javertech

javertech has 23 years experience and specializes in Emergency Room, ICU, CHF Clinic.

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1. Am I unsafe to practice?

   javertech replied to Need2Care's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I have been a nurse for about 8 months now and have only had one event report on me that caused a delay in the patient's procedure. I was under the weather but chose to go to work. I did not start IV...

2. Any LPNS out there feeling like underdogs?

   javertech posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I have been an LPN for about 8 months now. I work at a hospital. If you are a new grad where I work you cannot give IV Medications until you have had your license for 6 months and take an IV therapy...

3. breakups during nursing school

   javertech replied to jesslpnstudent's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I completely understand how you feel. I was in school taking prerequisites for the RN program at a local community college at the time my spouse of 26 years left me for another women. We had two...

4. Anatomy and Physiology I online? Ever Done it?

   javertech replied to Luv2helpppl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I took this class online and it is hard either way. I did like being able to take the course online. The only thing I did not like about taking the course online is the way the course was set up...

5. Why be a CCU/ICU RN?

   javertech replied to spottybug's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I Am Presently Working In An Intensive Care Unit As A Unit Secretary/monitor Tech/certified Nursing Assistant. I Am Proficient In Starting Iv's, Drawing Blood And Doing Ekg's Because I Used To Be An...

6. Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

   javertech replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I know how you feel. Being a nursing assistant, unit secretary, and a monitor tech, I do feel like a servant sometimes. The nursing profession is stressful unless you have an administrative job and...

7. Unit Secretary roles

   javertech replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

   It is an exciting job. Sometimes too much so. I do get some respect from some of the doctors and nurses. The doctors and nurses I work with are comfortable when I am there because they know they they...

8. Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

   javertech replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think the job title of a nurse should be changed. Call me old fashioned but I am very traditional and we go to school to be nurses not direct care providers. It does not matter whether you are...

9. Unit Secretary roles

   javertech replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an intensive care unit as a monitor tech, unit secretary, and C.N.A. Unless you are certified as a nursing assistant you will not be able to interact much with patients. I spend most of my...

10. anyone working and going to school and having a family

    javertech replied to greysa32's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I understand how you feel. I am working full time at a hospital. I am already a C.N.A. My job duties are unit secretary, monitor technician, and C.N.A. in an intensive care unit. I am responsible...

11. PLESE HELP! CNA 1, CNA 2 and Phlebotomy+EKG+IV Therapy

    javertech replied to Bebi11's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have been a C.N.A. since 1989. I work at a hospital as a monitor techician, unit secretary, and PCT III. I am competent to do EKG's, draw blood, start IVs, in addition to being a C.N.A. I was...

12. How many of us 30 somethings are out there?

    javertech replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am not a 30 something but a 40 something. I am 42 years old, married mother of two (ages 18 and 23) and have decided to go back to get my R.N. I currently work as a C.N.A./Unit Secretary/Monitor...

13. Going Back To Nursing School at 42

    javertech posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a married mother of two who has decided to go back to nursing school. I have attended one year of college in 1987 and actually was admitted to the nursing program then but had a car accident and...