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  1. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    I'd sign up for the type of program you describe! I totally relate to what you say about negative reinforcement. Confidence building... ah, I'm

  2. VERY close to failing senior clinical

    jjjoy replied to Sterlink's topic in General Nursing

    Whew!!! Good for you!!!!

  3. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    The shift in education isn't all that new, though the proliferation of accelerated programs is. I graduated over 10 years ago (!?) from a regular BSN program where students were accepted as juniors....

  4. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    If previous experience is required to be a good nurse, then it should be required for admission to school. But most schools advertise that their program will *fully* prepare their students. Keep in...

  5. I Can't Find A Preceptor!

    jjjoy replied to luvazsun's topic in General Nursing

    Does that mean the fresher course didn't/doesn't facilitate preceptorships? I preceptored at a hospital over 1 hr away when I took a refresher course because the school that offered the refresher...

  6. Migraines....Anyone else have 'em?

    jjjoy replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I get them sometimes. Light and noise hurts and make me nauseous. Just want to curl up in a dark, quiet place. About once a year, I've have to go home from work because it gets too bad to work through...

  7. What are some US cities where you do NOT need a car at all to live / work?

    jjjoy replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Nix to Los Angeles. It's still a very car dependent area unless you're willing to quite limit your options of where to go and willing to spend 3-5X the length of time to get somewhere by public...

  8. Nursing Interventions

    jjjoy replied to stjoa's topic in General Students

    "What important nursing interventions need to be initiated prior to the administration of medications (diazepam) in grand mal seizure situation??" Why, oh, why can't they write better questions? When...

  9. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    I with you all on this. Any thoughts on how we might have our voices heard in places where it might make some small influence? I checked local schools of nursing but none of the faculty seemed to have...

  10. I have a BA in Psychology. I want to get my BSN. Must I start from scratch?

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

    The BSN program I went to accepted all students the junior year. I already had a bachelor's degree when I started as a junior again. So it took me two academic years to finish. I did have to have all...

  11. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    I appreciate hearing from someone who actually has experience with another profession, and even the one I happened to choose as an example! In school, they kept saying how we'd need to be leaders...

  12. Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    jjjoy replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do think that some people have a lot of stamina and they can handle several 12s. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's something that should be allowed. It depends on what works well for the most...

  13. Problem w/RN's & CT's on clinical day

    jjjoy replied to Corsair41's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yes, AM care provides a great time for assessment. The issue for some nursing students is that they have limited amount of time on the floor and if they end up with primary responsibility for all of...

  14. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

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

    I wouldn't only place blame on the students. The fact that such programs exist is a problem as well. Often the accelerated programs are offered by big name schools with overall shining reputations, so...

  15. Schooling Question for Seasonal Nurses

    jjjoy replied to NurseToBe20100102's topic in General Nursing

    Seasoned

  16. Why don't more facilities utilize LPN's during this 'Nursing Shortage'?

    jjjoy replied to Soon2BNurseTess's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It can get confusing in regard to defining the LPN role from the RN role. It seems that sometimes the LPN ends up with more and more responsibility in the hospital. That's not necessarily a problem in...

  17. Problem w/RN's & CT's on clinical day

    jjjoy replied to Corsair41's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'd say part of the problem was a disconnect between what your clinical instructor expected you to do and what the floor staff expected you to do. I'm always amazed at how communication on the average...

  18. Quit or get fired?

    jjjoy replied to GGCC's topic in General Nursing

    I hadn't thought of that, but what a good point! As a newbie, it's difficult to know how much weight to give the feedback you get - to determine if it's valid or not. It's a very tough position to be...

  19. New Employee taking my shifts

    jjjoy replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    When was the most recent schedule posted? If you are on the schedule for this weekend, then, yes you should show up. It's their problem if they double scheduled. If you were originally on the most...

  20. So Who Runs Your Floor, You or the Aides?

    jjjoy replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    I do think that's a big issue. Nurses are often chastised "why can't you do this just this one small thing we ask?" Because the nurses are being asking to do "just this one small thing" on all sides....

  21. LPN working as CNA

    jjjoy replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I see your point. It's still penny-wise, pound foolish, though, isn't it? Every day the nurse works as an aide, they are still having to pay for a nurse and that's one less day that employee can work...

  22. Head to toe assessment....how long does it take you?

    jjjoy replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I realize nursing schools want to teach the most comprehensive and thorough assessments and that's fine. However, once they teach that, the schools could then teach focused and integrated assessments...

  23. Help! I Can't Find Quantitative Research

    jjjoy replied to NurseShasta's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you have access to CINAHL at your school? If so, you can search the topic and look at the indexing (all of the terms that reference the topic and type of study it is). If any statistics were used,...

  24. I've lost confidence,0 time management skill

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

    If you haven't already, read through some other posts in "First year" and you'll see that you're not at all alone in your feelings. At this point, in many areas, finding a first job that suits you...

  25. A nurse for 9 months and already offered a supervisor postion....scary!

    jjjoy replied to lizzieB05's topic in General Nursing

    I was offered a charge nurse position in small sub-acute facility even though I was completely inexperienced! It was for a lousy shift and low pay, but I didn't mind that because it was a nice,...