jelly221,RN

jelly221,RN MSN

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  1. Any St. Vincent's or St. Lukes (Jax, FL) nurses out there?

    jelly221,RN replied to GradNurseFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm from Jax and my dad was a pt at St Luke's a LOT when I was growing up. Went back to Jax b/c my grandma was very ill a few months ago at Memorial, I was very impressed with the hospital and...

  2. Senior Practicum Decision!

    jelly221,RN replied to BNstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go with OB. With the scarce amount of jobs that are available, you'll have a HUGE leg up on other applicants by having had a one-on-one preceptorship in OB. Good luck with those

  3. Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

    jelly221,RN replied to jpmrt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Put my vote under "all for it"- same stipulations as PP stated- medically safe, no infection risk, appropriate behavior. I've had pts do this, and it doesn't bother me at all. I was in the ED in Jan...

  4. Should I Take a Different Path to Become a Nurse?

    jelly221,RN replied to Eventually's topic in General Nursing

    From my understanding, classes from an ADN program (actual nursing classes) don't "transfer" to the BSN program- the BSN program will just "give" you X amount of credits for having an RN license....

  5. California's 2011 New Grad Program

    jelly221,RN replied to Faeriewand's topic in California Nursing

    I spoke with someone at Torrance Memorial the other day- they're not positive, but it looks like the next Versant cohort will begin in Sept/Oct with applications beginning in July. They expect 2,500+...

  6. Torrance Memorial Medical Center RN Residency

    jelly221,RN replied to nurse_16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I spoke with someone the other day- they're not positive, but it looks like the next Versant cohort will begin in Sept/Oct with applications beginning in July. They expect 2,500+ applicants (based on...

  7. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    jelly221,RN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just hope NCLEX is up to date with their ACLS algorithms, b/c that's what I go

  8. Can student administer medication without RN supervision?

    jelly221,RN replied to AnneN's topic in General Students

    Depends on your state. In CA, there is a provision in the Nurse Practice Act that allows nursing students currently enrolled in a program to perform "nursing duties"- including passing medications....

  9. Can student administer medication without RN supervision?

    jelly221,RN replied to AnneN's topic in General Students

    My instructors always asked me how long to push IV meds for, I wasn't allowed to give anything until I did that. As far as actually doing it, I guess it's a personal decision that the instructor...

  10. Staffing Sucks

    jelly221,RN replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I'm sooooo spoiled. I'm precepting on a stepdown/tele unit- 4:1 RN and 8-10:1 CNA. Night RNs always start with 3, sometimes they end up with 4. I thought my assignment was bad yesterday with 4...

  11. Can student administer medication without RN supervision?

    jelly221,RN replied to AnneN's topic in General Students

    I'm a bit confused about the monitoring for reactions- I don't stand in the room for 30 minutes to wait to see if my pt has a reaction to a PO med. If I'm giving a prn that needs to be followed-up on,...

  12. USC New Grad summer 2011?

    jelly221,RN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in California Nursing

    Congrats x a million to all of you who were invited! Out of curiosity, for those of you who are going to interview for CTICU or cardiac ICU, did you do a preceptorship in an

  13. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    jelly221,RN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OK, got my lazy *** off the couch and upstairs to fetch my ATI book. Angina is relieved by nitrates, AMI pain is only relieved by IV morphine. Like gcat626 said, opioids decrease preload- ATI says...

  14. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    jelly221,RN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Turd, that's what I was taught as well- in class and ACLS. We were told that morphine was used for CP unrelieved by nitro. Morphine can cause hypotension as

  15. NCLEXRNprep.com

    jelly221,RN replied to Bundy4632's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm studying using ATI and I have a friend who won a free Kaplan course, so we're using her QBank. Let me know if the ATI actually helps, I'm hoping to schedule my NCLEX for

  16. USC New Grad summer 2011?

    jelly221,RN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in California Nursing

    Wellp, just got my rejection letter. Good luck

  17. Unlisenced assistive personell replacing nurse positions

    jelly221,RN replied to Italia23's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    just to clarify- if the patient has a pulmonary embolism (blood clot that has lodged in the pulmonary circulation), you want to put them in fowlers and apply o2. the trendelenburg+left side is for an...

  18. How to become a maternal newborn nurse

    jelly221,RN replied to Sara A's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, you need to start by becoming an RN. And no, you don't have to have a CNA license before you're an

  19. Using alcohol to clean newborns' umbilical cord stumps?

    jelly221,RN replied to BellsRNBSN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I learned in ATI and my textbook that we were supposed to do cord care. However, my instructor told us that information was outdate. The hospital that I did OB clinicals at still had alcohol cord...

  20. Looking into medical and colorblind

    jelly221,RN replied to truckinusa's topic in General Students

    Touche'. I thought about this when I was looking for blood in diarrhea

  21. USC New Grad summer 2011?

    jelly221,RN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah, it's pretty standard for most people to want CVICU from what I gathered reading older threads. You're so lucky you got to precept there! I have a BS in music, wonder if that actually helped....

  22. contacting nurse/unit managers?

    jelly221,RN replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    VERY helpful!! I've been wondering how to go about this as well.

  23. What to do after ADN program?

    jelly221,RN replied to student1234567's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You mean critical care experience, right? All of the schools I've looked into require ICU- preferably CVICU or SICU. And most of the CRNA students who are accepted have more like 3-5 years of ICU...

  24. Looking for a CVICU job- should I list CRNA goal?

    jelly221,RN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks so much for everyone's input! I've updated my resume' and cover letter template accordingly. =) Hopefully I'll be joining all you critical care nurses soon!

  25. Looking for a CVICU job- should I list CRNA goal?

    jelly221,RN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all! I've read a few other threads similar to my question, but figured I'd ask directly. I'm graduating in 4 weeks from an ADN program. I LOVE the ICU, the advanced procedures and critical...