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  1. Test Questions! Need some Advice!

    jjjoy replied to skygirlhil's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Without researching anything or having experience in the area and out of school for years... What would I do??? case one... immediately go and assess the infant... how can I guess at causes without...

  2. Must learn to love the chaos!!!!

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

    Thanks for sharing!! That's great to

  3. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    jjjoy replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an idea... if your unit is having trouble with nursing students, maybe you could create a handout to give to nursing students who will be having clinical on your floor. For example, you could...

  4. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    jjjoy replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    In regard to "not being paid to be an aide"... I agree that that's not a good attitude. However, it is true that students have limited time on the floor and don't want to get so caught up in taking...

  5. Questions and concerns for my significant other

    jjjoy replied to rostato's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe instead of moving back to Seattle, she stays where you guys currently are and where she knows her options as a new grad are good and plans to stay at least a year to get the experience she...

  6. Regretting becoming a nurse???

    jjjoy replied to Marie-SC's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While ultimately it is the potential student's responsibility to research what they are signing up for, I do think it would be a very useful service to provide this kind of information to potential...

  7. Must learn to love the chaos!!!!

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

    It would be nice if more folks explicitly acknowledged this. When instructors emphasize the need to prioritize over and over, it often sounds like if you do it just right, then you'll be able to get...

  8. Should Nursing Schools Change What They Teach?

    jjjoy replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya, BrokenRNHeart! And, yes, I do think nursing education - as it is carried out in many schools - needs to change. I'm sure there are some great programs out there that really do a good job...

  9. My doubts about a future in nursing

    jjjoy replied to NewJA's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the encouraging thought! To the OP... it sounds like you may have already reached your judgement about your future in nursing. It sounds like that personal judgement is solidly based on...

  10. Instructors: do you ever get used to being the enemy?

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

    I can imagine a lot depends on the student population you are teaching as well as the overall program you are part of. Certain student populations seem unwilling to take personal responsibility. And...

  11. ADN or BSN if I already have an MPH??

    jjjoy replied to scastillo1's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You don't need a BSN to qualify for a MPH but you do need a bachelor's degree in something. You can see if the credits you already have apply to any other major that might interest

  12. REAL World Of Nursing!

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    I noted that it was also other colleagues, such as fellow nurses, who sometimes gave newbies a hard time when they ask a

  13. Where are the jobs???

    jjjoy replied to Jan RN's topic in General Nursing

    As dld noted, it may be tough to land that first job back, but once you do, you're set. So while many may say no to you, you only need one to say yes. Do you have any particular type of nursing that...

  14. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I suppose it partly comes from the idea that many in academia have that a college education isn't vocational training; it's about critical thinking and a broad-based foundation. Graduate education...

  15. Complaints

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

    Each person must make their own choices. I decided that, for me, it just wasn't worth it to voluntarily jump in to that figurative deep end without strong swimming skills in order to develop the...

  16. Ok... passed the boards... where's the job???

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

    Also, if you can go in person to the HR department, that can help. Some places will just blow you off even though they say they are desparate for nurses, but others will immediately introduce you to a...

  17. REAL World Of Nursing!

    jjjoy replied to Williss2's topic in General Nursing

    Thing is, when you're new and inexperienced, you not really sure if you are right... unless there's a blatant, obvious error, a newbie will often not be sure if something is normal or not... yes, a...

  18. A letter to my clinical instructor..

    jjjoy replied to mlisk589's topic in General Students

    What gets me, though, is that often students aren't assisted in 'getting it' nor are they given guidance in how to progress. It's just sink or swim. Hopefully, you get it right off. But if you don't,...

  19. Kicked out of Nursing program

    jjjoy replied to leereynold218's topic in General Nursing

    Let me also add it that sometimes the rules DON'T make sense and AREN'T fair but that's what you've got to deal with for the time being. I've heard of many a student failed for things that other...

  20. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Oh, but ANYONE can be trained in those skills SO easily, whereas the UNIQUE nursing perspective as applied to administration, research, etc is the TRUE value of a nursing education, right? Why should...

  21. I just want to cry!!! I'm VERY overwhelmed!!

    jjjoy replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You make some good points re: benefits of some med-surg units. When I worked a predominantly post-op unit on 12-hr nights, it seemed staff rarely had the same patients from shift to shift... due short...

  22. Veteran nurses antagonistic

    jjjoy replied to dhammond3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While I agree that I won't learn if I only hear praise for what I did right, I personally don't learn well from being told "what a bonehead I've been." When I make a mistake or misjudgement or...

  23. I just want to cry!!! I'm VERY overwhelmed!!

    jjjoy replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, given that many hospitals seem to willingly hire new grads with little experience, promise them a long orientation period and understanding that they don't know much yet, and then turn around and...

  24. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    Another point in regard to how nursing education might need to change for the future... I think we may have to lose some of the assumed flexibility of changing nursing specialties and instead have...

  25. Nursing Interventions

    jjjoy replied to stjoa's topic in General Students

    Daytonite, your detailed listing of all the potential nursing interventions is exactly the reason I find the initial question way too vague. Open answer questions are a real pain to grade but I do...