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  1. Forcing meds

    jen42 replied to GreenWitch's topic in School

    Eek, 90-100 students a day?? I think if you have had the parents sign a sheet saying that it is the student's responsibility to come get their meds, and the students repeatedly aren't, call the...

  2. Anyone know Camp Lohikan?

    jen42 replied to Nursecathy123ca's topic in Camp

    Wow... what a flashback... my best friend in elementary school went to Camp Lohikan. She got to kiss a boy for the first time but also was made fun of for having frizzy hair. TOTALLY unrelated, I just...

  3. Possible Nurse Drop Out

    jen42 replied to LPN2006STU's topic in School

    I did a very different program (RN/BSN) so I'm not familiar with LPN programs. BUT no, all the gossip, backbiting, and cruelty is not how it's supposed to be. However, if it's only 7 more months......

  4. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    jen42 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You can also teach the patients to ask. I worked in a bone marrow transplant unit where the WBC counts went down to zero. We washed our hands before and after leaving patient rooms. But we also told...

  5. Is agency nursing only home health care?

    jen42 replied to Janinern84's topic in Agency Nurses

    I do correctional nursing per diem with Medical Staffing Network. The pay is amazing. I think you can get agency work in pretty much any area of nursing, perhaps except for school nursing, and there...

  6. sex education in school

    jen42 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in School

    I'm an elementary school nurse and I teach sex ed at a junior high. In our district, parents have to review the planned curriculum, and then if they like they can "opt out" their kids. Very few do. We...

  7. Why are nursing instructors mean?

    jen42 replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Students

    It depends what you mean by "mean." But my nursing instructors were some of the kindest, most knowledgeable people I've ever met. I think information grows by rumor- one intructor telling a student...

  8. My first 2 weeks

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I remember my friend saying "School nursing should be easy!" Not quite. It's easier than other jobs in some ways- nobody dies (thank God), I don't get assaulted by anybody, and I'm very independent,...

  9. Was I wrong to call in sick?

    jen42 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    My first job out of school was at a Bone Marrow Transplant unit... these people had NO immune system. Many employees who came in and sniffled once were sent right home. I get annoyed when retailers...

  10. My first 2 weeks

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in School

    Perhaps I should amend that... I used to work in bone marrow transplant, then in teenage psych. So, LOTS fewer will die than in BMT, and I will get assaulted a lot less than teenage psych! (And...

  11. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    jen42 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Totally random question... I was doing this yoga video, and in the beginning it said that menstruating women shouldn't do inverted poses. I can't figure it out. It's not like I have a hole on the top...

  12. Hooorayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I just got a school nurse job! I am so happy. I've been working in teenage psych for a while (and complained about it here for a bit) and while it will hurt to leave the kids there, I'm just so...

  13. Hooorayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in School

    I live in Washington... and I talked to one woman, who referred me to another woman, to referred me to another woman, and then I didn't get a job because I wasn't in the district already, and then I...

  14. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    jen42 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    eek! that would make me want to stay in a coma! oh, well, different

  15. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    jen42 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Never worked in ER, except for in nursing school (which wasn't technically "working") and greatly admire those who do. However, my dad collapsed and was taken to an ER in CT from an educational...

  16. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    "Those who prolong their periods for more than fifteen days" What, people do this on

  17. Why I need a new job

    jen42 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So just to vent- I work at a kid's psych facility. last night a kid broke through our windows into the back, trashed the main office and started a small chemical fire by throwing detergent onto a...

  18. Why I need a new job

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    He he,thanks guys. It's funny, because one of the things I'm considering is correctional nursing. My mother is worried it won't be safe!

  19. Where are school nursing jobs?

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I cannot find one school nursing job listing in Seattle or surrounding areas! I am probably not looking in the right place. Where do I find

  20. When to tell my manager?

    jen42 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have decided that my job and I are not a good fit. I graduated in June... been working at this unit ever since and it's just not the kind of work I want to do. I told my manager I was thinking over...

  21. How does an atheist deal with death?

    jen42 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Well, I'm not truly atheist, more agnostic, but I don't really believe in the afterlife. I am a new grad starting oncology nursing, because I loved my oncology clinical very much, and the time I spent...

  22. Sigh. Messed up, not sure how big of a deal it is...

    jen42 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dear all: I posted a few months back because I was having crazy problems keeping up on my unit. Anyway, our nurses take 2 or 3 patients (it's bone marrow transplant, so they're pretty intensive), and...

  23. Med Errors

    jen42 replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    My God. Sorry, I'm a new nurse too. This is blowing my mind, some of it. I actually just made a med error, omitted a med and it got delivered late, luckily it wasn't too big of a deal. And of course I...

  24. How does an atheist deal with death?

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    After being on the unit and having a few patients die, I feel much better. They have all died free of pain as far as I could tell, peacefully, with their families around them. I really felt positive...

  25. Doesn't anyone want free labor anymore?

    jen42 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to find ways to volunteer in my community (Seattle) as an RN, and I'm finding it surprisingly hard. The jail, the needle exchange, and a public health clinic have already said they have no...