justjill

justjill has 4 years experience and specializes in Medical/Surgical, PACU, ICU, and Psych.

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1. How does a psych career affect the psych nurses?

   justjill replied to malusport's topic in Psychiatric

   i'm currently in my third year of psych nursing on an inpatient community acute care facility. i've working in several other areas of nursing....but psych is very different for me than the other...

2. help for a broken heart

   justjill posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

   nurse midwives... i know this is not what this forum is for, but i'm getting desperate for some real advice. i love CNM's....i've actually been to hyden, ky to the frontier school....stayed in the...

3. looking for advice

   justjill posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   hi, everyone! I need some advice. I'm getting ready to start working on my master's degree and right now i'm weighing the different options and programs. My ultimate goal is to teach. I love...

4. What State Should We Call 'Home'?

   justjill replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   hi cheerful! :) i'm a proud hoosier, and i think indiana would be the best choice! yes, the winters can be kinda bad, but it makes for a beautiful christmas! and fun for sledding! are you looking...

5. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

   justjill replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

   Right now i would have to say OR....i can not stand wearing a gown and mask and gloves....i always feel like i am going to pass out whenever i do clinicals in the

6. Nursing Home or Hospital?

   justjill replied to fr33shot's topic in General Nursing

   hi michael! :) my advice would be to NOT work the 10-6 shift...i know from personal experience that it is terrible to sit through classes after working all night....once i sat down and stopped running...

7. Swollen Lymph Node?????

   justjill replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

   i'd get checked for mono....especially if you are a student....i had mono my junior year and i had two big swollen lymph nodes-one on my neck and one in my arm pit area. good luck, prarie girl

8. Nursing, is it really a profession

   justjill replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

   good point, plato....i hate it when people make comments about nurses being "under" doctors or less than doctors....i consider nursing and doctoring to be totally different things these days...the...

9. Wow-This is great! New Here

   justjill replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

   Plato....welcome, welcome, welcome! :) don't worry.....not everyone is back stabbing and cliquish....some people are just more bitter than others hope you enjoy it here....i know i have learned...

10. Nurses marrying doctors

    justjill replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    ...young nurses wear clothes that would make my head turn in a night club to work.... umm....i don't know where these "young nurses" you know work, but most of us wear scrubs...which are not...

11. Male Nurses Discrimination

    justjill replied to Boomer Sooner's topic in General Nursing

    boomer....i know the two males in my graduating class felt like they were treated differently than the female nursing students. i'm not really sure exactly what it was they felt was different, but i...

12. Not going to med surg after graduation?What are your thoughts?

    justjill replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    hi! i'm a student, too, and i have heard that medsurg is a great are to start out in, especially if you want to get some experience under your belt. i know that every hospital is different when it...

13. Looking for some quotes for our pinning ceremony.....

    justjill replied to WI-RN2be's topic in General Nursing

    hi sarah!! i have quite a few.....we used one for our dedication ceremony Nurse's Prayer Lord, please help me to bring Comfort where there is pain Courage where there is fear Hope where there is...

14. Memories of nursing school.....

    justjill replied to wv_nurse 2003's topic in General Nursing

    hmm...so many memories!! and i'm still in nursing school! how about me passing out the first time i saw an NG tube go down.....i was so embarrassed! i fell right into my friend Lacey's arms.....my...

15. Call light systems...

    justjill replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    i really like our call light system....every nurse and aide has a small cell phone, and when the light goes off the aide's phone rings. if the phone rings more than four times without being answered,...