jtmarcy12

jtmarcy12 BSN, RN

Med-Surg, Oncology, Neurology, Rehab

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  1. Pain is whatever the patient says it is!! I feel we as nurses just cannot judge someone about their pain. I would work my unit and my patients would ask for pain medicine and I would see them lying in...
  2. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Hey sign me up NOW!!. If there is a med-surg unit that "just pass meds", someone please let me know I would love to work that unit!! That would be a piece of
  3. Which seems longer, this shift or this winter?

    Hi Brian: I know you may be shocked by me saying this but I love the cold. Maybe not so much the type of winters of sub-zero temperatures that much of the country is suffering from. But you can...
  4. Trouble understanding PPHN...

    Steve NNP thanks for clarifying, when using initials some may not be familar with it is good idea to state what ""PPHN is which is what you did. Thanks I was going to my books for the
  5. Driving an hour to school there and back

    OP I am glad you made that decision to go for your RN as most on this post suggested God Bless you as you travel back and forth! Two Years will go by
  6. Traveling in Sarasota/Brandenton area

    Low pay for CA nurses? where did you get that information from as I worked as a traveler in Ca and then became staff nurse. As a matter of fact I have met nurse managers who came to work the strike in...
  7. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired!- Medication Errors

    How is it possible that a different person got the wrong blood tranfusion when 2 nurses MUST verify the tranfusion? I'm sorry I am at a lost to even try and guess how that can happen when each nurse...
  8. Should I Accept this Job Offer?

    Now this all makes sense with the 'visa'
  9. Should I Accept this Job Offer?

    Sam the "impossible" I was speaking about is the fact that OP says it was impossible for her to get a car that is very possible even it she had very bad, credit getting a car is NOT impossible. But...
  10. Should I Accept this Job Offer?

    nothing is impossible with GOD!!!!! Just try and see what you can do and just
  11. Good Excuses for Missing Work

    I have
  12. How High Is the Demand For Male CNA's /LPN's/RN's?

    Hi John: I love your enthusiasm, but as another post replied I think most male cna's or rn's ARE treated as lift teams and any other heavy duty type work that is needed. I am guilty of this myself,...
  13. OP: So sorry to hear about your unfortunate situation with Kaiser. I too was a traveler but in CA I was At Summitt Medical Center. When they float you it is extremely difficult to have 5 patients...
  14. If the judge expunged your records, your records are history, no need to check "yes" to that question check "no". Best wishes to
  15. Background check & nursing- Help!! PLEASE?

    missarab: first of all, no one can influence you or make you do anything you do not want to do, that includes someone holding a gun to your head, ( you can do what the person says or choose to die)....
  16. Happy-- AMEN!!What sound
  17. Hanging It Up

    Viva I wish you all the best, you offer such encouragement. It is amazing that once we nurses are "used" up we are no longer viable "they" just throw us out to pasture, get another young nurse and...
  18. Quit nursing school after two months...

    What type of nursing school you attended that in the first 4 weeks you all began inserting NG tubes, IV's etc. What about fundamentals of nursing first? the basics. Anyway I would pursue what I enjoy,...
  19. YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS

    OP : when you round that off that should be 93% why is your school being so difficult? But best
  20. why so many negatives about nursing?

    ischel: I am so glad AN has helped you to realized you needed to start BSN from the very beginning. how fortunate that you had the wisdom to recognized that. Best wishes to you, I know you will do...
  21. why so many negatives about nursing?

    ESME12: Thank you for this informative and honest look at
  22. Nursing Entrepreneurs

    Thanks for the
  23. Hate being an RN

    OP: "giving up your seat when a doctor comes in the room" sounds like what happen to my dean when I was in nursing school in the 90's. That happened to her back in the 50's having to stand when...
  24. Driving an hour to school there and back

    OP: Tell him about others who also are currently driving and have driven to accomplished their goals, maybe that may make him feel better, best wishes to
  25. Jesus Keep Me: there is a saying by Iylant Vazant who said the bumble bee's body is so big and the wings is so small that it should not be able to fly, the only thing, no one told the bumble bee...