jess11RN

jess11RN

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  1. Medical room goodies?

    jess11RN replied to RNTadaaaa's topic in School

    Oh boy, I'm imaging the line of kids now! No incentives for kids that see me. They're in school to be in class, not to hang out in the health

  2. Burned out

    jess11RN replied to emmjayy's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was a relatively new nurse when I transferred to ICU. Reading your story reminds me 100% of mine, except I only lasted 4 months. Even if I had a stretch of 5 days off, I still constantly dreaded the...

  3. Sheesh.

    jess11RN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Awww! That's

  4. Sheesh.

    jess11RN replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I say just walk into the classroom and screen every student's temp

  5. Do you do a countdown to end of school?

    jess11RN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Oh totally. I wasn't trying to imply that you should feel worried. I was just "speaking" my thoughts out

  6. Where are the school nurses?

    jess11RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    This is EXACTLY why I cover multiple

  7. Where are the school nurses?

    jess11RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    I think many of the shortages are in lower income areas where there are budgeting concerns. There are several school districts that I can think of right now that have open RN positions. The districts...

  8. Do you do a countdown to end of school?

    jess11RN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    I have a countdown in my planner, mostly so that I can tell my parents of students who take daily meds to "send in x amount of pills to finish off the school year," but I don't display anything. I'm...

  9. HIPAA Question

    jess11RN replied to easttnnurse1's topic in School

    This is why social media is the

  10. Interested in Oncology nursing

    jess11RN replied to meilia's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're welcome. I switched specialties a few years back and I still miss it tremendously. Good

  11. Interested in Oncology nursing

    jess11RN replied to meilia's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I may be partial since I worked in this setting for quite a while, but I would suggest either an outpatient infusion/oncology center or doctor's office where they give chemotherapy. The experience and...

  12. Sub for my school left a mess

    jess11RN replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I had a sub do this last year...completely rearranged my room, took my heavy standing desk off of my desk and placed it on my cot because she "didn't like it." Also put a new chair in my office...

  13. question about time off/vacation

    jess11RN replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    No matter what the verbiage, if you have vacation days/personal days/Paid Time Off days/days where you can use to not come into work and do whatever you please, use it. DO NOT feel guilty and DO NOT...

  14. how big are your offices?

    jess11RN posted a topic in School

    I loved MHDNURSE's topic about where your offices are located. I didn't realize that so many people have various locations and set ups throughout their building. This has left me to wonder HOW BIG...

  15. Speaking of summer...

    jess11RN replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    I can't believe this is your 3rd summer

  16. Speaking of summer...

    jess11RN replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    Nope nope and nope. If I wanted to work during the summer, I'd go back to my outpatient hospital job

  17. question about time off/vacation

    jess11RN replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    Take your vacation days! Don't burn yourself out. You said that you're in charge of 2 campuses (I am too-I feel your pain). What happens when you're not at one campus? Train, document who/what you've...

  18. Well it was a pleasure.

    jess11RN replied to imaneedmycoffeefirst89's topic in School

    Good for you! Good

  19. How many diabetics do you have?

    jess11RN replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    3 type I

  20. Orienting/Onboarding

    jess11RN replied to Meekie J.'s topic in School

    I don't think my story is all too common...I had the district nurse take me under her wing for the entire year. It helped that she had just taken the district wide position and had left the school...

  21. Advice please!

    jess11RN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    I would definitely speak with admin about it. Do you have a psychologist? They are often a valuable source of information as well. How old is the child? Is one parent an alcoholic and the other sober...

  22. Countdown to SUMMER!

    jess11RN replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    31!!!

  23. Should I accept this offer?

    jess11RN replied to Jay816's topic in Nursing Career

    When I graduated from nursing school, I wanted to work in ICU. There were no jobs available for new grads in the ICU, so I accepted a job in the telemetry unit. After a year there, I finally landed my...

  24. Negotiating with a union contract?

    jess11RN replied to hoppynurse's topic in School

    Yes. I should have mentioned in my response that they started me on a higher step which enabled the higher pay offer. (they gave me years of nursing experience vs starting at step

  25. Negotiating with a union contract?

    jess11RN replied to hoppynurse's topic in School

    It's always worth a shot. When I was offered this position, they pay they offered me was...let's just say...not what I expected. I told them "thanks but no thanks." They came back and offered me $10K...