Jakijo

Jakijo has 1 years experience and specializes in PICU, Type I Diabetes.

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1. Job Fairs in NYC?

   Jakijo posted a topic in New York

   I just moved to NYC and I'm looking for an RN position. Where is a good place to look for job fairs in the area? I've tried googling and looking on individual hospital websites, but I'm not finding much. I just found the Nurse.com one next week throu...

2. Nurse Recruiter Information

   Jakijo replied to acitron726's topic in New York

   Thanks for the info on the job fair! Just registered. How can I find other job fairs in the area? I've tried googling to no avail. Is there a good central website for that kind of thing?

3. Becoming an Endocrine Nurse

   Jakijo replied to Mr Sacdiff's topic in Endocrine

   I just saw this, shame no one responded! If you're still a student, I'd say the best way to get into it is to volunteer at a diabetes camp! I may be biased (I LOVE CAMP) but when I was in nursing school I was hell bent on doing trauma. Then one summ...

4. 8 months PICU exp, out of nursing for 2.5 yrs to be an actress, how to explain?

   Jakijo replied to Jakijo's topic in Job Hunt

   Ok, thanks for the encouragement, I could really use it! It's so daunting looking at all these job postings requiring 1 year of experience, but I guess I just gotta suck it up and sell myself. I just applied to volunteer at the children's hospital I ...

5. 8 months PICU exp, out of nursing for 2.5 yrs to be an actress, how to explain?

   Jakijo replied to Jakijo's topic in Job Hunt

   You know, I did play a nurse as an actress, multiple times, it's even on my reel! So I shouldn't consider myself as having 8 months of experience? My residency lasted 18 weeks, so would I consider myself to have 4 months experience (just the post-res...

6. 8 months PICU exp, out of nursing for 2.5 yrs to be an actress, how to explain?

   Jakijo posted a topic in Job Hunt

   So, I graduated with my BSN in Dec. 2011, got my first job as a part of the Versant RN Residency at a children's hospital in the PICU right after graduation. Loved it, but I unfortunately had a medical issue that caused me to miss shifts and I eventu...

7. Hip Dysplasia and the Employment Physical Exam

   Jakijo posted a topic in Disabilities

   I am newly diagnosed with DDH (moderate hip dysplasia) and I have pain in my hip due to degeneration of my articular cartilage and acetabulum. I have a mild to moderate limp when I don't take my narcotic pain med. I just got a job (newly graduated nu...

8. GPA for California Schools

   Jakijo replied to Eddiec28's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was in a similar situation, not necessarily with GPA but with the lottery system used at many community colleges in CA, and I wanted a BSN anyway and even the state schools for nursing are expensive, and reallly, really, really competitive. Anyway,...

9. So how/what do people react when you tell them you're a student nurse?

   Jakijo replied to chibisam's topic in General Students

   Hmm... I suppose the one I get most often from people that know me is, "Why don't you want to be a doctor? You're smart enough to get into medical school..." That bugs me more than I can say. Yes, I could have gone to medical school, but I want to do...

10. Ya know what I really hate about NS right now? just a little vent...add yours

    Jakijo replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    I also really hate the last minute scheduling stuff. But, at my school, although we do have issues between people with kids/jobs and those without, mostly it's tension between transportation issues. My school is in one city (we'll call it city "A") a...

11. What does your uniform look like?

    Jakijo replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    Man, I didn't realize our program was so strict until I read this thread! We have to wear very specific scrubs. Only one particular top made by Landau and one particular bottom (also Landau) in white and wine, respectively. Ugh, and the pants are tho...

12. tired of hearing it, nursing students PLEASE answer

    Jakijo replied to ChervRN's topic in General Students

    So, I just started nursing school this January, and I had these exact thoughts before I started. I'm not going to lie, I'm an excellent student. I graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in health from a top tier university in December (long story, but...

13. Supposed to register for classes tomorrow... BUT they are already FULL!!!

    Jakijo replied to TamiLee's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hmm, it does sound like they're less strict. For my classes, it really depends on three things: how nice the prof is, how big the classroom is, and whether its a lab. Now, the niceness of the professor is self-explanatory, but I found that if the cla...

14. Arrrg... Every college has totally different programs

    Jakijo replied to frodo-dog's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Ugh, I feel you wholeheartedly... in California, there were over 30 programs that I was considering... but only ended up applying to 3 for this very reason... and what I find even worse is that for some schools Anatomy and Physiology is fine, but for...

15. Anyone Cath themselves?

    Jakijo replied to Product's topic in Student Assist

    haha! I had a laugh at this because, personally, I can barely dye my own hair... I can't even imagine that...