organichombre

organichombre ADN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN

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  1. Am I too young in experience to teach?

    organichombre replied to frequentFLyER's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You have the advantage of having been exposed to the most up to date information in nursing, via your school. That replaces years in experience if as someone said, "are you

  2. Work hours per week for nursing instructor?

    organichombre replied to Kaelif2015's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Where do you live that there are no teaching

  3. Failed Nclex after 2 years now what?

    organichombre replied to Ilovelife1234's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you have accommodations in nursing

  4. Job Opportunity or Relationship

    organichombre replied to ctruon1's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line you have a job already. As others have said if you want to wait and then relocate that's cool. However, in response to the person who spoke of the "government job with excellent benefits",...

  5. Patient safety in nursing

    organichombre replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

    As RN perdiem said, get the patient back in bed with the first person who showed up. Stabilize the patient and then write up the entire floor. Along with filing an incident report and documenting what...

  6. Can We Talk About Nurse Suicide?

    organichombre replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    We don't talk about suicide period. From Veterans who experience horrific incidents to the nurse here and Jack and Jill on the street. Depression is hidden very well by some people. Throw in some...

  7. September 2019 Caption Contest

    organichombre replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I'm sorry sir, I told them Robert

  8. Ohio Hospital Fires 23 After Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

    organichombre replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    What's sad is that a culture was created where many thought it was all well and good...we provided those palliative patients with a way out. Nurses, be aware of the embedded culture wherever you may...

  9. July 2019 Caption Contest: Poll - Select $100 Winner!

    organichombre replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Please wake up, I have all these wires to hook up before we start the sleep

  10. PXYIS

    organichombre replied to Kenny Gee's topic in General Nursing

    PYXIS is unforgiving! I had to go into slooowww mooottiioonn while at the PYXIS to keep myself

  11. Should I renew my license?

    organichombre replied to ScaredRN's topic in General Nursing

    What's difficult about Ca.? Just curious here in

  12. July 2019 Caption Contest: Poll - Select $100 Winner!

    organichombre replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Nurse blaq nailed that

  13. Some advice on "Orientation"

    organichombre replied to Birdsofprey's topic in General Nursing

    During the last quarter of my students program we talk extensively about ensuring that your preceptor/s are people you can talk with who give you valuable feedback. Obviously not all orientation...

  14. New Nurse Precepting a New Grad Nurse

    organichombre replied to AllyAnnie2115's topic in General Nursing

    Boy do I see this a lot now! I'm a clinical instructor at 2, 500+ bed hospitals one a trauma 1. Our nursing school pumps out the graduates and the hospitals absorb them like a sponge. Fortunately,...

  15. Introducing #SilentNoMore

    organichombre replied to Silent No More Foundation's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Fortunately I have never been involved with a physical assault other than the ETOH withdrawing Veteran or Alzheimer dementia patient. As a male in the profession I have that advantage but the facts...

  16. Advice From Season Nurses

    organichombre replied to friendly_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    One has to wonder, what motivates this behavior and how can it be tolerated? It still amazes me that bullied nurses have not become more aggressive in response to this sort of

  17. Maybe Clinicals instructor doesn't like men

    organichombre replied to Hardhands's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Document each and every incident. And if you don't feel comfortable confronting her then you need to let someone else know at school. Let another student know what you feel is happening and see what...

  18. How do I pick myself up after failing NCLEX?

    organichombre replied to renchen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    NCLEX is all about prioritization and delegating. Work on those areas and if you have accommodations from nursing school exams, make sure NCLEX knows

  19. 265 questions is almost guaranteed if your a male.

    organichombre replied to wilderness47's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Male, passed at 75, 30 years ago. Don't look for gremlins when there are none. How many grads took state boards last year...65,000, 15,000 of them repeaters. That's nationally. Some states do better...

  20. My Preceptee concerns me

    organichombre replied to RNZZ27's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm curious, what year student is he? To be forgetting things you already now could be a sign that you never really learned them. Student experiences jump around so much and each student's experience...

  21. A Day Of Reckoning

    organichombre posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Kudos to the author of ADWON! Haven't finished it yet but every story she tells about nursing has happened to us all and is wrong. She has left no stone

  22. Nurse Educator or Not?

    organichombre replied to MoloG's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I find that hard to believe what thy said. Where I work at, the entire group would have missed a clinical day because of our strict attendance policies. At 830 you should have left the message,...

  23. Got Written Up, Cant Stop Thinking About It

    organichombre replied to ThatNurseThough's topic in General Nursing

    At what point is enough, enough?! Heparin is a dangerous drug we all know that. How could someone possibly send a patient to a floor on heparin with no verification of the order by both nurses? Here...

  24. Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    organichombre replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    You have hit the nail on the head! "I feel like 7 patient is too much and how can you expect to give quality care for patient when you have that much patient." Management usually does not care about...

  25. Where are all of the holistic nurses?

    organichombre replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

    It is wonderful to read all these inspiring stories of holism and your positive stories.I have been on the fringe of holistic practice for many years with yoga, visualization and meditation but have...