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  1. VENT: ADN and BSN

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

    i hear ya!!!!! i love your example. see my poor attempt at "nurse speak" in my rant on student care plans.

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

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Student care plans are not a direct concern to me at this time. I just saw a student and instructor the other day in the hall discussing how to word something in the care plan they were reviewing and...

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

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    My little rant was about how, at least in my experience as a student (not very recent by the way), the particular way care plans had to be written didn't seem the most effective way of our spending...

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

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    I do think the basic concept of a care plan is valuable. Care plans should help clarify nursing actions and goals. Students can expand on them by adding rationales that practicing nurses needn't...

  5. I have never had to work so hard for a job in my entire life?

    jjjoy replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Two suggestions if you haven't already tried them... go in to the hospital in person, ready to interview (they may just blow you off again, but then again, they may call a nurse manager right then and...

  6. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

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

    One more ramble... As it currently is, I agree that BSN programs aren't necessarily any improvement on ADN programs. I'd be more in support of nurses being encouraged to get a bachelor's degree in any...

  7. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

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

    Any field CAN be taught and mastered without a bachelor's degree. One could argue that engineering shouldn't require a bachelor's degree either... or architecture, or high school teaching, or anything...

  8. Perpetuating contentions between kinds of nurses

    jjjoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    From what I hear, it seems that many nursing program explicitly and implicitly teach different interpretations of the different kinds of nurses, worsening contentions between nurses. For example, RNs...

  9. peripheral neuropathy

    jjjoy replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    And the last line of the Mayo clinic info notes that if it's not related to DM, one may never identify the cause... still lots of medical mysteries to be

  10. where do i go from here?

    jjjoy replied to backtothefuture's topic in General Nursing

    While I understand the inherent difficulties of working a position so much more limited in scope, I don't see why it's considered SUCH a problem. Nursing students often work as NAs, right up until...

  11. Perpetuating contentions between kinds of nurses

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that what's important is that nurses are competent. But, of course, the question of educational requirments is a different issue than competency. A person could easily be competent in any of...

  12. peripheral neuropathy

    jjjoy replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've got an senior family member who has diminishing sensation in his extremities. Been tested for diabetes (several times) and seen a specialist or two (eg neurologist), but no positive diagnosis...

  13. What if I don't go to work?

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

    It was like that when I graduated some years back... my local area had recently had many nursing layoffs, so new grads were competing with experienced nurses who needed jobs (in other words, hospitals...

  14. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

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

    I can relate to enjoying patient care and interaction but not being happy with the majority of clinical nursing jobs readily available out there. So many places use bare bones staffing that it's...

  15. Orienting a new nurse...need advice

    jjjoy replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a suggestion... Encourage her to take three or four patients one morning for a few hours and have her report back to you at the end of, say, two or four hours. Have some specific goals, like...

  16. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

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

    In my ideal world, getting professional nursing license would be similar to becoming a CPA or teacher. A bachelor's degree AND certification/licensure coursework. All nursing programs would require a...

  17. Orienting a new nurse...need advice

    jjjoy replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like both you and the new nurse are in a tough place due to the vast difference between the ideal nursing taught in school, the reality one must deal with, and the very real risks and...

  18. What didn't they teach you?

    jjjoy replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    My school didn't allow starting IVs. I definitely would've liked more realistic clinical training. Employers of all types still expect students to graduate having had a great deal of clinical...

  19. UGH! I'm so confused... reconsidering school

    jjjoy replied to dizze98765's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I thought there were other reasons than competition for clinical slots that have led to the "stretching" of the ASN from two to three years. My understanding is that originally the ASN curriculum...

  20. Do NP's Practice Medicine?

    jjjoy replied to Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Here's my take on it... Think of an elementary school teacher. In the course of teaching she (gotta choose one pronoun or the other) learns to recognize dyslexia, ADHD, and other disabilities that can...

  21. Should new grads apply to 'any' RN openings they can, even those requring experience?

    jjjoy replied to marciella's topic in Nursing Career

    Instead of trying to convince him that his view about this is incorrect, is there any way you can step up your job seeking approach to satisfy both of you that you are doing all you can? For example,...

  22. Difficulty finding a job.

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

    Have you followed up your applications with calls? Have you gone in to the hospital HR departments in person? Have you asked to speak directly with any nursing managers? If not, try those...

  23. UGH! I'm so confused... reconsidering school

    jjjoy replied to dizze98765's topic in Indiana Nursing

    It's true. ASN programs are usually two years (4 semesters) of coursework/clinicals. And many require that almost all non-nursing coursework be completed prior to entry to the nursing program. Given...

  24. newer grad feeling inept at rounds

    jjjoy replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    There's that all important time/experience factor and trying to balance the need to jump in, ask questions, be an active learner, etc and to just sit back, observe and absorb having faith that the...

  25. brand new, solid college graduate - massively confused as to nursing field

    jjjoy replied to oceansouljewels's topic in California Nursing

    Given that you've jumped around a bit and you say that you're looking for something rather "open-ended", I'd personally suggest NOT leaping back into another educational program until you are pretty...