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March 8 - March 14 Hottest New Topics

• There's a Mousetrap In My Med Cart
• Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!
• Wearing scrubs to nursing school?
• You know you're in nursing school when...
• Teaching Effectively in Very Large Classrooms
• Kent State Accelerated BSN - Summer 09
• Nurse shortage gains attention of White House

There's a Mousetrap In My Med Cart

The law requires that all meds be given within one hour before or after the medicines are due, and this often creates a lot of stress for busy nurses ... The story this morning was told with tears streaming down my classmate’s face that expressed more than words could ever tell of how disappointed she was, as a student nurse, to have not completed the assigned task of giving meds to her 17 patients in the two-hour window of time.
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Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

Recently one of the nurses I work with began training to be charge on our 30-bed (very busy!) med/surg unit. But here's the kicker - while she's very pleasant to work with....it hasn't even been a year yet since she graduated from nursing school (not previously an LPN or related field; never worked in medicine before), and has only been off new grad nurse orientation for 6 months.
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Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

I am starting an ASN program in the fall (Thomas Jefferson University) and I know it's a long way off, but do nursing students wear scrubs to regular class every day? There is a school by my house and I ALWAYS see nursing students in scrubs even though they are in class and not clinicals.
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You know you're in nursing school when...

I'm sure this has been done before but I figured I'd do it anyway! You know you're in nursing school when ... Your mind is thinking about so many different things that you actually have to stop and make sure you have on all of your clothes before you leave the house!
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Teaching Effectively in Very Large Classrooms

There is a huge difference in teaching 30 students, as opposed to 140 students. Large classrooms can be noisy, crowded, and full of distractions. The students can be disrespectful and out of control, with pockets of students texting, carrying on private conversations, and coming and going at will. Sound familiar? Learning strategies that work well in small groups are often inappropriate for such large audiences. What strategies, then, can the nurse educator use to facilitate a positive learning environment in large classrooms?
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Kent State Accelerated BSN - Summer 09

I recently applied to Kent State's Summer 09 BSN program and I'm just waiting to hear back if they've accepted me or not. I emailed the school about when to hear back and they said possibly mid March. Just wondering if anyone has applied for the Summer program and if they've heard back yet?
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Nurse shortage gains attention of White House

The shortage has drawn the attention of President Barack Obama. During a White House meeting on Thursday to promote his promised healthcare system overhaul, Obama expressed alarm over the notion that the United States might have to import trained foreign nurses because so many U.S. nursing jobs are unfilled.
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