jkesler

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1. Hurricane Irma

   jkesler replied to bluemoon28's topic in COVID

   A number of others have already made some suggestions for ear plugs, air mattress, snacks, changes of clothes, and etc. I would also bring a good book or two. If the power goes out on your tablet, phone, kindle, etc you can still read a book. :...

2. Hurricane Irma

   jkesler replied to bluemoon28's topic in COVID

   Yes. In Florida and a number of other states they can legally force you to stay during an emergency such as a hurricane. They often call it "patient abandonment". Also, because Florida is a "right to slavery".. .er I mean a "right to work" or "at ...

3. Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

   jkesler replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

   Technically hard would be something like transplant ICU nursing. Or maybe open heart. areas with lots of machines, dialysis, and etc. When you have to watch 6 drips, 4 monitors, and physically assess the patient every hour that is pretty technical...

4. Is hospital nursing an unbearably dirty job?

   jkesler replied to lisaniles's topic in General Nursing

   Your friend may have an unusually discriminating sense of smell. People with an acute sense of smell often have trouble dealing with the "dirty" part of nursing or healthcare. She may also have a germ phobia. I mean that darn E-coli just hangs out...

5. Is hospital nursing an unbearably dirty job?

   jkesler replied to lisaniles's topic in General Nursing

   Are you being humorous? Or are you really unaware that the CNA role is usually the "grunt" of nursing? They are usually the one that is called when someone needs lifted, turned, fed, cleaned, and etc. If someone throws up the first person the RN ...

6. Best Online LPN to BSN Bridge Program???

   jkesler replied to kgallagher's topic in Online Learning

   It depends on what your priorities are. I recommend LPN to BSN if you can. RN is great. But if you don't have a minimum of a BSN some doors just won't open as easy. If you never intend to leave clinical nursing you don't need to worry so much abo...

7. A cautionary tale: advice/help needed

   jkesler replied to Renegade girl's topic in General Nursing

   Have you consider Naturopathic Medicine? Naturopathy - Wikipedia I know people have already mentioned psych nursing. There is also ARNP in psych. Then you get to diagnose, treat, counsel, and prescribe. If you think nursing is just totally...

8. Possible HIPAA trouble help me please!

   jkesler replied to Giggly12's topic in HIPAA

   If you have not contacted your exes employer about violating your privacy you should strongly consider doing so. Secondly, contact the authorities and ask if you can file a no contact order against your ex for harassment. Thirdly, if your hospital ...

9. "Your job is to make me happy"

   jkesler replied to Nurse216's topic in Relations

   Welcome to the "service industry". When Hospitals use customer satisfaction (i.e. how happy they are with their stay) as a metric it does indeed become the nurses job to make the customer/client happy. And if you don't believe that hospitals have...

10. Being forced to stay at work. (West Virginia)

    jkesler replied to Sixtr's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty sure that they cannot *force* you to stay after your shift has ended. They can require mandatory OT as allowed by law. But, I am reasonably sure that coercion or forcing you to stay after your shift has ended might be considered kidnapp...

11. Does this sound like case management to you?

    jkesler replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Case Management

    There is a fine line between case manager and care manager. A case manager actively works to acheive optimal wellness outcomes for the client while being a good steward of the resources available to them. This role often looks like a chinese acrob...

12. Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Air Force

    jkesler replied to brughm's topic in Government

    Just about anyplace the Air Force has a mental health clinic or behavioral health inpatient ward will have a need for the PMH NP. Wilford Hall has merged with Brooke Army Medical center in San Antonio TX and they have a huge need for psych nurses an...

13. Which hospital would you get a good chance to go into ER directly?

    jkesler replied to EMT89's topic in Government

    It really is going to depend on where you are stationed. If I understand your question correctly you want to join the Navy Nurse Corp and work in an ER in the Navy. To do that you will need to be assigned to a location that has an active ER departme...

14. Single parent military nursing?

    jkesler replied to UncreativeUsername's topic in Government

    A family care plan is a document that you fill out certifying that you have a workable plan for who will take care of your dependent children if you are deployed or assigned to a duty station that does not allow dependents to accompany you. You have...

15. Student clinical's at VA hospital?

    jkesler replied to villasams's topic in Government

    Best thing to do is find out who runs the education programs at the VA hospital you want to do clinicals at. If they don't have a memorandum of agreeement with your college you may have to do some leg work. Once you find that person talk to them a...