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  1. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Jen2 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and why is it that even hair dressers have to hold a liscense to do hair but a person such as an MA can give an IM injection without liscense, certification, and just one year of school. You would...

  2. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Jen2 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya on that one. While working as an MA we used to have patients come in for Remicaid infusions. I sat everything up, started the IV with NS and then the PA would come in and push run on the...

  3. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Jen2 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a very busy office for years as an MA. It was this experience that encouraged me to go into nursing school. I had to correct the doctors and patients many times and I even went as far as...

  4. Our nursing class grading scale is WAY easy...

    Jen2 replied to klone's topic in General Students

    OMG a 70 is a C at some schools and they round. I've never heard of such a thing. That would be so awesome I am green with envy. I got a 92.7% last semesterfor my final grade and that was a

  5. Qustions about Focus Assessment Charting!

    Jen2 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi everyone! I just have one question. During my externship in the ED I had a really difficult time charting focus assessments. I am so stuck on head to toe. My preceptor kept telling me who cares...

  6. Qustions about Focus Assessment Charting!

    Jen2 replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for your replies. Charting is just so different in the ED. Carotid I will check out that book. Great suggestions

  7. Questions for Nurses who are married to Nurses!

    Jen2 replied to Jen2's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your replies. It's nice to know what I may be in for. I don't think that I could work on the same unit as him though. That would just be too much time together if you know what...

  8. how many classmates dropped in your first semester?

    Jen2 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Students

    We started our program with 55. After our first semester, we had 3 drop with in 1 month of the program starting and 8 people fail. After our second semester we had 3 people fail. So beginning our...

  9. Nurse extern

    Jen2 replied to kelnich's topic in Emergency

    I am still in nursing school and just finished up my externship in the ED. This is where I want to be when I am done. I also externed on a med-surge floor and felt the same as you. I learned so...

  10. what does c=rn mean?

    Jen2 replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Students

    All nurses are professionals. I respect each specialty of nursing for what it is. Everyone does not want to become a CRNA. If we did who would take care of that patient on the floor? I do very...

  11. Working While Attending RN Program?

    Jen2 replied to Pilot76's topic in General Students

    I worked full time during my prereqs and my first semester of nursing school. During my second semester I had to drop down to part time because the second semester in my ADN program is notorious for...

  12. arrogant nurses

    Jen2 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You will encounter people like this no matter where you work and there are two sides to every story. Just try and do your job to the best of your ability. I had an incident with an aide while I was...

  13. Nutrition Pre-req - easy vs hard

    Jen2 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Students

    Honestly, I found Nutrition to be one of the easiest classes that I have ever taken. However, I can see where it could be extremly difficult if you get a difficult instructor. My instructor was...

  14. The Art of Nursing

    Jen2 replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see. The art of nursing. Does cutting a suction tube ( not used of course) in order to use it for a straw so that your patient can drink their CT dye with

  15. Design the Ideal Nurse

    Jen2 replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    I personally do not like the college's description of the different programs that the OP posted. In my college the ADN is far from a "technical" degree. We have to enroll at our college as a Liberal...

  16. I passed, I passed, I passed!

    Jen2 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Love-A-RN RN RN RN RN RN RN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats! I can't wait to be in your shoes. Hopefully this time next year!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  17. ER first assignment for new RN?

    Jen2 replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing

    During my rotation on the med surge floor I didn't feel as if I learned a whole lot. Many of my patients had the same things going on and were all pretty much on the same meds. However while I was...

  18. ER first assignment for new RN?

    Jen2 replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing

    That's a wonderful attitude to have. I'll bet you are going to be a wonderful preceptor. You sound like someone that I would love to orient me.

  19. ER first assignment for new RN?

    Jen2 replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing

    I will graduate in May, 2005 with an ADN and plan on going directly into the ED. However I did work as a phlebotomist for 4 years and was on the code team. This summer I did a 10 week extership in...

  20. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    Jen2 replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    I will take all of my family and friends out for a wonderful dinner. They deserve it after putting up with my crabby orifice through nursing

  21. Quesion: Is this good precepting?

    Jen2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone: I just have a couple of questions for all of you preceptors out there. I started my nursing externship at a very busy teaching hospital and am in my third week of the externship. The...

  22. What nursing classes are the most difficult

    Jen2 replied to Kristy_joyz's topic in General Students

    I am in an ADN program and it is so much different. We don't have pharmacology, it is incorperated into the program. If you fail, you fail. What I mean is that second semester we have OB, Peds,...

  23. Quesion: Is this good precepting?

    Jen2 replied to Jen2's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone so much for all of your comments. Like I said I am new to this so I thought that maybe this was the norm. I am so glad I posted. The next time i work I will ask my preceptor to come...

  24. How many days and hours per week.......

    Jen2 replied to fourblessings's topic in General Students

    In nursing 101 we had 1 four hour lab from 8:00a.m. til noon and 1 eight hour clinical day from 7:00a.m. til

  25. Personnal lives or reckless?

    Jen2 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    I used to have horses when I was in High School. I used to barrel race too. In the spring my grandfathers friends would bring their horses to his farm for me to break. I loved doing that, but the...