jax22

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1. Making the move to the day shift..advice?

   jax22 replied to JessiekRN's topic in Nursing Career

   I worked nights for a year and just moved to the day shift 2 months ago. The first month I was always exhausted, I felt like a new nurse all over again and I felt like I just couldn't keep up. If you...

2. What do you consider a positive troponin?

   jax22 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I work in a CCU and my hospital recently changed what they deem as a positive troponin from 0.5 to 0.1 . So now anyone with a troponin of 0.1 and above is automatically admitted to our CCU . Sometimes...

3. I'm so sick of the state of California....

   jax22 replied to Steffers's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my gosh! I feel your pain. I passed the NCLEX-RN July 20, it's now sept 3 and I have yet to receive any results. I'm in Illinois and the board is terrible here as well. let me tell you there's...

4. It's not what you know it's Who you know......

   jax22 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I completely believe that in this market, many new grads get jobs because of who they know. I just graduated in June and the majority of my classmates who got jobs either worked on the floors as NA's...