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  1. Advice for new clinic job

    jen42 posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hello all! I just accepted a position as an RN in a clinic for low-income families. I'm very excited! I've worked in a school setting, and a correctional setting, but never in an office. On the...

  2. Been a nurse for 5 years... now 2 med errors in one week. Help.

    jen42 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am a wreck, and feeling pretty wretched. I'm in my last week of a job in an outpatient clinic, administering injectable meds (doing other things too, but this is what I screwed up on.) My first...

  3. AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!!(i.e.head lice)

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    Well, I knew it was coming... I've never seen anything move so fast as those little suckers diving in and out of that little girl's hair, squirming, running.... ew. Her father brought her back in the...

  4. What do you do during the holidays and summers?

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    Hey guys! I'm thinking of taking a school nurse job. But I'm not sure what I would do to earn my living during holidays and summers! I don't have that much hospital experience... right now I work in a...

  5. *sigh* Mono.

    jen42 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have mono. (Aren't I too old for mono?) I also start a new job on Monday. I've had mono for about three weeks (was misdiagnosed for the first two) and can do nice things like swallow, stay awake,...

  6. My 3 year old has MRSA!

    jen42 replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    This past year I worked both as a school and a jail nurse. At the jail, treated many, many MRSA abscesses. Then one morning a 7-year-old walked in complaining of a "sore" on his back. Pulled up his...

  7. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    jen42 replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work nights. I rarely could sleep for just a little bit, and not wake up feeling worse. However, some nurses who were having a slow night would put their heads down for a bit, with their...

  8. Do Nurses Need Chemistry Education?

    jen42 replied to Dr. O's topic in General Nursing

    I got a biology degree before I went to nursing school... and got almost 2 years of organic and inorganic chemistry. I use it often. We are chemical creatures, and if our chemistry gets out of whack,...

  9. Scary story!

    jen42 posted a topic in Correctional

    I do agency work at a jail to supplement my school nurse salary. (Weird, I know.) I'd been thinking about doing some shifts at a nearby prison. Mentioned this to another agency nurse, who used to be...

  10. Missed a fractured arm?

    jen42 posted a topic in School

    I just talked to a girl with her arm in a sling. I saw her on Wednesday after she fell off the monkey bars. She was calm, didn't seem to be in much pain. Said her arm hurt- it wasn't swollen and she...

  11. Anybody work at, or heard anything about, these hospitals?

    jen42 posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Stevens Hospital, Edmonds Northwest Hospital, Seattle Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt Vernon Valley General Hospital, Monroe Providence Hospital, Everett (a more well-known one) Evergreen Hospital,...

  12. Corrections Vs. Psych Institution for the Criminally Insane

    jen42 replied to Sheri257's topic in Correctional

    Heck, I worked in a residential locked psych facility for teens- not criminally insane, just mental health diagnoses- and got assaulted all the time. I work in a jail for a few shifts a month, and I'd...

  13. Oddest things found in a patient!

    jen42 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was working in a teenage psych home... a girl told me her ear hurt. As I approached it with the otoscope, this blue glow began emanating from her ear canal... all I could think was, "aliens?" No,...

  14. Chicken or the Egg?

    jen42 replied to LucyGoosey's topic in School

    Our school seems to have a policy somewhat in between. If there are live bugs in the hair- the kids stays home. If there were nits, and the kid still has two or three, but the parents are...

  15. HELP! Class assignment needs to be completed

    jen42 replied to Bluejay2002's topic in Correctional

    I work in a jail. 1. 4 hours of classroom, 4 shifts of orientation (I'm agency.) 2. What self-defense course? 3. I won't know until I am, and I doubt I ever will be. 4. Nope- had some unconscious...

  16. How would you have handled this?

    jen42 replied to radoncrn's topic in School

    Jeez. Even if the candy *had* come out I would have had his parents pick him up, because I'd imagine he was scared and traumatized! If it hadn't... definitely wouldn't put him on the

  17. Staff nurse hoping to get manager's perspective...

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Nurse Management

    Quick Update- Did a lot of job shadowing, and my experience in L&D was amazing. I loved the hospital, the nurses, and the experience from beginning to end- actually quite a hard labor, but it...

  18. Staff nurse hoping to get manager's perspective...

    jen42 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Hi guys. I hope you don't mind me posting in your forum, but I wanted to get a manager's opinion on my situation. I graduated in '04 and went straight into a bone marrow transplant job. After six-...

  19. Nurses who haven't been doing acute care

    jen42 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I was speaking to somebody (a manager) who said she would rather hire a new grad than a nurse who has not been working in a hospital for a few years. Is this the usual

  20. What do you wear at work...?

    jen42 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Street clothes, no jeans. No nametag. It's a small school, so the kids know who I

  21. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    jen42 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I think psych nurses are real nurses... but of course I've worked as one. :) There *is* less technical skill involved than many areas. But nursing isn't just technical skills, we're not

  22. Nurses who haven't been doing acute care

    jen42 replied to jen42's topic in Nursing Career

    Jeez! Well, I hope *somebody* will hire

  23. Help - Suspended

    jen42 replied to AnnetteER's topic in Nurse Management

    Do you belong to a union? If so, call them up. They would be able to help you sort through all this. You don't lose your license as a result of being fired. A friend of mine got fired because she...

  24. ANGRY! Forced to work??

    jen42 replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    That's ridiculous. What if you were a single mom and didn't have childcare? Are you supposed to leave them with the man next

  25. Im sorry, but light stomachs please do not read!

    jen42 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    Well, as a school nurse, here's my take... As far as diseases, I wouldn't worry too much (I know it's hard). Urine is usually sterile. Gonorrhea can be passed on in it, and you can get gonorrhea of...