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  1. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    jjjoy replied to rebean's topic in California Nursing

    The reason that I see that such programs are being considered is that too many new grads are not *functionally* ready to take on the responsibilities of full-time floor nursing. Instead of getting...

  2. Part Time RN?

    jjjoy replied to hannahmarie's topic in General Nursing

    Actual numbers vary an awful lot from facility to facility, region to region, state to state; even if you can find an accurate average, it won't really tell you much since the average includes both...

  3. Nurse Practioner vs Doctors

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

    I, too, found much of the content of nursing school to be very surface and it was very frustrating to me. I know there was a stark contrast between what was emphasized in school versus what the real...

  4. What's so stressful about working 3, 12hr shifts?

    jjjoy replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    Think of how stressful it is, both phsyically and mentally, for a waiter or waitress serving multiple tables in a crowded, busy restaurant during the dinner rush on a weekend. From maybe 5pm to 11pm,...

  5. 7 Months of Searching: Still No Job, About To Give Up

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

    Congrats on the job! It's too bad the Texas interview experience went so poorly. Just another theory as to why the disorganization... the facility may be severely understaffed (such as due to budget...

  6. How can I get experience now?!?!...it's a question not rant...

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

    It's a frustrating situation that I can relate to as when I graduated in the mid-90's my class faced similar difficulties, with few of us landing jobs immediately out of school. Hospitals had started...

  7. LVN Salaries... California

    jjjoy replied to CaliNrse's topic in California Nursing

    I've heard, though, that the job market there is saturated and that even experienced nurses are having a hard time landing a job in parts of No

  8. Internship scared but feeling guilty.

    jjjoy replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can understand the frustration of having yet more classroom instruction without much additional clinical exposure to real, live patients. I feel like I can only learn so much without having the...

  9. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If RN experience is more of a hindrance than a help to certain areas of NP practice, then I have to ask why RN training and licensure is part of NP training; maybe it's time better spent training as...

  10. Falling apart after only 5 days as a new rn

    jjjoy replied to erin01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just wanted to comment on how little clinical experience many nursing students get in school... in most programs "two months" of clinical means two 8-hour stints a week, that's a grand total of...

  11. Education vs Experience

    jjjoy replied to Airforce1's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your perspective and understand where you are coming from. However, you didn't seem to address the feedback and opinions offered by others. What they said didn't sound like a chorus of...

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

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately, some instructors evaluate a student's care plan as if the student should ALREADY have the experience and knowledge of an experienced nurse (when I say knowledge, I mean the type of...

  13. California nurses & others who can't find jobs- read this!

    jjjoy replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    I sent an email to my congressperson. Thanks for the

  14. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Oops! I deleted my post as I was responding to a very old post and didn't realize it til later... this conversation is long enough

  15. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Let me also point out that when you say "know" you probably mean more than just having studied it before and being able to comprehend the rationales for treatments. It takes repeated experience to not...

  16. Is it realistically possible to own a small farm and work as a nurse practitioner?

    jjjoy replied to satyadhi's topic in Nursing Career

    As another noted, a lot would depend on just how much work this farm would take. I have no idea how what kind of commitment that takes. One thing to consider is that you may not be able to start...

  17. Do you go directly into a BSN program after high school?

    jjjoy replied to minky93's topic in General Students

    The BSN program I went to didn't accept students until junior year of college. The first two years, you took pre-reqs and gen ed classes then applied to the program at the end of your second year (or...

  18. Should medication aides exist?

    jjjoy replied to BradleyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As a fresh new grad, I certainly didn't feel that I truly knew enough about when to hold a med or what all the side effects were that I needed to be aware of. Outside of the basics of looking out for...

  19. I'm 39 and want to become a nurse.

    jjjoy replied to quinnsite's topic in Male Nursing Students

    . Nurses sometimes have to fight the MDs if they aren't open to feedback from nurses or have to fight administration in regard to working conditions. Nurses unfortunately have very little weight in...

  20. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a great way to approach teaching theory. Especially using an ED patient as opposed to home health or psych where preventative care, education, therapeutic listening, behavior issues,...

  21. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    The "nursing process" is a process that can and is used in many other practices, though it may look a little different in different areas. Educators, for example, must assess their students' needs,...

  22. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. A psychological theory might influence what type of therapy a psychologist chooses to use in any particular case. How much would one's choice of nursing theory affect the nursing action...

  23. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your thoughtful response! The theories you mention in regard to pharmaceuticals and civil engineering are not exclusive to the professions of pharmacy or civil engineering. The...

  24. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    Can't you have a body of knowledge specific to a profession without having any grand theories? Do pharmacists have a grand theory of pharmacy? Do civil engineers a grand theory of civil engineering?...

  25. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    jjjoy replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    I do think some of these nursing models are useful tools to framing nursing as a profession... although sometimes they might end up constraining it... such as models that specifically separate nursing...