Jinx500

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1. Any hiring bias towards new male nurse 50 years old?

   Jinx500 replied to djdietz's topic in Wisconsin

   Seems like you are concerned about two things - being male - and being 50. I can't speak about the gender part - but I was 42 when I received my degree. I found that employers like older applicants. They find them more mature and reliable. The d...

2. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

   Jinx500 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

   You know you're in nursing school when... You reach over to hold your husbands wrist.... and he asks you: "Are you taking my pulse?"

3. ATI and Medspub

   Jinx500 replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Students

   We use MedsPub at my school. The questions are nothing like the ones we are given on exams. But... I like to see the rationales - it helps solidify the information in my head. One thing most students in my class overlook... are the cd's that come ...

4. Do you use your TEXT BOOK?

   Jinx500 replied to bioniclewoman's topic in General Students

   I always read the textbooks. The first time - I read the chapters as if they were a really boring novel... lol. I don't try to memorize or even to understand completely. I read them to get some sort of understanding for when I sit in lecture. And...

5. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

   Jinx500 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

   I can tolerate the questions... even if it is the same question over and over and over... sometimes, people just don't understand. What makes me scream "shut-up" inside my head is this: the students who don't allow the Professor to complete a thou...

6. My mom just passed away....

   Jinx500 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

   I miss my mom a lot too. The first year was very hard. I found myself talking about her all the time. At first, I could see the looks on my friends faces... (kind of uneasy because they didn't know what to say)... but, my true friends would just l...

7. overwhelmed

   Jinx500 replied to determined-deedee's topic in General Students

   I'm sorry you had such a bad day. Yes... once you get into the program you get slapped with reality really quickly. I too - was an "A" student in all my pre-req's and it came as a shock that I would probably never see a grade in the 90's again. Bu...

8. Quality of Life and Chemo induced neutropenia

   Jinx500 replied to Jinx500's topic in Oncology

   ILUVIVT, Thank you... this is exactly what I was looking for - a perspective of someone who has seen many patients. My initial reaction was based soley on what I have personally seen (when my mother had chemo). However, you have opened my eyes and ...

9. No She/he Did Not!!!

   Jinx500 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

   No she didn't... ...use a bedpan for a morning bath because she couldn't find the basin (I swear it wasn't me) ...interrupt lecture (OB) and go on for 10 minutes about her own personal views about abortion (to which the professor told her that she mi...

10. how did you handle it?

    Jinx500 replied to greysanatomyfan's topic in General Students

    I definately feel your pain.... I am a stay-at-home mom of 3 and full-time nursing student. My kids are of school age - so I tend to "study on the run"... I bring my notes everywhere and study every spare chance... You spend a lot of time waiting ...

11. My mom just passed away....

    Jinx500 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my Mom in the middle of a pre-req - and just a few weeks before I entered the nursing program. You need to speak with your Professors as soon as possible. They will definately give you some slack on your deadlines...

12. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    Jinx500 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    What a great thread - thank you!!! You know you're a nursing student when... you get an 80 on an exam and you think that it is the best grade EVER!!!!

13. Quality of Life and Chemo induced neutropenia

    Jinx500 posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi.. I'm a second year nursing student working on a paper and I could really use some advice. The paper I am writing is a reaction-paper... based on an article that has to do with developing a quality of life questionnaire - to be given to patients w...