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The girl who cheated in our class=still in, out of 45 we have lost 11 people who failed by a fraction of a percent. The girl who cheated, made the deans list and still cheats. The ethics committee and the faculty have admitted to investigating her, but yet she still does it. It is frustrating but they keep saying, she will be weeded out... 2 semesters to go until graduation, shes still with us

One of the girls in my clinical group just got points taken away from her over all grade because her tattoo on her bicep had become exposed while the instructor was passing meds with her. This is the same instructor who gave full points to the girl who had 4 inches of bare skin and back fat showing every week. But you know, her tattoo was not showing

love all these lists! so glad the semester will be over in 3 exams

ha ha only one person did it in our class, and it wasn't the depends, it was the absorbent brief that resembles the same thing you use for an infant but are not allowed to call it that... yet every professor I have had in 4 semesters has called it

My 9 yr old was sick and before I took her to after hours, I got mine out, started listening for anything, counting her respiration rate, asked her to rate her pain with numbers (she is very aware of the number scale thanks to mommy) and taking her temperature so I could have all the info for the nurses in the triage. Her favorite question is when was your last BM and what did it look like

oh another one based on what is happening in my Nursing School right now...ball gags when the gossips come around!

I don't think your reply was mean at all...and I do get how to do them. I actually have no problem grading wise because I always follow the nursing process to develop the ideas for outcomes and interventions. its just the reediting because one instructor doesn't like the way something is worded or the way the rationale was cited when it fits the apa guidelines. its just like i said something I have noticed between the semesters.

Last Thursday, the environmental services crew were coming out of a room, grabbed the sanitizer and said very loudly ... "I AM WASHING MY HANDS"...

A strong Gag reflex and the ability to juggle!

I totally agree, the nurses and the aides should be the ones involved in the policy making, not some board who received 3 complaints of [probably] physicians not washing their hands when they entered the room (I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL START PATIENT CARE WITH OUT WASHING THEIR HANDS OR USING SANITIZER)

Although I do agree with you about the importance of Patient safety, I feel that a hospital actually budgeting funds on such a campaign is wrong. The hospital I am currently doing clinical rotations in has a similar slogan. They have also taken it one step further to place hand sanitizers in each room...none of which are in the same location. You are constantly trying to find these sanitizers upon entering the room and leaving... not to mention the heavy doors that you must open to get back out, and there is a "fire hazard" as to putting the sanitizers in the hall way. They employ people to walk around the floors "at random" to catch you walking out of a room either using the sanitizer or not. It is almost always the case where you are asked another question as you are trying to push 2 pieces of equipment out of the room with your foot, a puffy little wad of sanitizer in one hand and your MAR's under your other arm which is trying to open the door... I am 100% WASHING my hands before patient care and 100% using the sanitizer when I do not actually touch a patient, but this method and campaign are even causing my patients to question what I am doing with all of the sanitizer and the items. Maybe they can start putting blood pressure cuffs, thermometers, and stethoscopes in all rooms so we are not dragging those around either...maybe that will reduce infections (it seems to work wonders with peds and neonates)

My school requires all ink to be covered at all times. Which mine are because of their locations. I also wear a tank under my scrubs because the one on my shoulder can faintly be seen through the whites. One of the girls has a upper arm one, and the scrubs for L&D do not cover it, she was required to wear a coat over it for the entire shift. I have been in 2 different programs and both had the same policy. The 1st school added more to it to request that we not get anymore while we were in the program.

I had my 1st ped's clinical and I can really relate to how you were feeling on day one, although my preceptor was always available! Good job on thinking of a different approach

The best thing that you can do as a single mom going through the nursing program is maintain a strong support system with the people caring for your children while you are away. I have always worked full time while going to school part time for the past 6 years (i had alot of things to clear up from when I was 18 and was not ready for school), but I went to part time once I got into an actual 4 yr program. I cannot tell you how much my mother, sister and day care provider has helped me and my daughter through all of this. THe hours are long and there will be days when you just want to give up because you feel guilty about not being there 100% of the time for your kids, but in the long run, they will have more in life because they watched how hard you worked and they were a part of it too! 4 more semesters to go for me... and everyday my daughter says, I want to be a nurse when I grow up too!