sjoe

sjoe

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  1. Why do nursng students HAVE to have health insurance b/4 they strart cliniclas?

    sjoe replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    What reasons did your school give you for having this requirement when you asked them? What kind of alternatives did they offer? (BTW this is a very common

  2. What do you think about dating your coworkers?

    sjoe replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Risky. Equally risky is NOT dating someone who might have turned out to be a (or THE, for those who believe such things) suitable partner. You pays your money and you takes your

  3. Climara for control of deviant sexual behavior?

    sjoe replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    In general, drugs that lower one's sexual drive have NO influence on the direction or focus of that drive, just the overall amount of energy behind

  4. Losing your license

    sjoe replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    As does

  5. worried!!!

    sjoe replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    Relax. You'll have much more important things to worry about if you start nursing

  6. what not to do/say the first day of work in the ER

    sjoe replied to akvarmit's topic in Emergency

    No matter WHAT you say or do, you will be pegged as a newbie, so just figure that will happen. The least productive thing to do would be to pretend that you know it all or to give suggestions to the...

  7. can someone help??

    sjoe replied to shllby1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    TMPaul writes: "You do have the right to be tested at the employers expense. ...Please don't delay, get baseline testing done now. " After a stick you ALWAYS get tested right away so that a baseline...

  8. Laptops.....what do you use (looking to buy)

    sjoe replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    I use a HP Pavilion ze1110 laptop as a desktop replacement. It cost around $1K. I took the battery out shortly after buying it and have never put it back in. The wordprocessing program included was...

  9. Note: Please don't make identical posts on different forums.

    sjoe replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    1) I certainly agree that multiple posts of the same basic content are annoying. BUT 2) why are research posts forbidden, so long as they are clearly identified? I haven't done any here, but that...

  10. dress code before clocking in

    sjoe replied to dee_OB's topic in General Nursing

    Every state in the union gets to make its own rules about things like this, or not make any if it chooses. Since you don't indicate the state, it's not possible to give you a specific response. I'd...

  11. Ready to leave supervising

    sjoe replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the float pool might be the ideal place for

  12. highest paying hospitals in florida?

    sjoe replied to Roberto's topic in General Nursing

    This issue has been and is being discussed at some length on the Florida forum of this BB.

  13. Drug Testing

    sjoe replied to perfer2Banonymous's topic in General Nursing

    mjlrn writes: "Typically, THC is fat-soluble, meaning it can remain in the body for some time after smoking marijuana....even up to 30 days! How fast you get rid of it depends on a lot of things,...

  14. Amenorrhea - what is *wrong* with me??

    sjoe replied to PJMommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    self-censored

  15. Eating Boogers??? Is this for real?

    sjoe replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    You can fool some of the people all of the

  16. Male vs. Female

    sjoe replied to CarllS's topic in General Nursing

    tee writes: "You cath the wrong fem and she complains and even files charges against you. kiss you a__ goodbye." As happened to a (gay male) friend of mine who cathed an elderly demented female...

  17. hospitals in florida

    sjoe replied to Limor's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Check the Florida forum for more of the kind of info you are looking for. Several threads there on salaries (or smallness

  18. C3--C6 Spinal injury ??

    sjoe replied to Cubby's topic in General Nursing

    kmchugh writes: "Get another opinion. Seeing a neurologist might not hurt."

  19. disciplinary nightmare

    sjoe replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    ccu writes: "Talk to your Lawyer at length prior to this proceeding. Being that you are stressing over it now I would talk to the lawyer ASAP to attempt to alleviate some of your fears. Tell the...

  20. English nurses recruited for California?

    sjoe replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    shez writes: "What's going on?" Read "Grapes of Wrath" (or rent the movie). The larger the pool of labor, the lower the wage that must be

  21. Re: Florida's 1st prize in the "Salary Hall of Shame"

    sjoe replied to CLLRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    cllrn writes: "why should FL nurses be treated/paid so much more poorly than those in other states?" Why? Because they will take these jobs and accept this pay, simple enough. And the healthcare...

  22. What would happen if someone accepted an offer from a hospital, anesthesia groups ect

    sjoe replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well

  23. book: anyone ever read this one?

    sjoe replied to jusjan67's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. I've read, and recommend, all of her

  24. Assisted Suicide

    sjoe replied to ninas's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but you would be trusted more if you had said that in your first post, right? To answer your question, IF the nurse has enough time, he/she can explore with the patient exactly what this person...

  25. need advice on precepting special nurse

    sjoe replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    jane writes: "I don't think this nurse is beyond working in the field of nursing, or even in a hospital, but my unit is particulary stressful. ... I think maybe she would psossibley do well on a...