NurseJacqui

NurseJacqui

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  1. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    NurseJacqui replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    I think Todd needs to lighten up. It's easy to be judgemental and idealistic when you have never been there. I was that way myself when I was a student. That being said, I love my job and I love...

  2. One Voice

    NurseJacqui replied to norinradd's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we have RNS educated at all different levels and there is no pissing contest about who has an ADN or a BSN. We are all RNS. Some of the best nurses I know are diploma nurses. But as for...

  3. any nurses with crohn's/IBD?

    NurseJacqui replied to agent's topic in General Nursing

    What is it with nurses and stomach problems? I have erosive gastritis, duodenitis, hiatal hernia and IBS and plus I pee a lot so I was ALWAYS in the bathroom. One day my friend told me people were...

  4. Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

    NurseJacqui replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    We only use the chlorohexadine for

  5. Betadine? Alcohol? (one, the other, or both?)

    NurseJacqui replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

    The reason why betadine is preferred over alchohol is because it is bacteriocidal, while alchohol is only bacteriostatic. Using betadine actually kills the existing bacteria present at the site while...

  6. 3 nursing unions in NJ negotiating new contracts

    NurseJacqui replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If the nurses actually went on strike and agency or " scab" nurses as they are so affectionately called are harassed for working in their place and decide against working there...then what happens to...

  7. NCLEX "easy" question??

    NurseJacqui replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

    I left thinking I had failed. My computer had shut off at 91. Some of the questions were really hard. I was yelling at my computer. I was like , " WHAT?!" But I passed on the first

  8. NCLEX "easy" question??

    NurseJacqui replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

    You can also find out online.

  9. NCLEX "easy" question??

    NurseJacqui replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

    Glowworm...FYI-those fill in the blank and check all that apply questions are trial questions. They don't count. As for the schizophrenia question, they weren't really asking about the specific...

  10. "The View" insults nursing

    NurseJacqui replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, has anyone seen those " Herbal Essences" commercials? You know the one where the nurse gives the patient a sleeping pill and then proceeds to wash her hair at the bedside(very...

  11. "The View" insults nursing

    NurseJacqui replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    My family still wants me to marry a doctor. And when I graduated from nursing school, I was voted " Most Likely to Marry a Doctor" by those who don't even know me. Why? Because I'm " young and...

  12. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    NurseJacqui replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    We had a tech once who recorded every single pulse she took as 80. Feeling that that was impossible, I asked her to take my pulse. She took it using her thumb. So basically, she was taking her own....

  13. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    NurseJacqui replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, I was studying for a pharmacology test and a friend asked me, " Why do you need to know all that stuff anyway to be a nurse"? So I said, " Ummm...because I need to know...

  14. Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    NurseJacqui replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    Furball...I don't know...I once worked on a floor where the 7-3 nurses would come in, take an hour to get report, then sit down and eat breakfast together, talk to their husbands and boyfriends on the...