Whispera MSN, RN

psych, addictions, hospice, education

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    How to Dress for Psychiatric Nursing

    Whispera replied to Meriwhen's topic in Psychiatric

    I can't control myself: kneehighs and
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    Patient on patient abuse?

    Whispera replied to Vedder316's topic in Psychiatric

    If something happens to a patient, your facility and those there when it happens will be held responsible. This is huge. It doesn't matter if the behavior is baseline or not. It has to be stopped....
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    HELP Pink Eye Question

    Whispera replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    If the student needs to be sent home because he's turbo-contagious, why in the world would it be ok to send him back to class? The logic those other nurses see in this totally escapes
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    Are bras contraband?

    Whispera replied to laurenp_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    I've worked in 3 different psych facilities. Bras were never restricted in any of them, unless the patient was suicidal or had a history self-mutilation. If attempts were made, that's another story,...
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    For the Bowel Obsessed

    Whispera replied to jadelpn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I couldn't resist sharing this from
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    University tenure pay ?

    Whispera replied to cna to crna2b's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Also keep in mind that you don't start out with tenure. It takes awhile to get to
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    Injured on the job?

    Whispera replied to nursegreene's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked inpatient psych for many years. I was never injured by a patient or anything close to injury. My glasses did get grabbed and mangled by a lady who was known to reach out and grab glasses....
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    Acetaminophen: Why?

    Whispera replied to seks's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember reading, awhile back, that there's some research that tylenol (acetaminophen) has a cumulative negative effect on the liver. Even if one isn't taking the max or greater dose per day, the...
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    Are PAIN AND DISCOMFORT THE SAME?

    Whispera replied to nette1022's topic in General Nursing

    I think that pain is a type of
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    Nurse Educator

    Whispera replied to alexis_xoxo's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Where I teach, it's required to have a MSN to teach lecture or part- or full-time. It's required to have a MSN or be in-progress to teach clinicals or adjunct. My school is a LPN to ASN and ASN...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

    Whispera replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    I went into nursing so I could have a reasonable income and do something reasonably interesting, to put food on the table and a roof over my family members' heads. I had another degree that led to no...
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    LPN Student in RN Clinical

    Whispera replied to RNgrrl09's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You're the one who will get the consequences if she does something outside LPN student rules. The school will too, but YOU will. Doesn't seem safe to you, as far as I can
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    LPN Student in RN Clinical

    Whispera replied to RNgrrl09's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My son went to a school that had students preparing to become LPNs as well as students preparing to become RNs. They all did their med/surg I clinicals together. After that semester things they were...
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    why do i need to describe a caring moment

    Whispera replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe the facility wants to share ideas between those who work there? Maybe it's trying to get you all to think about what you do in more depth? You could ask them for their rationale. Is there a...
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    LPN Student in RN Clinical

    Whispera replied to RNgrrl09's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I teach clinicals and often have LPNs who are working on their ADN in my clinicals. Are you saying your school doesn't have LPNs? I'm kinda
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    PSA to our colleagues conducting research on Allnurses

    Whispera replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    It also bothers me when students need to interview a nurse and post their interview questions. First, I believe an interview is at least an interaction between people, where one question leads to...
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    Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    Whispera replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    This reminds me of something, kinda related.... I worked on a psych unit that was closed. I got a job in med/surg. Psych nursing is my love. My question is....if you work med/surg, will you lose...
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    writing telephone orders

    Whispera replied to nurse4lyfe37's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It seems, even if it's ok to write an order to transfer to ICU, that it's impossible because you don't know which doctor. You can't just use any doctor's name. So, you can't write the order. I...
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    Case scenario for determining dx

    Whispera replied to Ellen Abad's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm not sure what you're asking, Ellen. Can you give more
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    What do you think about this Staff/pt ratio? Potential job offer

    Whispera replied to ivyleaf's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't thing it's a bad ratio. The ratio in my first psych nursing job on evening shift was one staff member for up to 12 patients. That meant the RN was often the only staff person there--no tech,...
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    Loan Repayment Program

    Whispera replied to Whispera's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you JustBeachy. HRSA led me to the correct
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    Loan Repayment Program

    Whispera posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard there's a program that will repay part of student loans if a nurse works in an "underserved" area of the country for a couple of years. I think the application period is starting soon....
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    Getting into nursing education

    Whispera replied to ryan26's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If you skip the BSN and go directly to the MSN in Education, you'll probably have a longer MSN than those who already have a BSN. There are courses you'd have to take to qualify for the MSN in...
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    Getting into nursing education

    Whispera replied to ryan26's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I started out with a bachelors in elementary education. I went back to school and got my BSN and MSN. My education degree seemed to make it easier for me to get a job once I had a MSN, but didn't do...
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    Senior nurse and math

    Whispera replied to joy686's topic in Chamberlain College

    My school uses a book called "The Nurse, The Math, The Meds." People say it's pretty basic and