JulieW

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  1. What Freaks You Out?

    thanks for the laughs everyone! I agree that all of the above are totally nasty, but I can handle most without gagging (except colostomies, that's gag city). In terms of what 'freaks me out', I really have to say that watching a chest tube insertion ...
  2. New grad to MD office??

    Go for it, Amy. Only you know what is best for your family. I chose the same route due to the great schedule of office nursing, and found it to be my niche. I love it. It's a wonderful job. You won't know if it's for you until you try it. I only had ...
  3. New grad to MD office??

    Go for it, Amy. Only you know what is best for your family. I chose the same route due to the great schedule of office nursing, and found it to be my niche. I love it. It's a wonderful job. You won't know if it's for you until you try it. I only had ...
  4. MA's being used as "nurses"

    Mn.linda, I agree with what you've written. I don't have anything against MAs, and think they serve a wonderful and important purpose in the medical office. I wish our office utilized a multi-tasked MA to help in the front and the back. It would be w...
  5. Hi peaceful2100, I never realized how painful it would be to work weekends, 12 hr shifts (you will NOT see your kids if you work 12's except for long enough to kiss them goodnight), and holidays until I started doing it. I thought having 4 days off a...
  6. 14 month Accelerated Nursing program

    Well, I haven't heard of that type of program specifically, however, requirements are certainly changing around here. For instance, 30-unit/two semester options for LVNs withOUT prereqs are becoming more popular (only stipulation is that the grad wou...
  7. Drugs and drug addicts

    good questions chili, I don't have answers, either. I would be interested in hearing a rehab nurse's take on prosecuting/rehabing and who the most common re-offenders (age group,sex,financial class,etc) are.
  8. IS THIS YOU?

    kday, Thanks for including cigarette smell to the other offenses listed above! I can't stand the smell of someone who has just smoked a cigarette, and someone who chain smokes and has OLD smoke smell on them flat out nauseates me! I can't imagine wh...
  9. BSN minimum requirement

    Reading your post was an exercise in futility. Take english COMP next semester. It'll help.
  10. BSN minimum requirement

    Reading your post was an exercise in futility. Take english COMP next semester. It'll help.
  11. Did your education prepare you for office nursing?

    I think med-surg is a good start just because it's so hectic and you really learn to prioritize. Not everyone starts in med surg, though. Office nursing is wonderful and allows you time with your family, including weekends and evenings and holidays....
  12. Well, I love *almost* everything about my new job! But, not being on time is not much fun. Most days we are okay, only running 30-45 mins behind schedule (and that really isn't that bad for us!), but other times, people don't get seen until 1.5 hrs a...
  13. LITERALLY EATING THE "HELL" OUT OF YOUR YOUNGS

    I feel for you. I, along with a few hundred others on this board , have gone through the same type of thing. I agree with fergus on the oppressed group theory. My orientation as a new grad was awful. I was nothing more than fresh meat for these aw...
  14. Joy Shepard!!

    Also Daz remember A-B-C's. Nursing school exams love to see if you can use them to prioritize and you'll see them on boards as well. airway, breathing, circulation. On your softball victim, airway is going to take priority over a rib fx (which she v...
  15. Joy Shepard!!

    Daz, Focus on what unit your class is on right now. Read class notes. I'm sure your homework correlates with the lessons being taught, and if you compare sympoms to those things you've recently learned about, the right thing will click. Another thin...