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  1. What's going to happen when we ALL leave the bedside?

    jjjoy replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya, purple scrubs. I couldn't last at the bedside and now am working in health information. While "the bedside isn't for everyone", ideally, anyone has met the licensure requirements and has a...

  2. Help!!! Can they really do this??? Does anyone know???

    jjjoy replied to AnnieMae*'s topic in General Students

    If a student has otherwise passed all the required classes, I think the student should get the degree. If a few students pass nursing school and can't pass the NCLEX, then I see that as the students'...

  3. HELP / OPINIONS REQUESTED--BEST 2nd Degree Accel. BSN program in US?

    jjjoy replied to TCM1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    US citizens who wanted to go to school or work in Canada would also have extra barriers, wouldn't they? Anyway, I've met many nurses from Canada in the US so I'm thinking there must be, or at least...

  4. Prior career skills helpful in Nursing

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

    I do think one's relationship and interaction with colleagues is a bit different in some areas of nursing than many other work environments. Especially that first year out. After the first few weeks...

  5. Prior career skills helpful in Nursing

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

    For floor nursing... Honestly, I think experience waitressing in a busy restaurant would help... because it's a skill to be able to juggle so many different demands while literally on one's feet, with...

  6. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    jjjoy replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    TiredMD - can you explain why if someone makes an *honest mistake* (eg for the first time as they were following policy as a newbie) that they *deserve* to be yelled at? While I can understand someone...

  7. This will probably sound really dumb but I have a question

    jjjoy replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    At my school, we were not taught blood draws. We practiced IV insertions on fake arms but were explicitly prohibited from performing this task on patients as students. I think the reason given us was...

  8. Need help! Can't use the 'Net for research!!!

    jjjoy replied to afranklin's topic in Texas Nursing

    Can you go to your school library and ask the librarian for assistance in finding appropriate

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

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Those who are whining simply because they're lazy, well, that's them and they're going to whine no matter what. So let's focus on the pros and cons of the various student care plans that are required...

  10. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    jjjoy replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    .I have to wonder how many RNs would also be humbled by your clear, strong grip of the pathophys. I graduated from a BSN program and while we were certainly exposed to pathophys through the textbook...

  11. 100+ new grad applications and counting...

    jjjoy replied to MBA2RN's topic in California Nursing

    Just know that it's cyclical and it's highly likely that the job market will pick up again. That doesn't help much when you need a job NOW, but do know that your degree and licensure will still likely...

  12. Nubee- not cut out for floor- what else is there?

    jjjoy replied to NuBee2's topic in Nursing Career

    I sent you a private message. :

  13. Questions about nursing school and nursing in general

    jjjoy replied to TCLA's topic in Nursing Career

    To the OP - can you become a volunteer at a local hospital? If so, ask to work in a patient care area and while there make a point to observe the nurses and ask them about their job. You can also find...

  14. What is wrong with me????

    jjjoy replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Nursing Career

    Count me in with the can't-make-decisions crowd. I was just telling a friend the other day that I'd be the donkey that starves because it can't make up its mind which bale of hay to to eat from. I...

  15. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    jjjoy replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Of course a person doesn't need an RN license to be able to expertly carry out the repsonsibilities of an RN. But they do need an RN license to be able to get a job that requires an RN license. To...

  16. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    jjjoy replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So how much training is minimally *enough* for LPNs? for RNs? If experience is the main thing, what's the minimum requirement for getting jobs that will allow you to get the experience? Is it one year...

  17. Test Taking Frustration

    jjjoy replied to Rayder16's topic in General Students

    I definitely felt that way about some questions.

  18. Nubee- not cut out for floor- what else is there?

    jjjoy replied to NuBee2's topic in Nursing Career

    I decided against clinical nursing myself. I too had a couple of less than stellar newbie work experiences. I decided that didn't want it badly enough to make it work. And started looking for...

  19. Failed Orientation- Fired- Now What? Not for Me?

    jjjoy replied to NuBee2's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this doesn't seem too uncommon an experience these days. Fortunately, that means that two "failed" orientations does not mean you aren't cut out for this. Fortunately, that means that...

  20. direct-ebtry MSN, public health & wait lists, what's the deal?

    jjjoy replied to lulu123's topic in General Nursing

    PSHS - If you don't have clinical RN experience, though, does that hamper you? In my experience, most people assume that if you have an RN that you have work experience in a clinical setting, most...

  21. One of these questions and answers make no sense whatsoever

    jjjoy replied to Luv2care0907's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yep, folks often say you have to choose "the best" answer provided, even if all them seem less than ideal. I do better thinking of it as "what is this question probably testing for?" In this case,...

  22. Is it easier to get your RN by getting your LVN first.

    jjjoy replied to scootersuz's topic in LPN to RN

    From what I've heard, the pace and degree of difficulty of an LPN program isn't necessarily easier than an RN program. Instead of cramming two tons of information into two years, you're cramming one...

  23. What is out there in admin/mgmt if you don't like blood/gore/death?

    jjjoy replied to TCM1's topic in General Nursing

    Then maybe just go straight for health care

  24. need help on deciding my major

    jjjoy replied to tnasmj09's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember that if a job is that easy and enviable, it probably doesn't pay well and/or is very difficult to land a job in. You say you're intersted in "Working with infants" - that is a bit broad,...

  25. Huge Nursing School Debt!

    jjjoy replied to Shortigirl's topic in General Nursing

    If you move in state and wait a year to establish residency maybe you can get a job as a nursing assistant, unit secretary, monitor tech or some other first-hand patient-care based job that will help...