JomoNurse

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  1. No nurse is going to answer this honestly but here it goes........

    JomoNurse replied to c_beshore_rn's topic in General Nursing

    i was trained by NPs for my RN. they always told me to use my best judgement. for example, realizing you're running an IV at 80 ml/hr when it should be 100 ml/hr and then correcting, truly isn't that...

  2. 2 stupid questions about job applications

    JomoNurse replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    i hate questions that make me

  3. Change of shift calls to MD. Who should take the call?

    JomoNurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    the nurse giving report should take the call. the oncoming nurse has no idea what's going on

  4. Nursing Shortage

    JomoNurse replied to ruthere04976's topic in General Nursing

    there is a shortage of experienced nurses. new grads take a while to train. nurses with experience learn new tasks easily and take very little time to train since they know the "ins and outs". if you...

  5. Do you love nursing or hate it???

    JomoNurse replied to ysin's topic in General Nursing

    i really hate to say this, especially since i've been an RN for such a short time, but i hate nursing most of the time. it's odd, because, i wanted to be an rn SO BAD in nursing school. and now that...

  6. Am I too shallow to be a nurse?

    JomoNurse replied to jonsey77's topic in General Nursing

    There are many nurses that went into work for the reasons you mentioned (except the hot nurses part - LOL @ ''the most nurses are chubby grandmothers'' comment, so true). Nursing is just like any...

  7. Medical school vs Nursing School

    JomoNurse replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    i am not smart enough to get into/get through medical school, so I chose nursing school instead. it's hard for me to admit that. people that go into medicine are very hard working and intelligent...

  8. Was this ethical?

    JomoNurse replied to animal1993's topic in General Students

    I guess this all goes back to "book nursing" vs. "real nursing". I remember when I first started out as a new nurse a patient (with dementia) was to go an undergo procedure (don't remember which) and...

  9. Worried about getting time to pump during clinicals

    JomoNurse replied to ironkitten's topic in General Students

    I really don't know how this will be handled at your school. My school was fairly strict - we had to be doing something for the patient when we were in clinical, unless we were at lunch. Our lunches...

  10. Was this ethical?

    JomoNurse replied to animal1993's topic in General Students

    nurses "sneak" medication to demented patients all of the time. they are demented. they are unable to make decisions that are best for them. often times we put the pills in apple sauce or something...

  11. Guilt about using sick time

    JomoNurse replied to ffweste's topic in General Nursing

    i dont understand why nurses feel guilty about calling in sick. when i'm sick, i call off for as long as i need to recover. i don't feel guilty at all. i sip my soup and watch soap operas all day and...

  12. What would you have answered?

    JomoNurse replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

    I've taken advance practice nursing courses, and in all of my courses, without any hesitation at all, the MOST important factor is a patient's level of consciousness. Always, always, always. If a...

  13. Decided to go back to the corporate world....

    JomoNurse replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    i would be working my @$$ of at walmart and I would have a second job at target (or anything else that could provide income) if i were you. you could do odd jobs to supplement the income while you're...

  14. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    JomoNurse replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think people are in the right mindset when they're in such emotional distress such as one goes through when their close loved one in actively dying. compound this with living paycheck to...

  15. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    JomoNurse replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    my hospital sucks. RNs have to do a lot.. enemas, fingersticks, foleys, etc. The hospital next door makes their CNAs do all of

  16. One year in, yet still making errors -- stupid ones!

    JomoNurse replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    uhh... about the PCA thing. so what... you documented incorrectly. that happens to new nurses and old ones alike. you'd be a bad nurse if you were making medication orders, transcribing orders...

  17. Nursing school weight gain

    JomoNurse replied to rocket2010's topic in General Students

    read this carefully. write it down. lock in into your longterm memory bank. EAT LESS, MOVE MORE. the cortisol comment above my post made me giggle. the reason you've gained weight is because you've...

  18. I don't get it

    JomoNurse replied to 2bJoshRN9788's topic in General Students

    Josh... you're absolutely right. NCLEX is not that hard of an exam. For the most part, NCLEX tests your "nursing critical thinking skills". That's not something you can really study for persay... you...

  19. I think my professor is making up stuff.......not sure what to do.

    JomoNurse replied to katmarieRN's topic in General Students

    you don't do anything. you study the chapters that are to be used for the test like a good student does. you will get screwed over so fast you won't even know what hit you. Never, ever start a battle...

  20. Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    JomoNurse replied to JoI8815's topic in General Students

    I had to post another post. DON'T DO THIS!!!!!! It's absolutely insane that you would even consider $100k for an RN. That just.......................boggles my

  21. Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    JomoNurse replied to JoI8815's topic in General Students

    Whyyyyyyyyy are you doing this to yourself? You'll be over 100,000 in debt, and you'll only have your RN. It's just not justifiable sweetie. You'll never be able to pay that back. Take a few years...

  22. So upset got passed for charge

    JomoNurse replied to Emilysmom2, RN's topic in General Nursing

    i don't want to upset you or anything, but honestly, in just that one little paragraph, I got the impression that you whine a lot. You do a lot of "well i do THIS and THAT and yada yada yada". She's...

  23. Do any of the nurses here hold jobs that are not nurse/health-related?

    JomoNurse replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Nursing

    A barista? Isn't the pay difference VASTLY different? I have a cousin who works at starbucks as a Barista. I think she makes $8 an hour. I make $45 an hour. That's just too big of a jump for

  24. worst part about being a nurse

    JomoNurse replied to jlw1412's topic in General Students

    the worst part of being a nurse is...... being a nurse!

  25. Pregnancy and Nursing School

    JomoNurse replied to mesa14's topic in General Students

    Good for you! I'm so glad to hear that you were responsible and waited to have your child for when you were actually going to be there for your little tot. Some people I know decided to have...