JomoNurse

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  1. Unsupportive family and chore-studying.

    JomoNurse replied to nohika's topic in General Students

    1) Find someplace where you are comfortable to study. 2) Chores don't take up THAT much time. You'll have plenty of study time

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

    JomoNurse replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    We mostly have 2 bed rooms. A few private rooms for contact isolation or VIPs, and a couple of 4 bed

  3. Bad night last night

    JomoNurse replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    This post makes me glad I work in Med-Surg and deal with pretty easy patients and minimal

  4. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    JomoNurse replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    My theory instructor said that "most of these theories are crap." When we got to Jean Watson, my instructor literally said "Just know she cared. She cared... a lot. Next." :-) In my opinion, I don't...

  5. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    JomoNurse replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guilty of doing it. Who has the energy to drive home, shower, get dressed, and then go out? It's much easier just to stop some place on my way home. The community has more MRSA than any hospital...

  6. Level of intelligence

    JomoNurse replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    There were a handful of students in my class that couldn't write an essay. A lot of them were weeded out, but unforunately, some go through. I don't mean any disrespect, but there was this one crazily...

  7. can the family reverse a patient's decision?

    JomoNurse replied to DNM-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    the family's wishes supercede the patient's wishes. if the family says do CPR, we do CPR, regardless of what the patient had requested on paper. this isn't ethical but families will sue on a drop of...

  8. Should I pay more money to graduate earlier with the economy the way it is?

    JomoNurse replied to sixthwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Don't go the expensive route! I went to a junior college and even got help from FAFSA. I only had to pay about $200 per semester in tution fees. With everything (books, etc) I was probably about $500...

  9. Sleep?!? Any hope??

    JomoNurse replied to irish_fiddler747's topic in General Students

    it's best not to cram but you gotta do what you gotta do! You sound like you'll do perfectly well. Have fun!

  10. Accused of cheating by instructor

    JomoNurse replied to BWebb99's topic in General Nursing

    legal counsel? are you serious? why are nurses so dramatic? go and sit down and talk with whomever is in charge at your school. also, you said you were accused of cheating but with different answers?...

  11. The First Days of Nursing School by the Fall 2009ers!!!

    JomoNurse replied to craziechiq's topic in General Students

    the best advice that i can give all of you new students is to focus on nursing school ONE EXAM at a time. Who cares what 4th semester critical care will be like; stress over the material you're being...

  12. taking CPR course

    JomoNurse replied to nneokill175's topic in General Students

    It's pretty easy. At the beginning of my last CPR class the instructor said "everyone here will go home with a CPR card". When students brought their failed tests back, she would say things like "look...

  13. Enough is Enough

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

    We do so much butt kissing that it's no wonder why more and more patients push for a longer hospital stay. A doctor writes an order for a patient to be discharged, and I'm calling the doctor an hour...

  14. Im just not sure what to do.

    JomoNurse replied to Kacey717's topic in General Students

    get your RN. might as well get it over with. personally, i'd find it difficult to be poor and go to school, then work as an LPN and make OK money, and then have to give that up and be poor again to...

  15. Nightshift- sooo tired on off days

    JomoNurse replied to EllaGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Nights sucks. There's really no advice to offer other than do what works best for

  16. Private school or long wait list

    JomoNurse replied to kannasc's topic in General Students

    In my opinion, it is NOT worth going to private school unless you have extra money to spend. You wouldn't even recoop that money in the long run working as an RN. Apply to local CCs, stay on their...

  17. can the family reverse a patient's decision?

    JomoNurse replied to DNM-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    yes. put 95 year old grandma in the icu with a feeding tube and turn her every 2 hours. that's the way to

  18. Affairs rampant among nurses?

    JomoNurse replied to sugarbush's topic in General Nursing

    i'm so turned off by the way nurses smell after 12 hours that all i want to do is go home alone, take a shower, and watch The View by

  19. Unions: What's the big deal

    JomoNurse replied to artistnurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    managements dislikes the unions so that's why you were told what you were told. first and foremost, union nurses make a lot more on average. the hospitals have no choice but to pay the higher wages or...

  20. I Finally Did it...I Wrote to Oprah!

    JomoNurse replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in General Nursing

    that's cool! unforunately i think not very much will come of it because the nursing shortage only impacts nurses! (yeah i know, we'll all use nurses at some point, but it's sort of a snooze-fest...

  21. Is this a bad sign??

    JomoNurse replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Students

    what are you talking about? i don't understand your

  22. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    JomoNurse replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    i can't imagine finishing nursing school, getting my RN, and then having to volunteer at a hospital. oh. my. freaking. god. how terrible. not saying that's a bad idea, but our volunteers are usually...

  23. A last minute change of heart??

    JomoNurse replied to O2BNRN's topic in General Students

    they didn't accept alternates into my nursing group until 1 week before nursing school started at the pre-nursing school orientation

  24. does nursing seem boring?

    JomoNurse replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    some areas are soooooo boring. find what interests you because you'll need it to

  25. Best city to work in

    JomoNurse replied to Mzjez's topic in General Nursing

    i think Southern California pays too much. I've only been working for about 1 year and only have a 2 year degree. I'm making $40+ an hour. It's a complete shame to all of the people who have spent 6...