jenny031

jenny031 has 13 years experience.

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   jenny031 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Had always heard ghost stories but never had my own until I had been nursing about 6 years. We had a bed tower in the hospital where I worked the night shift as a float nurse. It was a pretty quiet night at about 3am and the nurses were sitting at th...

2. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

   jenny031 replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in Medications

   We've been doing it for a few months too, but I work in the ER so we just start the sheet. Well, actually we give it to the patient or family and have them write all their meds and doses down and then it goes with the chart to the floor on admission....

3. LVN vs RN...when it comes to the education, are they the same?

   jenny031 replied to Liz21's topic in General Students

   I agree with the last post. I was an LPN first before I finished my RN. It's a much more practical side of nursing, more hands-on. I really felt like I didn't get that in my RN program. I was glad I had gone to LPN school first and worked for a few y...

4. Alaska Emergency Rooms

   jenny031 posted a topic in Alaska

   Wanting to find out information about the ERs in Anchorage/Wasilla area. I believe there are 3 hospitals in Anc. Does anyone know how many beds they have, nurse/pt ratio, what is the morale/staff like? Also any information about the new hospital in W...

5. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   jenny031 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   I was working on an ortho floor one night about 7 years ago and the call bell went off. I answered it and got some garbled reply, so I went to check it out. Ther was a elderly fellow in nothing but his tighty whities, with a little pot belly, sitting...

6. What's the weirdest baby name?

   jenny031 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   No joke, Syphillis...pronounced Sa-Phyllis.

7. another "ob pt in er" question...

   jenny031 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   In our ER we get first dibs...if it's not an obvious OB-related issue, we medically clear them first (ASAP) and then they go upstairs. Isn't it funny, I worked in the Birth Center my second year out of school, that was 11 years ago, now I'm an ER nu...

8. Leaving the Profession!

   jenny031 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

   Hear,Hear!! I've only been at it for 13 years, but with 4 tacked on prior as a CNA, I'm done!! Mentally anyway...unfortunately I think I'll be here for 2 more years but I'm carefully planning my escape. I'm sure working nights up until the last year ...

9. What if you can't hit a vein to draw blood?

   jenny031 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Ports are scary the first time, but they are easy to access. If you feel comfortable using the directions you were given, and the hesitation is because it's sore, then numb the port site with a little lidocaine first. Take your time and feel the por...

10. Best places for scrubs?

    jenny031 replied to PhoenixGirl's topic in Arizona

    www.uniformadvantage.com and www.lifeuniform.com are 2 places that I've bought scrubs from that are reasonable. They have small talls.

11. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    jenny031 replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    HI! As long as you work in the south you won't have a problem! haha. I'm from Louisiana and came to New England as a traveler. Huge complaints from the geriatric population. One man asked me if I could "speak English". The younger crowd didn't seem t...

12. what are your silly jingles...?

    jenny031 replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Students

    My A&P teacher used to say "Oh, Oh, Oh, to touch and feel a gorgeous virgin, sheer heaven. Cranial nerves.

13. balloon testing prior to insertion of foley

    jenny031 replied to URO-RN's topic in Wound

    When we started using silicone caths and stopped using latex, we were told they didn't have to be tested. Of course we never really got an explanation why.

14. Familiar with Excelsior?

    jenny031 replied to StudentNurseOH's topic in Online Learning

    I finished with Excelsior, although it was Regents at the time. I had been an LPN for 9 years, so I found the clinical weekend pretty easy. Out of 6 of us there that weekend only 3 passed. 2 of us were LPNs and the other was a medic or EMT I believe...

15. Domestic Violence Survivor.

    jenny031 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    As a victim of physical/sexual abuse from a sig other, I completely agree with the others who said see a therapist. I had a couple of bad years after mine, not realizing how important that was. I thought I could handle it myself. Don't worry about nu...