JBudd MSN

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I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferson

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    Starting Nursing School in January and I Got Summoned for Federal Jury Duty!

    JBudd replied to afowler77's topic in General Students

    When the court clerk even thought I was being harassed she was ready to get the judge involved immediately, from a then and there phone call to a letter putting them in their place. Did you tell the...
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    Starting Nursing School in January and I Got Summoned for Federal Jury Duty!

    JBudd replied to afowler77's topic in General Students

    You never know.... I was asked about gun ownership, I own guns but told the lawyer I preferred archery. When he condescendingly asked if someone was after my kids if I would get out my little bow...
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    Finished Nursing School totally sane

    JBudd replied to nursewr's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! Good
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    first job or wait

    JBudd replied to NurseSN45696's topic in General Students

    I am old fashioned enough to say that if you accept a job and go through training and orientation, you should stay with the job long enough to justify the investment in you. Grad nurse programs are...
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    How many different nursing positions have you had?

    JBudd replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

    33+ years medsurg: medical, oncology, dermatology, step down 2 summers camp nurse long term care overseas children's homes clinical instructor classroom faculty emergency room (last 17+ years) various...
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    medgar evers, lpn

    JBudd replied to amiyatrini's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Congratulations! and Welcome to
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    First-Time Clinicals --Looking for Advice

    JBudd replied to Krzysztof's topic in General Students

    Be mindful that having a student slows a staff nurse down. Do your best to keep up, ask pertinent questions, but not delay things. Sometimes it is awkward to explain why things are done in a...
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    question about Candidate Performance Report(CPR)

    JBudd replied to WenHsinChang's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Not to mention they were only offered twice a year. Mess up for any reason, had to wait 6 months to retake, and could not work as a grad nurse during the
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    Starting Nursing School in January and I Got Summoned for Federal Jury Duty!

    JBudd replied to afowler77's topic in General Students

    You need to contact the court clerk and ask directly for either a postponement or release. The judge can release you, but they don't very often. I've been in a federal pool, and municipal ones. Got...
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    question about Candidate Performance Report(CPR)

    JBudd replied to WenHsinChang's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you Akula. I took the paper and pencil boards back in the dinosaur age! We had to pass the 5 separate exams in different areas, which pretty much told us where we were weak,
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    1 yr RN, starting in the ER Dec 29, 2014

    JBudd replied to ConstantLearner2010's topic in Emergency

    Get ready to have 83 things thrown at you all at once; learn to set priorities. What needs to be done STAT, ASAP, urgently, or can wait a bit. Ask lots of questions, learn where everything is. Get...
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    question about Candidate Performance Report(CPR)

    JBudd replied to WenHsinChang's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't know what Candidate Performance Reports are, is this a local thing for your nursing
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    Should I retake this class?

    JBudd replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Will your school wipe out the first grade and replace it with the new grade, or does it stay there in addition to taking it again? Some schools keep both in the mix. Upping your GPA can't hurt. Not...
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    ADN

    JBudd replied to itsthatgirldj's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My hospital employs a lot of Assoc. degree nurses, our local college offers both Assoc. & Bach. programs. Obviously the Assoc. has fewer classes, but they all study the core of nursing together;...
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    JBudd replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am very well aware of it; I work for this corp. I have taken a pay cut, and other "take backs" with each successive contract. Our staffing has decreased year by year. I have a deductible and a...
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    JBudd replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, let's see. For just one visit (out of 12 for this drug) for chemotherapy, my insurance was billed for: a) pharmacy $41 (2 OTC pills) b) IV therapy $1000 c) IV solutions $22 d) chemotherapy-IV...
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    UMSON Laptops

    JBudd replied to Diorbaby's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a lot about various PCs, but my ASUS drives me crazy. The front edge of the keyboard somehow connects to the mouse pad and the cursor jumps all over the page randomly. On the other...
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    The most annoying student

    JBudd replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Students

    No, many schools do not. When you have a large number of applicants, getting committees together to read and evaluate essays, and/or do interviews takes a lot of time and manpower. When you have a...
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    Am I right in my thinking working on the dementia unit?

    JBudd replied to Rocktheman's topic in General Students

    Skin lotion is a non-medicinal part of bathing. It is simply doing skin care; and is best applied directly after a
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    nurse

    JBudd replied to alipournashr's topic in General Nursing

    thank
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    Faking seizures?

    JBudd replied to Grodo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    CYA, if you have a letter from her neurologist about when to call, and one from her releasing you from liability for not calling except in those 3 instances, then you could consider not calling....
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    How to get experience?

    JBudd replied to Miss Infermiera2b's topic in General Nursing

    They always say that, hiring an experienced nurse means you don't have to spend as much time or money orienting, as you do teaching a new grad. But if they can't get enough experienced people to...
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    What is the proper way to address an RN?

    JBudd replied to planetoi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    hmmm, its better than "you copulating caucasian female canine" (words have been euphemized to avoid asterisks
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    Passing end of semester HESI

    JBudd replied to Lana73's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I'm not up on HESI questions, but just wanted to say hang in there. One test does not define you and mean you have failed everything. Failed a few exams myself (lo, these many years ago); been a...
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    How do I explain to my snobby family why nurses are important and worthy of respect?

    JBudd replied to Miss Infermiera2b's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are the ones who interact with patients, hour by hour; not a twice a day check in by the MD. Nurses assess for and pick up on the little changes, especially when somebody starts to crash, and...