julie978

julie978 has 3 years experience.

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1. Should I retake my GRE?

   julie978 replied to share's topic in Post Graduate

   The GRE does not corrolate directly to a students success so many universitys waive this requirement, especially with a solid GPA. When I was looking, I recall that STONEYBROOK in NY did not require the GRE and they have an an online/distance progr...

2. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

   julie978 replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   No!!! Never too old! This is my second career, and I am looking at 2 more years of the MSN program at USF starting in JAN at the ripe old age of 36. When you look at HOW DARN LONG it takes to work toward retirement- no you are not too old- I mean I ...

3. Poll: "Do Not Use List" of abbreviations

   julie978 replied to soontobe_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yes, the do not use abbreviations....I think computer entry would solve the whole thing easily. No messy handwriting to guess at and the computer could be programmed to reject the do not use abbreviations. my facility is years away from that tech...

4. TPN and NPO

   julie978 posted a topic in General Nursing

   this is a :new nurse: question, but should a pt who is NPO for a procedure have their TPN stopped? From nursing school I just remember NEVER STOP THE TPN, have D5w available to hang if it is stopped. But........of course now that I am out of schoo...

5. Why so many quit during first year?

   julie978 replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in New Nurse

   I have been a med surg nurse/new rn 1 yr 4 months. i can say that clinicals are not the same as "real' nursing....clinicals gave us small numbers of pts (not the 8-9 I have now) and lots and lots of support (very unlike i have now) IE at my current...

6. 1950s nursing

   julie978 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

   taste of urine, ewww. BTW, my Mom is a also nurse and she tells me of the old psych facilities where she took care of pts in the 1960's that had been in the hospital well over 10 years- and some as long as 30. Looking back now, I think can that b...

7. More Strange Baby Names

   julie978 replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Knew a boy growing up named Green Fields Holiness. We called him Matt.

8. I HATE nursing! (long)

   julie978 replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   Public health: check out the salary first, but epidemiology, health inspector (like with Jahco or thru the health dept for ALF or nursing homes etc), or tattoo parlor inspector. Lots of jobs in the regulation of health care...you help patients, but ...

9. Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... Nurse to Patient Ratios

   julie978 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   I have only been a new grad/med-surg nurse now for 11 months and consistently get 7-8 pts, sometimes 9. Last weekend (nights) I refused a 9th patient (new admit) because of the acuity of my other 8. I know I made the manager mad, but who's butt is ...

10. herbals and migraines

    julie978 replied to Indy's topic in Holistic

    butterburr, sold under the label Petadolex, it is taken daily as a preventative, anti-cholenergic, anti-muscarinic, lots of research done on it, worked well for me...my neurologist recc it. he did not want me to take butterburr from a health food st...

11. Ultrascope or Littman?

    julie978 replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Love my ultra scope, but had to wait until AFTER school to use it, they wanted us to use one with two sides so they could watch us auscultate for bruits with the little bell. harrrumph!

12. "Cookie Cutter" uniforms

    julie978 replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is going to uniforms, and this may be the straw that broke the camels back...but since nursing is a science, I have been looking wildly for any evidence (research papers) that uniforms actually increase patient satisfaction...(esp. since...

13. What do you HATE to do at work?

    julie978 replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    hummm....mouth care on pts who really really really need all their teeth pulled (um hey doc, why does he have sepsis???). one gentleman had teeth so bad you could smell them in the hall, and as i was swabbing his brown and black teeth they were bend...

14. Rude and crude RN

    julie978 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    yikes and the docs too??? but, remember that some people do go into the medical profession or other social professions, that deal with vulnerable people, looking for opportunitys to use, abuse or otherwise take advantage of the trust that is put into...

15. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    julie978 replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    What would poor Florence think about all this? >shudder Note to self: Florida RN to email her kin state BON. asap.