Jiminocala

Jiminocala has 30 years experience and specializes in ER/Trauma, Home Care, Corrections.

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1. Time to call a duck a duck?

   Jiminocala replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

   "the recession bringing out the true colors of nurses and everyone around them." Sounds like you have a low opinion of nurses and everyone around them.

2. Senior RN Student w/ Jealous Husband!!!

   Jiminocala replied to mommalumps's topic in Student Assist

   I have been an RN for over 30 years and have heard all of this before, many times. The cause of your depression, etc. is largely your relationship with a jealous and controlling man who has stolen your dignity. You deserve better. You have made tre...

3. Why did you join allnurses??

   Jiminocala replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   You know, I can't remember that far back, but it is likely that I saw an article that I wanted to comment on. We have a lot of challenges in Nursing, and health care in general. After 30+ years as an RN, guess I think I learned a thing or two worth...

4. The best nursing advice you've ever received

   Jiminocala replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

   Problems don't solve themselves. Never make it look like you did nothing about a problem. Document everything. Don't c/o about the coffee, you may be old and weak yourself someday.

5. Attractive Students Being Hired First

   Jiminocala replied to bioniclewoman's topic in New Nurse

   It was that way 30 years ago, too! My advice? If you can't be beautiful, at least look professional and be well prepared. Just maybe you, Nancy Nurse will beat out Betty Bimbo for the job!

6. How Did You Decide On Nursing as a Career?

   Jiminocala replied to BeanTrees's topic in General Students

   I am male and graduated in 1979. My journey into Nursing began when I was seriously injured at age nine and spent a couple of months in the hospital. After high school, I was hired as an orderly at the local hospital and related well to the patien...

7. How important is GPA while in Nursing school?

   Jiminocala replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in Student Assist

   I made lousy grades in High School, but in college, something competitive awakened inside of me and I graduated with a 3.7 GPA. The fact that I had done so well was a great comfort to me when I sat for boards. In those days, it was one test for eve...

8. Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

   Jiminocala replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in New Nurse

   $75 is a pretty cheap "Resume Enhancer" that will impress prospective employers, grad school admission people and any school that you transfer to. It's money well spent, especially now.

9. Should I make the decision to switch career?

   Jiminocala replied to arkmann's topic in California

   If it was me, I would continue on your present course, but with some changes r/t the economy. For now, better to stay in the Navy, maybe two more years. Once you have completed your pre requisites, apply to a couple of schools near where you want to...

10. Sounding board wanted! Please, need new perspective

    Jiminocala replied to blueeagle11's topic in Emergency

    She is your S.O. and is running you down about work? Sounds like jealousy to me. Try getting out of the unit where you both work. If things improve, then OK, if not, may be time to give the S.O. the heave-ho. I don't mean to be callous on this, s...

11. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

    In Switzerland, people were recently asked to vote on a referendum that would give animals legal representation in an abuse or neglect case, supposedly to look out for the rights of the animal, but of course it was to recover money from the perp, on...

12. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I remember the cat that my table dissected in A & P back in 1976. He was a big orange tabby that we named Morris, after an advertisement on TV at the time. The State of Indiana had a law making it illegal, except for Medical Students, to dissec...

13. Organ Donation Opt Out

    Jiminocala replied to XB9S's topic in General Nursing

    Soylent Green is PEOPLE!

14. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The cow was dead before it was dissected and the eye would have gone into petfood had it not found it's way to your college for the purpose of teaching Nursing Students about the human eye, using animal models. Would you have allowed your fellow stu...

15. Why is there no medical terminology class for the RN program? Among others.

    Jiminocala replied to amanda1266's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You should pick up the information as you go along. If you are not doing it now, you should learn the definition of every new word, term, provcedure, etc. that you run across in your textbooks or other study media. That being said, I DO favor havin...