tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post2759793191062276760..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: Student Nurses Commandments C. 1960Oldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-42688843978029940232020-09-23T18:35:07.407-07:002020-09-23T18:35:07.407-07:00Diploma nursing school instructors were a breed of...Diploma nursing school instructors were a breed of their own. I doubt the verbal abuse or humiliation of students would be tolerated in an academic setting. We actually had a wall of shame right next to the auditorium where nursing student misdeeds were posted for all to see. Things like "Nancy thought you could irrigate a Foley with a TB syringe. HAHA..How did that work out.<br /><br />When true cures for serious illness were few and far between, old nurses set up rigid rules and routines for a false sense of control and security. Who could forget the no ice water for cardiac patients or no razor rule for patients on heparin or coumadin? We had lots of baseless rules for patients on IVs that I should write a post on. I'm tickled that you are enjoying some of my older posts that I've long forgotten about.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-38713109346058515312020-09-23T16:03:57.769-07:002020-09-23T16:03:57.769-07:00Yeah, OFRN, it does make more and more sense how c...Yeah, OFRN, it does make more and more sense how controlling that (those) that you can, could make up for having no power over so many things that you can’t ( lack of research, clinical knowledge, proven treatments). Ensuring that student nurses changed their bed on the third day ( never the second or fifth), could give one a tiny sense of control, even if it robbed others of even rudimentary decision-making about the basics of personal appearance and personal care. Even when I joined in, there were some old crusty instructors with little self-esteem except what they could steal from the young, impressionable students.<br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762411508019700960noreply@blogger.com