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  1. Wow, some nursing homes...

    jjjoy replied to azcna's topic in General Nursing

    I did a few shifts through an agency, got a full time and told them I wasn't available anymore. Years later, I would still get a periodic message from them asking if I was available to work the next...

  2. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    jjjoy replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    To me this brings up the question of what IS a nurse and what IS nursing? Or to be more precise, what is *professional* nursing? In nursing school, it was emphasized over and over that bedside nursing...

  3. Is there still a nursing shortage crisis?

    jjjoy replied to newgrad82's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think there will certainly be an increasing *need* for nursing services. However, whether or not that means an increase in viable jobs for nurses is a different issue. Can people, as individuals and...

  4. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    This seems to be a major theme in the tensions between professions in health care. There can be a *major* difference between a person's formal degree and their level of skill and expertise. No matter...

  5. bedside reporting

    jjjoy replied to hack_ley's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of at least some degree of a bedside handoff. I'd hope that places that had bedside reporting would allow nurses to use their judgement over what to discuss in front of patients and...

  6. i failed second semeter RN SCHOOL, i'm not sure what to do now? accounting? business?

    jjjoy replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, remember why you started nursing school in the first place. Have your perceptions of nursing changed since you started nursing school? Is nursing still something you want to do? If not,...

  7. Maternity Test Question bothering me

    jjjoy replied to Esther2007's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Suzanne, your explanations make sense. I still wish nursing test questions were more precise though. If the point of the question is to evaluate a student's prioritization skills, then the question...

  8. I used to care about a's and b's in ns, until........................................

    jjjoy replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    Awesome!

  9. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    I would love to see ALL new nurses have this kind of set-up for the first year! The current system sets the stage for tensions by having new grad RNs technically delegating to experienced LPNs. And...

  10. Not a fan of the hospital setting...help!

    jjjoy replied to englishjeny22's topic in General Students

    I don't have any easy answers for you. If nursing truly is as broad as many define it and ISN'T fundamentally based on bedside care, if nursing school ISN'T predominantly about preparing nurses to...

  11. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    jjjoy replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    I don't remember anyone switching clinical groups, but we generally all had our rotations at the same local facilities, just on different units or we'd swap half way through the term. For inpatient...

  12. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    jjjoy replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    Remember that schools can vary a lot. My school didn't have a senior practicum

  13. There IS a nursing shortage

    jjjoy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Is that necessarily true, though? I always hear that the reason that illegal immigrants find so much work as farm laborers or other low wage "menial" work is because there aren't enough native-born...

  14. Sacramento New Grad RNs.... Are You Having A Difficult Time Landing A Job?

    jjjoy replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    We didn't have a choice about what hospitals we had rotations

  15. News Article about "Nursing Shortage!"

    jjjoy replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that while certainly not everyone is "cut out for nursing", the bulk of nursing jobs shouldn't be so challenging that only the best of the best can manage competency at an entry-level job. If...

  16. Does nursing have to be your "calling" for you to be a great nurse?

    jjjoy replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Nursing

    How do YOU feel, OP, about pursuing nursing? Perhaps you can use your reaction to such statements to help gauge your own feelings about this possible new career direction. I've changed directions a...

  17. When do we learn how to start an iv

    jjjoy replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    I hate that line "a monkey could learn the skills..." when it's used as a rationale for not teaching students basic hands-on nursing skills. It may be true that it doesn't take much to learn each...

  18. Test Taking Frustration

    jjjoy replied to Rayder16's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you're having trouble with the particular type of questions being asked. I found some nursing school tests a total drain on confidence because the rationales for why "the best" answer was...

  19. PHARMACOLOGY....How in the world do you study this stuff?

    jjjoy replied to Robinson1953's topic in General Students

    The first test can be a real shock since you aren't sure exactly what you'll be tested on and aren't sure what of all that information you ought to focus on. Since different instructors test...

  20. I used to care about a's and b's in ns, until........................................

    jjjoy replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    A lot depends on how the tests are written and graded as well. Sometimes, getting an A on test more about "getting" what the instructor is looking for on test questions than mastering the content....

  21. Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    jjjoy replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    It's true that there's been a halt to "importing" foreign nurses to the US, so the complaint you're hearing is a little out of date. Just to clarify, though, the complaint that foreign nurses bring...

  22. Extremely frustrated @ clinicals!

    jjjoy replied to miss_pitty_pat's topic in General Students

    Nursing students often have clinical rotations at any nearby facility, not just facilities that are officially designated as "teaching hospitals." So a nurse at any random community hospital still...

  23. Define critical thinking.

    jjjoy replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    For me, much of the confusion about what "critical thinking" meant in a nursing context was NCLEX-style test questions and the instructors (some, not all!) who would conclude "you didn't use your...

  24. Too discouraged to try again

    jjjoy replied to derngrad06's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Very helpful explanations! It really bugs me, though, that NCLEX "hides" the topic/intention of questions. Why not just ask it straight out, such as "Which set of VS are within normal range?", instead...

  25. I Love my instructor, but she is a big PROBLEM

    jjjoy replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Well, if it's any consolation, many of my lectures weren't in any way enlightening even when they did stay on topic. Too many of my instructors seemed to just plough through the same content as in the...