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  1. Faking high FSBS?

    jesa replied to military spouse's topic in Correctional

    I think it is just using food or sugar rubbed on the fingers. at our hospital we are taught to scrub fingers really well because of the false high readings. I would guess that he probably did...

  2. Least strenuous unit to work??

    jesa replied to vikichck's topic in Cardiac

    I would say the least physical would be psych - if you work in a VA you probably have a great psych facility there, most

  3. Psych patient teaching for class assignment..HELP

    jesa replied to skyandsydneysmom's topic in Psychiatric

    I loved my psych rotation, we did our teaching in the inpatient lock down highest level acuity unit. we decided to do our class on art. I talked about some artists who had been diagnosed with...

  4. Question about capillary blood glucose testing

    jesa replied to MaryPatricia's topic in Medical-Surgical

    could you not use the left

  5. California's 2009 New Grad RN Program- Who's hiring right now?

    jesa replied to piscesmama's topic in California Nursing

    did you try to find a job before you left? the bay area is especially saturated with nurses, there are several schools in the area that graduate nurses 2x a year. there are people in this area that...

  6. LVN Program? Bay Area College of Nursing

    jesa replied to hlw116's topic in California Nursing

    have you looked at their website for more information? I think you should at least have done that before attending any college. just fyi - there is NO school that will guarentee employment after...

  7. So... How real is the show ER?

    jesa replied to FriarTuck's topic in Emergency

    HAHA! we had a little girl the other day who I was doing a straight cath on, her anatomy was a little different, her labia minora looked almost fused together, I asked the MD if she wanted to take a...

  8. So... How real is the show ER?

    jesa replied to FriarTuck's topic in Emergency

    agreed, totally different. I work in the ED. 99% of my day is looking at people with stomach aches, headaches, "back pain", and various other NON emergent problems. car accidents and falls. as pp...

  9. Schizophrenic Sleep

    jesa replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you start getting enough sleep! when I was working 7p-7a I came home home and took a lunesta if I had to go back that night. I need need need my sleep and, for me, it worked, I got a full 7-8...

  10. New Grad thinking to start career in the ER

    jesa replied to georgehb's topic in Emergency

    kf15 so sorry to hear about your experience in the ED! that is not my experience, either, and I hope that is true for others on here. I am a new grad started in the ED and also love it. every day I...

  11. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Francisco

    jesa replied to rachelzheng82's topic in California Nursing

    I got a call around 3pm. odd because last night my wife had a dream I got my acceptance today and I was taking a nap when they called and thought about the other person who had a call around 3...

  12. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Francisco

    jesa replied to rachelzheng82's topic in California Nursing

    I have been reading this thread over the past weeks because I've been waiting, too, I'm writing under my wife's user name now. just wanted to say not to give up hope! I got a call today for the SF...

  13. Should I still become nurse after...in recovery...?

    jesa replied to dontwory's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you have a good base, and I think that by the time you actually become a nurse you will have a great base! I believe that as people in recovery, we have insight into some things that normies...

  14. A question about what nursing school covers...

    jesa replied to nohika's topic in General Students

    I think most nursing school clinicals are similar, we had 2 semesters of med-surg, psych, OB, pediatrics, public health, and our final semester. I don't know if any school that would have a standard...

  15. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Donna how did they notify you?

  16. What do your ER volunteers do?

    jesa replied to 2BSure's topic in Emergency

    I love our volunteers, too, but I don't think they are premed students. they make beds, restock, transport, pass trays, and help out in any other way they

  17. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    thanks donna. i'll sleep more restful

  18. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    i'm number 8 for the case management. is anyone else on the waitlist and have you heard anything. i emailed Anne Seed to see if i should repeat the NET as well after receiving that info. . i hope she...

  19. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    donna have you heard

  20. How many new grads DID find a job right away?

    jesa replied to SoCaliGirl's topic in California Nursing

    I am in Northern Cali but I think things are similar up here. I was lucky, I graduated in December and got a job at the hospital I precepted at in the department I love but I was in a program where...

  21. Potter and Perry full of mistakes

    jesa replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    what kind of mistakes have you

  22. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    sorry you guys....i'm expecting the bad news today as well. what does worry me though is that i applied really late. i think interviews were already done. hope my stuff isn't in the mailmans...

  23. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    no, it was Che, she was great and spent a ton of time going over my transcripts, seeing what I needed and going over my grades and GPA and talking a LOT about the program and how it works, what it...

  24. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    jesa replied to ZooGurl3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    who was in the interview? I am curious because the counselor I talked to spent about an hour with me going over the program and what it was about, going over my grades and classes, and everything...

  25. Most disgusting thing you have witnessed or taken part of on the job?

    jesa replied to Solid Snake's topic in General Nursing

    I am just starting out, but during my preceptorship in my last semester I had a great experience in the ED, a woman came in a couple weeks after giving birth who had an abscess on her labia. she was...