What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

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A nursing friend and I recently discussed what we still learned in nursing school that later proofed to be utter nonsense outright or just became really outdated. I found it quite interesting and was wondering what everyone else remembers?

One of the things I thought of was the myth of your tongue having different taste zones.

Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.

We do what works and no two nurses approach a given issue the same. I applaud you for doing something. It is disheartening to watch someone do nothing. Thank you for your comments.

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Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.

Or, give me the fricken epidural. Lol. I agree. I have seen this.

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We do what works and no two nurses approach a given issue the same. I applaud you for doing something. It is disheartening to watch someone do nothing. Thank you for your comments.

Or, give me the fricken epidural. Lol. I agree. I have seen this.

Could you please use the quote function so we know to whom you are replying?

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Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.
Could you please use the quote function so we know to whom you are replying?

Thank you for pointing this out. Iam new here and navigating the ins and outs of the site has challenged me. A slight organic brain issue also hampers my style. But I'm here, I'm alive, I'm happy.

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Guided imagery for pain relief. In the real world, you're telling them to picture themselves on a beach, and they are screaming "I want my f*cking dilaudid!!!!!!!"

Guess you've never seen someone use Hypnobirthing, huh? ;)

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Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.
Guess you've never seen someone use Hypnobirthing, huh? ;)

I have not seen it live. There is some very compelling documentation on YouTube if you are interested. Thank you for asking.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
That's awful! I graduated in 2008, and luckily had an amazing professor for Elder Care Nursing, who was really at the top of the field in terms of gerontology nursing research. We were taught never to do this, as it will only traumatize the patient.
I graduated only three years prior to you (2005) and was taught reality orientation. You can bet top dollar I don't do it anymore.
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Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.
I graduated only three years prior to you (2005) and was taught reality orientation. You can bet top dollar I don't do it anymore.

Unless you are working psych, it serves no purpise to do r o groups. They were a pita when I was in school and I'm glad I learned hiw to do them. In my 12+ years in mental health, I ran a few hundred. Thanks for your share.

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We were told it was better if we weren't CNA's or LVN'S because we would have "role confusion." Yeah, like role confusion would harm a patient more than fish out of the water me who was scared to touch a patient and had no idea how patients got into a hospital, what a chart or Dr. order was, etc. (Yeah, I was that stupid!)

I have heard rumors that they now encourage students to work as CNA's if they can?

I can't write role confusion without thinking of nipple confusion, I should have posted that under words I hate.

The schools around here not only recommend it they require it for entry into the clinical portion of classes.

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That you actually use nursing diagnoses.

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That you actually use nursing diagnoses.

I do. I don't even realize I'm doing it.

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One time I came in with another nursing student to practice "making Beds" as we learned in our first skills lab !:roflmao:

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