jeepgirl

jeepgirl LPN, NP

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  1. Signing new grad contract?

    jeepgirl replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i agree... but i hope that her staying doesn't imply that she agreed to the

  2. Signing new grad contract?

    jeepgirl replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i can understand if you took a bonus that you'd have to be prorated back. but they are saying that if she quits she'll have to payback her orientation wages and what it cost to train her? how the heck...

  3. Sad story 480-pound woman dies after six years on couch

    jeepgirl replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, we are. anyway... i'm debating if i should even answer, as it looks like someone wants to get into a pissing match. but, since she is awaiting my reply, here goes. title: adaptive reduction in...

  4. Sad story 480-pound woman dies after six years on couch

    jeepgirl replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    there's a ton of evidence to suggest that it is NOT a myth. i'll dig up some stuff later, as I don't have time right now... but you're not even taking into account different metabolic disorders that...

  5. Sad story 480-pound woman dies after six years on couch

    jeepgirl replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    i've noticed the OP posting to specifically get information from nurses on how they feel about the overweight... for example, the thread about nurses not caring for the overweight when they have...

  6. Sad story 480-pound woman dies after six years on couch

    jeepgirl replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    this woman probably actually had extremely poor nutrition. it seems like people who are that size do... i've helped take care of 3 of them... people who were so big they were immobile. their labs...

  7. flex clinicals?

    jeepgirl replied to cnelle101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you have to be flexible... our program, we had people driving 60-90 miles to get to the clinical sites by

  8. What are my chances as an alternate?

    jeepgirl replied to athena77's topic in General Nursing

    we had 5 of our 15 alternates got in... they all made it through to the end. just make sure you contact the school and check... the school never bothered to contact our alternates, they all had to...

  9. Are there LPN's in your PICU?

    jeepgirl replied to Chevelle's topic in General Nursing

    if it was on MSNBC, i think i saw that one too, and I think that they said that LPN had been one for years. i remember thinking the same thing... 'lpn in picu?' i think it depends on the LPN and how...

  10. online BSN degree without clinicals

    jeepgirl replied to temarey's topic in General Nursing

    loli just graduated from my ADN this spring. i wouldn't want to go back to those clinicals again... ever!!!! we did two twelve hour days a week, plus a prep day. Anyway, to the comment about people...

  11. New Grad in L&D

    jeepgirl replied to orchid's topic in First Year After Licensure

    its very hard to be in a fast paced, high risk area like L&D... anything and everything can go wrong. plus, ob nurses are a different breed... pure and simple. one of our docs said this "if a...

  12. To all you grads

    jeepgirl replied to PCGrad06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i thought that acid/base balances and electrolytes were rough. i found that it was pure memorization for

  13. "How old are you?"

    jeepgirl replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 20, and I just passed the NCLEX RN in june. I work in peds... with nurses that are all in their forties and have been nursing for longer than i've been alive. whats worse, is i was one of their...

  14. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    jeepgirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    thats a known and common risk! thats why they don't let CNA's do it... and thats why an RN needs to... he/she should know the s&s of that happening! if someone has been having to be "dug out" for...

  15. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    jeepgirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    ugh! you could make these people code if you let a CNA do it!!!!! i mean, some CNA's wouldn't even know what was going on if their pt vageled

  16. Mommies of pre-schoolers, need your advice

    jeepgirl replied to WickedRedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi everybody... I'm a new GN, so I kind of know what you're going through. I went back to school when I was seventeen and my baby was 5 weeks old. So, she's not used to me not being in school! She's...

  17. New Nurse Needs Shoes

    jeepgirl replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    oh dear... you have to try these shoes! they are totally worth the investment. www.zcoil.com they are the best shoes EVER! i don't hurt at all... i used to wear Ryka's, and I switched to these......

  18. pinning ceremony question

    jeepgirl replied to cherrock's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i had my mom, who is an RN and has been for over 20 years, pin me. I agree that it should be an RN who pins... do we wear our pins? i see some people who do... but i have lost mine... did the day...

  19. How long to keep baby in nursery??????

    jeepgirl replied to cokegal19's topic in Pediatric

    or was baby's temp low? might have had to go under the heaters a

  20. What is it really like to be a new graduate nurse????

    jeepgirl replied to profjanmc's topic in General Nursing

    it really really sucks. reality shock at it's

  21. Design the Ideal Nurse

    jeepgirl replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    oh, darn. i always figured you were also a master debater as well.

  22. Design the Ideal Nurse

    jeepgirl replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    well, yeah they answer to others! thats why the ADN programs are three years! they cut out all the crap that an RN doesn't really need and added in stuff that they do. i mean, i think could have...

  23. Design the Ideal Nurse

    jeepgirl replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure some school, somewhere, advertises it that way, but not all do... most just say BSN or ADN.Most BSN people take four years per the plan of study. if they changed their major a couple times,...

  24. Design the Ideal Nurse

    jeepgirl replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    you have to have your year of pre-reqs (full time, usually three semesters) done before you can apply to the nursing program... then it is two years in the clinical major, straight through, full time....

  25. This article disturbs me

    jeepgirl replied to TexasPoodleMix's topic in General Nursing

    i think that depends on the state and program. in OK, you can take it after you've had your med surg and ob... that was semester three in my program. some programs do OB throughout, but we had a full...