Joan_RN_CO

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1. M. Murray has scared the pants off me

   Joan_RN_CO replied to Bessie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   well as old as this post is I can say that Where I work doing L&D for several years now. The only person that sticks there hands in after a delivery a doctor, for so many reasons. Good luck out there

2. First night Back

   Joan_RN_CO posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Well I survived my first night back to Mother baby on my way back into L&D. Going from LPN to RN and not working in this area for 12 years I felt like a fish out of water and lost. But back I go tonight in November I start back into Labor and d...

3. Confused on profession...

   Joan_RN_CO replied to confused1's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked with some great RT's and some bound with the paitents others view them as machines. They are a wounderful resource and nursing support. Every profession has different views its the retraining of trying to get ppl to understand nurses ...

4. Have you ever had one of those days were you wish you could just start over again

   Joan_RN_CO replied to DIPLOMATICRN4HIRE's topic in General Nursing

   I think when I start my new job tonight No matter what goes wrong I will smile. That was a very rough one.

5. Warm Ear Drops?

   Joan_RN_CO replied to KittyPaus, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Many ears ago we use to warm to tipid so that they were not to cold going in the ear causing issues or to hot and buring the ear. Can't really answer your quesitons only I have not warmed ear drops in a very long time.

6. "You're so smart, you should've gone to medical school"

   Joan_RN_CO replied to Stargazer's topic in General Nursing

   All this says to me is that people are still stuck in the old role mind set that nurses,clean bed pans, give bedbaths, and pass meds with no thought to it at all. The public and the health profession need more educaiton on what nurses do and can do....

7. Need some opinions

   Joan_RN_CO replied to Momto2monsters's topic in General Students

   Mirco was a class I choose not to take over a summer session and I did get all my prereq done first then do my nursing classes. The best response is weigh the pro's and con's what will stress you more and what will be the best for you. waiting a li...

8. we lost someone today...

   Joan_RN_CO replied to Jennipherlynn's topic in General Students

   Try to find a way not to stress to much. I say that now but I was there more years then I care to remember. Then went back to school and got my ADN in nursing, I stressed then a great deal. Now I am back in school for my BSN and I still stress now a...

9. Infromation seach

   Joan_RN_CO posted a topic in General Students

   I am currently and ADN RN and have gone back to school for my BSN. Currently I'm trying to find information on the following areas and I have not had much luck. Nursing Intervetions Classification (NIC) and The Role of Nursing as a Change Agent. We...