jmckeith

jmckeith specializes in Hospice.

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1. What is it REALLY like for new grads right now?

   jmckeith replied to JamieA0321's topic in Colorado

   Hey Jamie, I read all the previous post and a lot of good wisdom was shared. I graduated last May, and found all the nearby Hospitals now wanted a year's experience. I did my precepting in an Oncology unit in a big nearby Hospital and just knew I wou...

2. New national nurses union forms

   jmckeith replied to herring_RN's topic in Union

   You say it in a nutshell. Problem is, RN's, people in general, are scared of change. I don't know what it will take to wake this country up and get fed up with the status quo. As a single payer nation, all the incentives for profit leechs is gone and...

3. The future of Nurses in Obama's Health Plan

   jmckeith replied to ffearme12's topic in Emergency

   well said chihmom8. you hit the nail on the head with this quote “well, i do know why, they have a huge lobby in dc and contribute a lot of money to our politicians' campaigns”. this is perhaps the biggest problem we have in getting effective legisl...

4. Roll Call---How many start their RN this month!

   jmckeith replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   Along with a lot of you, I'm a 20th-er. I'll be one of four guys in a class of around one hundred. Should be very entertaining. Sure is a large stack of books for one semester.......geeeesh.

5. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   jmckeith replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Hi guys, 51-year young male here. I used to work for the "Big Brown UPS" but the job satisfaction thing just wasn't happening. My wife, brother, sister, and daughter are all nurses and I have never known them to be dissatisfied with their jobs. Frust...

6. Does age really matter???

   jmckeith replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

   As for motivation, this should dispel any doubts.

7. TOO Old??? 41 1/2 years old

   jmckeith replied to chubbi's topic in Career Support

   Hey Suzy, I'm right there with ya. I am 51 and start nursing clinicals this fall. As long as you have all your marbles, I don't see an issue with age. My goal is to work in Hospice and help in any way that I can before I leave this rock. Cheers

8. A&P I Spring 2007 Semster - Welcome!

   jmckeith replied to DigitalWanksta's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I finished A&P I last semester and I too have been away from the class room for a long time. What I did was to make lots of flash cards on muscles, bones, etc. Another thing that helped me was, I used a program I beleive comes with all window ope...

9. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   jmckeith replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, has anyone noticed how many post has been placed by all the respondants to this post? On average, they are fairly low numbers which has me wondering, are we mostly newbies concerned with this post? My wife, a nurse of 30 years, has done and seen...

10. A&P I Spring 2007 Semster - Welcome!

    jmckeith replied to DigitalWanksta's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm 51 so you don't have to worry about age being a factor. I work and just finished A&P I. Basically, I found for myself and most of the students who attended with me is, you get out what you put in. This isn't a course where you study when you ...

11. A&P II Club! Come on in!

    jmckeith replied to lisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I agree, it was kinda funny though because most of the younger students are the ones that struggled. I just don't think the commitment was there with some.

12. Questions on the TEAS test

    jmckeith replied to jmckeith's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Thanks for the info. Yeah, I have the study guide and believe me, I'm studying. How does the time allowed for each segment breakdown?

13. Questions on the TEAS test

    jmckeith posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Studying for the TEAS test due by JAN. 20th. Do you need to know conversions on the math part or are they supplied? Also, are there alot of spelling questions? My spelling sucs...er, sucks. hehehe:lol2:

14. CNA while finishing prereq's...?

    jmckeith replied to DesertRain's topic in Pre-Nursing

    WoW, good questions. I need the answers also since I have A&P II and CNA next semester. T

15. A&P II Club! Come on in!

    jmckeith replied to lisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Ditto, Same thing happened in the A&P I class I just finished. Makes me wonder how many will be present for A&P II.