justashooter replied to Lavenderper's topic in Student Assist
there is no autonomy in nursing. nursing is not a "profession". it is a service occupation, just like working at McDonalds. nursing schools like to teach that nursing is a profession, but in reality it is just complying with standard of care and prac...
justashooter replied to lauriepat's topic in Stress 101
grow a pair, sister. seriously, you are 21, inexperienced, untainted, and working in a field that will taint you. nursing homes are the bottom of the barrel. they hired cheap and inexperienced labour like you as charge, yes?. get thee to a top fligh...
justashooter replied to pacionne's topic in Male Students
agreed that lots of female instructors and floor nurses will regard/report any male as aggressive if they don't like them personally. it's the golden ticket to getting rid of someone that makes them uncomfortable (in any way) or makes them feel inade...
justashooter replied to lovescapeRN's topic in Job Hunt
another person who values their own comfort over patient safety. the worst kind of nurse is a person who wants to stand there and direct others to do work...
justashooter replied to Vhanesa's topic in Immigration
if you have appropriate credentials and can get liscensed by the board of nursing in your state then you can work as a J2. you should start things by applying for the 765. in the waiting time have your degree and foreign liscense evaluated/translate...
justashooter replied to dina118r's topic in Male Students
you sound like a more assertive person that would not be happy in anything less than an autonomous role. if so, nursing below the MSN level is not for you. i entered nursing school after a long career in engineering and came to the same conclusion at...
justashooter replied to pacionne's topic in Male Students
what you need to be in clinicals depends on the character of your instructor and the floor nurses that you are working with. if you cannot adapt to their comfort level then you are toast. this gets tricky, and sometimes every relationship is an indiv...
justashooter replied to Eterrybe's topic in Male Students
coming into nursing from an engineering background i must say that during clinicals i was among the better educated students both in general, and in terms of the human physiology and nursing/medical practice. my answers were consistently more in dept...
justashooter replied to erikmm291's topic in Male Students
OB is a special place, and the floor nurses can be very territorial there. in my case, the floors were lifers on gravy duty and didn't want ANY students on the floor to rock their pleasure boat. the CNA on OB were just as bad as the RN. some spurious...
justashooter replied to tinawoods's topic in Pennsylvania
I take adderall and xanax. I was taken to the hospital a toxicology screen was done and my prescriptions came up in my urine. Also they came up in the toxicology report. When I recieved the report my levels were way below what the report showed...
justashooter replied to jennycorn11's topic in Pennsylvania
WAG you are getting less than 60K? the thing is, we are in a depression right now, and have been for your entire working carreer. the only way to leverage up in such times is the same used in better times. you need to hop from job to job every 2-4 ye...
justashooter replied to brittsmith2333's topic in Pennsylvania
Psych NP usually work in hospital, either in crisis units (72 hour detention), outpatient maintinance (sometimes involving addictions), or in inpatient settings (mental hospitals or wings). PNP may do assessments, establish treatment plans, prescribe...
justashooter replied to Vhanesa's topic in Immigration
J-2 visitors may request work authorization from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by submitting form I-765. Adjudication typically takes between 3 and 5 months. If approved, an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) will...
justashooter replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Relations
studies have shown that sexual preference affects risk analysis directly. the questions are valid. and yes, you can get HIV through normal vaginal intercourse, but this is not anywhere near as likely as through receptive anal intercourse. the only ci...