Jeffthenurse

Jeffthenurse

Nurse Manager, Med-Surg, Instructor

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  1. LPN...not good enough??

    Jeffthenurse replied to em1025's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been teaching PN students for the past three years and I'm very proud of the graduates and what they've been able to accomplish after just a year in school. We have an 87% pass rate on the...

  2. What are my options after failing nursing program in CUNY School

    Jeffthenurse replied to kat252's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    In my experience as a nursing instructor I've found that the flunk-out rate among students who worked full time was very high. Every semester we warned students not to try to work full-time and go to...

  3. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Jeffthenurse replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Shodobe, I'm neither a used car salesman nor a sales rep, I'm a Master's prepared RN with many years of staff, management, education, and home care experience who happens to have a radio show on a...

  4. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Jeffthenurse replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    No, I'm not trolling for anything. I've had this feeling about OR nurses for a long time and this site and Beth's article gave me an opportunity to voice my opinion. I'd rather see an educated,...

  5. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Jeffthenurse replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    I have been practicing nursing for over 33 years as a staff nurse, nursing supervisor, nurse manager, educator, preceptor for new nurses and/or students, clinical instructor, and health care sales...

  6. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    Jeffthenurse replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    Thank you for a well written, informative, thorough article. I still feel however, that OR nurses are overqualified for the position. Any nurse would be overqualified. The patients are only in the OR...

  7. taken boards max. times and failed

    Jeffthenurse replied to Jax13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You're talking about the CRNA Boards? Couldn't you take another course in another school and then retake the boards? Are your courses applicable to a Nurse Practitioner program? Do you have trouble...

  8. ATC Healthcare Services, Inc. (Does anyone work for them?)

    Jeffthenurse replied to joesgirllvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked for ATC several years ago and I thought they were a good company. They sent me to clinics, doctors' offices, insurance companies, and other alternative (non-hospital) settings because that's...

  9. calling out on christmas...

    Jeffthenurse replied to naijanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Take care of yourself first! How could you work a 12 hour shift if you were in pain? Make it up to your manager by working an extra weekend or by working the next two holidays. You're a...

  10. Happy HANAKKUH!!

    Jeffthenurse replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    Happy Chanukah and a Happy and Healthy New Year,

  11. Ever lied about a work injury to avoid workmans comp?

    Jeffthenurse replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I've been hurt on the job before and reported any injury that caused continuous pain. If I was able to take two advils or tylenols in order to continue my shift and the pain went away, then I...

  12. I flunked out in my last semester by a tenth of a point!! Please help me..

    Jeffthenurse replied to nautica843's topic in General Nursing

    I flunked Fundamentals of Nursing, took a semester off and worked as a nurses' aide, then returned to school and earned my BSN. Later I earned an MN (Master of Nursing). Take a few deep breaths, then...

  13. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    Jeffthenurse replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the reason that it can be difficult to work with some women these days is because of all the sexual abuse they had to put up with for so long. I'm careful now about the jokes I tell but I...

  14. anyone worked in saudi ?

    Jeffthenurse replied to time4meRN's topic in International Nursing

    I had two friends who worked there several years ago, one male and one female. There's no freedom of religion; if you're Jewish, they won't let you in the country. A female nurse won't have the same...

  15. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    Jeffthenurse replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

  16. Any comments on Cooper University Hospital in South Jersey

    Jeffthenurse replied to againstthegrain08's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I've worked at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ as a temp RN and as a nursing instructor. They are understaffed in some areas, just like most hospitals. I didn't like med-surg but liked...

  17. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    Jeffthenurse replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

    I could go on and on with this topic....I've been a nurse for over 30 years and worked with some really terrific female nurses and made many friends because I showed them respect. When I was a...

  18. Hospital bullies affect patient safety

    Jeffthenurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors are independent contractors, nurses are hospital employees. The doctors bring in the money and the nurses are easier and less expensive to replace. If all nurses worked for an agency or...

  19. Stop Foreign Nurses

    Jeffthenurse replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I read some of the articles you referred to and I still don't agree with your statements about foreign nurses ruining it for all of us. Those articles didn't prove your point. I think it's great that...

  20. Stop Foreign Nurses

    Jeffthenurse replied to StopForeignNurses's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I worked as a temp a few years ago at two Kindred hospitals in Philadelphia, PA, and I worked with several very good foreign-trained nurses and respiratory therapists. I also felt that the patients at...

  21. Why is it so hard?

    Jeffthenurse replied to Awesome3's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience as an instructor I've found that salaries for instructors are often LESS than for a staff nurse and nursing schools are unwilling to have their students do clinical on the 3P-11P or...

  22. Nightmares about work?

    Jeffthenurse replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    What you're describing is a variation of "The Examination Dream," a dream that has been studied in people with college degrees and those without. Some dream that they're in their underwear(or less) in...

  23. Shortage of instructors = waiting?

    Jeffthenurse replied to fUsi0n86's topic in General Nursing

    I've taught in nursing schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. NJ is not backwards in making that law about the 10:1 radio of students to professors. Think about having each student pass meds to their...

  24. The Customer is always right

    Jeffthenurse replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why didn't the OP just call security? I've done it before and it helped resolve the situation. You have to stand up for

  25. Intolerant of RN errors

    Jeffthenurse replied to medpsychRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Why should nurses be held to a different standard? Because nurses are always thought of as guilty before having to prove our innocence which is the opposite of how our judicial system works! I don't...