grannynurse FNP

The actions of the staff are not excusable but not surprising. A friend had an experience, at a major medical center in Brooklyn, that involved MSRA. Her physicians, the house staff, the nursing staff, the dietary staff, none followed isolation pre...

Talk to your DON prior to having the surgery. And speak with the doctor doing it. At great many will say one can return to their usual things after three to six months. Explain to him the physical aspects of your position-the number of actual minu...

As a former clinical instructor, I would like to make a few observations. 1. A student that does not know the possible negative outcomes of giving medication to a patient with a pressure of 96/61 RED FLAG. 2. A student that forgets to assess a spi...

My dad has his hip replaced when he was in his seventies. He returned to work at a chain supermarket, where he had been employed previously. His job required him to do a great deal of walking and pushing. He started working only a few hours and th...

Hi guys, I am a girl but I am assuming it is all right to offer a few observations, I have made over my 35 plus years as a nurse. When I first started, 1964, we had two guys in my class. Poor fellows, we accepted them but no one else did. And I co...

I have had to rather unusal experiences, more then15 years apart. In the first one, I was given penicillin, by error, in the ER. I suffered an arrest and had to be tubed. I remember floating above my body and watching the staff work on me. Severa...

From the use of your terminology, Area Health Services, I am assuming you are in Britian, correct? I am living in SW Florida. One of the programs I am aquainted with, in a day treatment operation. It allows patients to be discharge back into their...

I know that my comments will not address you issues but I feel I need to make them. How would you like to sit for boards, for two days and take different parts with numerous questions? And then wait six to eight weeks to find out if you had passed ...

1967 LPN Ford Fairlane 1969 student Another Ford 1975 RN student 1975 Grand Am 1986 RN MS Chev Impala 1996 1996 SunBird 1996 Chev Calviar station wageon currently has 236,000 Best car 1975 Grand Am, turn it in with just under 500,000 miles on it. On...

I am very aware of USF's programs, both the basic as well as RN program, thu I have not been around it in five years. If they have too few clinical instructors, that staff assumes the responsibility of supervising them then they have gone down hill,...

First, no student takes any telephone orders, let alone transposes them or carries them out independently, in any of the programs I have taught in. Second, no student gives IV pushes, unless under the direct supervision of her/his clinical instruct...

Hey, I lived in San Diego, for six years. :) And still visit relatives and friends out there. Of course, I always take my trusty gas mask with me :rotfl: Grannynurse :balloons:

Well kisses me and color me green . Know the area well. My dad was born and raised in South Troy. Want the best turkey sandwich, in the Northeast? Go to the South End Tavern, just before the bridge. Samaritan is an excellent program. And I gra...

It depends on whom you talk to. The medical community believe that suits and their outcomes, are greatly out of control. The patients (on average) and their attornies feel attempts to restrict awards, is out of control. If you examine the amounty ...

I have been a nurse since 1967 and have been named twice, in lawsuits. After a few weeks, following the first one, my name was dropped. It was what was known as a shotgun naming. Everyone who ever came into contact with the patient was name, just ...

I'm sorry but what two of you are doing is basically dishonest. And if you are filing with FAFSA, which most univeristies require, they can find out about your sources of income, as well as savings. The best thing is to list all of your resources. ...

actually, it is mostly a blame game. i live with my daughter, sil and three grandchildren, plus four cats. cats that can cause asthma attacks for me. i generally manage to avoid them but when the temperature suddenly drops, from 76 to 53, then bac...

The best type of coverage is one that covers you for a specific period of time, even after you are no longer carrying their insurance or practicing. I was sued for malpractice and negligence, following a major car accident. My insurance provided an...

Sorry but a first semester student would not be in a telemetry unit, atleast not in any programs that I have taught in. And I have taught in both NYS and Florida. California may be different. must be the smog but you are the one that is in error, a...

Then, I am not surprised that there are not more problems. The responsibility of an instructor is to supervise the students under her. It is not nor should it ever be, the responsibility of a staff nurse to supervise a student. You are not paid to...

IN programs I have taught, the student reports to the nurse assuming care of the patient, with the instructor overseeing her/his student. Grannynurse :balloons:

When I returned to school, to get my associates, I had an 18 month old daughter and had to work full time. I moved back in with my parents. They were a big help, both in caring for my daughter and helping me with her. When I returned for my BSN an...

I'm sorry but you are incorrect. When a patient is assigned to a student, that patient's care becomes the student's responsibility and her instructors. The facility has a contract with the program that clearly delinates this course of action. You ...

I couldn't agree with you more. I use regular insulin when I am on steriods. I'm sure you are aware of their impact on our blood sugar. The primary reason for the use of regular insulin is to control the blood glucose level immeidately. Grannynurs...

You have a problem with not only the floor staff but also with your clinical instructors. But I also have a question. Was this patient assigned to you? If he was not, why did your instructor give you an unsatisfactory? In most programs, the stude...