jjmm RN,BSN

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1. Baby and school?

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to julesjameson3333's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I did an accelerated BSN with a 1 and 2 year old. You can do it, just mentally prepare yourself..You will need good organization, support and long term high stress tolerance..but its possible!

2. UB ABS 2016 start

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to lexibuffalo92's topic in School Programs

   A little late but if you still have questions let me know! I had a baby so I was a little busy for a bit..lol

3. 32 years old and ready to switch my career to become a nurse! Am I too old?

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to Kaytee12's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Nope, I became an RN at 39 :) I work in acute med-surg and have no problem keeping up with my 23 year old coworkers! Except when I was 40 and in my late 3rd trimester of pregnancy...LOL. I guess I'm a late bloomer!

4. How to manage life on night shift?

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

   Although I work days now, when I was on nights I had issues with falling asleep on the way home and my commute was just 30 minutes. The only thing that helped me was eating. I would save a granola bar, a piece of fruit or even doritos and eat them ...

5. 34 yr old starting out...help

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to katylady22's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I became a nurse at 39, so it's not too late! I did an accelerated BSN in 1 year, but I had to do roughly 2 years of prereqs before I could apply to that program. You will have to take all the sciences again if they are more than 5 years old most p...

6. Uworld percentage

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to randeepbrar93's topic in NCLEX

   I did almost the entire qbank and at the end was testing in the 60% range, I passed nclex in 75 questions.

7. UB ABS 2016 start

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to lexibuffalo92's topic in School Programs

   Hi! Sorry for the late reply I just saw this. The average gpa when I got in was a 3.6 I think, but the committee looks at how good your essay is and if your prereq gpa is high they count that as well. I had some terrible grades from my past, but th...

8. Pregnant nurse: scared of problems with baby from working as a nurse.

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to Nursing2102's topic in Stress 101

   I'm currently 33 weeks and have been working full time on a med-surg unit. I take all precautions patients I'm given, with the obvious exception of CMV and shingles, but my coworkers understand that and wouldn't give me those patients anyway. Just ...

9. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

   jjmm RN,BSN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

   telemarketing!

10. "I don't know why she has to get such a lowly job just to be a nurse"

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in CNA/MA

    I was a CNA before I became a nurse and I thought it was worth it. I was a lot more comfortable performing patient care and talking to and relating to patients than other student nurses just starting. I wasn't treated badly except maybe a few times...

11. When to Get Pregnant

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to metamedicine's topic in General Nursing

    I did nursing school with a 1 and 2 year old, but that said not sure I could have done it while pregnant. I'm 30 weeks now with an almost 3 and 4 year old, working as an RN and taking only 2 masters classes and it's really tough. That said if you h...

12. I hate nursing school !

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students

    I hear you..nursing school is really really tough, you have to really want to be a nurse, otherwise you won't have the motivation to get through it. Believe me, we all had some of these things happen. As a student, you're going to feel in the way, ...

13. 8 or 12 hour shifts

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing

    I work in acute care (med-surg unit) and I hated 8 hour shifts. I worked mostly 7-3 with some 3-11. I felt like I was always there, and unless I had really easy patients I would always be there late charting. I barely ever got 2 days off in a row,...

14. New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Med-Surg

    I am a new nurse (10 months) on a med-surg unit and although it is regular when I did noc shift to have 6 patients, we almost always had an aide. It would be really difficult to prevent falls, manage sundowners, t&p q2 plus all our charting and ...

15. Starting nursing school with a 3 year old

    jjmm RN,BSN replied to linzipinzi's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I did my pre-reqs pregnant with a 1yr old, then an accelerated BSN with a 1 and 2 year old. I also worked per diem as an aide the whole time. I had a great support system though with my fiance and my family. You definitely DON'T have to wait until...