Jen2002

Jen2002

ortho/neuro/medsurg/peds

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  1. Thankyou for your
  2. Here's the sheet I need to use to interview, if someone could help me.
  3. New to peds

    I did my internship my senior year in the NICU. I loved it! They actually told me they had a position opening up, but I followed my instructors advice to do 2 years of medsurg before specializing....
  4. Reporting other nurses

    I work midnights and always feel we are a team. I am not one to go and tattle, I feel I should discuss it with the person. It can usually be solved that way. We are learning everyday, and I think...
  5. Happily Addicted to allnurses.com

    I :redbeathe allnurses. I have found so many great resources here! Thank you to everyone for all your help and great tips. I'm almost done with my BSN but masters starts in fall
  6. New to peds

    Hello LovePurple. Congrats on your new job! I guess we will be new together. I wonder if Peds will get me closer to the
  7. How can I email you with the questions. I am rather new here. Its a word doc . Thanks in advance, I needed this done like last
  8. New to peds

    Thank you for the resources and tips. I will need them due to lack of available time to
  9. I guess I was wrong on some of those. On #3 I was thinking how I bend to brush my teeth, it is not more than 90
  10. I'm new!

    Welcome, and no you're not alone! We have all been there, are there, or will be
  11. Need help with drug cards

    Follow the steps or organization of a drug book. Usual doses, what it is for, how to give, side effects,
  12. Last minute advice before the stick

    My advice is, just relax! I know it is hard to do. Do not beat yourself up if you do not get it the first try. I have been doing IVs for 6 years and I get some hard ones and miss some easy ones. When...
  13. I have 4 years of orthopedic experience, surgery though. The first should be right. My daughter broke her radial bone and kept it on till x-rays showed good bone growth. On #2 I would also go with B....
  14. hiring freezes,layoffs,oh my

    I agree there have been fewer nursing jobs available, and cuts are being made where they can. We will be doing more for the same money, and probably will have to deal with it just to be happy to have...
  15. terminated

    I have seen instances similar, although it was a CNA. I have had to go higher up in the union, because my manager felt it necessary to secretly audio tape the midnight shift. Yes, recorders were...
  16. I seem to be spending so much time searching for scholarships. I always get led to sites that want me to buy stuff to get the info. UGH!!! Where are the best sites to search over nursing
  17. When the end has come

    My night manager shared the story of her first patient she had lost. When she made the phone call to the funeral home, no one answered so she left a message that Mrs. so and so had passed and they...
  18. I am looking to apply to grad school for fall 2009 to get my MSN in education. I am now having second thoughts after researching. Should I get my FNP, then my teaching certificate after? This may lead...
  19. Help deciding on FNP or Ed?

    Now I am so undecided where to go to grad school. I thought I had it narrowed to Lewis University or Loyola University(Chicago). Now I am having the financial thoughts going through my head, along...
  20. Help deciding on FNP or Ed?

    That is so true. So maybe i will stay with the MSN in Ed, then do FNP later. It is just like doing a certificate,
  21. You work 3 days a week? MUST BE NICE!

    3 fun filled 12 hour shifts of cleaning up poop, vomit, replacing the IV of the Alzheimers lady a hundred times, dealing with drunks, drug seekers, whiners, Acute PEs, MIs, seizures, code blues, no...
  22. Family assessment question

    This sounds like the same class I took awhile back. Cant remember my movie. I think I chose the stage that most seemed relevant to them, and then stated strong statements why it was that stage. If...
  23. Help deciding on FNP or Ed?

    Thanks for the replies. I just want as many opportunities as possible, and once you specialize in Ed, it will be hard to return for FNP. I am wondering if being a FNP, and then the ed certificate, if...
  24. I am a psycho the night before clinical..

    All nursing students are the same in their preparations for clinicals. We all dread getting that look from the instructor when we forget something. Graduation will come before you know it. And I dont...
  25. It is tradition, and for 99% of nurses, it will be the only time to wear it. Recognition for all your hard work! Enjoy that