PJMommy

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  1. How long is your preceptorship?

    PJMommy replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Students

    We go 5 weeks with a minimum of 36 hours a week. I'm on 12 hour nights - yuck! but don't have to work Thanksgiving -

  2. heart palpitations

    PJMommy replied to tomorrows RN's topic in General Students

    Yeah...I get them also except I suspect mine are atrial. PACs are pretty common when you are stressed, overly-caffeinated, or tired. Nicotine causes them also. I had all the dx stuff a few years ago...

  3. School complaints...

    PJMommy replied to kahumai's topic in General Students

    Don't they have to pay to print at school? We are charged 7 cents a page for anything we print in the computer lab so our school has to be making $$ on us. Does the teacher have a written policy...

  4. Come On!!

    PJMommy replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    So back to my earlier question...why don't you get in there and change it? Sorry...don't mean to be confrontational but it seems like I see a lot of these posts where people are saying the ANA isn't...

  5. Come On!!

    PJMommy replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    Jeez! What state do you live in? I always get a response...and, on those rare occasions when I do not, I call and ask to speak to someone. Seriously, I'm shocked! You need to vote those reps OUT. I...

  6. Come On!!

    PJMommy replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    Couple of thoughts... First, I get so aggravated with a friend who constantly bemoans how her state and U.S. legislators voted on this issue or that issue. So, I asked her, did you call them? Did you...

  7. Come On!!

    PJMommy replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    ainz, Do you advocate that more nurses should join ANA or that nurses should do something different? It would seem to me that, if more nurses joined ANA, then the voices would be heard. The...

  8. Not nursing related, can I post this anyway?(long)

    PJMommy replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Good for your son. No, he hasn't had psych classes and doesn't know the "right" way to do things...but you must be a great mom because he certainly knew in his gut that he shouldn't leave this kid. He...

  9. No, no, no, I am getting a bad cold!!!

    PJMommy replied to TeresaRN2b's topic in General Students

    Go get some zinc lozenges to suck on. The zinc somehow blocks the replication of the cold virus in the throat which might help to limit the infection. I find it works really well...I start sucking on...

  10. Help! Can't hear BP sounds

    PJMommy replied to Altra's topic in General Students

    What helped me was getting everything settled and still before inflating the cuff... It's amazing how hard it can be to hear the sounds if the steth tubing is jiggling or bumping, or your hand holding...

  11. Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    PJMommy replied to KR's topic in General Students

    Old Opie Often Tries Trig And Feels Very Vague, Gloomy, And

  12. Elderly patients: First name or Mr/Mrs?

    PJMommy replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I was also raised to refer to older folks as Mr/Mrs (I'm 34 y/o.). In addition, this is drilled into us in nursing school as well. The rule is to address them as Mr. Jones or Mrs. Smith unless they...

  13. Typical drop/fail rates for RN programs?

    PJMommy replied to jjbaby's topic in General Students

    With our math tests we have to make an 86 first take -- or else you are gone for the semester. But puh-lease...this is like jr. high math level. I actually had a classmate ask me if I knew where...

  14. Typical drop/fail rates for RN programs?

    PJMommy replied to jjbaby's topic in General Students

    We also have the rule about a 75... but it is a 75 average on the tests. If you can't make a C average on exams (before project/paper grades are factored in), you are OUT. I'm in an accelerated...

  15. Employer Tuition Reimbursement Programs

    PJMommy replied to say_when's topic in General Nursing

    I know of several hospitals in my area that pay for tuition in exchange for a work agreement. In fact, this is how I'm footing the bill for my degree...then I'm committed to work at a certain...

  16. How hard are nursing classes?

    PJMommy replied to flaced's topic in General Students

    I can't speak to an ADN program but I think so much of it depends on your school and/or your instructor. If I read everything that is assigned, I'd be reading 200-300 pages a week (or more). But my...

  17. Question on neutropenic precautions

    PJMommy replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all! This helped

  18. Hesi

    PJMommy replied to memphisgurl's topic in General Students

    Hmmm...I'm stumped. What's a Hesi? I guess I don't have to take it because I've never heard of it? We have math tests every semester where we have to make a 90 to do