justjill

justjill has 4 years experience and specializes in Medical/Surgical, PACU, ICU, and Psych.

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1. How does a psych career affect the psych nurses?

   justjill replied to malusport's topic in Psychiatric

   i'm currently in my third year of psych nursing on an inpatient community acute care facility. i've working in several other areas of nursing....but psych is very different for me than the other areas. nursing as a general profession is draining...b...

2. help for a broken heart

   justjill posted a topic in CNM

   nurse midwives... i know this is not what this forum is for, but i'm getting desperate for some real advice. i love CNM's....i've actually been to hyden, ky to the frontier school....stayed in the dorms as a student studying cultural issues with rur...

3. looking for advice

   justjill posted a topic in Educators

   hi, everyone! I need some advice. I'm getting ready to start working on my master's degree and right now i'm weighing the different options and programs. My ultimate goal is to teach. I love teaching...right now i'm a clinical instructor and teach...

4. What State Should We Call 'Home'?

   justjill replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   hi cheerful! :) i'm a proud hoosier, and i think indiana would be the best choice! yes, the winters can be kinda bad, but it makes for a beautiful christmas! and fun for sledding! are you looking for a big city atmosphere or smaller town? i'm from...

5. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

   justjill replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

   Right now i would have to say OR....i can not stand wearing a gown and mask and gloves....i always feel like i am going to pass out whenever i do clinicals in the OR.

6. Nursing Home or Hospital?

   justjill replied to fr33shot's topic in General Nursing

   hi michael! :) my advice would be to NOT work the 10-6 shift...i know from personal experience that it is terrible to sit through classes after working all night....once i sat down and stopped running around it seemed like my body just shut down and ...

7. Swollen Lymph Node?????

   justjill replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

   i'd get checked for mono....especially if you are a student....i had mono my junior year and i had two big swollen lymph nodes-one on my neck and one in my arm pit area. good luck, prarie girl :)

8. Nursing, is it really a profession

   justjill replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

   good point, plato....i hate it when people make comments about nurses being "under" doctors or less than doctors....i consider nursing and doctoring to be totally different things these days...the focus of care is completely different

9. Wow-This is great! New Here

   justjill replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

   Plato....welcome, welcome, welcome! :) don't worry.....not everyone is back stabbing and cliquish....some people are just more bitter than others hope you enjoy it here....i know i have learned tons from the amazing nurses who post here!

10. Nurses marrying doctors

    justjill replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    ...young nurses wear clothes that would make my head turn in a night club to work.... umm....i don't know where these "young nurses" you know work, but most of us wear scrubs...which are not flattering or even fitted! and no, cqc, i do not think th...

11. How is Math handled in your program?

    justjill replied to twintoo's topic in General Students

    we didn't have a math pre-req, but we had a section of med math stuff that went along with sophomore level class (i'm in a bsn program). we had to pass a test with 100% after that section, and we had three times to pass. then, when peds clincals bega...

12. Hows everyone doing in clinicals?

    justjill replied to happystudent's topic in General Students

    hey everyone :) i'm in critical care clinicals (icu, ccu, cru, and er) and i LOVE these clincals! we have quite a bit of autonomy now that we are seniors and we are also doing 12hr night shift clinicals (6-6). it is great to spend 24 hours with you...

13. Male Nurses Discrimination

    justjill replied to Boomer Sooner's topic in General Nursing

    boomer....i know the two males in my graduating class felt like they were treated differently than the female nursing students. i'm not really sure exactly what it was they felt was different, but i know they believe they were treated differently. i ...

14. Not going to med surg after graduation?What are your thoughts?

    justjill replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    hi! i'm a student, too, and i have heard that medsurg is a great are to start out in, especially if you want to get some experience under your belt. i know that every hospital is different when it comes to hiring new grads. some are very willing to ...

15. Rude nursing comments

    justjill replied to lynn1967's topic in Relations

    Where I work we often get comments about LPN's not being 'real nurses', especially by doctors. our joke around the nurses station is that LPN stands for 'little play nurse' and RN stands for 'real nurse'. but seriously, it is ridiculous. one of my f...