njmonsterboi80

njmonsterboi80 BSN

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  1. Why is everyone so tight lipped???

    njmonsterboi80 replied to RN1263's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a recent grad and have been working on a busy Psych floor for 3 months ago. To answer some of your questions... Sometimes I do run around like a chicken without my head, it is nursing after all....

  2. #%@&$ Flu Shot!

    njmonsterboi80 replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital there's a mandatory education to fill out about flu shots, since we give them as well. They required everyone to go downstairs to fill it out at the flu shot clinic and then sign for...

  3. New grad/psych nurse. Anyone have examples of good notes?

    njmonsterboi80 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Here's what I stuck in my palm pilot for an admission note. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions or a good example of a regular daily note, or discharge note. Thanks. Admission Note Time of...

  4. Pardon my ignorance..

    njmonsterboi80 replied to funinsun's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm more or less in the same position. I just started as a new grad, but would like to do travel nursing once I've been working for a year or two. I think it probably is that they want you to be...

  5. Assessment/Question Tool

    njmonsterboi80 replied to MSN Student's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm in the same position. I know my preceptor always starts with vitals and then goes into more notes.. Let me know if anyone has a good template.

  6. InPatient Assault ~ HIPPAA ???

    njmonsterboi80 replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in Psychiatric

    I took at look at the document and it looks like a decent amount to remember. Would it be better to call the legal department and patient records immediately after an

  7. Does anyone keep checking....

    njmonsterboi80 replied to maledi's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm currently also doing the same thing. As the other posts say, I've heard that it's exactly 48 hours, which sounds somewhat silly to me.. It's 1230a here and I'm checking again at 1a, but most...

  8. UMDNJ Accelerated BSN students

    njmonsterboi80 replied to njmonsterboi80's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Since I'm the one that started this post before I began the program and since I just finished I feel as though I can give you a decent idea.. I did not work during the program and there were times...

  9. Leaving the Profession!

    njmonsterboi80 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished a BSN program and yeah, it can be pretty tough. But it really depends on where you are and what specialty you're in. I'm going into psych and I can tell you that it doesn't involve...

  10. St. Barnabas Med Center

    njmonsterboi80 replied to promises's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm going for an interview at Monmouth Medical (St. Barnabas system) for a behavioral health postion as a new grad. Do you know anything about the tuition forgiveness? Thanks,

  11. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    njmonsterboi80 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm soon to be a GN and have been strongly considering psych nursing as well. I'm a weak on clinical skills too, but that'll improve with time as I spend more time in the hospital. The issue is,...

  12. Save the date: March 30th,2006 NJSNA Convention

    njmonsterboi80 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I went last year and had a good time. Next semester I'd be skipping 8 hours of lecture on Thurs and 10 hours of clinical on Friday..But I"m going to try to weasel it out. It's nice to get down to...

  13. You know you're canadian when...

    njmonsterboi80 replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    Montreal (Muntreal) is a bilingual city. I've had no problem being addressed primarily in English in Centre Ville and Outremont. Otherwise in Montreal all you need to know is "parle vous anglais?"....

  14. Groped on the job...

    njmonsterboi80 replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'll be a last semester second degree BSN student in Jan. I'm still getting used to the culture of nursing, but it always seems like we're looking to GET someone. I'm not sure that I would respond...

  15. Any Rutgers Univ. Students?

    njmonsterboi80 replied to tahirah210's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Tamirah, Here's a rapid response for you. I'll be doing the rest of my nursing classes at UMDNJ, but took several classes over at Rutgers. You'll get to face off with Anthony Uzwiak for Anatomy and...