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  1. so depressed... seriously feel like it's all over...plz HELP ME

    jjjoy replied to CharleeJo.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In a work environment like that, it seems like no one tells it like it is and it can drive a person crazy, especially when you have direct responsibility for patients AND you're new and have few...

  2. Confused about next steps

    jjjoy replied to Shange's topic in Nursing Career

    Many have started a career in nursing later in life (eg after raising kids). It's most definitely do-able, though individual life circumstances, priorities, etc may lead to it not being do-able for...

  3. Are my classmates delusional??

    jjjoy replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I meant some, not all, by any means. I certainly wasn't trying to paint LTC nurses as lazy. I do know that MANY LTC nurses appreciate the aides' work and help wherever and whenever they

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    An aside to the DNP question, but in reference to NP practice in general... how do NPs program define 'nursing'? Is it different than that emphasized in basic nursing training. My program heavily...

  5. RN to MD, has anyone done this?

    jjjoy replied to Loux's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think nursing would be a negative, so I wouldn't call it a setback. In MOST cases (not all), it WILL take longer to major in nursing, get pre-reqs done and then apply to med school than to...

  6. Are my classmates delusional??

    jjjoy replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if perhaps the nurses who told those girls that they don't have to do that kind of work work in LTC or some kind of outpatient clinic/office or community program. Most outpatient...

  7. RN to MD, has anyone done this?

    jjjoy replied to Loux's topic in General Nursing

    If being a practicing physician is your true final goal, then it doesn't make so much sense to become a nurse *if* there's a way that you can go straight towards your goal. If you can't go straight...

  8. A year of Med/Surg... Seriously?

    jjjoy replied to SoClose!'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    Even with very simple and basic skills, only repeated experience can bring true mastery, for something to become as ingrained in you as knowing how to drive a car. Imagine a new driver teen who...

  9. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    From the way some programs work, that sounds about right. You put it well! I imagine those programs rationalize the de-emphasis on clinical training by pointing out that nursing is "so much more than...

  10. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Not at all. My tongue was firmly planted in cheek; I agree with

  11. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hmmm... is this lack of focus on clinical skills & medical content to prove that NPs are not just "mini-MDs"? After all, advanced practice nursing isn't just *doing* things traditionally done by...

  12. Why be a CNL?

    jjjoy replied to misssrblake's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Because nursing academics want to see more highly-educated nurses in the field as a way to remove the "pink collar" / "working class" image that nursing has? Because for someone who has already...

  13. insulin pump concern

    jjjoy replied to ShantheRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    While scrub pants are comfy, low cost, easy care, and available everywhere, there are more tailored nursing pants available out there if you look for them. I got some in nursing school as we weren't...

  14. oh so now we PAY to do residency to get a job?!?! seriously?

    jjjoy replied to bymysoultosqueezeRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Wow... you took the words right out of my mouth... again... as I, too, am drawn back again and again to this topic. I agree with much of what you wrote. And even if we keep rehashing the same things,...

  15. Masters Degree to RN? San Antonio

    jjjoy replied to gccolvin's topic in Texas Nursing

    Since income seems to be an issue, be sure to thoroughly check out the local job market and general prevailing wages. You may have heard about some nurses pulling down over $100K/year but that doesn't...

  16. Any other new grads considering a PhD?

    jjjoy replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I hear ya, but it doesn't seem to be the standard mindset of nurses... which makes sense since nursing is a practice. The ultimate goal of most any nursing research is to improve nursing practice...

  17. to take a refresher course or not?

    jjjoy replied to HurricaneRN's topic in General Nursing

    As another noted, there isn't a standard curriculum for refresher courses, so you'd have to find out what the course you are looking at entails. In general, the class probably isn't necessary and I'd...

  18. Jobs you can get with a BSN but no RN license

    jjjoy replied to xavibaby's topic in Nursing Career

    What did you learn besides license-required professional nursing care? You learned disease processes, medications, diagnostic tests, life span health & psychsoc issues. You learned about mental...

  19. Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

    jjjoy replied to Breezy Girl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    And in that case, don't newbies also have to suck it up when they get short-changed by employers who don't provide the kind of training and support that they may need? Or perhaps they just have to...

  20. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

    jjjoy replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

    I work closely with the cath lab collecting and submitting ACC data, managing the lab's documentation and database computer systems, & reviewing charges among other things. I do have an RN...

  21. Getting Conflicting Counsel

    jjjoy replied to CuriousMe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The way most programs work these days, you don't *have* to take time out working as a full-time RN between BSN & MSN. And going straight through avoids the risk of starting to work, getting...

  22. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    jjjoy replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I'd think that more nurses would like it, or at least not hate it, if they had adequate time and resources and colleageal support to provide the kind of care that they feel proud of. As others have...

  23. Is it OK to not work for a few years after passing NCLEX?

    jjjoy replied to barkandwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the above. I do want to comment, though, that the "first year of work is the real last year of school" message often isn't given to nursing students until just prior to graduation and...

  24. Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

    jjjoy replied to Breezy Girl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In regard to volunteering... most volunteer work that an inexperienced new grad would be allowed to do wouldn't improve the new grad's marketability as an acute care hospital

  25. Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

    jjjoy replied to Breezy Girl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Raking in the profit"? I don't think there's that much money to be made by offering unpaid internships so long as they adhere to the policy of not counting interns in the staffing numbers. There will...