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jackson145

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  1. How did you continue on from your ASN degree?

    jackson145 replied to sunnydaydream's topic in Indiana Nursing

    oops, wrong

  2. The "TRUE" Blue Bloater on Oprah

    jackson145 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    It was for my

  3. The "TRUE" Blue Bloater on Oprah

    jackson145 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's interesting that the saying "born with a silver spoon in their mouth" comes from the use of silver to stay healthy. A couple of centuries ago, the wealthy (only ones who could afford...

  4. What the heck is a Netie pot?

    jackson145 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    The name came from the hats boys wore when they would deliver items from the apothecary to patrons

  5. As nurses do you see the need for medical assistants?

    jackson145 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think you're imagining anything. i always check out any posts regarding cna's/ma's because i spent years as a ma and then became a nurse tech before deciding to go to ns. there are a lot of...

  6. As nurses do you see the need for medical assistants?

    jackson145 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    actually, i'm impressed that some ma's have 9 months to a year's training. that's all the time it took for my husband to become a lpn. at my hospital, the only training for the ma's is "on the job"....

  7. LPN students have to give bed bath to classmates

    jackson145 replied to vina2550's topic in General Students

    I feel sorry for anyone who has to see me naked. I'd hope they wouldn't lose their

  8. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    jackson145 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Also, Ms Nursing Assistant, don't let some of these posts make you feel bad. I've been where you're coming from. When I was supporting a 4-person household all by myself on a tech's pay, the last...

  9. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    jackson145 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    I think your main problem is that you work in LTC. I'm sure there are some good ones out there somewhere, but I've never actually seen one. Also, there isn't an administrator anywhere who would spend...

  10. how many nurses did not like being a CNA?

    jackson145 replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    I can also understand the poster who said the RN's do the same things the CNA's do. One of the hospitals north of mine has completely done away with it's CNA's/techs. They only have RN's. If the...

  11. how many nurses did not like being a CNA?

    jackson145 replied to dari98's topic in General Nursing

    The administration at my hospital aren't all nurses. However, even the non-nurses have the authority to fire a nurse for doing a poor job. Obviously, it is not impossible to understand what being a...

  12. "Too smart" to be a nurse

    jackson145 replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    I've heard similar things from my family. They equate years of education with intelligence. Any doc must have a minimum of 8 yrs of school. You can become a nurse in 1 yr (as did my husband)....

  13. to get a BSN if no desire for management?

    jackson145 replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    What about computer infomatics? We've had a lot of nurses switching to that department

  14. How do you convice elderly people of certain things?

    jackson145 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    You can tell aspirin has gone bad because it smells like vinegar,

  15. Seeing a dying patient

    jackson145 replied to greygooseuria's topic in General Students

    I'm so sorry to hear that. I've definitely had times in my life when I questioned why such bad things happened. I lean more towards the "sin has entered the world" point of view. To me, it's not God...

  16. Seeing a dying patient

    jackson145 replied to greygooseuria's topic in General Students

    I don't think that I could handle any death if I didn't believe in an afterlife. I would exist in a state of hopelessness and

  17. Body Odor of Coworker or Pt.

    jackson145 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it's not just BO. It can be a dietary thing that is uncommon to us. I'm thinking, in particular, of that curry smell. I've been in houses that were saturated with that smell. It's pretty...

  18. who writes the board questions?

    jackson145 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    My instructor told us on our first day that she had gone to the capital several times to meet with other nurses and compile questions for

  19. Wannabe Nurses

    jackson145 replied to BUTTERFLY63's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just techs/CNA's. We've had some LPN's fired for continuing to access ports after they were told it wasn't in their scope. There have also been some issues with LPN's doing IV pushes,...

  20. Seeing a dying patient

    jackson145 replied to greygooseuria's topic in General Students

    I have a partial Jewish background (mother's side). I was always taught to rejoice at death (released to the Lord) and weep for birth (sinful world). It's definitely a different way to look at things....

  21. Indiscrete CNAs

    jackson145 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had nurses in our ED that were constantly telling the pt's that this doc was incompetant or this one makes lots of mistakes. They'd even tell them, "I'd hold off on doing what the ED doc told you...

  22. Confused about RN, LPN, etc...

    jackson145 replied to xmissyo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They just told us in NS that diploma programs are slowly being done away with. That may differ state to state, though. I will say that if you ever want to promote to administration or a department...

  23. protecting the rock!

    jackson145 replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I had to quit wearing mine because it was shredding my

  24. TEAS Scores

    jackson145 replied to Hotflashn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At my ASN program the lowest TEAS was 87% with a 4.0. Of course, we only had 10 spots so that made it

  25. How did you continue on from your ASN degree?

    jackson145 replied to sunnydaydream's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Starting in '09, IU Bloomington will have an ASN to BSN