jessiern

jessiern BSN, RN

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  1. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    jessiern replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I do think so. The nurses are there for 12 hours, whereas the students usually just 6. And at our facility, it is very rare that you see the nurses doing the above. So, if they have time to...

  2. Calling Docs by their first name...

    jessiern replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    I guess we are very old fashion down here. We all call them Dr. So and So. Our hospital administ. tells everyone to call him by his first name, and only one arrogant RT does so. We do have one...

  3. wrong route phenergan?

    jessiern replied to cybernurse614's topic in Patient Medications

    We do give IV phen frequently, but per hospital policy we only push 12.5 mg direct IV

  4. Blind Stick

    jessiern replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    Never did much "blind-sticking". If I can't see, I don't stick. I think blindstick IV = Nurse that got lucky. But, I may be wrong about that. They only exception was a dehydrated dialysis patient I...

  5. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    jessiern replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    Umm, I wouldn't buy that! *hides ridiculous beety boop nursing bag behind

  6. Mediport

    jessiern replied to apalmerRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to remember it being related to the amount of pressure that can be exerted by anything smaller than a 10cc syringe. Smaller syringes can cause more pressure to be used, and possibly rupture...

  7. What do you wish for in a break room?

    jessiern replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not hard to please. Our nurses usually eat lunch together, unless it is crazy busy. I would just like for our table to be large enough that we don't bump elbows. It's bad enough just us, but...

  8. Student Health Profile and Depression

    jessiern replied to Student98's topic in General Nursing

    I shouldn't. My the end of our education, most of the students in our program were either on a anti-depressant or something for

  9. Knowing what you know now about nursing, what other career would you have chosen?

    jessiern replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Even PTA isn't that bad. They go to school same amount of time as I do, but my husband's (he's a PT director at our hospital) PTA's make $5 more an hour then I do as an RN. I'm trying to encourage...

  10. RN Salary question.

    jessiern replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    And some tired

  11. Knowing what you know now about nursing, what other career would you have chosen?

    jessiern replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I'm kinda torn with my answer to that question. I love nursing, and I can't imagine doing anything else. But I also love photography, and debated pursing education with photography. I choose...

  12. So how many pts do you have?????

    jessiern replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work days, usually 4-5 patients. Last few months it been crazy busy, and I've been up to 9, but that is way out of the norm. It's starting to settle back down. Usually have a tech, and usually do...

  13. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    jessiern replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    You know I thought this must surely be a April Fool's joke, but I did a google search, and found this and a few other sites with the story:...

  14. Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    jessiern replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pepcid has got to be the top of the list, followed quickly by lasix and SoluMedrol. Dem/phen combo thrown in for fun. Protonix is on the rise at our hospital. Don't forget

  15. Admitting or Discharging a Patient

    jessiern replied to BethulieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had some time consuming discharges, for example when the patient is going home with home health/special equipment, or when they have a fair amount of education that needs to be done (and no one...

  16. perscription pads

    jessiern replied to hunter-belle's topic in General Nursing

    I guess we're running a little behind things down here...Our RX pads are in drawers at the nurses station. When the doc says "I need a pad", every checkes the drawer nearest them. Thank God for small...

  17. If they're paying 50k+ out of pocket maybe they *should* expect to be waited on...?

    jessiern replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I've been following this post, and now I have to put in my two cents. First off, the OP is right. Patients should be treated with respect and kindness WHEN THEY treat ME with respect and...

  18. How many of you worked during school?

    jessiern replied to ChrisAHF's topic in General Nursing

    I lived with my folks during school. Worked 24-32 hours a week, and was on scholarship with the hospital I work at. Last semester I had to cut down to one 12 hour shift a week. That was killer, but...

  19. Helping for easier IV access.

    jessiern replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly..when patients get anxious about the needle, the veins run and hide. I have had many times when I found a great spot, and I picked up the needle, the patient "flinched", and the vein...

  20. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    jessiern replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a college professor that was doing clinicals in ER, and found a remote control between a ladies fat rolls (I'm not sure of any better term, sorry). Her husband said "great, I've looked everywhere...

  21. Praying with your patient

    jessiern replied to MShell's topic in General Nursing

    I have on many occassions, but like others I let them bring it up. But any patient that is going through a very difficult time, I do pray for them, and usually tell them

  22. Do I need to make you a list?

    jessiern posted a topic in General Nursing

    Picture it: March 25, 2008; Small town hospital; a young, bright eyed nurse with a heart of gold (coal some days). I had two patients in a double room, a mother and her 45 yr old Down's syndrome...

  23. Any OB/GYN nurses out there?

    jessiern posted a topic in General Nursing

    First off, I am not asking for medical advice. I'm looking more for reassurance. I just got back a pap smear test with abnormal cell growth, and that has never happened before. The nurse (well, she...

  24. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    jessiern replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do the patient complain while you are opening their spenda packet that it is not real

  25. Going the happy dance!

    jessiern replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    :prdnrs: There's you a smilie to use