Circejane

Circejane

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  1. Refusing Mandatory Vaccination

    Circejane replied to vanillagerm's topic in General Students

    Be aware that while the school may allow you to attend classes without these vaccines, the clinical sites often require them as well. The nursing homes and hospitals simply won't have you there...

  2. Mandatory Flu shots

    Circejane replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How do you figure? Are patients on isolation or droplet precautions being discriminated against? Are we impugning the integrity of all patients by using universal precautions and assuming that they...

  3. Mandatory Flu shots

    Circejane replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was going to post, but caroladybelle said it so well that I can only give

  4. CONFUSED about the DNP! Help!

    Circejane replied to SnoopysAunt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    DNP is a degree title, like MSN or BSN or PhD. It does not stand for Nurse Practitioner, it stands for Doctor of Nursing Practice. You would still be an FNP, ANP, whatever, designating your...

  5. is my school normal? skills teaching for clinicals

    Circejane replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    We went over every skill with the mannequin, as well as book, video and lecture, before testing out. Some things were covered far more quickly than others, but we went over everything, and if we had...

  6. Reasons to get the flu shot-funny

    Circejane replied to HonestRN's topic in General Nursing

    The author is stating in the first one that the vaccine does NOT give you the flu. This is fact, you cannot get the flu from the vaccine. In the later one, he references the fact that the vaccine does...

  7. Reasons to get the flu shot-funny

    Circejane replied to HonestRN's topic in General Nursing

    Fabulous! Just cut and pasted it in its entirety and sent it out via email.

  8. Specialist FNP vs ACNP?

    Circejane replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am interested in the answer to this question as well, only between the ANP/GNP and the ACNP. Trying to choose an RN-BSN-MSN program in the next six months, and Acute Care NP programs are much fewer...

  9. I got fired at a nursing assistant now what!

    Circejane replied to lilwhitfkd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your info says that you work in a cardiac/telemetry unit. Sleeping on the job would be serious on any floor, but is even more so on a cardiac floor. As Suesquatch said, I'm concerned that you do not...

  10. "Becoming a Doctor is like, 100 times harder than becoming a nurse".

    Circejane replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Just look at the coursework required for basic nursing school and think of how intense it is, how much there is to learn. Then look at the coursework required for a bachelor's in pre-med and 4 years...

  11. if you plan on going for your masters, what do you want to specialize in?

    Circejane replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    ACNP or ANP/GNP, although it looks like FNP is more marketable. No interest whatsoever in Peds, though. Give me old

  12. LPN to RN ...Nursing school nightmare

    Circejane replied to SamiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in an LPN to RN program right now, and am having a very good experience. Just wanted to throw that in, because there are many kind, dedicated nursing instructors out there, and a lot of students...

  13. Are nurses allowed to claim vaccination exemptions?

    Circejane replied to moodyred01's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, one can refuse but those who do must be masked while working with patients throughout the flu season. Personally, I get vaccinated, for my own protection as well as my

  14. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    Circejane replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A huge reason for those poverty levels in MI is because of the auto industry, both directly and indirectly. I live in rural MI and it's the same here. MI is hurting, and a large chunk of those...

  15. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    Circejane replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Could you please explain why you believe that the left doesn't pay

  16. Disgusting Nurses!! SICK of my status as a CNA

    Circejane replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    To those who stated that the nurse saying, "We'll put the next NG tube in YOU!" is a case of assault, they are incorrect. The common legal definition of assault is, "an intentional act by one person...

  17. Disgusting Nurses!! SICK of my status as a CNA

    Circejane replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering about that as well, but forgot to post about it. The only time I've seen this is when the two patients were a

  18. Question for NPs in NYC

    Circejane replied to pinkrocks's topic in General Nursing

    You might try posting this in the "Post-Graduate Nursing Student Forum: MSN/DNP/DNSc/PhD" forum. You'll find it under the "Student" tab.

  19. Disgusting Nurses!! SICK of my status as a CNA

    Circejane replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the point was that you were on the internet (no one in this thread has said that you were), but that when you're 1:1 with someone, you can't take your eyes off of them for even a minute....

  20. Disgusting Nurses!! SICK of my status as a CNA

    Circejane replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    Report the picture-taking IMMEDIATELY. Even if they were not taking pictures OF the patient, this is completely improper. It needs to be reported, IN WRITING, to the nursing supervisor ASAP. Any...

  21. Don't know how to cope with it all.........

    Circejane replied to MossyOakGirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Have you been told that you should have all your trays passed within 10 to 15 minutes? If so, I would point out to whomever necessary that this gives you approximately 30 to 45 seconds per patient,...

  22. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    Circejane replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with the above poster. The US already has a severe shortage of primary care physicians under the current system, and it is forecast to worsen. Many current internists and family practice...

  23. nursing diagnosis help

    Circejane replied to GM910's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How were his heart and lung sounds? His Bun/creat/GFR? His vision? It would be rare (and wonderful) for him to have no other complications from diabetes at his age. The actual NANDA diagnoses that...

  24. CNA Skills Test----Help Please!!!

    Circejane replied to BayBay07's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My bad, rereading the original post, she IS talking about fluid intake. This is actually a lot easier than it sounds. Your CNA instructors should show you various sizes of cups and containers...

  25. nursing diagnosis help

    Circejane replied to GM910's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd also think about risk for impaired healing d/t various things, including his diabetes. I'd also look at fall risk, which is a biggie (so is infection, but you have that). Self care deficit is a...