Nurse Joey

I recently started a FNP program, and the other night I got bored at work so I innocently googled the difference between FNP school and med school. What I found was vitriol from the doctor side regarding NPs, most of which was from a student doctor w...

I'm currently working at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and was told 2-3 days a semester you need to be on campus. Also if you do not live in the Houston/Galveston area then you have to find your own clinical placement. Otherwise they will assist you.

I received my letter of acceptance in the mail in December.

My friend and I always crack up on these; "Miss when you say rotate the injection sites do you mean to twist the needle round and round?" "I have a third nipple too! It lines up just like a dog." "Oh that's what those missing eldery signs mean? I tho...

I just started a new job on a Med-Surg floor, I have worked previously in pysch and SNFs for about 2 1/2 years, 2 as LVN and rest as a RN. I keep feeling like I suck as a nurse, can't get IVs, sometimes push medications too fast, report isn't as deta...

"I'm not doubting your diagnosis. Only saying that it's just the starting place. Your doc may need to try different meds, singly or in combination, to find out what works best for you. It also sounds like you could use some counseling regarding all ...

Joey, have you explored the curriculums closely? Which seems more clinically oriented? I've been recently very discouraged with my BSN coursework, and cannot fathom moving on to an NP tract and writing more theory papers. The PA path seems more and m...

I have found that PAs have less of a chip on their shoulder, not to say they don't have one, but NPs always seem defensive about their role. As a LVN currently working on becoming a RN, I plan on getting my masters and becoming a PA after I get my BS...

I'm happy that when I was in school I didn't have to deal with "people" like roser13.

I'd kick her in the back of the knee and say, "Now there is two differences... my money, and you be on the ground crying like a baby!" No but really, as a LVN/LPN doing a transition to RN program the only RNs I take issue with are the ones shoving c...

The book "Freakonomics" contained a study that when two equally qualified candiates went into an interview, the guy name Bill overwhelmingly got the job over a guy name Anfrony.

I'm currently dealing with one such soul allergic to Nsaids, and wants vicodin and dill... dillotit. Now wants Ultram despite stating she was allergic to tramadol.

you're joking... right? Just in case a nigerian prince wants to send you millions if only you provide your bank account number, give it to me first, and then I'll forward it to along the way.

I'm sure I'll get burned for this, but today I attended a graduate panel for my former nursing program. The students got to ask us questions about pay scale, what we enjoy about nursing, and how to find jobs... etc. Well all my fellow nurses went on ...

I feel like I should come back and restate my case. There is a difference between empathy and sympathy, I can understand what you're going through, but I won't talk down to you. And as far as me being a "nurse bot", no dice. I have been known to be t...

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Memorial Hermann offer paid internships currently? So they want to get the cream of the crop, train them the way they see fit, and then have their pick of the litter? If I was even to consider unpaid internship I w...

Maybe the doctor was telling you what was going on based on Hipaa. As nurses we don't do medical diagnosis.

I know various boards of nursing publish pictures of people who pose as nurses, or LVNs that pose as RNs, but I'm not sure about the whole ADN to BSN thing. That's still kinda crummy. If you want to sign BSN then do that extra course work.

My brother is currently on TPAPN, and it was insane for him to find a job. To make it worse this would be his first job as a nurse. He would find a job then his TPAPN sponsor would tell him he couldn't take it. This happened at least three times. I h...

Years ago I did a 92 hour week, as well as working 30 days straight, while working at CVS Pharmacy. As a LVN I did 90 hours in 6 days, slept 6 hours on my day off and went on as business as usual.

i recently got one of their news letter in the mail. i thought to myself hey a texas nurses association i want to join. but wait only rns can join, rn must stand for real nurses. i am an lvn, and proud to be. i am currently in a lvn to rn transition ...

Fine ladies! Yours are bigger. If you don't like a thread why stalk it and add your unwanted two cents. I was venting. Sorry my opinions are so distasteful to you, and sorry they infringe upon your rights. Obviously a lowly LVN knows nothing compared...

The NFLPN stands for National Federation of Licensed Professional Nurses, by definition its for LPNs. Would you try to join the United Auto Workers Union? Where as the ANA, and TNA are for nurses, by definition all nurses, from America, or Texas resp...

i was looking into taking an emergency pediatric care course, originally pals, but i stumbled upon the enpc. the enpc course touts itself as the "ultimate" pediatric care course, but do hospitals look more favorably on one more than the other? can th...

Well thank you for your permission to not join, I was really worried. I wasn't saying the TNA was a hate group, I listed them as a worthless organization as well as others, but you draw the conclusion that they discriminate all the same thats your be...