jen42

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1. Been a nurse for 5 years... now 2 med errors in one week. Help.

   jen42 posted a topic in Safety

   I am a wreck, and feeling pretty wretched. I'm in my last week of a job in an outpatient clinic, administering injectable meds (doing other things too, but this is what I screwed up on.) My first error, two patients of the same name, gave one a shot ...

2. Accutane

   jen42 replied to sanakruz's topic in Ambulatory

   A friend of mine took Accutane, and got horrible liver damage from it. She can't process Vitamin D normally anymore. My brother was on it FOUR TIMES for acne that was, in my opinion, not severe. He got dry skin and hair loss. No permanent effects, as...

3. *sigh* Mono.

   jen42 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have mono. (Aren't I too old for mono?) I also start a new job on Monday. I've had mono for about three weeks (was misdiagnosed for the first two) and can do nice things like swallow, stay awake, and walk across the room. The first week of my new j...

4. My 3 year old has MRSA!

   jen42 replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

   This past year I worked both as a school and a jail nurse. At the jail, treated many, many MRSA abscesses. Then one morning a 7-year-old walked in complaining of a "sore" on his back. Pulled up his shirt- gigantic MRSA abscess, leaking all over the p...

5. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

   jen42 replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work nights. I rarely could sleep for just a little bit, and not wake up feeling worse. However, some nurses who were having a slow night would put their heads down for a bit, with their beepers on loud volume right next to their heads, so ...

6. Irrational Fears of a Nursing Student

   jen42 replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   Employers will be happy to hire a 39-year-old new grad- it's not like you're 70. If you had a successful career beforehand, it's evidence that you have basic job skills- somebody just out of college who is 22 may have worked a job successfully, but t...

7. Do Nurses Need Chemistry Education?

   jen42 replied to Dr. O's topic in General Nursing

   I got a biology degree before I went to nursing school... and got almost 2 years of organic and inorganic chemistry. I use it often. We are chemical creatures, and if our chemistry gets out of whack, we are toast. It's important to understand at leas...

8. Advice for new clinic job

   jen42 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Hello all! I just accepted a position as an RN in a clinic for low-income families. I'm very excited! I've worked in a school setting, and a correctional setting, but never in an office. On the med-surg forum they have a "sticky" with tons of advice ...

9. Corrections Vs. Psych Institution for the Criminally Insane

   jen42 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

   Heck, I worked in a residential locked psych facility for teens- not criminally insane, just mental health diagnoses- and got assaulted all the time. I work in a jail for a few shifts a month, and I'd say it's safer than your basic ER. Always CO's ar...

10. Oddest things found in a patient!

    jen42 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was working in a teenage psych home... a girl told me her ear hurt. As I approached it with the otoscope, this blue glow began emanating from her ear canal... all I could think was, "aliens?" No, she'd stuck a shard of blue glass in her ear that wa...

11. Chicken or the Egg?

    jen42 replied to LucyGoosey's topic in School

    Our school seems to have a policy somewhat in between. If there are live bugs in the hair- the kids stays home. If there were nits, and the kid still has two or three, but the parents are conscientiously combing them out, we'll let them come back if ...

12. HELP! Class assignment needs to be completed

    jen42 replied to Bluejay2002's topic in Correctional

    I work in a jail. 1. 4 hours of classroom, 4 shifts of orientation (I'm agency.) 2. What self-defense course? 3. I won't know until I am, and I doubt I ever will be. 4. Nope- had some unconscious people/ chest pain/ emergent situations, but never had...

13. Missed a fractured arm?

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I just talked to a girl with her arm in a sling. I saw her on Wednesday after she fell off the monkey bars. She was calm, didn't seem to be in much pain. Said her arm hurt- it wasn't swollen and she could move it. Gave her ice and sent her back to cl...

14. How would you have handled this?

    jen42 replied to radoncrn's topic in School

    Jeez. Even if the candy *had* come out I would have had his parents pick him up, because I'd imagine he was scared and traumatized! If it hadn't... definitely wouldn't put him on the bus.

15. Staff nurse hoping to get manager's perspective...

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Management

    Quick Update- Did a lot of job shadowing, and my experience in L&D was amazing. I loved the hospital, the nurses, and the experience from beginning to end- actually quite a hard labor, but it ended with a beautiful baby boy. I was able to speak w...