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  1. first med error and feeling burned out

    jjjoy replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear you had a bad shift and are feeling burned out. First off... the med error. Clearly, you are a careful person or else this wouldn't be the first med error. Give yourself big pats on...

  2. Emergency situations: what do I do???

    jjjoy replied to Daria5363's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that such emergency basics should be explicitly taught in nursing school. I know they weren't in mine. I guess they figured we'd all taken the required CPR for health professionals course and...

  3. Professionalism in Nursing

    jjjoy replied to ForzaItalia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be nitpicky here... is this essay/class about "professionalism in nursing" or "professional issues in nursing"? The instructor may not even be clear on this, so you may not have an...

  4. Professionalism in Nursing

    jjjoy replied to ForzaItalia's topic in General Nursing

    Could you elaborate on your assignment? is the assignment to ask experienced nurses their views on these questions and then write about that? is the general assignment about professionalism and you...

  5. hospital in pasadena....

    jjjoy replied to NurseKaytlin's topic in California Nursing

    I just recently met someone who works at Huntington. I didn't have time to find out details, but she thought it was a good place to work. Another acquaintance also recently was an inpatient there, and...

  6. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! There's no way to substitute for the knowledge and skills that come from experience. I just know that I was frustrated with the way my program, and I'm assuming several other programs,...

  7. Why Are They Doing This????????

    jjjoy replied to **new!!'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The problem the OP is bemoaning is the problem of qualified applicants being turned away despite the doom and gloom warnings of growing nursing shortages. The reason it's so hard to get into nursing...

  8. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    It would seem to me to make more sense to start with symptoms and the immediate response to such symptoms, along with some basic pathophys to understand the reason for those responses. Most crucial...

  9. Please read...Why I am considering nursing. (and NP..?)

    jjjoy replied to diapason05's topic in General Nursing

    If you're interested in pursuing nursing, see if you can get some floor experience, whether shadowing, volunteering or working as a nursing assistant. While NP may be your goal, the bedside nursing...

  10. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Clinical time and experience isn't just about the manual skills but also about seeing and recognizing a variety of different symptoms and diseases in a variety of different patients. Clinical time and...

  11. New nurse question re: NPO and meds

    jjjoy replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

    As a newbie, though, you don't yet know that everyone's got a different way. So when someone says "you should've known that" the newbie will tend to accept that at face value and wonder about one's...

  12. Is Nursing for me if I don't want to be a bedside RN?

    jjjoy replied to sail81's topic in Nursing Career

    Llg gives good advice. I wish the nursing school reps had offered me such sage advice - as opposed to highlighting all of the non-bedside nursing possibilities without emphasizing that most (not...

  13. New nurse question re: NPO and meds

    jjjoy replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

    Who either says "Why are you bothering me about this?!?! NPO means NPO!" - implying that should've known better. or "Why are you bothering me about this?!?!? Of course, you give X medication!"...

  14. Crash Course?! Thoughts on RN education

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I see your point. At what point did you feel you had enough knowledge and experience to be able to quickly recognize specific medical conditions and to know the precise info to give a doc to get the...

  15. Sometimes we have to stand up for ourselves as a new nurse and semi-new nurse.

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

    And even three months is sometimes considered generous! When I started my preceptorship, I followed the nurse for a day, and the next day handled one patient and assisted with the others. Had two...

  16. Is this a nursing Diagnosis?

    jjjoy replied to IrishItalianRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ugh! That's nursing school for you! Here's an opportunity to learn a lot about meningitis, and the nursing care plan will focus on "interrupted family coping." While family coping DOES need to be...

  17. Direct Entry GRADUATE NPs

    jjjoy replied to mvanz9999's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Isn't that also true of NPs and PAs? Originally they could take more time with patients because they were getting paid less than MDs. Then those number crunchers start to push NPs and PAs in the same...

  18. If you are the patient's advocate, can you sue the MD?

    jjjoy replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    The thing that bugs me about the way nurses are taught that "nurses are patient advocates" is that it tends to sound like this is unique to nurses and that other health aren't going to be as concerned...

  19. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

    jjjoy replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

    It seems that too many schools focus MORE on preparing students to pass NCLEX than on preparing them for actual nursing practice. THAT is a problem. Yes, NS graduates should be able to pass the...

  20. Direct Entry GRADUATE NPs

    jjjoy replied to mvanz9999's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ILoveIceCream, the crux of your argument seems to in regard to whether or not tihs statement is valid: "I think a specialized NP in anything has a more focused and solid education than say an FP or ER...

  21. I'm a nursing student and can't get a hospital job!

    jjjoy replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    One of the tricks of life is figuring out which rules need to be followed and which need to be broken. And you won't get it right all the time, which is frustrating if you're the type who takes pride...

  22. returning to bedside nursing

    jjjoy replied to bcollins185's topic in General Nursing

    I'd suggest looking for a refresher course with a clinical component so that you could have a taste of bedside nursing again before applying for and committing to a full-time position. If you didn't...

  23. Elementary Education or Nursing?

    jjjoy replied to Kimmi73's topic in Nursing Career

    I can totally relate to be very analytical and very undecided on a career path. I, too, enjoy the challenge of learning new things but when it comes to the day to day mundane tasks and on-going...

  24. What do nurses really!! do

    jjjoy replied to Nubia's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses often manage patient care and they frequenty are performing that patient care. So nurses assess their patients (how are they doing? normal? worse? use eyes, ears, touch, stethoscope, etc to aid...

  25. Did anyone hate nursing school?

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

    I hear you! I would think nursing school would be focused on building a strong foundation for safe patient care. Instead, much of it is just "getting through it"- but what a waste! As long as we're...