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  1. Mandatory Health insurance? Is it a solution to health care?

    jjjoy replied to Faery1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why assume mandated insurance would drive prices up? There would be more healthy people in the pool as well as stiff competition to get those healthy people to sign up for one plan or another. Prices...

  2. ? for any accelerated BSN program graduates

    jjjoy replied to shopgirl721's topic in General Nursing

    The type and degree of clinical preparation & "real-world-readiness" a program provides varies a lot and doesn't correlate with whether or not a program is accel BSN or traditional BSN or...

  3. Fantasy orientation

    jjjoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been thinking of what my "fantasy orientation" would look like... First off, a day dedicated to restocking supplies would have been useful to really familiarize myself with where things are....

  4. If there were no CNAs...would that be a bad thing?

    jjjoy replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I think the question is in regard to whether or not nurses prefer to split their patient load with CNAs or not. That's a separate issue from having a unit secretary (to answer calls) or even a...

  5. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

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

    The newbie doesn't want to harm their patient so if they did something wrong or received negative feedback, it makes sense that they will want to remember that to make sure they never do it again. So...

  6. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Certainly, it's good to know where to look things up when needed. But one needn't "read" the bulk of a 1000-page pediatric critical care nursing book or orthopedic nursing text to know that they are...

  7. Life after quitting first job as RN

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

    Many folks will encourage staying in an unsatisfying job for a certain amount of time for stability sake and the like. It's good advice in general. For any given situation, however, it may or may not...

  8. Life after quitting first job as RN

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

    As you can see it's not at all uncommon for new nurses to leave their first job. Try not to feel like a failure. We all have our strengths and weaknesses and some might do okay in a unsupportive...

  9. I Need Help!

    jjjoy replied to needingaddvice's topic in Nursing Career

    Most nursing positions are shift work - 7-3, 3-11, 11-7 or 7a-7p, 7p-7a. There are some clinic positions with M-F office hour type positions but mostly they are filled by medical assistants. MAs have...

  10. Where to work?

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

    Maybe you can return to a floor that you were student on or to any facility that you might end up applying to and ask about shadowing for a couple of shifts. Some places don't allow it, but some do,...

  11. 6-Week VS. 18-Week New Grad RN Training

    jjjoy replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some other food for thought... have you had the opportunity to tour the floors you are considering? Meet some of the people you'd be working with, get a glimpse of the "vibe" of the floor, drop by for...

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

    jjjoy replied to nurseJ88's topic in California Nursing

    In the big picture, having to wait several months from graduation to landing a job as a new grad isn't that bad. Of course there are bills to pay and such but it's not unreasonable for it to take that...

  13. What does RN-BSN mean? (Confused)

    jjjoy replied to abug621's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The routes of nursing that pertain to your situation and questions: 1) RN program - usually at a community college or vocational school. Such programs earn you the qualification to sit for an RN...

  14. Sick to my stomach....

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

    Some very good advice and support here! You are in the middle of a heck of a self-learning experience. Whatever your future experience or career decisions, give yourself some slack, allow yourself to...

  15. My embarassing moment re: doc and TO

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

    You did the right thing. You didn't understand and you asked for clarification. What more could you do? You could've guessed that this word he was saying was probably something related to blood...

  16. Do CNA's know what they are supposed to do or...

    jjjoy replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    They told us "delegate" in school, too, as if by saying that they were teaching it. Kinda of like telling us to "prioritize" "use your nursing judgement" and "use your critical thinking skills." We...

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

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you're asking this, I have to wonder if you've taken the time to read this entire thread as this is the main topic of the thread. The reasoning as I understand it is that in the past most NP...

  18. At this point in college...

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

    Have you looked into other 4-yr schools with nursing programs, what their requirements for acceptance and transfers are, what kind of competition there is (average GPA, number of applicants, etc),...

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

    jjjoy replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This seems odd to me as well. Nursing school and it's pre-reqs covers some anatomy and physiology. Nursing courses in med-surg, geriatrics, etc give snapshots of s/s, pathophys, txts and prognosis....

  20. Bored To Death!

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

    I didn't like ortho either. I didn't like hospital nursing much at all but post-op ortho did seem particularly dull. It might have been more interesting if I could've met the patients ahead of time,...

  21. time management

    jjjoy replied to pmw2007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I second the suggestion to write down your time each day and see if you can't improve by a minute or two each day. It doesn't seem like much, on the one hand, but on the other hand, for me, it works...

  22. I think I really screwed up choosing nursing

    jjjoy replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    My experience has been similar as well. Your description is painfully familiar. Though it is reassuring to know that others have had a similar experience. You can look up my previous posts for more...

  23. Computer Software Developer to Nurse, IT/Nurse Shortage Myth?

    jjjoy replied to B2728's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing has some the exact same issues you brought up in IT. Unreasonable demands. Not enough time or staff to do the kind of quality of job you want. There wouldn't be such a nursing shortage if the...

  24. HELP! No job offers!

    jjjoy replied to peanuts52 RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Definitely go into places in person. What's the worst that can happen? No job offer? You're already there. On the other hand, if you are persistent, that is stop by the HR depart once a week to check...

  25. 1 year= NP? And programs with this?

    jjjoy replied to Lorelai22RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I guess people learn differently. I need time to absorb content and make it my own. Sure, I can read and understand but it won't stick long term or be readibly accessible to me if I cram too much info...