ErinJane

ErinJane has 2 years experience and specializes in Neuro.

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1. New Graduate RN that can not find a job.

   ErinJane replied to luckyboobies's topic in New Nurse

   I am in the same situation. I am hoping that seeking extra certifications will help. I am going to get my ACLS certification. Also, I am trying to make connection and build a network that can assist in my finding a job. Overall though, I am just kick...

2. Losing your skills?

   ErinJane posted a topic in New Nurse

   Anyone out there feel like they are losing their skills while searching for a nursing job? I have a good (if not very looked down upon) position at a pizza place which more than pays enough for me to live on, but I feel like I am going to be rusty if...

3. dating in nursing school

   ErinJane replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

   This guy sounds like a misogynist of the highest degree. In general I think dating can be managed in nursing school as long as expectations are clarified from the beginning. I have been in the same situation where the guy was overly pushy, demanding ...

4. Working the night shift

   ErinJane replied to luvmykids1123's topic in General Students

   I just got off back to back twelve hour nights for my preceptorship :). To adjust I go to bed at my regular time the night before but set my alarm for 2 or 3 am. Then I make myself stay awake until about 9-10 am then go back to bed until 4 or 5 pm de...

5. Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

   ErinJane replied to morningland's topic in General Students

   The only time I cried in school was a day when I was running a fever (I didn't realize it when I went into clinicals) and was running on 3 hours of sleep. I had a pt. who was asking me to help him kill himself and I kept trying to distract him but al...

6. No She/he Did Not!!!

   ErinJane replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

   They are trying to say "puss-like". But instead they are writing about a kitty cat... or a profane name for a body part... ha.

7. Don't like making nurses mad!!

   ErinJane replied to majrpn's topic in General Students

   Don't get the wrong impression, alot of the RNs I've worked with wouldn't get mad if you said that, but they might still want to teach you their way. As long as they aren't causing real or potential harm to the pt. the way they perform the procedure ...

8. What is your perception of a nurse?

   ErinJane replied to cincin1's topic in General Students

   I think nurses are just people. We aren't angels or more loving than the average person. I think we are competent professional who specialize in providing cares and performing assessments which advance the health of our pts. You don't really have to ...

9. Jipped at rural nursing school

   ErinJane replied to CaliLvr000's topic in General Students

   I graduate in four weeks (!). I haven't inserted a catheter, and I've only done one IV on a pt ( I had done 3 or 4 on other students). According to most of the people I know in the nursing field think that nursing school gives you the basic tools, bu...

10. Men in Nursing

    ErinJane replied to eas78's topic in General Students

    I love the men I work with in my preceptorship. I am on the neuro floor at nights and my preceptor and about 2/5ths of the staff are men. I think it helps balance everything out.

11. What color are your school uniforms?

    ErinJane replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Our preceptorship is only 5 weeks (or 90 hours). I'm pretty nervous about it. Plus 12 hour shifts are going to kick my butt.

12. What color are your school uniforms?

    ErinJane replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    We have ceil blue tops with the logo sewn on and navy blue pants. I've had the same top for all 3 years but I've had to get 3 different sets of pants because they fade. We can have a navy jacket but I just prefer to wear a navy tee under my scrub to...

13. Nursing school and social life?

    ErinJane replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    I have to make time to go out with friends once a week or I would go stir crazy. Those 5-8 hours of no-nursing, dancing, drinking, flirting and relaxing get me through my whole week. I only work 12-20 hours a week though. The rest of my time (or a g...

14. Nursing school double standards?

    ErinJane replied to Risgirl's topic in General Students

    I hope that things work out for you OP, but the nursing program you are in isn't going to adapt. I think we all have suffered and been impossibly frustrated with our programs, but you have to hang in there or get out. In orientation they told us that...

15. being told we can't have a pinning ceremony

    ErinJane replied to kristy2657's topic in General Students

    My school is planning one but it's being organized by the students. I am not going through commencement because it's hours and hours and hours long. Buying the stuff through the school is insanely expensive though. Fifty to one hundred and fifty for...