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  1. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    "Instead of focusing on who is in charge focus on the care of your patients. It is bothersome how much this is bothering you. Sad you are focusing so much on this while you're at work rather than just...

  2. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    Denise.RNformerMA, must be nice up there on your high horse in the land of

  3. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    I also want to say that I'm not putting them down in any way, I know the level they chose is important and there are a lot of great MAs out there (I work with some that I have learned a lot from). I...

  4. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    I realize nothing stated requires a license but I am at a loss having to defend doing something correctly. Someone who does not have a license has nothing to

  5. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    Also, catheters and

  6. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    Yes this has already happened. issues of specimen collection, medication dosage calculation, other non procedural issues like disposal of biohazard materials and documentation in charts including lot...

  7. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agrees I completely agree they shouldn't be triaging. When I was told they do the triaging I had to pick up my jaw from the

  8. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that they are competent in taking vital signs and other skills but when there is a dispute on procedure and whether or not something is being done correctly I have a hard time...

  9. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    Also, when patients come in that need to be triaged they are the ones doing the triage, with no training in assessment,and not the nurses that are on

  10. MA in charge of clinic?

    anchordown16 replied to anchordown16's topic in General Nursing

    Addressing her and our other clinical supervisors that are also MAs clinical supervision are things like signing off on clinical competencies such as: injections, catheters, triaging, and signing off...

  11. Looking back on your biggest challenge as a new nurse

    anchordown16 replied to kreswhit's topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse the greatest challenge I faced was learning that there was textbook way to do things and then there was a real world way to do things. The best way I found to overcome this was to ask...

  12. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    I went to the open house in October and it is for prospective applicants. It's full of very useful information and it's a great day but it is definitely geared toward application and and what they are...

  13. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    Well didn't get in but will just get started on making next application better for next year! CONGRATULATIONS to all that have gotten in so far, best of luck to you

  14. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    5:01!!!!!

  15. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    Omg that's in 45

  16. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    Wow totally feeling like PNP-PC is the least popular

  17. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    O I know I wish there was some sort of alert I could put on my phone specific to Vanderbilt emails. Today and the rest of the week no other email matters and the more I get them the more my sanity is...

  18. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    O me too my anxiety levels are at an all time high. I seriously wish there was some way to just know

  19. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    well this is super exciting, I hope its the same for all the specialties. Although, I fear now I will be refreshing my email every 2.5

  20. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    so I think I just got so excited I forgot how to think....soooo we should be getting an email that our status has been updated...then we go to the application page we submitted the original...

  21. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    Im sure but this last stretch is just awful. I wish that we could just KNOW as soon as the decisions were made. Patience is so not one of my virtues

  22. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    Had everyone called admissions? I'm obviously anxious to find out but haven't called, def considering

  23. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    its amazing that waiting since November I thought would be the most excruciating, but as it turns out this last 2 week stretch is by far way worse than

  24. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    My anxiety level is so high right now. I wish we would just get our notifications

  25. Vanderbilt MSN 2016

    anchordown16 replied to Lovetennessee's topic in School, College Programs

    well this is exciting and semi terrifying at the same time. I have to say that the new admitted students page is rather fantastic, and makes me even more excited to be a part of