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| Nursing Insights Newsletter |
Today is March 12, 2021. Editor's Picks... Case Study: Patient Mimics Me, Delegate!, Finding The Right School, Ideal Age of Nursing Student, Prioritize Acute Over LTC?, and 10% OFF $1 Million Liability Protection for allnurses members.
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Repeat After Me…What’s the problem here? | Case Study
by SafetyNurse1968, ADN, BSN, MSN, PhD
A homeless man is brought to the ER by the police after he is found sitting at a bus stop with a bloody rag pressed to his left knee. The officer says, "This guy is nuts. He does everything I do - he mimics me. I thought maybe it was something to do with hypothermia, but he's all warmed up and still doing it." Can you help solve this case study?
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Delegation: Helping New Nurses Transition into Practice
by Damion Jenkins, MSN, RN
Helping new nurses transition into practice is something that I love to do. In this two part series, I will discuss two areas of greatest concern for new nurses: Delegation and Prioritization. In part one of this series, we will discuss delegation and provide strategies to help new nurses on their way to mastering effective and safe delegation.
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Private vs. Community College
by AdiiChavez
I have decided to pursue my career in nursing and I'm so excited & nervous! Ideally I would like to attend a private school and finish sooner. Has anyone attended private school? What's the best way to find the right school/program?
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Ideal age of nursing students
by dadaui66, CNA
I am a 39 year old second year nursing student. How old do you think a student entering nursing school for their RN degree should be? What kind of personal characteristics should they have?
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LTC vs. Rehab Patients: Who Is Priority?
by SilverBells, BSN
We are receiving more rehab referrals so my old unit is opening back up again. I naturally thought that they would want me to return to my old unit and that the LTC unit would be split between me and my co-manager again. I found out that this isn't necessarily the case. The problem is, the rehab patients are more acute than the LTC patients...
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Patient complaint - Did I mishandle this situation?
by lily8424
Patient told me he was going to write a complaint about me and wants another nurse and refused care from me. I had to get oncoming nurse to administer his morning med and vitals since he refused to allow me to do it. I documented my interaction with the Dr and pt but can't stop feeling like I failed this pt.
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