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  1. Is this the wrong field for me?

    barlowjb replied to CW1978's topic in General Nursing

    WORD OF ADVICE: When I first started my nursing career, I met another new nurse who was only one month into her nursing career. She told me and practically everyone else that she knew she was in the...

  2. I hate my supervisor

    barlowjb replied to kikwon89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Once I had a pt who for three consecutive days at dinner time had BS between 60 and 70 and had and order for both scheduled and sliding scale Humulin. The first two days I called the MD she said hold...

  3. Being Sued / Losing License

    barlowjb replied to Meraki's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I never before thought that this could be an issue. The facility that I work at doesn't have the policy of checking placement of patches, and there have been several times when I have had an order to...

  4. When 2 New Grads are hired on the same unit

    barlowjb replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    it was great having another new nurse around, we both shared similar fears and concerns and ended up supporting each

  5. MY 1st ORIENTATION!!1

    barlowjb replied to CrammyCute11's topic in California Nursing

    Not sure of your situation, but my first week of four days of orientation was in a class room no where close to my unit and half of my 5th day was spent touring the facility and my assigned unit and...

  6. need advice on starting ivs...

    barlowjb replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. so far 98% of the time when I ask more experienced nurses to start IVs on "hard stick" patients, they can't do it either, plus there are times when they ask me for help with their IV starts -...

  7. what should i do?

    barlowjb replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

    Try hanging in there a little longer maybe say an additional month and see how you feel. When I first started (ortho/neuro and general medical) I felt unsure of a lot of things and documentation took...

  8. SOOOO SAD

    barlowjb replied to fearlessleader09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't be too hard on yourself, just keep on trying. I wish you all the

  9. What would you do?

    barlowjb replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

    well

  10. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    barlowjb replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    When i mentioned "taking on slack" I didn't say "always take on slack", slack was probably not the right word choice for me, what I was trying to say is when it comes to team work - and lets look...

  11. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    barlowjb replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    i smiled when i read the op's above statement because it reminded me of a quote from the literature book in high school written by author george orwell's titled: animal farm which says "all animals...

  12. Oh MY GOD!!! I WANT TO WORK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    barlowjb replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    This is the reason why I love the allnurses website: u see and hear stuff you probably you would not know of elsewhere - it is such a cool

  13. Unsupportive Family

    barlowjb replied to slmmarsh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I already have a bachelors and masters in Biology and most people expected me to either attend medical school or pursue a PHD. I was told by family and friends that doing nursing was like going...

  14. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

    barlowjb replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh, that definitely

  15. I got fired.

    barlowjb replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    :smackingf OMG, Sorry for the long post above, I am working on being shorter and to the point in the things I want to say, but sometimes when I am writing in the moment I don't realize how long the...

  16. I got fired.

    barlowjb replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot understand the impatience of seasoned nurses with new graduates, I just don't get it. Prioritizing comes with experience. Did they at least allow you to complete your orientation period...

  17. Anorexics Found To Have Excess Fat

    barlowjb replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not surprised, They said that more studies are needed to determine why this happens. Its probably just the body drawing from its orificenal of compensatory mechanisms when an imbalance is...

  18. Talking to Physicians

    barlowjb replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!!

  19. Talking to Physicians

    barlowjb replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    When you need to call them on the phone concerning a patient condition, start by writing down what you want to say, then without procrastinating call them and get it over and done with. Then when you...

  20. Getting into nursing with biology background

    barlowjb replied to humanoutlier's topic in General Nursing

    Your MS in biology may help u skip over certain courses, It did for me, but I don't know if most schools do that. They also considered my MS GPA, but again this may depend on where you go to school....

  21. Thinking about switching career paths.

    barlowjb replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I don't know what State you are in but companies that hire research nurses as well as Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) (who they often prefer to be nurses) include Quintiles and Covance. If you...

  22. Ideas for Effective Time Management at Work/Juggling Tasks

    barlowjb replied to monicanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I literally force myself to chart (99% of the time) right after each patient unless there is a definite emergency that I have to attend to right away. As a matter of fact, I go into each pt's room...

  23. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    barlowjb replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Very Funny!!! he is actually an orthopedic

  24. Suggestions plz about Transition from RN to PA

    barlowjb replied to mjcornnielies's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the info to you and the other post that responded to my question. it makes more sense to me now. i guess regardless of whether one is an np or a pa, one important thing is knowing how to...

  25. Suggestions plz about Transition from RN to PA

    barlowjb replied to mjcornnielies's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not trying to change the direction of the OP and previous discussions, but I have a burning question - I'm just curious: Why is it that there are nurses out there who want to become PAs on the...