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  1. Internships

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, im applying at the same place i work. i really like it there....i work in cardiology. So i am aware of temeletry, i can read some EKG's...it really isnt my job to do it but after a while you kind...

  2. Exposed to H1N1...for sure!

    Jay2daq posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    i was deffinatly exposed to H1N1... ...it was by my 2 year old nephew who came to give me a hug (how could i turn that down? just because he was sick? never!) He gives me a hug and coughs in my face....

  3. H1N1 still possible??

    Jay2daq posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    So where i work we were one of the first units to recieve the vaccine. Becauase of the shortage of H1N1 vaccine, it had to be given out accordingly. I'm a first year nurse working in the cardiac and...

  4. We are a small rural hospital looking at different EMR systems to initiate.

    Jay2daq replied to MelGW's topic in General Nursing

    Ok...to other person who doesnt like EPIC.... really though, its MUCH better than the other ones out there. I used several different ones. it was so much easier to navigate around....believe it or...

  5. We are a small rural hospital looking at different EMR systems to initiate.

    Jay2daq replied to MelGW's topic in General Nursing

    Government is going to be passing a law that all EMR systems needs to be certified by the government. Our hospital made the choice of EPIC (EPIC hyperspace) i really like it. I have used Cerner at the...

  6. Measuring blood pressure

    Jay2daq replied to Moogie's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated and i was taught this is acceptable IF it is necessary!!! it is more acceptable to ask you to take your arm out of the sleeve, which would have been the correct way in that case....

  7. Auto blood pressures?

    Jay2daq posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are they really accurate? I had a pt. on a lower dose of minoxidil for hypertension. Lower dose is d/t renal failure...blood pressures monitored closely and meds held if systolic BP under 130. CNA...

  8. the new person on the block !!!!!! HELP

    Jay2daq replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    Hey!!! we are in the SAME boat girl. I'm the yongest on my unit...i'm younger than some of the CNA's. im only 21....new grad and this is my first nursing job.... when i walked onto the unit, i felt...

  9. Auto blood pressures?

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    ^Yes, our autos won't even do a BP if it reads they are in A-Fib. i didnt know that, and i get an admit the other day....was not told that this person was a-fib and it was giving me numbers but it...

  10. Auto blood pressures?

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    Thankyou!!! really, i guess i tend to do EXACTLY what the doctors say...i am always like NO! my licesnse is at stake. i just got it, and i dont want to loose it. i also dont want to call the doctor...

  11. Auto blood pressures?

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    Well in nursing school, every hospital iw ent to uses Auto...so i havent done manual aton, obviously i know how to do them...but after seeing that, i second guessed myself.....like im running through...

  12. Nursing School Bloopers

    Jay2daq replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    This wasnt in nursing school, i had a few in nursing school but in CNA school....was my BEST!!! so my first bath i am going to give, not a bag bath...a bath bath is a lady with Colon cancer. it was me...

  13. My love affair with humor

    Jay2daq replied to female12233's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol. Sounds like you had fun with your patient. I once had a patient, when i was a CNA that was a immigrant. Only spoke Spanish. I was the translator, as i too speak spanish. the nurse he had was a...

  14. Viterbo University

    Jay2daq replied to admorn03's topic in General Nursing

    I attended the La Crosse campus. I may have over-reacted a tich. but i honestly do feel some of the professors want to see you fail. The school is so small that they know their students. I feld they...

  15. Calling all nurses and nursing students.

    Jay2daq posted a topic in General Nursing

    So here is the story- My gerontolgy professor (a geriatric her self) divided the class in half. The 1st half (my half) was to do their paper the first half of the semester. The 2nd half was to do...

  16. Calling all nursing students!!!!!!

    Jay2daq posted a topic in General Students

    So here is the story- My gerontolgy professor (a geriatric her self) divided the class in half. The 1st half (my half) was to do their paper the first half of the semester. The 2nd half was to do...

  17. Viterbo University

    Jay2daq replied to admorn03's topic in General Nursing

    You will hear many different things about it. but for what your paying for- you are not getting your money's worth. The school has changed alot in the last couple years. New professors, new class...

  18. Viterbo University

    Jay2daq replied to admorn03's topic in General Nursing

    I am at Viterbo now AVOID THE SCHOOL AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!!!!! the professors are absolutely horrible. Given there are a few good ones- majority of them want to see you fail (no joke). it is a waist of...

  19. Calling all nurses and nursing students.

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    to add: there is about 5 of us that are going to be writing it. AND we would also like to know would be legit to get others outside our nrusing program to sign it? There is only 60 of us in our class...

  20. Calling all nursing students!!!!!!

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Students

    Also to add: would it be fair to get people outside of our school to also sign the petition? (we have 3 nursing schools in our area, its a big nursing area!) Would it be fair to go to them? as they...

  21. Moving to another state....

    Jay2daq posted a topic in General Nursing

    So i graduate next year with nursing. My fiance got a job in Washington as an engineer. He graduates this year... so we're going to do the long distance thing for a while. We've been together since...

  22. Moving to another state....

    Jay2daq replied to Jay2daq's topic in General Nursing

    I thought about that....i just wasn't sure if you could. I just don't want to pay 300 some dollars to take the boards here and then take the boards there as well. I mean i guess i could just not take...

  23. im a student but....

    Jay2daq posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need help!!! i posted this in student part but nobody knew the answer. im in my sophomore yr of nursing school and we are assinged out first patient .we need to know like everything about...

  24. Injections practice?

    Jay2daq replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

    OoOooOo booooooooooooo be a man!!!! i used my fiance. it took some convincing but then he was ok with it....i also used my fellow students and they practiced on me. it does NOOOOOOT HURT AT...

  25. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Jay2daq replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    i look alot younger than i am!! I'm a first year nurse, i will be 22 in may but i look to be about 16 years old (no joke!). I'm very young looking, and the fact i'm pretty petite doesnt help. i'm a...