Jackfackmasta

Jackfackmasta ASN, RN

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  1. Would you care if I put this on my resume?

    Jackfackmasta posted a topic in Critical Care

    I am in disagreement with one of my teachers on wether or not to include 5 critical care classes I took through my hospital that they use to train their ICU nurses on my resume. I can fit it on my 1...

  2. 1st Nursing Cartoon caption contest - win $100

    Jackfackmasta replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Man! Someone needs to tell that nursing student to shave her legs. Its been 2

  3. Anyone applied for an Internship for Scott & White, June 2012?

    Jackfackmasta replied to aghols12's topic in Texas Nursing

    I heard they paid around 23 hour for new grads with shift differentials. Do you know what the differentials are? I am wanting to work weekend nights in the ICU and am trying to figure out what I could...

  4. I caught a cheating classmate

    Jackfackmasta replied to eclinicgal's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my physiology class there were 2 students who would cheat. They had 1 calculator and both would use it while the smart one did the calculations an afterwards the other made it look like they were...

  5. Anyone applied for an Internship for Scott & White, June 2012?

    Jackfackmasta replied to aghols12's topic in Texas Nursing

    From what I have heard Scott and White is a very good hospital, its also teaching. Its an hour north of Austin depending on how fast you drive :). I know they have a tendency to hire a lot more nurses...

  6. Anyone applied for an Internship for Scott & White, June 2012?

    Jackfackmasta replied to aghols12's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am waiting to apply for the ICU internship. The postings are not up yet. ICU is my number 1 choice and then ED or PICU. I am an ADN graduating in May and will do my BSN in the fall. Seton is not...

  7. Austin Community College Fall 2012 hopefuls

    Jackfackmasta replied to tnAustin's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am a level 4 student to graduate in May. Just wanted to let everyone know how important it is to get your BSN. I talked to an internal person at Seton and they have been told only to interview BSNs....

  8. EKG tech vs ICU tech

    Jackfackmasta replied to ngerste's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree with the above poster. I work as an ED tech and would prefer that over an ICU position since you get ALOT more hands on skills with patients and exposure to different populations. you will...

  9. The dumbest thing I ever said to a patient.

    Jackfackmasta replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work as an ED tech and am a level 4 student. I chaperone our docs in the pelvic rooms and one day after I helped with one girl's pelvic I was sitting at the nurses station during shift change...

  10. Low BP and BP Medication question

    Jackfackmasta posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am a level 4 student and I have a question. I had a 96 y/o female pt today who has a long medical hx that I won't list but she is on a beta blocker Sotalol, a diuretic Maxizide and Norvasc. Looking...

  11. The POWER of TOUCH

    Jackfackmasta replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first day of clinical last wends and we started with 1 patient to get familiar though I wanted all four now. I was able to spend time doing the more basic nursing skills. I had a 96 year old...

  12. Texas Tech RN-BSN pre-reqs

    Jackfackmasta replied to Lovelymo79's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm not in the program but am going to apply in march for the fall classes to start. I graduate in May. I finished all my pre reqs at Austin community college while taking my other classes. If you go...

  13. ICU nursing books

    Jackfackmasta replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Typically I go to Half priced books and see what's there. I got lucky and found The ICU Book and was able to lower the price to 45 $. The book is really thick and it covers so many different topics....

  14. I swear.....

    Jackfackmasta replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I swear by the moon and the stars that Psych patients love me. Seems like everytime I walk into the room and they are cussing and throwing things they shut up and start being respectful....... at...

  15. Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    Jackfackmasta replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am legally deaf and HOH from birth. I finishing up my 3rd semester of nursing school. I swear by the litmann 3100 stethescope. It is electronic one and I hear really well, acutally better than the...

  16. ma2cna = a well rounded nurse?

    Jackfackmasta replied to Kaligirl02's topic in Nursing Career

    Personally I think you come off as stuck up. I work as a tech in an ED and am in nursing school. Reading your posts you come off as very opinionated even though you are not trying to be. “It has...

  17. Cleaning Pts with Broken Backs

    Jackfackmasta posted a topic in Critical Care

    I was sitting in my car thinking about critical care nursing and I was wondering this. If you had a pt admitted to the ICU for say a broken back or some other traumatic injury in which the patient has...

  18. My clinical instructor gives me anxiety - advice?

    Jackfackmasta replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    I've had instructors who who really nice and some everyone told me were mean and blah blah. I have found from experienced it was the "mean" ones that actually shaped me the most in school because I...

  19. Fundamentals of Critical Care Support

    Jackfackmasta posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi, I'm a level 3 nursing student and I was looking for critical care classes to take in my area and one of the level 1 hospital offers the FCCS course by the Society of Critical Care. I called the...

  20. Why did you pick your username?

    Jackfackmasta replied to made's topic in General Nursing

    my name is jackie and Jack is short for that and I couldn't think of anything to rhyme with Jack so I put Fack and of course I am a

  21. New job....so incredibly nervous!

    Jackfackmasta replied to BuckeyeGirlRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am hard of hearing too with bilateral hearing aids. I work as an ER tech and am a level 3 nursing student. I want to go into ICU. I have found the best thing to do is at your first pre shift meet...

  22. Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    Jackfackmasta replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    I have never seen my NM take on patients. I did see our director one night, I'll never forget, where it was literally hell as we were swamped with crash patients and CP. Our crash beds were...

  23. What do I say?

    Jackfackmasta posted a topic in Critical Care

    I am going to a Job fair for a hospital system next Tuesday. I am applying for their ICU internships at 4 hospitals in the system. I think we have a couple minutes with the nurse manager. What should...

  24. Living with poo

    Jackfackmasta replied to dropbears101's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to the charge nurse to bring up during shift briefing. That's what I did when I got irritated because people were not putting stat locks on foleys and giving pts call

  25. the unemployed new grad survey

    Jackfackmasta replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't say they are complaining, they are