuable lesson to work in a team, I get very frustrated when my grade is adversely effected by slackers. Sorry, but school group projects are my pet-peeve.

I am currently doing the BSN program full-time after leaving the high tech field. The program at my school allows me to take up to 3 grad level classes that will count toward my master's as well. This option is open to anyone who keeps an honors level GPA in the nursing program. I'm starting this next semester, with one grad class in addition to my UG classes. My plan is to switch to part-time and work as an RN part-time upon graduation. Doing the NP program part-time should take 2 additional years. I hope to get an NP position shortly after graduation, but I am committed to doing whatever it takes, and if that means working as a staff nurse for a while longer, so be it. I look at it as if, hey, I'm going to be 45 anyway -- might as well be working on what I want to be when I grow up!

There's enough seriousness on the hospital floor that can't be helped. Why not give your patients something to smile about?

PowerPoint can be a great tool, if it is used to augment the material. When professors simply read from the slides, or worse, have a slide show comprised of the tables or boxes that are in the text, it becomes PowerPointless.