jwhitaker23

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1. shift differential question

   jwhitaker23 replied to micco's topic in General Nursing

   Along the same lines, if you work nights on the weekends, do you usually receive both shift diffs?

2. Unprofessional & Jealous!!!

   jwhitaker23 replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in CRNA

   My guess would also be that it would have a lot to do with both an age difference between the average poster on that BB and the average poster here, as well as a major difference between the proportion of male to female posters on each board. Young m...

3. CNA Required?

   jwhitaker23 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Was just sitting wondering who else is required to have a valid CNA license to be accepted to their school's ADN program. I've looked into 3 schools here and 2 of them require it and one doesn't. I think that this is a good idea because it not only g...

4. working vs school, not seeing kids

   jwhitaker23 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   I know exactly what you mean about struggling with whether or not what you're doing is worth the time that you're spending away from your kids. I know that I'm struggling with this right now with starting school and working full time. Right now I wor...

5. Woo-Hoo! pre-reqs FINISHED

   jwhitaker23 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Congratulations, I'm going to be starting my pre-reqs in a few weeks. I'm going the opposite order though, I'm starting with the CNA class.

6. Roll Call Fall '05, Pre-nursing for RN program

   jwhitaker23 replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I will be starting at Kishwaukee Community College in Malta, IL this fall. I will be taking: Rhetoric & Compostion Intro to Psych Basic Nurse Assistant Training (not required for pre-reqs, but would like to get experience in as a CNA while attend...

7. What do patients say that irks you?

   jwhitaker23 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My wife reminded me of another one tonight, also regarding c-sections. Her friend was recently pregnant with twins. During one of their dr. visits they were told that there was a good chance that they would have to do a c-section even after starting ...

8. What's the weirdest baby name?

   jwhitaker23 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Right up until the day I was born my parents were going to call me JR. This was before the days of Dallas, and no, that wasn't going to stand for anything. Also, one of my teachers at school is name Tom Thomason

9. Is it possible to be born with two uteruses?

   jwhitaker23 replied to wannabenursetx's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Gotta say, this is one of my favorite lines I've seen on here. P.S. Love the Rent quote, can't wait for Nov. 11

10. What do patients say that irks you?

    jwhitaker23 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All right, I've been watching this thread for a while now and just have to share a story about myself. My wife had gastric bypass surgery almost a year before we got pregnant. While she was pregnant she started having complications from the gastric b...

11. Starting Pre-Nursing in August!

    jwhitaker23 replied to jwhitaker23's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I wanted to take A&P right away, but I've been out of school for 10 years now and never took bio anyway. Oh well, at least my school doesn't require any math if you score high enough on their placement test.

12. Starting Pre-Nursing in August!

    jwhitaker23 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well, I'm pretty excited. I finally got registered for my classes yesterday so that I can get started on my nursing pre-reqs. I am going to be taking General Biology, Rhetoric & Composition, Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Sociolog...

13. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    jwhitaker23 replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if the hospital would really be on that shaky of ground by doing a "random" drug test. While I agree that what you do on your own time is up to you, if you feel that this nurse's patients are in danger because of her drug use, then you s...