elizabeast7 replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor
Aright, so I don't know about y'all but around here people use the terms deaf and blind to describe patients who aren't necessarily either - but perhaps hard of hearing or vision. So this has happened...
I don't have any pearls of wisdom but I have similar goals so I'd love to see what others say! I have been an adjunct for an ADN program for coming up on a year. It's really fun and fulfilling from an...
elizabeast7 replied to elizabeast7's topic in General Nursing
Who said the focus isn't on patient care? I am a nurse on this unit, and I do the same thing - fail to scan items. But I know that I, and many of my peers, don't scan even when we aren't in a hurry....
I didn't interact with the course mentors much until I got into the final few courses for the MSN part. My regular mentor was amazing, though! It took me five semesters to do my RN to MSN program. We...
elizabeast7 replied to elizabeast7's topic in General Nursing
Yes - that is how we are, too. Things are grouped in two categories. Non-scan - syringes, toiletries, etc. Scanned - wound care, foleys, IV tubing, etc. We are not scanning those items, though!...