Jaybird310

Jaybird310 has 4 years experience and specializes in ER, Peds ER.

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1. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

   Jaybird310 replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

   I don't sleep a lot anyway, I've always been a victim of insomnia. But my sleep patterns were completely jacked in nursing school. I'd come home from class or clinicals and sleep for an hour or two,...

2. Return to work after lateral meniscus repair

   Jaybird310 replied to TemperStripe's topic in General Nursing

   A basic tear like that you're looking at probably 6-8 weeks. And when I went back I didn't go back to the ER for 2 months after that, I did med surg so minimize the stress on my knee. Depends on your...

3. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

   Jaybird310 replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

   Ultram's not a placebo for pain relief. And there have been cases of people becoming addicted to Ultram. It's less likely to be abused than narcs but shouldn't be used as a placebo. And for me...

4. An OB's Birth Plan

   Jaybird310 replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

   If this is a true statement then my fiancee would have to do some serious convincing if she really wanted this man delivering our baby. The idea of a misogynistic OB delivering my child and handling...

5. An OB's Birth Plan

   Jaybird310 replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My first question is why didn't he discuss this with you on your first visit? Most of this type of thing was discussed with my fiancee and me when we had our first appointment with the OB that would...

6. what to do?

   Jaybird310 replied to Medsport's topic in General Nursing

   It sounds like the program you're talking about requires that you're in school to aquire an RN or an advanced nursing degree. I'm not sure but being that it has requirements on testing and getting...

7. Did anyone's spouses/partners etc...... have a problem with you becoming a RN?

   Jaybird310 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

   The mentality of your ex husband is very different from what the OP is dealing with in her husbands worries. I was very much exposed to the kind of mentality your ex husband has through various male...

8. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

   Jaybird310 replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

   I'm with the majority in saying I wouldn't give it. I actually had a patient who was a drug seeker hit me because he thought I was giving him a placebo pill. And to whoever had the orders to...

9. Did anyone's spouses/partners etc...... have a problem with you becoming a RN?

   Jaybird310 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

   Scrubs is about the closest scripted show you'll get actually hospital life, even though I'm not a huge Scrubs fan. I personally LOVE House, and it can be accurate at times as well. I also love Grey's...

10. But I LIKE My Colleagues

    Jaybird310 replied to Medic09's topic in General Nursing

    I actually have liked my co workers at every hospital I've worked. A few months back I did have an issue with one, as some of you might remember, but that was due to her behavior and she ended up...

11. Did anyone's spouses/partners etc...... have a problem with you becoming a RN?

    Jaybird310 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Tell your husband he watches too much television lol. Hospital work is very rarely anything like what it's protrayed on television and he's stereotyping based on fiction. My fiancee jokes with me...

12. Wrongful termination? Age discrimination?

    Jaybird310 replied to TomCCRN1991's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very much on the younger end of nurses at 25 (though I've been a working nurse for almost 5 years) but at 45 you're really not that old for a nurse. I've seen new grads that were in your age...

13. Should I go for LVN or RN

    Jaybird310 replied to want2banurse09's topic in General Nursing

    Are you doing a BSN or an AND program? I know a buddy of is on the last of his pre reqs for his AND and he hasn't had it take chemistry. So if it's an AND maybe you could look at other programs in...

14. what to do?

    Jaybird310 replied to Medsport's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know exactly how much credit card debt you have but have you tried calling the credit card company and seeing about getting your interest rate reduced? This could lower your payments and help...

15. Nurses going back to school

    Jaybird310 replied to Scubadiver's topic in General Nursing

    I started going back to school for my pediatric nurse practitioner this past fall. I worked as a nurse for about 4 years before going back to school, mostly in the ER. I made the switch to a...