jax22

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1. Making the move to the day shift..advice?

   jax22 replied to JessiekRN's topic in Career Support

   I worked nights for a year and just moved to the day shift 2 months ago. The first month I was always exhausted, I felt like a new nurse all over again and I felt like I just couldn't keep up. If you feel that way, don't let that discourage you, now ...

2. What do you consider a positive troponin?

   jax22 posted a topic in CCU

   I work in a CCU and my hospital recently changed what they deem as a positive troponin from 0.5 to 0.1 . So now anyone with a troponin of 0.1 and above is automatically admitted to our CCU . Sometimes it's ridiculous how stable our patients are. What...

3. I'm so sick of the state of California....

   jax22 replied to Steffers's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my gosh! I feel your pain. I passed the NCLEX-RN July 20, it's now sept 3 and I have yet to receive any results. I'm in Illinois and the board is terrible here as well. let me tell you there's hope. First, let me say that I called the BON pretty m...

4. It's not what you know it's Who you know......

   jax22 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I completely believe that in this market, many new grads get jobs because of who they know. I just graduated in June and the majority of my classmates who got jobs either worked on the floors as NA's or had a clinical rotation on the unit and develop...