jaxmom63

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1. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   jaxmom63 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   It was not physically impossible, I saw the wheal when she got done. He was not paying attention. I have not had to give a tb test yet and couldn't remember how many cc's it was. This happened 4 years ago. And when i answered the thread, it had...

2. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   jaxmom63 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   Before starting Nursing School, I worked in a Nephrologist office as a secretary. He let 2 nurses go and hired MA's to save money. Time came for this doc to get his yearly TB test. The MA used an entire new bottle for the test instead of the 2 cc...

3. Gray's Anatomy

   jaxmom63 replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

   I also love the show. I notice that a lot of times we seem to take this stuff way to personally. Maybe you should just accept it as what it is. Fiction. And some of that stuff does go on in real hospitals. There was an incident where I did my cli...

4. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

   jaxmom63 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

   Hello. My name is Emmy. I am a 42 year old single mom of a 16 year old rock guitar player. I have had a wonderful time this semester studying to the smooth sounds of Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix and Judas Priest. I have finals for the next four days...

5. What is the complaint with nursing salaries?

   jaxmom63 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am so glad someone finally asked this question. I worked as a CNA for 8 years, then worked in a Dr.'s office as a secretary until I got laid off. I love the medical field and especially patient care. I went to nursing school because I knew there...

6. RN's vs. Students @ clinicals

   jaxmom63 replied to NJNursing's topic in General Students

   I have done clinicals at the same hospital for all 7 semesters, (going into my 8th and last in January, woo woo), and the staff have all been great to us. They know they are a teaching hospital, and don't look at us as a burden. We are able to hand...

7. Nurses need to stick together instead of EAT THEIR YOUNG!!!

   jaxmom63 replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I am currently in my last semester of RN school. Last week, I was having a very, VERY, difficult time. I was able to post a little of this in a thread and received several encouraging PM's from nurses who read the post. I just want to say tha...

8. Barley hanging on

   jaxmom63 replied to Brandiwine14's topic in General Students

   Do you mean to say that clothes are not supposed to be in a basket? I don't think my wardrobe has seen a hanger in 4 semesters. I have one to go and I can't wait. My house is a mess, the only thing I can find is my books for school. My son is afr...

9. Beyond bad credit-struck by lightening twice

   jaxmom63 replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

   Bad credit will not effect getting a job or going to college unless you try to get a loan to pay for school. My ex-husband had to have everything we owned when we got divorced in 2004. He took the new home, the new truck, everything. I signed all ...

10. help really need please...

    jaxmom63 replied to nurse_0501's topic in Student Assist

    If you could find something that is a problem in your immediate area, that would help. VickiRn is right about smoking. There is huge amounts of info on the internet. I would try to think of someone close to you or that you know who has experience...

11. Human Growth and Development Course

    jaxmom63 replied to kayel's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Remember everything they teach you about Maslow and Erickson. I am in my last semester of RN and we are still being tested on that stuff.

12. Living expenses?

    jaxmom63 replied to wannabe2007's topic in LPN/LVN

    You may want to check a little closer on your eleven year old being the responsible party. Some states require children left alone to be as old as 12. There is a program in most states called Workforce Investment Act. It is a makeover of the old J...

13. sister baby was just diagnosed with downs

    jaxmom63 replied to gthurma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If I may speak from personal experience. I have a sister with Downs. She is a year older than myself. I am 7 out of 10 children. When we were younger, my mom told us that God only blessed special families with a sister like ours. We grew up bel...

14. Feeling Overwhelmed!

    jaxmom63 replied to Canadian_Girl's topic in General Students

    Overwhelmed is not a strong enough word. In my 7th of 8 semesters and feel like dropping out. Tried to post a thread asking for encouragement, had technical difficulties. Went to chat, no one would answer me. Posted on another thread, no response...

15. LPN to RN student forum

    jaxmom63 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

    I tried to post this as a thread, but it said I didn't have enough characters?????? Anyway, I am LPN to RN, going into my last semester and I am so tired of school, teachers, classmates, books, tests, quizzes, ugly uniforms, early clinicals, late...