JomoNurse

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  1. taking out a loan for school am I wrong

    JomoNurse replied to Unique87's topic in General Students

    You need to go to nursing school AND work. It's doable. People work and go to school all of the time. Nursing School isn't so hard that you're going to be studying all day every day seven days a week....

  2. Discussing scheduling problem during interview

    JomoNurse replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    IT IS NOT WISE TO DISCUSS SCHEDULING DURING THE INTERVIEW. (this paints you as a needy, undesirable applicant). IT IS A VERY BAD IDEA TO BRING UP SCHEDULING PROBLEMS DURING THE INTERVIEW, ESPECIALLY...

  3. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

    JomoNurse replied to smallboat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm in Med-Surg and haven't seen any of this "ego stuff" amongst departments. Actually, of all the reports I've given/have gotten, the other nurse has been nice and not condescending at all! Maybe I'm...

  4. RN acting as a Mid-Level provider

    JomoNurse replied to xstraz98's topic in General Nursing

    any patient that would go to an RN as their primary medical advisor is off their rocker. RNs are not trained to provide medical

  5. Morphine gtt/Comfort Care

    JomoNurse replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    i want to be comfortable when i'm nearing my death. titrate my morphine as high as you want as long as i'm not gasping for air. god, what a horrible way to die! can you imagine running out of breath...

  6. 25K sign on bonus

    JomoNurse replied to lamplight_RN's topic in General Nursing

    holy crap! no way. unless you'll be regularly beaten on the job, 25k doesn't exist. where i am the sign on bonus is 5k (socal). it used to be 10k but they had to lower it because of this economy

  7. working while being a student

    JomoNurse replied to miche4's topic in General Students

    i had a job while in school. it was fun! it was a nice distractor. thinking/doing nursing 24/7 will drive anyone crazy. :) oh, i recommend getting a "low key" job that has minimal supervision so that...

  8. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    JomoNurse replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    care plans in nusrsing school are absolutely retarded. i usually threw them together at work the night before they were due. 2 or 3 is enough... doing them over and over again is absolutely......

  9. Trouble sleeping-too nervous!

    JomoNurse replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    you'll live. you'll eventually crash. your body knows what it's doing and it's good you have anxiety. anxiety makes you study

  10. What do you think of the HESI exams?

    JomoNurse replied to blynn9173's topic in General Students

    i think they are completely retarded. i also think they are a poor predictor of student success on the NCLEX. we had all ATI testing, lots of people "failed" the ATI but passed the NCLEX with 75...

  11. What is Med/Surg?

    JomoNurse replied to WldChrry's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that's the downer. Because they aren't that sick, you get more of them. We don't really do anything complicated in Med/Surg. We get nurses that "float" from the ICU to Med/Surg. (by the way, a...

  12. New Grad-Recovery Room Position

    JomoNurse replied to Bec717's topic in General Nursing

    People here keep saying how critical PACU is. Yes, it is critical. But New Grads are trained to handle these patients. It's doable. One great thing about PACU is that you get them and then send them...

  13. What is Med/Surg?

    JomoNurse replied to WldChrry's topic in General Nursing

    it's an area of the hospital for the healthiest, sickest people (if that makes sense). ICU is for the really sick, telemetry is for people that aren't THAT sick, but need to be monitored closely, and...

  14. Husband wondering about nursing school failure/dropout rates

    JomoNurse replied to hubby73's topic in General Nursing

    My program started with about ~60 students and when we finished, about 20 of the original students were left. It IS cruel to tell someone they failed right before graduation. The truth of the matter...

  15. New Grad-Recovery Room Position

    JomoNurse replied to Bec717's topic in General Nursing

    Go straight to the PACU, if you can. It doesn't make sense to go into an area you're not interested. If you go to the ICU you will learn things ICU related - that won't help you in the PACU. Learn and...

  16. What's the best way to resign?

    JomoNurse replied to southlandrn's topic in General Nursing

    2 weeks is the standard. If they tell you a month then they are lying! You are not required to stay that long. 2 weeks is long enough for your manager to get a replacement and long enough that you...

  17. Working during nursing school?

    JomoNurse replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    I had to work the entire time I was enrolled in school. I was busy 7 days a week, but it's completely doable. Actually, I enjoyed working while I was in nursing school. It was a nice

  18. New grad with no clinical skills

    JomoNurse replied to malone2192's topic in General Nursing

    NS is nothing like the real world. Take a few extra minutes to reorient this N-E-W nurse to some pretty basic nursing skills. It's easy to forget to do these things if you aren't doing them 3x a week...

  19. Would you say this nurse has a ' problem?'

    JomoNurse replied to IMABSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    she takes it at night before bed. i would leave it

  20. ethical dilemma with a DNR last night

    JomoNurse replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    This just confirms that I will die at home, AWAY from any nurse or hospital. They interevene and then cease to intervene for legal reason, while I'm subject to ET tubes, chest compressions, shocking,...

  21. Why can't I sleep?

    JomoNurse replied to Mary C's topic in General Nursing

    You can't sleep because you're messing with your body's natural sleep cycyle. I would recommend going to your PCP and see which medication would be right for

  22. Doctor as a patient

    JomoNurse replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    I've cared for 4 physicians as patients. They were all very polite. I called them by their first names. They didn't try to push any orders and would say things like "Well, whatever my attending...

  23. The CNA/RN woes... reversed!

    JomoNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I find it funny that there are some pretty lengthy posts on here that highlight frustrations RNs have about CNAs and their lack of knowledge. I couldn't help but laugh when I thought about all of...

  24. What is your unit like - Private, Semi-private, or Multi-bed rooms?

    JomoNurse replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Our 4 beds to a room goes like this: the room is larger than the typical room. We have 2 beds (head first) against the west wall, and 2 beds against the easyt wall. All of the patients can directly...

  25. Help !! I just failed my fundamentals

    JomoNurse replied to aznkissz's topic in General Students

    To goodnursingstudent: your friend failed out of THREE nursing colleges? y-i-k-e-s. Oh, I just read how old this post is. I hope she/he was able to get back