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  1. Too much to do and not enough time: How do you do it?

    jjjoy replied to xptp29a's topic in General Nursing

    What if it's your supervisor and colleagues giving you a hard

  2. Need Advice!!! Bad Situation!!!

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

    I don't know if your situation is like this, but it can be horribly frustrating and demoralizing, especially if so far in life you have always experienced success whenever you have made a concerted...

  3. How do you define "Prioritization"?

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! However, it gets more tricky when the competing demands are neither immediately life threatening nor something that can be put off indefinitely. What do you do first, second, third, etc,...

  4. How do you define "Prioritization"?

    jjjoy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Before nursing, "prioritization" to me meant figuring out what needs to be done first, second, and third with the assumption that the point was to get the most important things done first but that...

  5. Experience ????

    jjjoy replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some facilities allow nursing students who have already taken certain classes (such basic nursing care) to work as nursing assistants without certification. Big facilities should have experience with...

  6. How do you define "Prioritization"?

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Wrong to be upset? In this case, I don't think so. Upset at the situation, definitely. At the person? Well, either he will learn from the situation, ultimately a good thing. No one is born knowing...

  7. Too much to do and not enough time: How do you do it?

    jjjoy replied to xptp29a's topic in General Nursing

    This is definitely something that you will come across and have to deal with in most nursing positions, so this position should give you some good preparation. [i copied the rest of this post and...

  8. What Would You Do?

    jjjoy replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    If the family member had POA and demanded that the med be held, I don't see how it could be construed as medication error if the nurse clearly documented why it was held and promptly addressed the...

  9. BSN grad: grad school or work?

    jjjoy replied to lilboboxox's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If one is planning to work in outpatient family practice primary care, then I don't see that acute care hospital experience as a nurse would help all that much. The skills being used would be so...

  10. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    jjjoy replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    Sheryl - thanks for sharing your varied experience. My concern would be in pursuing such jobs is that I wouldn't be qualified or competent enough to carry out all of the job roles. For example, I...

  11. Keep going or turn back around ? you tell me

    jjjoy replied to Ilubrize's topic in Nursing Career

    See if you can volunteer on a pediatric unit at a hospital. Good

  12. Nurse who never sets foot in a hospital? Possible??

    jjjoy replied to sherrilynn71's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're doing the right thing to ask questions. There ARE non-hospital jobs out there for nurses. And there is often competition for those job because most people want such jobs (regular hours, etc)...

  13. LPN = Life's Perfect Nurses

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

    There's no excuse for a person to be so blatantly disrespectful, no matter who they are referring to. For others, though, there are honest misunderstandings about what LPNs can and can't do and what...

  14. Stressed and Depressed

    jjjoy replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    While it's horrible to imagine what the mother and friend must be going through, it doesn't do them any good for you to take on their burden. They will have to deal with it in their own ways. In this...

  15. What Is The Least Stressful Nursing Specialty?

    jjjoy replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe a better question to ask would be who is very satisfied with their nursing specialty and what that speciality is. You may see a trend that way that might inform your own

  16. How long did it take for you to become efficient?

    jjjoy replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    Great analogy! I wish this was generally accepted wisdom. The especially frustrating part for newbies', I think, is that the newbie's responsibilities are the same as experienced nurses. The newbie...

  17. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jjjoy replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think a part of Lit's frustration is that some of the requirements don't seem all that relevant to professional practice. MDs don't study the philosophical underpinings of practicing medicine and...

  18. what are hospitals doing to fix the nursing shortage

    jjjoy replied to phillies's topic in General Nursing

    Shortages are often not about enough qualified people available but about pay and conditions making such jobs undesirable. Consider farmworkers and other jobs often held by undocumented immigrants....

  19. "Traditional Orientation Programs" or "RN Residency Programs"?

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

    That would put me off a bit, too. Hopefully, any pay back due on breaking the contract would be pro-rated. If you could carefully budget such that you can put, say, half of each paycheck in a savings...

  20. pros and cons

    jjjoy replied to sharoma55's topic in Research

    Did somebody tell you that you'd need a MSN to work in clinical trials? I haven't heard of

  21. Possible to shift to clinical trials at my age?

    jjjoy replied to Sisyphus's topic in Research

    And in regard to the OPs question... I don't see why you wouldn't be able to get into clinical research regardless of your age. In the little bit of research I've done so far, there was enough...

  22. Possible to shift to clinical trials at my age?

    jjjoy replied to Sisyphus's topic in Research

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  23. CRA vs. CRC

    jjjoy replied to carol72's topic in Research

    I'm guessing it's Clinical Research Assistant and Clinical Research Coordinator. What these titles reflect however may have more to do with each organization's job description as opposed to a...

  24. Nurse-Patient load: normal or not? Need advice

    jjjoy replied to redtintedpaperdoll's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't think the poster was saying YOU were spouting BS, I think the poster was saying that it's BS that The Power That Be allow such conditions. I think she was saying that just because TPTB justify...

  25. "Traditional Orientation Programs" or "RN Residency Programs"?

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

    Medical residency pay is low, too. Consider it a continuation of your education as opposed to a full-fledged nursing job. At least you're now getting paid something as opposed to having to pay for the...