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  1. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this thread can be deleted if the moderators want it to be. I only came here and was curious if anyone else would have found it worth it to reply or not to the original question. Like I said,...

  2. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone has a "calling". Id rather work with a nurse who's in it for a paycheck but is still caring, nice, and agreeable than one who is in it for the love of patient care but is also...

  3. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    So where is the sense of respect in this post? Everyone has insight to share, whether its from the "newbie with only one year of experience" or the veteran nurse. Everyone else in between as well. Its...

  4. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh is that right? Well im a pretty big deal, too. My apartment smells of rich mahogany and I own many leather bound books. What's your

  5. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    So, how many unresolved issues do you REALLY have? Who disregarded anyone's experience in my story? If anyone disregarded anything, it was the LPN I was working with when she basically said I wasn't a...

  6. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    No doubt, which is why I said in my posts that she thought she was probably not being offensive. Someone other than myself may have ripped into her. I love what I do, so her opinions are just that,...

  7. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've dealt with hospice (LTC), coding patients from kidney failure and other acute conditions stemmed from chronic disease (step down). Aside from hospice, those are acute. I work with patients who...

  8. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thats what its all about. Period. Making little differences in peoples lives every day. A guy on my unit has head injury and is always obsessed with leaving the unit. His psyciatric condition was...

  9. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but sometimes a job is just a job, even in nursing. Regardless of specialty, if you have a license and work in an RN role, you're a real nurse. To say that you've lost sight of bedside nursing...

  10. Tennessee State - ADN - Fall 2010

    jollydogg_RN replied to yahweh1276's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    of course they have white students. All of the males in our program were white. It's not like people look at you funny being white or anything, come on guy, lol. Goodluck in the ADN program. May 2009...

  11. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, well, im assuming im a "real" nurse because I have a "real degree" and a "real license", while being gainfully employees at a "real" psychiatric institution. Intact, my patients are the sickest of...

  12. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh trust me. Im only 26 and I already feel like that,

  13. Male going into nursing (hopefully)

    jollydogg_RN replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    He never said t was ok for him, he's wondering since there is affirmative action that applies to many workplaces (even though be disagrees with it), that if it would apply to him or not. Its a legit...

  14. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    See? Literal translation, not so much on

  15. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    And im also confused when you said she won. There was no contest, what are you talking about? If you were there, you'd have understood it wasn't insulting. Literal translation doesn't come across...

  16. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly why I let it roll. She is actually really nice and polite, I just don't think she realized how offensive it could sound. I did, however, make it a point to inform her of little things...

  17. so.... what would YOU say?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I missed the part where I put anyone down. I simply said "no thanks" because of the understaffing and stress. No putdown

  18. Male going into nursing (hopefully)

    jollydogg_RN replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    I know that men often have harder times in nursing school than women do. (There were several incidents, a couple even in local papers in my area about men being mistreated while in school. It's not an...

  19. Male going into nursing (hopefully)

    jollydogg_RN replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    He has every right not to be a fan of affirmative action, and he was just asking a question. Hiddencat, if you had a dream nursing job that was preferbly for a female, and you and one other female...

  20. What does a male nurse practioner do?

    jollydogg_RN replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    $30-40k? Yikes..... maybe if you take out extra to live on. My best advice would be to go right through the BSN program if you're wanting to become an RN first. I also think if you're paying 60k for a...

  21. psych job 3-11 shift?

    jollydogg_RN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi. I'm going to be taking a 3-11 psych job as an RN at a state mental institution. I'm wondering what a "typical" 3-11 shift might go like? Any tips or

  22. psych job 3-11 shift?

    jollydogg_RN replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    So not too bad is what you're saying? Thanks for the quick

  23. Doctors office job..think I made a mistake...

    jollydogg_RN replied to Marshall1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I wish I could say this wasn't true! I had some good times at the hospital. Sometimes you feel really, really important, and those moments where everything comes together with the patients and the...

  24. Doctors office job..think I made a mistake...

    jollydogg_RN replied to Marshall1's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I'd love a doctor's office job. I also hate this idea that has been ingrained (engrained? spelling?) into new graduates heads that hospitals are the only real nursing jobs. I guess thats true, if you...

  25. What do you think of the nursing schools that churn out graduates in a instant...?

    jollydogg_RN replied to tatempole's topic in General Nursing

    Read the whole context of my post instead of focusing on one sentence. The post I was quoting was referring that brilliant 4.0s couldn't get a job but the "dummy" nurses could because of who they know...