nursejackie821

nursejackie821 has 2 years experience.

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1. How did you pay for nursing school? Help...I'm in a pickle!

   nursejackie821 replied to dc1994's topic in General Students

   I think you're overthinking this. I personally worked an average of 60 hours a week while attending nursing school and managed just fine. I worked open to close as a bartender on the weekends, evenings as a server during the week and one day a week a...

2. Deciding between 2 schools

   nursejackie821 posted a topic in SRNA

   Alright, so I know it's good to have options and all, but I've been accepted to 2 CRNA programs and don't know which to pick. I'm looking for any personal experiences with the two programs or personal opinions that would help make this decision easie...

3. What would you do in this code?

   nursejackie821 replied to nursejackie821's topic in Critical

   I guess some of us just wondered if the patient indeed had a pulse after the third round, maybe just not bounding enough to feel, or the person checking the pulse just was frantic and missed it. How do you get a pulsatile waveform without a pulse? I...

4. What would you do in this code?

   nursejackie821 posted a topic in Critical

   Looking for any experience with this and/or advice as to what you would do in this situation. We were in the middle of coding a patient last night that had a working arterial line (meaning that it read accurately, flushed, and had good blood return) ...

5. explaining my job to an outsider.

   nursejackie821 posted a topic in Critical

   The other day, I remember making the comment "I feel like you don't have a clue what I do on a daily basis"...the response I got was: "you take care of sick people." That answer couldn't be more right, but it also couldn't be more wrong. Here's some ...