Jay-Jay RN

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   How do I walk back into a room

   Jay-Jay replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

   I lost my father, my husband and my mother all within 10 months of each other. The hardest part of the whole thing were the 'might-have-been's' that I still beat myself up with. What if I had pushed...
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   Tips & advice for the Nursing Exam in Quebec

   Jay-Jay replied to Teachchildren123's topic in International Nursing

   Conny, you can ask general questions about what type of things to expect, but posters are not allowed to post actual questions. Nor are you allowed to ask other posters to buy/sell their exam prep...
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   US citizen giving birth in Canada

   Jay-Jay replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Canada

   Since MM seems to have lost interest in this thread, I am going to close it down again. If she wants it re-opened, she can PM me or another moderator. I think everything that needs to be said has...
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   US citizen giving birth in Canada

   Jay-Jay replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Canada

   Okay, re-opening thread. Please, please avoid personal attacks. Motorcycle Mama, many excellent suggestions have been given here. To summarize: 1) There are jobs you can still do with your sciatica...
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   Target of clinical instructor's venom HELP!!!

   Jay-Jay replied to nrstob08's topic in General Nursing

   Hurray for you, earle, for having the guts to do that! Most of the students in my class were too gutless to even complain! I once thought I had 3 other students who were going to back me up when I...
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   US citizen giving birth in Canada

   Jay-Jay replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Canada

   Locking thread for a cooling-off
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   Target of clinical instructor's venom HELP!!!

   Jay-Jay replied to nrstob08's topic in General Nursing

   Sue, that SUCKS TO NO END that she would do that! As a nurse with advanced training in palliative care, I know you were definitely in the right there, wanting the pain control to take priority!...
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   Telephone Orders- Perplexed in MA!

   Jay-Jay replied to kathybMA's topic in General Nursing

   I certainly do not feel this is a safe practise. If you didn't personally take the order, you have no business signing your name to it. Just think of the consequences if the transcriber made a...
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   Target of clinical instructor's venom HELP!!!

   Jay-Jay replied to nrstob08's topic in General Nursing

   I came into nursing following a career as a teacher, and one of my clinical instructors was just terrible. I complained to the 2nd year supervisor about her, and got nowhere. I then went to the...
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    US citizen giving birth in Canada

    Jay-Jay replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Canada

    Motorcycle Mama, have you thought of possibly doing Telehealth? You might want to check that out. And if sitting for long periods aggravates the sciatica, it is possible to get wireless hands-free...
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    Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    Jay-Jay replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll echo what other have said: sorry to hear about your patient, DutchGirl, but WOW, has this thread been an education! Did it take an autopsy to discover the pancreatitis? Shows that even doctors...
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    Tips & advice for the Nursing Exam in Quebec

    Jay-Jay replied to Teachchildren123's topic in International Nursing

    Sorry, connyrn, advertising/solicitation is not allowed on this site. :welcome: and best of luck with the
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    Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    Jay-Jay replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    Burnout, please, the OP has asked SEVERAL times that we not bash her for smoking. That is NOT the issue here. And nurses who work at this facility ARE allowed to smoke on the grounds. It's just the...
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    Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    Jay-Jay replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    Could we stick to the original issue, please, and steer clear of any personal attacks? I don't want Marie's post about the life of this thread to be a self-fulfilling
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    Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    Jay-Jay replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    misstaz, I'd just like to point out something that has been repeated by several different posters, and which you don't seem to have picked up on yet. I think it's really important that you understand...