jaenshaesmom

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1. Rules, Shmules!!!

   jaenshaesmom posted a topic in Humor

   The following job description was given to floor nurses by a hospital in 1887. I addition to caring for your 50 patients, each nurse will follow these regulations: 1.) Daily sweep and mop the floors of your war, dust the patient's furniture and windo...

2. I may be going to the ER for a migraine...help!

   jaenshaesmom replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

   I think you have to do what you feel is right for each situation. I once ran out of my migraine meds and when I called my MD to get some more called in he wasn't on call. The on call dr didn't want to give me more and sent me to the ER. To make a ...

3. Professional in scrubs?

   jaenshaesmom replied to Kora0880's topic in General Students

   I am currently a nursing student and a PCA at a local hospital. Our hospital just passed a new rule that all PCA's will wear evergreen scrubs that have "St. John's Mercy PCA" stitched on them and nurses will wear navy pants and white tops.

4. Having trouble getting pregnant...getting worried....

   jaenshaesmom replied to jkaee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   A good book to read on this subject is "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler. One of the things in that book that helped me was charting my basal body temp. It is a really accurate way of knowing when is the "right" time. Maybe you al...

5. Period 8 days late...neg HPT!!

   jaenshaesmom replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This happened to me once. I had 3 HPT's come up negative. So, I went to the Dr to get checked out. I was pregnant, but had a miscarriage a week later.

6. What does your post name reflect about you?

   jaenshaesmom replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Mine is a combination of my 2 daughters' names - Jaedyn and Shaeleigh. So I am Jae and Shae's mom! :)

7. Hello fellow PACU friends !

   jaenshaesmom replied to storey's topic in PACU

   Storey, where in Missouri are you? I'm near St. Louis.

8. ADHD and son

   jaenshaesmom replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

   I am a kindergarten teacher (but will start nursing school in the fall.) Before I was in the classroom I was completely against meds for ADHD. Since then, I have seen the meds help a student that would never have made it without them. His self est...

9. Visitation policies in the PICU

   jaenshaesmom replied to Cassandra's topic in General Students

   I went through a time in the PICU with my second daughter. The hospital that she was in was pretty lenient during the day, but would only let one parent stay at night. (She was just a few weeks old at the time.) They had no problem with the other ...

10. Working as a student nurse

    jaenshaesmom posted a topic in General Students

    Please excuse my ignorance, but can a student nurse work as a nurse in a hospital under the supervision of an RN? I've had people tell me they could do that, but I have never heard of it. I plan to work as a PCA starting this summer (I start nursin...

11. Age Check

    jaenshaesmom replied to Ned the Red's topic in General Students

    I am 26 and going to start nursing school in the fall. I already have an Elementary Education degree. It is NEVER too late!!!:)

12. What do you think of "accelerated" nursing programs for second degree students?

    jaenshaesmom replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    We also have an accelerated BSN program here is St. Louis at a very distinguised university. I actually thought about it (I have a degree in Elem. Ed.) I talked to a few nurses about what they thought and they said you don't have as much opportunit...