Jenni811

Jenni811 RN

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  1. Working with student nurses

    Jenni811 replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    i have a student i've been working with once a week. She is very helpful actually. I like it when their instructors do their medications with them. In the time it takes them to do ONE of my patients...

  2. Should i be a nurse?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    isn't halloween tomorrow? because i haven't had any trick or treaters

  3. help finding unremoveable bracelet for patients

    Jenni811 replied to Heatherxo's topic in General Nursing

    We just put it around their ankles If they are confused enough, 99.9% of the time they won't know it is even there. the other .01% of the time, they are unable to reach it because they are 1) in...

  4. Should i be a nurse?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    haha true true. I like reading the responses though

  5. Should i be a nurse?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    haha its ok, it was great to read :) sometimes i think people just read the question, and not what i said and just reply! yup...it was a joke!! I'm already a nurse, so therefore i'm stuck!! eeek. yea,...

  6. Should i be a nurse?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  7. How would you respond to this??

    Jenni811 replied to nurse678's topic in General Nursing

    My fiance once asked why i had to go to school for 5 years "to give medications" and LPN's get it done in a year. he was like "Isnt that the same thing? Why would you go for 5 years to learn that when...

  8. 24/7 Video Cameras in ICU rooms

    Jenni811 replied to umcRN's topic in Critical Care

    we have video cameras in our unit and patient rooms. They are NEVER turned on, unless their telemetry shows some cardiac event. Then it turns on and records. Patients always ask about them and have...

  9. Number of patients you care for?

    Jenni811 replied to winter_green's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    med/surg Tele unit. Patient ratio. 1:4 on days and 1:5 on nights, sometimes

  10. Advice needed...how to survive the night shift commute...literally.

    Jenni811 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have to drive 45 minutes home. I work nights and get sleepy while driving. The way i see it is i would feel worse if i hurt or killed someone else on the road. whenever i work nights, i get 3 days...

  11. Chest tube policy at your hospital?

    Jenni811 replied to JuliaC~RN~'s topic in General Nursing

    i've never had any CT of mine get pulled out at all, or even a little. keep in mind the tubes are very long!!! i've never measured how much is actually inside the chest, but its long. our surgeons...

  12. Has anyone done this?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

  13. Has anyone done this?

    Jenni811 posted a topic in General Nursing

    this past friday i had an elderly patient that came in with COPD exacerbation. Palliative care was being consulted with the patient and his family. We try to get nurses involved in the consults so we...

  14. Has anyone done this?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, i thought of infection control issues with it. But we clean before and after very

  15. Has anyone done this?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    He asked his family to go buy him one. He was like "Get that $10 out of my wallet and go get me one of these things" Yup, $10 will for sure do the

  16. Your Most AWKWARD Nursing Moment

    Jenni811 replied to Mully's topic in General Nursing

    I am a young nurse. Im only 23 years old, and i look like im about 16 years old. Almost every patient or family member says something about it. "I have to ask. how old are you? because i know how long...

  17. Has anyone done this?

    Jenni811 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    He LOVES it! he told me it was better than the "silly hearing aid because it doesn't need

  18. Nursing Superstitions?

    Jenni811 replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Nursing Humor

    Anytime i am up for an admission, i always get the detox or "mental status change" patients. 99.9% of the time this is the case..... therefore,when im up for admission, i mentally prepare myself. get...

  19. Is it me or is hiring at Kaiser Permanente a joke?

    Jenni811 replied to MsBlissful's topic in Nursing Career

    When i got my job last year, i interviewed....it went very well ( i interviewed with 4 and one of the managers showed up late and had to leave early. she was actually the one that hired me). Anyway, i...

  20. You really think nurses make alot of money? Let me give you something to think about

    Jenni811 replied to diosa78's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, i think we are underpaid...however i do think it works out in other ways. i get dirt cheap health insurance, especially since i am healthy i get a "discount" i guess you could call it...

  21. Teacher's aides emptying/changing colostomy bag - safe? reasonable?

    Jenni811 replied to systoly's topic in General Nursing

    Shouldn't this be the responsibility of the school

  22. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    Jenni811 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I came on yesterday night and ran into one of my coworkers on the way up in the elevator. She had been working the day shift, i was on for nights. She had a pair of wrist restraints in her hands. my...

  23. Loans, loans and more loans

    Jenni811 replied to Jennyfour's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear, im in the same exact situation!! im 23, just graduated with a butt load of loans. I consolidated my loans and payed off the interest right away. So the money i made from like June-October...

  24. Are we trapped by our nursing degrees? Is nursing worth it?

    Jenni811 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    Do i like nursing? Of course!!! i'm extremely happy with my degree. And the respect i get when i say "i am a nurse" is unbelievable. We all know "the look" when we tell someone we are a nurse. Not...

  25. How to answer this interview question....

    Jenni811 replied to alby_dangle's topic in General Nursing

    Throw something really cheesy in there, but not too cheesy where it looks like you are trying too hard. For example, my manager LOVED it when i wrote in my essay on dementia care "They may not...