Jasel

Jasel BSN, RN

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  1. Overwhelmed

    Jasel replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    Every situation is different. I know the unofficial rule always seems to be "stick it out for a year, it will get better" but if things were as bad as you say they were, they were affecting you THAT...

  2. I've probably just lost it all....

    Jasel replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't freak out over a C. Honestly there have been people in my class who would have killed to have a C, then they'd still actually be in the program (C = 80 - 85, B = 86 - 92, A = 93 - 100)....

  3. Where are all the young nurses?

    Jasel replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    I had a supervisor who became an LPN at 18 (she's an RN now). She's a year younger than me and I became an LPN when I was 25 (and I'm 27 now working on my RN). We're out there

  4. nervous in clinicals

    Jasel replied to studentnur123's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Confidence just comes with experience. Trust me it's not going to get any better when you're working on the floor by yourself and suddenly you're responsible for dozens of patients. And no instructor...

  5. LPN vs. RN

    Jasel replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    I became an LPN so I could find a RN program. They're just easier to get into here if you already an LPN. It was expensive since LPN schools out here where I am tend to be private which means more...

  6. Geez...they're dropping like flies!

    Jasel replied to Annachu512's topic in General Students

    Am in my second semester but we just had our midterm on Monday. Somehow I managed to swing an 80% and my grade didn't really change. But there were ALOT of empty seats the next day and my clinical...

  7. The "Why don't you go to Med School" Question

    Jasel replied to AL1992's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Ugh I've been asked that a few times and it's always very annoying. What's even more annoying is lately I kind of wish I HAD gone to med school. Oh

  8. How many people did you lose?

    Jasel replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    We started with 95. After this first semester I think we're down to about

  9. Do/did you enjoy Nursing School? Or hate it?

    Jasel replied to Jayden8139's topic in General Students

    Well I was in an LPN program for a year. 4 months after graduation I took the NCLEX and got my first job at a skilled rehab facility. So I was there about 16 months before I got accepted into my local...

  10. Where do you sit in lecture

    Jasel replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I sit in either the back 3 - 5 rows kind of in the middle. It's a bit irritating because I sit a few columns down from a group who always talks and there's one guy, and I know he probably can't help...

  11. Frustrated by the employment websites.

    Jasel replied to Lifeofanurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm not sure how reliable I find employment websites unless it's directly with the employer. Honestly I've had more call backs and landed my first job driving out to places filling out resumes etc. My...

  12. What have your co-workers done to make a shift go more smoothly?

    Jasel replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    My last job had 2 separate units with 3 nurses between them. One nurse had to pick up most of her patients from the first unit and 3 off the second unit which I was working. Anyway I could see she was...

  13. Knowing what you know now, would you change it?

    Jasel replied to Purple93's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt I'd change it. Even if you don't enjoy what you're doing with experience you have options. I never really wanted to be a nurse, I just needed something with job security. But I can't think of...

  14. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    Jasel replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    My first write up was probably the one I felt I didn't deserve. It happened maybe 3 or 4 months after I started my first job as an LPN. We had a patient who was getting 375 mg Naproxen at 9pm on my...

  15. Will LTC experience help in med-surg??

    Jasel replied to Jasel's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for the replies. That's very good to

  16. Will LTC experience help in med-surg??

    Jasel posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    So I've been an LPN at a sub-acute facility for about 18 months now (first job too). It has 6 units. Two for sub-acute, two for LTC, one for Alzheimer/Dementia, and an orthopedics unit. I've worked on...

  17. How do you deal with feces???

    Jasel replied to JLWilliams11's topic in General Students

    Ya every nurse seems to have their thing. I can deal with feces. Vomit on the other hand completely grosses me out . Eventually you just get used to dealing with it

  18. Will LTC experience help in med-surg??

    Jasel replied to Jasel's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if this is just happening in my area or what but I've been hearing a lot of hospitals aren't hiring newer RNs unless they have some LTC

  19. crisis care

    Jasel replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Had my first crisis care pt myself on Monday. Think it depends on the hospice but from the little I saw they are there to provide comfort/assist when needed. Although honestly I'm not sure what the...

  20. New LPN... taking it all in

    Jasel replied to student4ever73's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It took me probably at least 6 months before I felt comfortable on my own. I'm glad you got a good orientation. They offered new nurses 20 days of orientation which I quickly realized was just a sly...

  21. Stay or go??? Need advice!!!

    Jasel replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Really sounds like you should leave but you're just nervous about it and having to start all over in a new facility. If I was in your situation I'd go if the pay is as good or better than what you're...

  22. Any tips you can give me for managing time?

    Jasel replied to LVN2RNMMA's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I usually start by trying to make sure that I have everything I know I will need done ahead of time to make things go smoothly as possible. I'll give you the general gist of my shift this past Friday...

  23. Guys: what made you want to go into nursing?

    Jasel replied to Canadian eh?'s topic in Men in Nursing

    I went into nursing for job security. And what I read about the field made it sound very flexible. I do enjoy what I do however although there are some days I don't feel like going into work at all:

  24. Indiana State University Online LVN to RN program

    Jasel replied to S-Rank's topic in Indiana State University

    Anyone know if you can do Indiana State U's LVN to RN program without dealing with the College Network?? Everytime I try to look into it I get those non-stop harassing calls from TCN. Plus I've read...

  25. Trach suctioning. Bullet vs. no bullet

    Jasel replied to divaRN*'s topic in Pulmonary

    I'm not familiar with "NS bullets". What are those exactly?? Anyway if the trach is almost plugged or just really thickened up I'll just take the whole thing out and clean it. We only have one trach...