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Nurse Marge in Charge

Dear Nurse  Marge, I’ve got a real problem, and I don’t know what to do!  I’ve got a student nurse I’m precepting and this girl is just absolutely horrible.  Mistake after mistake after mistake — nothing serious yet, Thank God, … Continue reading

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Eavesdropping on the New Nurse

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The Ultimate Nursing School Graduation Cake

Spotted on the internet, too good not to share: JNJ proudly presents the Ultimate Nursing School Graduation Cake: Editor’s Note: We just got this email: My name is Dawn McCall. The Ultimate Nursing School Graduation Cake… that was my graduation … Continue reading

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From Ha-Ha to a-HA!: Using Humor to Transform Nursing Education by Shirley K. Trout, PhD, MEd

Getting Real about Nursing Student Preparation Have you ever wondered if you are guilty of being “an expert in your own mind”? I recently ran across a study by the Nursing Executive Center that should pull the blinders off nursing … Continue reading

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Slight Miscalculation

As a nursing student who had barely passed bedbaths, I was on my second clinical rotation and had not yet mastered the concept that a unit was different from a cc. In the frenzied state that only a nursing student … Continue reading

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Images of the Perfect Nurse by Tammy Pursley, RN

I started out like the others.  I entered nursing school with bright eyes and high ideals, naive to the ways of the real world of nursing.  I knew I was going to be different.  I would do all my charting … Continue reading

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I Personally Prefer Pringles…

I was training a new nurses aide once and one of our patients had had surgery earlier in the day. Their diet had just been changed from NPO to “sips and chips” (small sips of water and ice chips only) … Continue reading

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Twilight Zone

Several years ago, while working nights in a one room ICU, we had an unusual night when all the patients were sleeping.  We decided to get some practice time with the Rescusi-Annie.  We hauled her up from the practice lab, … Continue reading

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From Ha-Ha to a-Ha! Using Humor To Transform Nursing Education by Shirley K. Trout, PhD, MEd

Humor in the Classroom: Far More than Gimmicks! I had to chuckle. A reviewer of an article I’d submitted challenged me, “Are twists cognitive challenges or educational gimmicks?” This question helped me realize that even those who understand the holistic … Continue reading

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From Novice to Expert: Humor as a Learned Skill

Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, not so long ago, I was a nursing instructor.  And like all nursing instructors, I had students.  And like all nursing students everywhere, my class was stressed out, overwhelmed, and … Continue reading

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