jcarew

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1. Indiana towns and cities

   jcarew replied to DRenfro's topic in Indiana Nursing

   Hi, I have lived in Indianapolis all my life. The best areas are the outer suburbs especially Carmel, Fishers, hendricks County (newly built up) or south to greenwood and southport. The best schools...

2. patient satisfaction

   jcarew replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

   :chuckle :chuckle I had to laugh...sorry. I work in a large private catholic hospital in a good area of my city. Translation - money talks. If you pm i will tell you the exact location. Its an...

3. After I graduate can I start right off in the ER?

   jcarew replied to sphz9471's topic in Emergency

   Hello, I am a SNE in the ER. I will graduate May of 07. I really am hooked on ER. Now that I have read these posts though I am beginning to wonder if I should stay until graduation. What is your...

4. patient satisfaction

   jcarew replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

   Hi, New SNE in ER. Our hospital is trying to get Magnet status so there is a big push to overstaff nurses. I worked last Monday and for about half of the day we had 0-1 patients. Also, the docs see...

5. Returning To school at 44?

   jcarew replied to creekside10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Hi and welcome, I am a second year ASN student and will turn 40 this year. I have a 16 year old disabled son and daughters 13 and 8. Oh and I am divorced. Trust me, you can do it. There are alot...

6. Magnet Hospital?

   jcarew replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, The hospital I work at is moving towards Magnet status. They call it nursing at a higher level. I don't know all the specifics, but it has to do mostly with nursing. For example, a magnet...

7. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   jcarew replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to add something to my last post. In our hospital (and many magnet hospitals) the nurse to patient ratio is low. Yesterday in the ER we had 4 rooms assigned to us and at any on time we...

8. Best hospital dept. for a nurse assistant / student?

   jcarew replied to babybusterbrown's topic in Nursing Career

   Hi, I just started as a student nurse extern in the ER. I believe that ICU or ER would be the best depts. These two have a variety of patients. Especially ER, from colds, MI, car accidents, to...

9. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   jcarew replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am a student nurse extern and know that we have to wipe butts sometimes. However, we should realize that the current flow is to the magnet status hospitals. For example our school is...

10. NET test advice?

    jcarew replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, I took the NET 3 years ago. Know your percentages and fractions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read as many technical medical books and get used to the terms and style. That is my best advice. I...

11. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    jcarew replied to straba's topic in General Students

    HI, Ivy Tech Indy w00t

12. What is "scrubbing" what is "circulating"

    jcarew replied to Darth Nightingale's topic in Operating Room

    HI, Here is a simple answer. The scrub nurse is sterile and assists the surgeon with all items and duties that require sterile hands. The circulating nurse is not sterile. So all duties once the...

13. I'm 42 and I'm new here !!

    jcarew replied to Rine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, Welcome! I am 39 years old and a second year ASN student. I understand the feeling. I started a summer externship and only 3 out of 33 of us were over 25. I have found though that the younger...

14. Why do I keep hearing stuff about waiting lists?

    jcarew replied to justagirl992's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    hi, I am a second year ASN student. I agree that the public schools have many more applicants than spots for students. I believe it is due to so many more poor students like myself not having the...

15. Yet another "thinking of going into nursing" post.

    jcarew replied to VirtualMe's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am 39 years old and will graduate next year with an ASN. I am currently working as a student nurse extern in the ER. That is my background. First, I understand what you were saying about...