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  1. New Grad Fired Before Orientation is up? Will I be able to find employment now?

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

    While I can understand exasperation with newbies who act as if they know more than their experienced colleagues, I think sometimes they are misperceived. If a newbie says "I was taught XYZ but I'm...

  2. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

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

    FlyingEagleRN - congrats on the job and thanks for sharing your experience as a new grad! It sounds to me like you are saying that wanting to work on a med-surg unit in a hospital as a new grad was a...

  3. What exactlly is "Charge Nurse"?

    jjjoy replied to LuVnLpN08's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they do bring such issues to the other charge nurses but if it is resolved then there's no reason for you to be aware of it. Or perhaps they always come to you simply because you are the most...

  4. What exactlly is "Charge Nurse"?

    jjjoy replied to LuVnLpN08's topic in General Nursing

    Whether a nurse is assigned 4 patients in acute care or 30 patients in LTC, that nurse is responsible for CNAs, family questions, carrying out orders, dealing with crises etc - so that alone doesn't...

  5. Need help with my RN resume- little experience outside of clinical

    jjjoy replied to Bridget41040's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honestly, if you worked busy shifts, I think server experience could be considered a positive thing. It involves dealing with non-stop competing demands in an ever-changing environment. It involves...

  6. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

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

    Which job? That is a VERY personal decision. In many cases, a newbie can't go wrong by starting in acute care. It allows the newbie to actually practice and make real much of what they covered in...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    And I also hope that APNs also see PAs as doing a bit more than "following rules promulagated" by physician supervisors! Anyway, back to NP education... Nursing theories, holistic care, health...

  8. Are "real" nurses as mean as my future instructors?

    jjjoy replied to Dakovich's topic in General Nursing

    Who is saying that treating students respectfully means letting them do as they please? This as about those instructors who actually do behave unprofessionally with their students. I can't deny that...

  9. LVN first then RN or am i wasting my time

    jjjoy replied to JenWork's topic in General Students

    In general, I don't see getting one's LPNs first as a hindrance. It might be a great way to go for you especially with the long wait lists. However, there are specifics that might making getting an...

  10. Office nurses ARE real nurses!!

    jjjoy replied to BSN75's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    It's no mystery why to many people's minds RN = acute care nurse. Many people know that there are different levels of nurses and thus may reasonably, though incorrectly, assume that the "highest"...

  11. is "beating around the bush" common in nursing?

    jjjoy replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that I personally thought that newbies should be on a crusade to educate their more experienced peers. I was saying that that was what several instructors seemed to be...

  12. is "beating around the bush" common in nursing?

    jjjoy replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly agree that one won't win points by accusing experienced colleagues of being sloppy or the like. And some folks just are plain obnoxious & inappropriately critical no matter what. On...

  13. is "beating around the bush" common in nursing?

    jjjoy replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Nursing

    When we asked instructors about the many questionable practices we saw as students, we were simply told that 1) we use the experience to clairfy what kind of nurse we didn't want to be and 2) not be...

  14. Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

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

    Do all of the knee-jerk opponents of an unpaid internship have any alternate proposals for new RNs who too often get stuck in the "need experience to get experience" no-man's-land? Even if budgets...

  15. I dont like it

    jjjoy replied to megpie83's topic in General Students

    I agree with the others, you might as well finish. Maybe you'll even get an opportunity to have some clinical time in a non-hospital setting your last term such as public health or school nursing....

  16. Does this sound like a typical Clinical experience?

    jjjoy replied to anon695's topic in General Students

    How do you bathe a self-care patient? How do you do a full skin assessment on such a patient? My experience was that nursing school tended to emphasize the care of frail, immobile and unstable...

  17. Are nurses behind in their knowledge?

    jjjoy replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say that the public (& many physician colleagues) don't understand the sheer *bredth* of knowledge a med surg nurse must process in order to get through the day. As others have noted, the med...

  18. I should have gone to med school! (rant)

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

    No advice here, just thoughts... I certainly hope that your competence will be proven out over time and your colleagues will trust you and value your input. But meanwhile, it seems that you've got no...

  19. Nursing as Second Career for Mature Professional w/Full-Time Job?

    jjjoy replied to journeyhope's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd agree with the much of the above advice to not rush into a decision. It sounds like you may have a bit more exposure to real-life nursing than some, which is a great place to start. I wouldn't...

  20. Recognize weakness after first week on the floor

    jjjoy replied to medicrn16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hear ya medicrn16! Of course it takes time and experience to get where you want to be; but until one gets there, doesn't one end up *having* to go through a time where they DON'T fully understand...

  21. Help with deciding becoming a nurse or occupational therapist!

    jjjoy replied to interestedinnursing2's topic in Nursing Career

    I had similar questions and concerns. I wanted to change my major and was interested in PT school, but my school (and nearby schools) only offered nursing school. So I started looking in to that. Most...

  22. Hospital has 50% Retention of New Nurses???

    jjjoy replied to carriebarton59's topic in General Nursing

    For many, the key to making a successful transition is the support of the unit they work on. Have you had the chance to spend a little time on the unit you'd be working on? To meet some of the nurses...

  23. I need to get excited about nursing

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

    Try to keep in mind that it would NOT be a failure or shameful if you ultimately left another nursing job. It would provide very useful evidence and experience. It would help direct you to an area...

  24. New RN told to go back to LPN or else!

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

    Some years back, I temped at a small facility with my RN license. I liked the work and the place and inquired about working there. Apparently, it was okay for me to be an RN when I was there with a...

  25. Need encouragement

    jjjoy replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    This confuses me... are you a student nurse or an RN already? Are you saying that you are learning a lot of good stuff that applies to RN nursing practice but not to NP practice? Personally, I found...