Demonsthenes

The following is a quote from a paper written by Shawn Gardiner describing a scenario in which discrimination in nursing against men is wide spread, oppressive, and accepted. I agree with him completely with regard to the same. I am a male RN, a para...

I suggest that you obtain your Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification upon graduation. This should compliment the vast array of theoretical and practical knowledge that you already have as an LVN. The most important knowledge, skills, ass...

It is clear that one of the reasons why there is so much nursing burn out and so many medical errors and medication errors is the 12 hour shift. Also, the fact is that hospital nurses have significantly shorter life times than women in other professi...

In phase I trials, the concern is to establish the safety of the medication and the appropriate safe dose. As this is the case, you need to report your concerns to the specific external committee responsible for insuring patient safety. To find out t...

Critical thinking is imperative for nursing. Therefore, a good knowledge of the basic principles of deductive logic is important as the same is the basis for critical thinking. There are two basic types of deductive logic. The first is the categorica...

You should have followed the Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support protocol for Acute Pulmonary Edema, Hypotension, and Shock Algorithm. First you should have identified the most likely problem: 1. Acute pulmonary edema;2. Volume problem;3. Pump probl...

My suggestion is that you do research on the role that "critical decision making" makes in nursing and how nursing educators should incorporate the same into their lectures on appropriate subjects such as Medical-Surgical nursing. For example, you mi...

I suggest that you become ACLS certified. ACLS stands for Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support. With regard to preparing for the ACLS class, a good book is the Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Health Care providers. The book is sponsored...

What the original poster exemplified is called a "hostile working environment" legally speaking, a form of illegal gender discrimination. Isolating an individual from other males is evidence of the same. Such isolation techniques have been used by pl...

Because of the complexity of the facts at issue concommitant with the myriad number of legal issues involved, I suggest that you do two things: 1. Purchase health care provider negligence insurance (for example from Nurses Service Organization) and 2...

As with all professional- client and professional- professional relationships, each party has a duty to co-operate and to demonstrate "good will" with regard to the same. If one party refuses to do the same, it is your prerogative to give reasonable...

When I went to Texas Womans University Nursing School in Dallas, two of my nursing instructors failed me stating that " I would make an excellent doctor but a poor nurse." I have a B.S. in Biochemistry and am a Certified Legal Assistant.Also,in a lar...

In ancient Rome, only those of the upper classes were allowed to wear an all white toga. Therefore, I would suggest that all nurses wear a white lab jacket over civilian clothes. I do not like wearing an all white uniform. However, a white lab jacket...

I graduated from an ABA approved paralegal program with an Associate of Applied Science-Legal Assistant-Paralegal. I, then, passed the two day Certified Legal Assistant exam. I am a Registered Nurse. Certified Legal Nurse Consultants attend a two-thr...

A "nursing diagnosis" generally consists of three parts (P.E.R.). The P stands for the patients response to the problem. The E stands for the etiology of the problem. The R stands for the signs and symptoms of the problem. Only those patient problems...

When I went to Texas Woman's University school of nursing in Dallas, two of my nursing instructors told me that I "would make a good doctor but not a good nurse." Also, an nursing instructor there at a large auditorium full of nurses stated: "Good do...

The sort of abuse by patients and their families that you noted is common in nursing. Also, it is common for nursing agencies to punish nurses for just doing their job, as you did, for the purpose of attracting patients and avoiding the threat of a l...

I'm an R.N. with a B.S. in Biochemistry. I am tutoring R.N. students now in A & P. I suggest that you look at the study outlines (if there are any) at the back of your text. Read the outlines in all of the chapters through out the text. If you do...

Dealing with death came as part of my experience as a Squad Leader in the Infantry in Vietnam. The "defense mechanisms" and counseling methods that I learned in Vietnam helped me a great deal as a hospice nurse. Nurses take on the role of spiritual g...

I'm an R.N. with a B.S. in Biochemistry. I am currently tutoring nursing students both in basic nursing courses and in basic science courses. The foundation of both the sciences and nursing is basic logic, inductive and deductive reasoning. I suggest...

The bringing in of foreign nurses to America has the effect of lowering wages, making nursing employment very tenuous and job security very poor, and lowering working conditions. This is an example of "Monopoly Capitalism". What is "Monopoly Capitali...

If you have a Bachelors Degree in any field, you can make as much or more money as an RN, have better job security, better working conditions, and significantly more respect in education as a teacher than as a nurse. Also, it has been my experience t...

Actually, I am good at math! I have a B.S. in Biochemistry which included math courses up to and including Calculus III! Well, forgive the self aggrandizement! What you need is a PDA with relevant medical-nursing mathematical software on the same. Tw...

The failure rate on the Excelsior CPNE is approximately 35-36%. The CPNE in Excelsior is so structured so as to minimize instructor bias and inadvertent errors on the part of the student. As I remember it, two of the three clinicals must be passed in...

You should purchase an electronic stethoscope. Legally speaking, the better the quality of the tools you have the better professional you are considered. Further, if you go to all of the major hospitals, you will find M.D.'s wearing electronic stetho...