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  1. advanced nursing career

    jjjoy replied to vmzyece's topic in General Nursing

    Such great advice! If only more people out there would SAY it! I know that young people get inundated with advice to get that schooling done, to have a plan and stick with it, and that further...

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

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's a reasonable opinion based on what sounds like a good deal of research into the field before starting nurse training. My personal experience as a pre-nursing student, a nursing student, a...

  3. frustrated school RN being called an assistant

    jjjoy replied to mitzi's topic in School

    It does sound like your union isn't serving you well. It's there for the unlicensed staff - the teaching aides and secretaries and you guys just ended up lumped in there. That other staff doesn't face...

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

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

    Such programs help students witha bachelor's leapfrog over the BSN requirement for a MSN. That's a different issue. The kind of stepped approach you outlined (graduate, sit for training license,...

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

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

    Is there a reason why that couldn't work without requiring a BSN? Couldn't one could be qualified to take the nurse-in-training exam at the completion of any approved nursing program, whether that...

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

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

    tferdaise - the engineering model you describe where you have to not only graduate but also work a year and then get certified to a particular area of engineering before being a "professional...

  7. Help Preparing for Clinical Day!

    jjjoy replied to lpnhell's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd say that this is information schools should provide their students with and that the reason so many students are not clear on what information they need and where to get it is because the...

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

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    But you do realize that nursing schools are recruiting students to direct-entry MSN/NP programs? And what about all those people who claim how nursing ISN'T about bedmaking or bedside care... that...

  9. frustrated school RN being called an assistant

    jjjoy replied to mitzi's topic in School

    Does your job/role require an RN license? I am aware of school health aide positions that do NOT require licensure of any kind. If that is the role you are filling, then that is likely the going pay...

  10. Could any one discuss the Administrative job aspects of nursing

    jjjoy replied to indoamerican's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious OP... Why get a degree in nursing at all if administration is your thing? Did you have a plan coming into this? My opinion... Many administrators manage departments and specialists of...

  11. Preceptor Training

    jjjoy replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe some people need a black and white, a-b-c approach, but I, too, see the world in shades of gray. To be told THIS IS THE WAY and then see that that's not what everyone is actually doing is...

  12. Learning IVs

    jjjoy replied to kt123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How frustrating! It may not be satisfying to a patient to be a guinea pig to someone learning, but it's a small price to pay for that person to become proficient and later be able to quickly start an...

  13. First Clinicial Experience

    jjjoy replied to Marly18's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How would it be benefitial for a student to NOT be concerned when they witness what they've been taught is improper practice? Part of clinical experience is to LEARN from those with experience. But if...

  14. First Clinicial Experience

    jjjoy replied to Marly18's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's sad that that IS the state of affairs. It is ALSO sad that schools/nursing education doesn't acknowledge the reality as part of instruction. They seem to set students up to be shocked and...

  15. help! i think i hate nursing!

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

    It's okay to hate nursing - or to decide that it's not for you - even if it means a pay cut or fewer job options. Because having lots of job options and good pay doesn't mean much if you seriously...

  16. Looking for white graduation dress (2nd hand).

    jjjoy replied to 3sodapop's topic in General Nursing

    I don't suppose you have the names and contact info of any of last year's graduates? Maybe it could be a little project that could help other graduates too... a little "hand me down" program from...

  17. Clinical Intructor

    jjjoy replied to Averatec's topic in General Nursing

    Dumbfounded? Will you also be dumbfounded to hear that while our CI's who weren't faculty had to have current experience, many of the full-time faculty who also worked as CI's had not worked...

  18. 3.5hr lecture = 8 test ques?

    jjjoy posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    In another thread, a nursing school instructor commented that they were restricted by school guidelines in writing tests to just 8 questions from 3.5 hr of lecture content. Is this true in many...

  19. No more internet access

    jjjoy replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    The few would be managers who deny everyone access for a few people's abuses instead of dealing with the few people

  20. New ED nurses who "know it all"

    jjjoy replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency

    I also wonder if in the case of not starting an IV if your facility DOES have an explicit policy that the nurse SHOULD start an IV in case of XYZ. Just telling a newbie "you need to do that" isn't...

  21. 3.5hr lecture = 8 test ques?

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have no problem with this as that type of exam IS comprehensive. I can see WHY schools have encouraged this type of testing but I'm not convinced it's useful to apply NCLEX style testing across...

  22. Medical assistants and LPNs

    jjjoy replied to Angela Ma's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What I understand from the above posting is that NURSES aren't allowed to delegate such activities to CMAs or to supervise them in such activities... but it sounds like some of those activities CAN be...

  23. Don't know if I'm going to make it as an OB nurse

    jjjoy replied to Calzonan RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You probably won't be able to judge that until after you have more experience. Then you can look back and re-evaluate if their expectations were reasonable or not. Still, in cases like this, where...

  24. why are nurses stations so chaotic?

    jjjoy replied to AlwaysTired's topic in General Nursing

    You are not the only who cherishes quiet and calm... but as you know, many of environments where nurses work are NOT quiet and calm. And I think for many people in nursing, that's not a drawback. I...

  25. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

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

    Warning - off topic - please feel free to continue on the discussion answering the original questions: what overwhelms you most? What did NS NOT prepare you for? Nurse educate (or anyone else...