Bedside Nursing as Menial and Demeaning “Despite years of education and rhetoric, nurses aren’t really permitted to practice to the full scope of our knowledge.” This is a quote from from “Bedside Nursing as Menial and Demeaning” by torontoemergencyRN (just substitute RT in that sentence) “If people around you all day tell you you’re worthless …
Health and Education
My nursing Classmate sent me this – Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Cancer On Wednesday, Dr. Oz had a show on the fastest growing cancer in women, thyroid cancer. It was a very interesting program and he mentioned that the increase could possibly be related to the use of dental x-rays and mammograms. He demonstrated that, on the apron the dentist puts on you for …
Orientation… Again
I wish I could title this entry “last orientation of nursing school” but I can’t, because this isn’t the last one. I still have one more for Practicum. Orientation was the same as it always, kind of boring. I arrived just as the sun was rising in the sky over the science Center. I snapped …
Dosage exam part deux
Just got a text from my teacher, well really she sent it 2 hours ago but my phone was on vibrate from PT, I got a 100% on my retake for the dosage exam. See, I know this stuff I just made dumb mistakes. Yahoo!! I nearly had a MI thinking that I had an …
Motivation or lack thereof
Wow, this week I’m just not terribly Motivated to do work for nursing school. I am wishing and hoping for motivation to do more than the bare minimum. I’ve done no reading. Just a little research on cardiogenic shock for my discussion board. I had to do a power point presentation on hemodynamics as well. …
No CEU’s for me
I have been going to the Space Coast Cardiopulmonary conference for a couple of years running. Before that I was going to the FSRC Sunshine Seminar for several years to get my CEU’s for the biennium. Conferences are a great way to get your needed continuing education credits. I usually can get a little more …
Another opening, another show.
It’s back to school time. We had our orientation today for advanced adult health. We also had our dosage exam which I got an 88. An 88 is of course, not passing. I made a stupid mistake and added a zero in an equation! Another I didn’t add the time factor! Stupid stupid mistakes! So …
Can it get any better??
Ah,once again they have changed things on us. Due to the fact that there are only thirteen of us left in class, and the budget, all of us have been changed to a Monday clinical and they have changed the clinical site to a hospital that is a little over an hour away. They spring …
It’s getting to be that time again
It’s getting to be that time again. A new semester of nursing school looms ahead in the horizon. In exactly one weeks time I will be in orientation for my final semester of nursing school. The first module opens on Monday next. It is time to take my nursing books out of the trunk of …
It’s the Norm, apparently
I’m still saddened by the fact that 33% of my class failed out this semester. Apparently, 50% is the norm for a nursing class. I was speaking to two nurses at my job one an older nurse “T” (she still wears her RN nurse cap. Isn’t that awesome?) and a younger nurse “B” who just …