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Tag Archives: student nurses
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
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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Tagged bedpan, bedpan cakes, funny nurse, nurse cakes, nurse humor, student nurses
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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
Posted in Enjoying Humor, School Days, Uncategorized
Tagged needles, nurse jokes, student nurses
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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
Posted in Classic JNJ, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, clinical, disease, doctor, looking for humor, nurse, nurse humor, nursing, student nurses, the perfect nurse
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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
Posted in School Days
Tagged dietary, food trays, patients, student nurses, training
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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
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
Posted in Columns, Integrating Humor
Tagged Columns, From Ha-Ha to a-ha, humor in nursing education, mascots, nurse, nursing education, Shirley Trout, slogan, student nurses
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