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  1. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. And as to recruitment, I think that one of the biggest tools would be a pay scale that jumps enormously/appropriately with experience. The new grad wants to feel that through hard work,...

  2. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    yep, yep, yep, yep, yep all those would DEFINITELY result in

  3. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Guranteed low nurse to patient ratios, all

  4. What would you do???

    lady_jezebel replied to angeldaisy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You said a lot of residents began presenting with symptoms b/c they didn't get their meds??? Fill out that

  5. nursing cover letter with lack of references and termination

    lady_jezebel replied to kocoman's topic in International Nursing

    Please tell me you're kidding! Sorry, but do NOT use that as a cover letter. The purpose of a cover letter is to sell your strengths & clarify exactly what you're looking for. It's not meant to be...

  6. Anyone bored/unhappy with ICU?

    lady_jezebel posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 1.5 years now on a med-surg floor. We are "ortho", but daily have spine surgeries, sarcoma/cancer, and medicine overflow. It is really busy much of the time. I feel burned out on...

  7. punished for a needle stick?

    lady_jezebel replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I second all that!

  8. 4/22/05 Show 20/20 H2O myth

    lady_jezebel replied to bellcollector's topic in General Nursing

    We need 1.5 to 2 L per day, including all sources (free water & via

  9. Anyone bored/unhappy with ICU?

    lady_jezebel replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    I knew this kind of stuff in nursing school, too... but after spending time on the actual job, you forget a lot of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophys (except for the info directly related to your...

  10. Required to wear girly scrubs

    lady_jezebel replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    What is "girly" about all white???? Or light purple for that matter? Our hospital scrubs are baby blue -- is that girly or manly? I can understand flowers being over the top, but I think you're being...

  11. Anyone bored/unhappy with ICU?

    lady_jezebel replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for bringing up the politics issue, Butterfly. I will prepare myself for

  12. Anyone bored/unhappy with ICU?

    lady_jezebel replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for your input. This is what I needed to

  13. Anyone bored/unhappy with ICU?

    lady_jezebel replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    bumping post, would love a

  14. Low GPA , Wish to be a Nurse Instructor

    lady_jezebel replied to earthlovers123's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Sorry, but maybe you're being a little unrealistic right

  15. Passed NC2!!

    lady_jezebel replied to TammyJo's topic in Online Distance Learning

    what is

  16. Female Nursing Students Dont like me !

    lady_jezebel replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know what the heck you are talking about, and i've lived/worked on both us coasts. this is not a personal attack. i'm just wondering where you are really located and/or from. you mentioned the...

  17. what can nurses do besides "nurse"?

    lady_jezebel replied to Candidnt's topic in Nursing Career

    "Clinical trials coordinator", "Clinical data associate", "Clinical research associate".... Look in the technical/scientific section of your paper. If you live in a fairly large city, you may find...

  18. Just Found Out I Failed

    lady_jezebel replied to Triple A's's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's just one test. Don't quit now. You do need to make changes though, if you want to pass the class. Spend an entire weekend in the library going over your notes from the very beginning & really...

  19. Long term care isn't for me - does this mean I'm not cut out for nursing?

    lady_jezebel replied to secondfiddle's topic in Nursing Career

    Heck no! I could never do LTC -- it's too depressing, since most places are poorly funded & hence poorly

  20. Female Nursing Students Dont like me !

    lady_jezebel replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    YIKES! Personally, I love diversity in nursing. We should reflect the makeup of the population as a whole, since these are our patients. We need both genders & all races represented. I don't...

  21. Female Nursing Students Dont like me !

    lady_jezebel replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    I've never witnessed male nursing students or nurses being disliked simply for being male. There were about 7 males in my program, and now I work with about 10 males. No one has ever complained of...

  22. Heavily Tättooed: Can I get into nursing???

    lady_jezebel replied to YukonDave's topic in General Nursing

    A few of the male nurses I work with never wear scrubs. Instead, they wear khakis & button down shirts. A few females on my floor do, too. I'm on your basic med-surg floor at a university...

  23. CNA ? Is it really gross and why do we have to?

    lady_jezebel replied to pristy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ha! This is the funniest thing I've read in a while. What in the world do you think nurses do? Not a week goes by that I don't wipe a butt, irrigate a wound, clean up vomit, etc... CNAs assist...

  24. New Slant on ADN vs BSN: are ADN programs anti-intellectual?

    lady_jezebel replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    your school definitely seems anti-intellectual, and it would bother me, too ... by the way, these kind of questions are asked by very good clinical nurses, especially icu rn's &

  25. edema question-driving my crazy!

    lady_jezebel replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.csufresno.edu/nursing/n140/studassign/chf.htm this is a good link. you would place the pt in fowler's or high fowler's to decrease return to heart. the legs would NOT be elevated at/above...