njbikernurse

njbikernurse specializes in LTC, Sub-acute, correctional.

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1. how do you NOT get overtime and get done?

   njbikernurse replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

   In my experience, it's impossible to do all the work you're supposed to do and still get out on time. Wherever I've worked, the nurses who got out on time were skipping tasks but signing that they did...

2. What are the most laid back nursing jobs?

   njbikernurse replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   I'd say corrections. If the setting itself doesn't stress you out, the job itself is the least stressful I've ever had. I usually get to completely finish all my intended tasks by the end of my shift,...

3. Why inmates do not deserve free healthcare

   njbikernurse replied to feb06's topic in Correctional

   Some inmates have absolutely no access to even a couple of dollars. I work in a small county jail, and the inmates get money from one of two sources: money earned themselves if they are able to get on...

4. Paramedics in Nursing

   njbikernurse replied to csistudent's topic in General Nursing

   Well, since you asked: 1. Yes, I sense a little jealousy. But hey, I'm jealous of lots of people who have it better or easier than me! My main consolation is that I'm grateful for all I've learned,...

5. EC study question

   njbikernurse replied to tapstry's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I highly recommend taking Microbiology first if that's a class that you don't already have credits for. It just helps sooooo much in understanding the infectious disease processes that are covered in...

6. Patients with interesting occupations (or not)

   njbikernurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   At my first job out of LPN school, I had a patient who was a nun. Whenever I had to do a dressing change on her sacral wound, I felt so weird looking at a nun's butt. She was alert and oriented, maybe...

7. Would you be a patient at your place of employment?

   njbikernurse replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely would not want to be a patient at my place of employment. I work in the county jail! All kidding aside, I did run into this situation where I was offered a job at a doctor's office where...

8. I passed Excelsior's A&P exam!

   njbikernurse replied to Drysolong's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Congrats to you! It's funny, there have been three Excelsior exams that I was thinking I failed, then the grade comes up at the end as an "A". Lotsa critical thinking questions on the Nursing Concepts...

9. Distance Learning

   njbikernurse replied to bewell's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I am currently enrolled in Excelsior. I have only two exams left, NC6 and NC7, plus the CPNE. If you truly believe you will make yourself study (even when the weather is beautiful), then I highly...

10. Not able to continue orientation, feel terrible.

    njbikernurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody is really that understanding, in my experience. They need a position filled and if you're not it, the the next person in line is. The question is, are you it? Maybe I'm wrong, but nobody ever...

11. PRN wages

    njbikernurse replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    At several LTC facilities I've worked at, the PRN nurses had no benefits but made 10% more that the part time or full time

12. Not able to continue orientation, feel terrible.

    njbikernurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't sound like you're at all up to taking on a new job at this time. It's hard enough when you've got no other problems. All I can say is, accept that you may be kissing this opportunity...

13. OMG!! You guys are right!

    njbikernurse replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The more I hear about long term care, the more I think there's just no safe place in it for me. It's a rare facility where the nurses have all been on the job together for a long time, and being...

14. Does size matter.

    njbikernurse replied to mommie2bodie's topic in Correctional

    I'm pretty small myself, just under 5 feet tall, and about 120 lbs. Nobody thought twice about hiring me! It's pretty funny standing next to a 6"4" inmate who weighs about 300 pounds, especially when...

15. Excelsior? Which guides/books on e-bay?

    njbikernurse replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Well, I'm up to Nursing Concepts 6 now, and I still firmly believe in following the Excelsior study guide and looking at all the recommended reading. But this is also the first exam that I've bought...