Jaybird310

Jaybird310

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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...

  16. Long shifts---how long is too long?

    Jaybird310 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ER and have for most of my nursing career. I'm an insomniac and not someone who's naturally needs a lot of sleep. Long shifts are never fun and personally anything after 15 hrs (which I pull...

  17. Staying for Meetings after Your NIGHT SHIFT!

    Jaybird310 replied to dRkazN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read all the other posts. But I totally feel the OP sometimes. I had to stay for a meeting this morning after a 12hr night shift, despite the fact that my fiancee and I were leaving to pick...

  18. He's jealous of Allnurses. com !

    Jaybird310 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I laughed a little at this title because I can totally understand. My fiancee gets 'jealous' of a lot of my habits (if it were just allnurses that'd be the least of the evils haha) and she's currently...

  19. if you could give 5 tips on how to ace nursing school what would they be?

    Jaybird310 replied to Firefly602's topic in General Nursing

    1) Pay attention and STUDY first and foremost. Learn that until you are finished with nursing school your head will stay in a book and everything else will have to be dealt with once you're finished...

  20. Any smokers Out There?

    Jaybird310 replied to rustyshackleford's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a smoker since I was 15, I managed to quit for a about a year but then I moved here to Kentucky and in the stress of moving and not knowing anyone I picked the habit back up. I like a couple...

  21. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    Jaybird310 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Yea I've been assured by all my friends up here this isn't normal. I'm not worried about myself, I'm gonna be a nervous wreck next week when my girl starts working up here, she's got to commute over...

  22. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    Jaybird310 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read through all the posts, but I know getting to work in my area has been hell this week. I'm from Louisiana and this is my first winter in Kentucky, so I had the learn to adapt quickly. It...

  23. About to a Start PCNP program and Overwhelmed

    Jaybird310 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I posted this in the general students section before I read around and found this board. I'm new and just found this place tonight looking for a little support from those who live this profession and...

  24. I Contracted HIV

    Jaybird310 replied to sarahwv's topic in General Nursing

    My heart goes out to you. I've had an HIV scared due to a needle stick before and that was horrifying. Lucky for me the patients test turned out to be a false positive. Keep your head, it's not the...

  25. Nursing hours for like emergency nurses

    Jaybird310 replied to hellobye123's topic in General Nursing

    I work either 3-12s or 2-12s and 2-8s. This usually includes at least one weekend shift a month. Trust me in ER you'll never want to work 6 straight 12s. Rarely are my 12s actually 12s they usually...