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jo272wv

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  1. Living off student loans smart idea or not?

    jo272wv replied to rkim525's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated in may from a four year BSN program. Being 42 at the start of the program I knew I could not have worked full time and study so I applied for extra student loans that gave me ten...

  2. Resident rude to family members after death/vent

    jo272wv replied to kate1114's topic in General Nursing

    The resident may have not acknowleged that he was in the wrong at that moment but if you were truly honest with him and did not sugar coat his error, I am more then sure that the next time he...

  3. Changes in nursing

    jo272wv replied to jntippy's topic in General Nursing

    would like to see: 1. legislation passed for minimum nurse/pt ratio with acuity built in. 2. LPN being able to do what they are tested on in any setting. (example: obtaining IV access, pushing IV...

  4. Holiday policies- what does your unit do?

    jo272wv replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ours was pretty fair this year, the nurse manager put out a holiday list and we numbered one to five in the order we wanted them off. I placed christmas eve as one and got it, christmas day as two but...

  5. Patient complaints

    jo272wv replied to am4182's topic in General Nursing

    its a shame but these situations do arise, sounds like managment may have a PR agenda over fact finding. As you learn in school and will continue to learn on the job, document, document , document...

  6. Is it really that bad?

    jo272wv replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that time managment plays a big part in weather you have time for lunch, and breaks. Dont let the negativity on here guide your choice of becomming a nurse. It is a rewarding choice,...

  7. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    jo272wv replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    This kind of attatude scares me, Give a rats patootie about the law? Wish I could pick and choose which laws I can follow or ignore. Im busy also but I use the time I relieve a sitter to catch up on...

  8. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    jo272wv replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital provides changing rooms for the Physicians but not the nurses. I agree that scrubs should be changed at work do to carrying all those germs not only out in public but also home to the...

  9. No Holiday Pay?

    jo272wv replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    we get time and a hafe Midnight to Midnight if we work plus everyone in the hospital working or not get eight hour to use in the future for time off. we get I think eleven of these a

  10. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    jo272wv replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not to have ruffled any feathers but my options to the RNs were not demands just choices. It is state law not Rns choice that hourly workers receive a 30 min lunch and two 15 min breaks for a total of...

  11. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    jo272wv replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    being a sitter when I was in nursing school, I know the break problem. When I sat, I simply told the nurse of the pt I was sitting that she could give me ten minutes every two hours or fourty five...

  12. Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

    jo272wv replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    At 43 I left a job paying 24,000 a year, every holiday off, every sunday and monday off. I went into dept 40,000 and spent 5 years trying to live on 8,000 a year most of which were student loans. You...

  13. I Hit A Bone!!

    jo272wv replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school I had a few teachers tell us they hit bone when they were first learning but they also followed this with a lecture on choosing the right size needle and site. Since the pt was...

  14. Advice for 1st semester in Nursing School?

    jo272wv replied to earthangel141's topic in General Nursing

    We lost about a quarter of our class the first two semesters, most sat out a year and took other classes needed (electives). Does not mean they are dumb or anything they just got overwhelmed and...

  15. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    jo272wv replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    This is my first Christmas post graduation and I know I will be scheduled to work. I knew and expected that I will work a lot of the holidays do to being at the bottom of the ladder. I do not mind...

  16. Wisconsin Nurse being charged with criminal neglect

    jo272wv replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    So this is an issue that will effect us all. So it is up to all of us to not just write comments here but take it a step further. Write your congressmen, write the AMA, ask them to initiate...

  17. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    jo272wv replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was not offended by this food establishment. everyone knows that hese are not real nurses but waitress staff. It is time we give ourselves a break and focus our attention on bigger issues. We as a...

  18. Illegible Handwriting

    jo272wv replied to PurrRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. Nurses are always under the gun to eliminate medication errors even to the point of losing their liecences but doctors are not held accountable for their horific handwriting. If I...

  19. no-smoking policies

    jo272wv replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    I smoke and yes my hospital is going completly smoke free. I will attend the stop smoking clinic because for years I have wanted to quit but failed. So the supporters of this ban can say ya... The...

  20. I can't believe...

    jo272wv replied to praeclarus's topic in General Nursing

    This story is no different then any person raping another person, any rape or molestation is horific. The problem is that when these preditors are caught we have to be human in the punishment even...

  21. What's special about male nurses?

    jo272wv replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

    I am a male nurse and I do not think im any more special then my female co workers. I joke around with the female nurses, I make an agreement that I will do their heavyer lifting if they foley cath my...

  22. intern/externship really necessary to get a job?

    jo272wv replied to tabycat's topic in General Nursing

    intern and externships are set up to give experience and knowledge. I did both and trust me it not only got my foot in the door when I graduated but the things I saw and did during this time helped...

  23. doctor's right and patient's right versus nurse's rights...

    jo272wv replied to cloudstrife1ph's topic in General Nursing

    Im taking the question is not dealing with your mother so I will only comment on your concern. If a pt is disrespectful to me, I simply inform them that I will do all I can to assist their needs but...

  24. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    jo272wv replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to comment on this one. First a history, I work in a hospital night shift 7p to 7a, the matrix has been horible for about 7 mo. After much complaining that 4 nurses for 28 pts is to much,...

  25. do nurses eat their young

    jo272wv replied to teenynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I heard that phrase all through nursing school also, when I entered the real world I found just the opposite. Most of the nurses I worked under duing training went beyond my expectations in explaining...