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  1. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    Jen2 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Amy (from General Hospital) vs Nurse

  2. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    Jen2 replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    Same thing happened to me. When we had to go to a Pediatricians office for nursing school, one of the MA's proudly stated that when she was in nursing school she was taught this way. I then told her...

  3. Bombed 1st Med/Surg Exam 68% :O(

    Jen2 replied to jenrninmi's topic in General Students

    I know how you feel. Feels like you have an ungrateful child huh? I mean the odasity of failing a nursing exam after you have put in so much time and effort. That was how I felt. The important...

  4. Please help -Poll for school - National Uniform for Nurses

    Jen2 replied to justjenn's topic in General Nursing

    I think that there should definately be a dress code. I have seen some nurses running around in skin tight T-shirts, with their scrub pants rolled down to reveal the tatoo they have across the small...

  5. Nurses, Smoking, I have to say it

    Jen2 replied to TBLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh No!!!! O.K. yes I smoke. Do I do it at work? No! I put on a patch and chew gum like crazy, then I smoke about 5 cigs on the way home. I guess you can call me a closet smoker. I hate that I do...

  6. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    Jen2 replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    I first worked in a Docs office as an MA, long before I started nursing school and I did injections, put in I.V.'s, monitored patients recieving infusions, allergy skin testing, H-pylori testing,...

  7. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    Jen2 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    The truth: As I was growing up I was constantly sick, in and out of the hospital. When I was 7 years old I was hospitalized for 2 weeks (became septic due to a rip roaring kidney infection that I...

  8. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    Jen2 replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    Sorry to say but welcome to nursing school. We had to do it to. We also had to give each other I.M. injections in our rear. Oddly, not one person in our class refused, so I'm not sure how that...

  9. color coding staff

    Jen2 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh No! I am working as a nurse Intern this summer in the E.R. of a Level 1 Trauma center and they told us that all interns must wer white no matter what dept. The worst part is that one of my fellow...

  10. color coding staff

    Jen2 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is color coded and we have a picture in each patient room with a picture of "The Nurse" in royal blue, and the "Nursing assistant" in teal blue. Other techs etc. all have their own color...

  11. [b]Congratulations Love-a-nurse![/b]

    Jen2 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Cograts!!!!!!!! I can't wait to be

  12. I Just Graduated--I won't be going back!

    Jen2 replied to Monist's topic in General Nursing

    Monist I know how you feel. The dean of our nursing program came in a few months ago and stressed that she didn't want us to get ONLY our ADN and not ONLY our BSN, but she wanted each and every one...

  13. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    Jen2 replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    This is some really good advice and about sums it up. The one thing that I wanted to tell you is that if you get a low grade on an exam, don't ever give up. Keep plugging away and it will pay off....

  14. No time to review patient charts

    Jen2 replied to joey1967's topic in General Students

    We must go to the hospital the evening before and start our careplans, otherwise we cannot care for the patient if we do not have it mapped out. In your case I would probably go to the primary nurse...

  15. No time to review patient charts

    Jen2 replied to joey1967's topic in General Students

    We must go to the hospital the evening before and start our careplans, otherwise we cannot care for the patient if we do not have it mapped out. In your case I would probably go to the primary nurse...

  16. question for you... this is really bugging me .

    Jen2 replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me so much of my community clinical experience the other day. I took this ladies BP in the caffeteria of a local grocery store and it was 210/110. I thought to myself, I am a student...

  17. Student Question About Pediatric Heart Conditions

    Jen2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I am in my second semester of an ADN program, and am having difficulty with pediatric heart conditions. Our instructor expects us to know so much. Anyway, I just want to see if I am on the...

  18. What would you look for in a nursing instructor?

    Jen2 replied to orrnlori's topic in General Nursing

    Comming from a current nursing student I can tell you that I think even if you only work one weekend a month on a floor, that would be a great asset. My peds instructor was talking about propulcid...

  19. GETTING WRITTEN UP: What is the most ridiculous thing you have been written up for?

    Jen2 replied to greeneggsnham's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a nursing student, but currently work as a phlebotomist whlie I'm in school. Anyway about 2 years ago our hospital went to a computerized system, and on the day that this was to take place...

  20. so what happens if someone in your class cheats?

    Jen2 replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Students

    My school has a academic integrity policy that is non-negotiable. If you get caught cheating you are kicked out of school no questions asked. One of our senior nursing students just got kicked out...

  21. If I hear 'C Nurses make the best nurses' one more time I will scream!

    Jen2 replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Students

    Yes my point exactly when the "C" students would really be making A's in any other class, does this make them party animals or indicate that they are stupid or not

  22. If I hear 'C Nurses make the best nurses' one more time I will scream!

    Jen2 replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Students

    Just wanted to say that one of the CRNA schools in my area looks at way more than a GPA. One of the schools looks mostly at ICU/ER experience and the character of the person. One of my instructors...

  23. Clinicals and nursing classes..

    Jen2 replied to trish820's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing 101 was 8 hour day clinical, 4 hour lab, and two 3 hour lectures for a total of 4 days a week, and yes 20+ hours of studying each week. This semester, I have an 8 hour lecture, an 8 hour lab,...

  24. Poll about pre-planning.

    Jen2 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello Everyone, I just have a quick question to ask all of you nursing students about pre-planning the night before clinical: My clinical day is on Tuesday from 7:00a.m. until 3:00p.m.. We are...

  25. ? for schooling

    Jen2 replied to luvbbs's topic in General Nursing

    For My ADN program I had to take Englich, Chemistry, Psychology, Human Deveopement and Family Studies, Anatomy, Physiology, 2 electives (I took Art History and Spanish), College Algebra, and...