JisforJanet

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1. Happy Nurses Week Cards...

   JisforJanet replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   hahaha we get one 2 hour per 12 hour shift of making your own sundaes. They hold ours from 7p-9p one night during the week. What a joke. From 7-9 we have patient assessments, meds, prns, a few admits carried over from shift change. Night shift ne...

2. Name a stupid policy/idea your facility thought would fly

   JisforJanet replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   "By the way, when I came out of school 41 years ago, we washed beds, drew blood, served trays, and any other duties as assigned. We loved nursing! Sad to see so many people today unhappy with nursing. I do understand why though" I believe that 41 yea...

3. New to Cardiac Nursing...pep talk needed :)

   JisforJanet replied to skyandsydneysmom's topic in Cardiac

   give yourself 6 mos after you are off orientation. It takes that long to start to feel comfortable especially since this is a new area of nursing for you. Keep educating yourself, keep notes, and line up nurses you trust on the shifts u will be work...

4. My Nursing Career In Six Words

   JisforJanet replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in Humor

   I would not do anything else :)

5. Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

   JisforJanet replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   I always love the midnight complaints coming into hospital about abdominal pain. The patient gets all kinds of pain meds, ct scans, xrays...etc. I get the patient on the floor and my first question is when was the last time you had a bowel movemen...

6. Nonresponder to HepB Vaccine

   JisforJanet replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in General Nursing

   sometimes i just think that vaccinations for some reason dont take as easily as they should. I had to take MMR 4 times before i converted. It was unreal. The titers kept coming back neg. On the 4th try however, several days later i responded wit...

7. Critical Care Training?

   JisforJanet replied to singleumm's topic in General Nursing

   Our state has a course called Basic Critical Care Course and then it has updates on specific areas u can take refreshers on each year. Check it out with your hospital for something like that or contact your state board of nursing.

8. Inefficient training at first job, considering quitting

   JisforJanet replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Nursing

   There is no question about it. Quit and run as fast as you can. They dont care about you. But like the rest, I would stay away from LTC. It isnt going to get much better. But you do as a new nurse need a job that will be nurturing and informative...