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  1. Time to call a duck a duck?

    jjjoy replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That would seem a rather limiting definition of professional, then. But then again, the problem with the whole "is nursing a profession?" question is that the word profession is used to mean different...

  2. non-clinical nursing research?

    jjjoy replied to nursing tutor's topic in Research

    Sounds good to me, too! Like you, clinical nursing wasn't my thing and I was much more interested in research. I really enjoyed working as a research assistant but that was for class credit, not for...

  3. non-clinical nursing research?

    jjjoy replied to nursing tutor's topic in Research

    Have you looked at job listings at universities and large health care institutions? Look for titles like "research associate". Some of these jobs ask for very specific backgrounds, but others will...

  4. is Nursing School HARDER than Medical School?

    jjjoy replied to sunny d's topic in General Students

    The original post was asking why nursing school instructors tend to say over and over again how hard nursing school is. Many other fields of training and schooling is as hard as, if not harder than,...

  5. Everyone wears scrubs!

    jjjoy replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thoughts on scrubs and nursing uniforms... Only medical personnel in scrubs? Hospital provided surgical scrubs? Any shapeless, pajama-like pants? All style of tops of stiff poly-blend in bold, bright...

  6. From Teacher to Nursing

    jjjoy replied to mom30's topic in General Nursing

    Short version: I'd encourage you to go to nursing school if you want to be a nurse and practice nursing Long version: The demand for nurses these days has chanced similar to that for teachers. Sme...

  7. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    jjjoy replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    Thanks for taking time to explain scribblepnp. I do absolutely agree that care plans can be great learning tools, like the lab reports your husband had to do. And I absolutely agree that the phrase...

  8. Doing associates in nursing the same time I am doing bachelors in accounting

    jjjoy replied to trustabdy's topic in Nursing Career

    Kudos for thinking outside the box... but whether or not that particular idea is do-able or advisable for you is another question. In terms of 'do-ability', you may run up against conflicting class...

  9. Has anyone been put on probation for clinicals? I just did!!!

    jjjoy replied to bella65's topic in General Students

    Hopefully, this means that the instructor is giving you hard time because you've been doing well. Perhaps its clear that you're a strong student (organized, prepared, etc) and things have been going...

  10. Is going straight to the rationale a good review strategy?

    jjjoy replied to rncoco's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think reviewing rationales can be a good way to review content and to prompt one to look up areas that they don't remember much about. Still I could read and understand all of the rationales and...

  11. Told a doctor about how I thought he felt I had no common sense

    jjjoy replied to ratherbe's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! Have you got any other good comebacks like that? Ones that make a point with a bit of humor and without shame or blame lumped on either

  12. is Nursing School HARDER than Medical School?

    jjjoy replied to sunny d's topic in General Students

    I second these

  13. Do I want to be a nurse for the wrong reasons?

    jjjoy replied to Diane in Ohio's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good advice! : ) OP, the time you spent in the hospital with your mom probably gave you a pretty good idea that you'd be okay with the hospital environment. For myself, one of the biggest dilemmas I...

  14. This Dr. has it right!

    jjjoy replied to SDALPN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I tend to see it that way as well. For insurance to work you need a large pool of people who probably won't need the service in question. Health care is something most everyone WILL need at some...

  15. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

    jjjoy replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    I appreciate your sense of humor, Nurse Educate! And if your students don't appreciate your efforts now, they probably will at a later point. I do wonder if you happen to teach more younger,...

  16. how do you deal with disappointment?

    jjjoy replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    Dealing with disappointment is not a strength of mine. Growing up, I learned that if you didn't get it right the first time, you're stuck with the negative consequences forever, it's all your fault if...

  17. Why Do Nursing Instructors Rely So Heavily On PowerPoints To Teach?

    jjjoy replied to SarahMaria's topic in General Students

    Don't blame the Powerpoint! I suspect that so much material is crammed into so short a time that for instructors to cover all of the content the solution too often is to read, quickly and without...

  18. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    jjjoy replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    Some people do, some people don't. Ever notice how easy it is

  19. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    jjjoy replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't go so far as to say *nobody* from coursework in other disciplines (or that *all* of my nursing instructors) discouraged really digging into things, but in my experience it was all too...

  20. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    jjjoy replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    My initial read of the question this: pain started in location A and then was later felt in location B, and this is what your client tells you. From the 'correct' answer, though, I have to guess that...

  21. which specialty does this describe?

    jjjoy replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses' are often at the front line of attempting to keep that chaos

  22. Opinion vs. legality -- a rant

    jjjoy replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think some facilities' legal advisors may be so afraid of liability issues that they *do* discourage students from participating much and that *is* leading to newly licensed RNs with very limited...

  23. % of people failing your program?

    jjjoy replied to woahmelly's topic in General Students

    From what I've heard, this isn't that uncommon. When that's a trend year after year, to me it means at least one of several possibilities 1) the program doesn't do a good job in screening applicants...

  24. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    jjjoy replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    To me, the terms "best" answer and "correct" answer can be confusing in some cases. Some NCLEX-style questions are such that none of the answers fit perfectly with the question. In such cases, one can...

  25. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    jjjoy replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    Some test questions are 'tricky' like that. I personally detest such questions, but sometimes you just have to live with them. I figure that when I get a dumb question like that 'wrong', chances are I...