VickyRN MSN, DNP, RN

Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds

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  1. Moved to the Nursing Student Assistance Forum, since better suited to this type of inquiry
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    Worst possible timing

    Much of what you have shared here. This is honest feedback. Hopefully, this will be a wakeup call to them. Don't allow them to make you feel guilty. You have to do what is best for you and for your...
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    Duke University ABSN Fall 2013

    Moderator's friendly reminder: Please do not post personal names in posts. This is to safeguard a person's privacy. If you wish to share a person's name, please use the private message (PM) function....
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    Non-CNA Jobs You Can Work While You're a Student

    Phlebotomist is another good
  5. Welcome to allnurses.com and to the Nurse Educators Forum, ashleylynnrn:welcome: ! In my limited experience, online nursing programs require at least an MSN for faculty. Most require a PhD or...
  6. Moved to the Nurse Educators / Faculty Forum, as better suited to this type of inquiry
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    Scrubs magazine article/BSN in 10?

    Moved to the Registered Nurses Forum: Diploma/ ADN / BSN, as better suited to this type of inquiry
  8. Moved to Nursing Resume Help Forum, since better suited to this inquiry
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    Challenges of IV starts in the Pediatric Population

    Child Life is an awesome resource - but vastly underutilized. They are very helpful on the PEDS floor in which I have clinical
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    Help i need with job in houston

    Moved to Texas Nursing Forum, as more suitable for this type of inquiry
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    Diploma RN to a Bsn

    Welcome to allnurses, tarryn! :welcome: Your thread has been moved to the Registered Nurses: Diploma/ ADN/ BSN Forum as this forum is more suitable to this type of inquiry
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    Driving to clinicals

    Congratulations, mysnurse, on your new position! Welcome to the Nurse Educators Forum :) I live 50 miles from my college of nursing and the main clinical site. It takes exactly one hour driving one...
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    NANDA history

    I believe Rutherford in this article makes a good case for standardized language unique to nursing: "...nurses need an explicit language to better establish their standards and influence the...
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    feels awesome to be up here

    Congratulations!
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    I need some help with this question

    Moved to the Nursing Student Assistance Forum :) I agree with the other poster that you need to verify the order first, since inserting an IV is a collaborative nursing
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    New grad, bullied at report.

    Confront her in private about how her mannerisms and constant harping during report are making you feel, and that you would like this unprofessional behavior to
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    Need ideas for a skit

    You could also feature a busy med-surg floor with a patient scenario, such as an 80-year-old client with CHF, COPD, and a raging bacterial infection, who is also on C-diff contact isolation. The...
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    Dream job if you weren't an RN

    Farmer, professional gardener, or
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    Thankful To Be A Nurse On Thanksgiving

    Beautifully written and oh so true! Thank you for another outstanding article,
  20. Moved to General Nursing Student Forum, as more appropriate forum for this type of inquiry
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    Looking to get my BSN in Arizona

    Moved to Arizona State Nursing Programs Forum, as more appropriate forum for this sort of inquiry
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    Resigned From Long Term Care

    The vast majority of nursing homes are chronically understaffed. That is the real problem. It is disgraceful what awful staffing is in place in these facilities. And these are our beloved...
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    Can a teacher do this?

    It is true that you, as an adult learner, are responsible for your learning. You are responsible for the grade you earned on the test. Period. That said, the teacher is the facilitator of learning in...
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    Have you ever caught someone cheating?

    Let the instructor know
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    Instructor on a power trip

    My advice to you would be to document everything carefully. Then, go to the dean and in an objective and factual way (non-accusatory) let him know what is going on in that classroom. He needs to know....