jlbic

jlbic has 3 years experience.

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1. Looking in Scottsdale, AZ

   jlbic replied to stephaniep05's topic in Arizona

   Mayo Clinic hospital. Scottsdale is very nice, but very snobby. Make sure it is somewhere you think you might be able to fit into. I, myself, could not even stand going to nursing school there, much less live in that suburb. However, if you are a l...

2. This can't be right...

   jlbic replied to pinkstudentnurse20's topic in General Nursing

   Question to the OP....didn't EMS start an IV and get a blood sugar, iStat labs, etc? I agree, a CT would have been a good thing in my opinion.

3. Are nurses becoming more negative on Allnurses?

   jlbic replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

   It seems like nurses are just more frustrated in general due to the economy and the changes it has brought to healthcare, especially acute care, in the past couple of years. I guess that's my take on it. It just seems that nurses aren't as happy wi...

4. Makes me so angry!

   jlbic replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

   Now that you mention it... that baby does look kinda saudi arabian. Lol

5. ICU Stepdown workload

   jlbic replied to rotteufel's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, that really sucks. I worked step-down for a couple years, started off in PHX on a cardiac step-down that was awesome. I miss that job. Then moved to Colorado to work in another cardiac step-down that was awful! As soon as I fulfilled my year ...

6. Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

   jlbic replied to silverhalide's topic in Student Assist

   "Wow, this is almost completely opposite from my experience. My class has a majority of people who are supportive. People who struggled to get Cs were happy as hell for others who got As and vice verse." Did I mention I went to nursing school in Scot...

7. Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

   jlbic replied to silverhalide's topic in Student Assist

   Welcome to the world of nursing! haha....I have to honestly say, and some people may be offended, but at least its honest....nursing politics are so catty. I am guessing it stems from the fact that nurses are females in majority, and females are cat...

8. Why am I feeling this way?

   jlbic replied to grateful2010's topic in New Nurse

   Well, what kind of RN job scares you? In this economy, you don't really have your pick of jobs like we did a few years ago... I think its normal to have fears. Being a new grad RN is hard in any position you take. There is so much to learn and so m...

9. Nurses Get No Respect

   jlbic replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

   I couldn't agree more. I just left the hospital/bedside to work as an RN case manager for a TPA for insurance providers and I finally feel like I am respected as a registered nurse. It may not be the most exciting job in the world, but at least I d...

10. I think I just failed NCLEX for the first time

    jlbic replied to jmolina's topic in NCLEX

    You probably passed

11. "Graduating & Not Ready"

    jlbic replied to nursinggurl's topic in Safety

    Not to be rude, but you certainly seem a little on your "high horse". I don't think it is up to you to determine whether or not people are "ready" for nursing in the real world. Remember, you are about to be a new grad RN....and with that should c...

12. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    jlbic replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations

    What?!

13. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    jlbic replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations

    What?! What kind of world are YOU working in? And if that really did happen, I hope you did something about it!

14. Have you been assaulted by a patient?

    jlbic replied to CrabbyPatty's topic in Relations

    Ive had it happen a few times. Mostly confused patients or ETOH W/D pts. I think nursing in acute care puts RNs in a very likely position to be "assaulted". Most times I don't think it has to do with RNs not knowing what they are doing.....just co...

15. Struggles with finding a nursing job....

    jlbic replied to ohyeah's topic in New Nurse

    I have to disagree with your post. The reality is, the ECONOMY sucks. There will continue to be a large demand for nursing for a looong time....especially since the baby boomers are close to retirement. I have to say that nursing a few years ago c...