janice_c67

janice_c67 BSN, RN

med/surg tele, postpartum, mother baby

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About janice_c67

janice_c67 is a BSN, RN and specializes in med/surg tele, postpartum, mother baby.


Graduated with ADN June 2010, started working on a med/surg oncology unit 10/2011. Prior to working as an RN I was a phlebotomist for 15 years, I left California to take a job in Texas. I moved back to CA at the end of 2012 and worked med/surg telemetry/cardio until July 2014. Currently working on a postpartum unit caring for mother/baby couplets. I completed RN to BSN online in February 2016.

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  1. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Nursing without ratios will suck the life out of you. My first job was in Texas and it was murder and it was extremely unsafe. I am in California now, and I don't hate nursing now that I know I won't get an unlimited number of patients of any acuity ...
  2. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    I always keep it around my neck instead of leaving it at the nurses station because if I put it down I will either forget it and it will magically disappear, or something will come up and I will need it. AND it makes me look cool
  3. Am I too old to be an RN.... or should I just stay an LPN?

    I didn't start nursing school till I was 41. I was a phlebotomist before that for 15 years. You are not too old.
  4. Help! I can't decide!

    I've been a floor nurse for years and I'm still not good at it! JK Only you can decide which to pick, they are two very different jobs... I would think the laser job would be less stressful than OR, and OR usually requires you to be on call, lots o...
  5. disappointed with job offer

    You should take it. You will be great at time management by the time you are able to transfer into the job you really want.
  6. Desperately need advice please help!!!

    RN to BSN isn't that difficult while working, I am doing it right now and I work full time. Do not wait to finish BSN to start looking for a job, I would find a job first then start the BSN online. Once out of nursing school clinicals you kind of sta...
  7. Statistics and BioChem at WGU

    I don't know if you have taken Biochemistry by now, but I took it last term through WGU and it was hard (because chemistry is hard for me) but not nearly as bad as I was anticipating, and the course mentors are outstanding and very helpful! Lots of g...
  8. new grad jobs

    I graduated in 2010 and it took me over a year of applying to anything that didn't say no new grads to find a job half way across the country. Although I do see that there seems to be more new grad jobs popping up no than there was then, I would high...
  9. NAS baby care plan and nursing diagnoses

    Well I am fairly new to well baby nursing (formerly med surg) but I am thinking that with opiate exposure they may have difficulty with feeding/latching/swallowing, so they would be at risk of dehydration and hyperbilirubinemia, failure to thrive... ...
  10. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    It will get better I promise! I absolutely hated my first year, wanted to walk off the job so many times, even called my old phlebotomy manager to beg for my job back. Fortunately, it was a holiday and he didn't answer. When he called me back I felt ...
  11. They expect you to go back to work after two weeks?!?! I think at 3 weeks I went to my first PT, just having them attempt to move my arm at all was so painful I saw my life flash before my eyes! Two months is probably not even going to be enough give...
  12. Almost Off Orientation And Scared

    I have been at my job now for about 3.5 monnths, I had about 8 weeks of orientation and didn't feel ready to go on my own either. i get asked questions that I can't answer all the time too and I feel stupid to not be able to answer a question a pati...
  13. New Grad No Job- extremely depressed.

    Definitely look further than two hours from home. I graduated June 2010 and just started working Oct 2011, had to move from CA to central TX. If you can move, do it... get your experience and then if you aren't happy where you are then go back home. ...
  14. I lived in the SF bay area, worked for 15 years at a large hospital as a phlebotomist, and couldn't get a job there. So, after 15 months post graduation I moved to the boondocks in Texas and started working in a large hospital on a med surg unit. I s...
  15. Feeling extremely frustrated :(

    I graduated June 2010, started working in Oct 2011. I left CA and came to TX after applying to well over 1,000 jobs. I would recommend taking a refresher if you are able to, and hopefully there will be some better job prospects for you where you are ...