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  1. 30+ page care plans

    jjjoy replied to Boog'sCRRN246's topic in General Students

    That's how it seemed to me

  2. What is YOUR opinion on nursing school exams?

    jjjoy replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    It's one thing to "weed out" students who can't remember that Ibuprofen is an NSAID or giving a glam make-over to a patient over giving another patient their insulin shot. It's another if the...

  3. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    LOL! Too funny! Sadly, kind of

  4. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    I understand that one should assume everything works in the test world. If the question asks about how to prioritize taking a blood pressure first, one shouldn't argue "well, where I work, we can...

  5. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    Are we to assume that the call light is on right now? Then, of course, go answer their call light immediately before doing anything else.... though to do anything else, you would have to see and/or...

  6. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    I see what you're saying. Are we also assuming that this isn't a long term care facility where a patient sitting out by the nurses' station might be a reasonable

  7. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    cxg174 - you make a good point. I don't think the call light is a *wrong* answer but given that we don't have much of any contextual information in the question. If the patient's SOB is too acute to...

  8. What is YOUR opinion on nursing school exams?

    jjjoy replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    Whatever valid complaints you may have about test questions, framing the argument as "It's not fair to students" won't get you very far. It gets lost among other not-so-valid complaints of "it's not...

  9. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    Ah "NCLEX world"?! But don't my "critical thinking skills" lead me to not assume that the call light will always work the way its supposed to and that using my own eyes and ears (eg having the patient...

  10. What is YOUR opinion on nursing school exams?

    jjjoy replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    Frazzled - Have you seen this thread? Similar frustrations. Why is Nursing School So Flawed? - Page 5- Nursing for

  11. What is YOUR opinion on nursing school exams?

    jjjoy replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Students

    Frazzled One - I'm always one to chime in on such criticisms because I too felt that too many nursing test questions didn't test "critical thinking" but instead were more about figuring out good...

  12. Just curious- What do you use on the floor?

    jjjoy replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too!

  13. help me pick the right job please!

    jjjoy replied to Shondacat517's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'd go with home health because of my own preferences. I much prefer being able to focus on one patient at a time as opposed to juggling several all at the same time. I also don't do well...

  14. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    You have a point there. However, in "looking at the big picture" one can make similar arguments for and against of each of the options as the question doesn't give much info to base one's 'best'...

  15. Hospitals no longer hiring nurses with their ADN?

    jjjoy replied to Sandrizzle86's topic in Texas Nursing

    These days, if a place says they are only hiring BSNs, that doesn't mean BSN=job. It means that place isn't hiring many nurses,

  16. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

  17. How do you make the statement "I want to help people." sound not so cliché?

    jjjoy replied to xInspiredx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can help people without becoming a nurse, so why do you want to become a nurse? Best wishes in your

  18. Your dumbest financial mistakes

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    Nervous Nelly piping in here again with the worry that even if one invests in long-term care insurance, what's "enough"? Long term care insurance isn't cheap, especially for those most likely to need...

  19. CNA as an Entrepreneur... is is possible?

    jjjoy replied to nightingale's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Maybe check out information on "home health aide" or "personal care assistant"? There most definitely are people out there offering such services but I have no idea what the regulations are on it. I...

  20. applying with Doctors Without Borders/MSF

    jjjoy replied to James Garrity's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you'd like to do something MSF, then I'd encourage you to do it. You could always 'get your feet wet' in this type volunteer work with a shorter volunteer trip (eg a week) to a needy area closer to...

  21. Why is Nursing School So Flawed?

    jjjoy replied to TCASII's topic in General Students

    I hear ya - OP! It still irks me to this day how consistently inconsistent nursing education can be! And the overuse of the phrase 'use your critical thinking skills' in lieu of clear, logical...

  22. Your dumbest financial mistakes

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I appreciate this thread... even a dumb investment means that risk was taken, and the ability to take risks is valuable! For some, risk-taking comes all too easily and they'd do well to...

  23. Your dumbest financial mistakes

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm all too aware that saving money at 0% isn't a safe bet either. My emotions rebel because I don't want to have to bet at all, but that's part of life it seems. My mind fights the fact that there is...

  24. Your dumbest financial mistakes

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure there are many out there who are able to become savvy investors, but can we really expect just anyone to be able to get that kind of returns of such projections? To me, it's much easier to...

  25. LPN practicing outside of scope

    jjjoy replied to Anonymous7118's topic in General Nursing

    I'd suggest avoiding the patient safety angle initially and focus on state and hospital policy in regard to LPN scope of practice. An LPN could be a perfectly safe practitioner in that role (through...