jena5111

jena5111 ASN, RN

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  1. Meeting patient the day before clinical

    jena5111 replied to augurey's topic in General Students

    I agree with you, because first and part of second semester I had to meet my patients the night before without supervision from a clinical instructor. I felt super-awkward in my business casual...

  2. What does your school have you wear to the Pinning Ceremony?

    jena5111 replied to KathyVandy's topic in General Students

    I graduate in December. We have a pinning ceremony that's separate from the general college graduation ceremony. I'm pretty sure we just wear nice clothing under our white lab coats (which most of us...

  3. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    jena5111 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Reply to Flying Scot (I'm sorry; I forgot to use the quote function) about whether our instructors are on the unit: They are on the unit! I don't think my program (nor the hospital) would allow us...

  4. In my first semester and want another baby

    jena5111 replied to TiffanyMcNurse2b's topic in General Students

    I firmly believe that each woman needs to decide what's best for HER. As a just-turned 36-year-old, I will graduate from nursing school in December. I have no children. Heck, I didn't even meet the...

  5. Is it okay to have snacks in my pockets for clinical?

    jena5111 replied to NotAllThoseWhoWander's topic in General Students

    When you start clinical, you'll soon realize that being in patient care areas can be a good appetite suppressant, haha! You won't want to eat ANYTHING that's been on/near your person. Promise. I bring...

  6. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    jena5111 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    As a final-semester nursing student completing her last clinical rotation on an adult cardiac/tele floor... Can I just say THANK YOU to the RNs I've worked with this past month? They sure don't get...

  7. 9/5 What I learned this week.....

    jena5111 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I watched Grey's religiously until Season 4. Seasons 1-3 = SUCH GOOD TV. Great stories, great couples, great music. And then...we had deaths. Ghosts. New, lame characters. Ugh. I've intermittently...

  8. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone! This is NOT a homework help question--it's just something I've been thinking about since our lecture on respiratory failure this morning. My teacher's lecture slides indicate that high...

  9. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    Thank you, icuRNmaggie! I honestly didn't expect this level of support when I started the thread. I appreciate your thought and effort here. It's very gratifying. I will put this information to use...

  10. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    Wow, GrnTea, thank you for the thoughtful response! I was a bit delayed in getting back to AN, having just completed the first clinical day of my LAST semester of nursing school (yay!)--and I can't...

  11. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    Haha, I hear you! At this point, I'm not totally sure what my "scope of practice" will be on my specialty days. I'll ask my instructor about it when the time comes--we're about a month out right now....

  12. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    Thank you, ICU RN Maggie, for taking the time to answer my question. I am so interested in finding out all possible scenarios for high CO and other cardiac issues. I'm humbled by how much the nurse...

  13. High Cardiac Output State--Examples?

    jena5111 replied to jena5111's topic in General Students

    Rose_Queen, thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question! In my faulty thinking, I equated an alteration in CO strictly with cardiac dysfunction. Clearly I was wrong. Thank you for...

  14. Seeing the Light

    jena5111 replied to NurseGirl525's topic in General Students

    Lady, you've got this. Really, you do. Hard circumstances aside--get this thing done. I've read some of your posts, and you seem like a levelheaded, reasonable, hard-working person. Given those...

  15. I'm upset and feel very disrespected.

    jena5111 replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Students

    Students are NOT customers. Sorry, they're not. A student enters into a different relationship with the educational institution than customers with a retail store, for example. Students need to...

  16. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    jena5111 replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    And I'm so thankful that you do! Thank you! I had the reputed "meanie" CI during my second NS semester...and I learned more than I ever thought possible. Meeting/exceeding her high standards for...

  17. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    jena5111 replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    I understand the OP's frustration but...as a nursing student myself, I don't consider shadowing my nurse a waste of time. It's still a learning experience. And I'm in that hospital to learn! When I'm...

  18. Nursing Students - How often do you complain to your significant other?

    jena5111 replied to 757RN's topic in General Students

    Agreed. I have had maybe 3 or four "call the fiance and stress" days in my entire program, and I'm almost done with nursing school. I run my favorite trail, or read non-nursing stuff, cook a new...

  19. The aggravation of it all

    jena5111 replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    Just because an instructor tells you to purchase the most recent edition of a text does NOT mean you MUST do so. I graduate from nursing school in December without EVER having purchased the most...

  20. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    jena5111 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    This--the part about difficult patients. I am a mere student nurse but...whenever I hear about a "difficult" patient in report, I'll be darned if I can't establish a rapport with him/her and implement...

  21. Nursing Students - How often do you complain to your significant other?

    jena5111 replied to 757RN's topic in General Students

    Agreed. My fiance is super-supportive and so proud that I'm becoming a nurse in five months (gotta pass that NCLEX after December graduation, haha). But he works in a TOTALLY unrelated field and...

  22. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    jena5111 replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    This. Also, wearing your stethoscope around your neck is a safety hazard in the hospital setting. Anyone can grab it and turn it into a ligature of sorts. My clinical instructors (I'm in my final...

  23. Overweight

    jena5111 replied to MCNERRA's topic in Health, Stress Management

    We lived with my future mother-in-law for the past year so I could get over the hump in my nursing program (work less, save $$). She would cook dinner for us every weekend--heavy meat-and-potatoes...

  24. New Nurse ... not distinguishing myself as brilliant

    jena5111 replied to SilverSister's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe Protonix isn't a high-risk med but...it shouldn't be "luck" that a nurse checks a hospital-approved drug reference before ANY medication administration. Especially if you're unfamiliar with the...

  25. clinicals

    jena5111 replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Wow, what a thread! In my first semester clinical group, we ate lunch together, along with our CI, at a prescribed time. Honestly I was relieved because it was...first semester and I felt overwhelmed...