JBMmom MSN, NP

New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC

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    New NP position

    JBMmom replied to RN/WI's topic in Advanced Practice

    I have completed one orientation and am towards the end of my second one. My first orientation was for a hospitalist position. It was about a five month orientation. The position was mainly cross...
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    Advocacy

    JBMmom replied to CommunityRNBSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I admit that I had no idea that this could happen. I know that many people were impacted by COVID for a few semesters, but if these are recent graduates, I would have thought that they would have at...
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    Oncology Nurse Practitioner: Job Description, Salary, and How to Become One

    JBMmom replied to Carly Elliott's topic in General Nursing

    For the oncology NPs that work in my hospital, they are consulted on MANY conditions. They get consults from the medicine, surgery and ICU teams when patients have a new oncology diagnosis, any...
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    Post-Graduate Certificates?

    JBMmom replied to ToHealTheSick's topic in General Nursing

    If I had the option of spending my time or my money, I would probably spend my time and use someone else's money. If you can work and complete the program, you'll be making money and you may have to...
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    What is your organization's attendance policy?

    JBMmom replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    It may seem crazy, but as I mentioned, it is NEVER enforced. I have a coworker who called out, sometimes within two hours of the shift, at least 1-2 times a month for the past three years and nothing...
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    Clinical Hours Liar??

    JBMmom replied to Kylie Standfest's topic in General Nursing

    As others have pointed out, it's accepted by the program that your hours include preparation time so you are not lying when including agreed upon time. If you were able to complete your preparation in...
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    Post-Graduate Certificates?

    JBMmom replied to ToHealTheSick's topic in General Nursing

    If you can get it 75% financed that seems like the better option. You will be repeating the basic courses, I think almost all MSN programs start with the same first two semesters, but that's not...
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    What is your organization's attendance policy?

    JBMmom replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think my organization's policy will help you make anything clearer, but here it is. However, it is completely unenforced and therefore about as useful as tits on a bull as one of my favorite...
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    Mindfulness At Work

    JBMmom replied to Guest1208842's topic in General Nursing

    A nicely written article, but easier said than done! I truly appreciate how these techniques could be life changing, and for the better. And perhaps I'm just covering up for my own laziness, but this...
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    Georgia law prohibits DNPs from using the term "doctor"

    JBMmom replied to klone's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nurses With a Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) Should Not Call Themselves "Doctor" in a Clinical Setting-Gary Gaddis, MD,PhD: National Center for Biotechnology Information/National Library of...
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    Rocky Start/Orientation and Nurse Confidence

    JBMmom replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like as you describe things, this would not be a good position for you. Even if you're clinically competent for the job, it doesn't sound like you would be comfortable, or even enjoy, the...
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    LTC Falls

    JBMmom replied to Kiara Butler's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient already has a PRN for tylenol that could be given. If they don't already have PRN orders then you don't have a choice but to wait until you have the orders. In the case of neuro checks,...
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    Documentation has ruined nursing

    JBMmom replied to delrionurse's topic in General Nursing

    EHRs are not about improving patient care in any way. They are about proving aspects of care likely to cause problems for a hospital or facility. Documenting Q2 hour turns sometimes takes longer than...
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    Dad Fell Again

    JBMmom replied to Linda Yuhas's topic in General Nursing

    As challenging as this must be for many people, and I will certainly face similar situations in my future, putting in the effort to allow your dad to stay at home is such a wonderful thing! I know...
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    Need advice about situation

    JBMmom replied to Tired nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my five years in long term care I dealt with many family members that were lovely and appreciated our work. I dealt with angry family members, guilty family members, and some just plain awful...
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    Nurses who act jealous toward patient

    JBMmom replied to Nurse One - Clinical N's topic in General Nursing

    I had to click based on the title, couldn't fathom a scenario. Still not sure I understand, but not something I would put any further thought into as my advice for the
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    Hemolyzed Tubes - scientific question

    JBMmom replied to phoebe2020's topic in General Nursing

    I know sometimes our BMP results don't all cross over at the same time. Perhaps they didn't know the extent of the hemolysis until the potassium results was outside of the
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    New to acute care and just not getting it.

    JBMmom replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    An "acute" care facility that admits telemetry patients with no one watching a monitor and no in house pharmacy overnight sounds like a very sketchy "acute" care facility. As for you not getting...
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    Night shift nurse

    JBMmom replied to Guest26407's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, no food or drink at the station, including water bottles. Each floor has a "hydration station" cart where we can leave drinks for the shift- they're in break rooms or hall corners. Admittedly on...
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    Potential New Job Option

    JBMmom replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Hoping your interview went well and if you choose the position, it's the fresh start you're looking for. It's unfortunate that your parents aren't more supportive, but you know yourself
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    Clinically Inexperienced Manager

    JBMmom replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if a unit is well staffed and the new manager is the sort of person that is able to truly take constructive feedback from others, it could work out fine. However, these days units are not well...
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    Night shift nurse

    JBMmom replied to Guest26407's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on night shift almost seven years, getting through your shift is about more than coffee/caffeine, you have to set yourself up for success. First, did you get enough sleep during the daytime?...
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    Potential New Job Option

    JBMmom replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    There are many important aspects to any job and while pay is one consideration, it's not necessarily the most important you. You have made mention before of the things that you enjoy most about your...
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    Requesting two week leave from work to focus on health

    JBMmom replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree with Wuzzie's response. While we all want co-workers to be able to prioritize their health, you're going to find very few workplaces these days that can handle the strain of being short...
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    Misunderstanding in ER

    JBMmom replied to bluedreamerstu's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! As a new provider, I have told SO MANY people that this myth is not true and can definitely be considered a threat to patients. Even attending physicians that have been at my hospital for years...