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  1. Any one else applying right now

    Java_Wench replied to canut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yep...I'm with ya! I just dropped my application off a couple days ago (for Fall 2012). Supposed to hear something by mid-march. It's going to be a long wait since I'm already freaking out! lol...

  2. Mom & Student

    Java_Wench replied to Isaacsmom09's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi there! I'm a student now, and have just applied to hopefully begin the ADN program in the fall. I've got a 22 month old daughter. It's taken my awhile to get a routine down, but I have to say...

  3. Good shoes for fused ankle?

    Java_Wench posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hello Nurses! I'm a student at the moment, but I've been thinking about all the things I will need someday, and shoes are on that list. I have a surgically fused ankle and shoes can be tricky things...

  4. A vent thread for patients- what can we do better?

    Java_Wench replied to canoehead's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not a nurse, though I hope to be. I'm only a student at the moment. I have had multiple surgeries (7 of them from a tri-malleolar fracture of the ankle/leg...a gift that just kept on giving)....

  5. Diapers. Ice. Excuses.

    Java_Wench replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    Wow. I would have died of embarrassment, had it been my family. I have a 15 month old, and we do not leave the house without the "diaper bag of doom" which contains diapers, wipes, desitin, yogurt,...

  6. Can I work as a nurse after Tibiotalar arthrodesis, anyone?

    Java_Wench posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! I'm a student with a question for anyone with experience in this. I had my ankle fused a few years ago, and while at my last job I was routinely on my feet 8-12 hours a day with little to...

  7. NPO/clear liquid status during labor - evidenced-based?

    Java_Wench replied to ischialspines's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not a nurse yet. But I wanted to chime in here because I had my first child a year ago. At my 40 week check, they discovered that my amniotic fluid was really low, so I was admitted into the...

  8. Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    Java_Wench replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mine came from working in a coffee house. One of my regular customers would always come up to the counter for a refill and yell "Wench! More Java!" , and it became my nickname. I've been using it...

  9. Question for OR nurses, regarding standing up for yourself.

    Java_Wench posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello all, I'm sort of new to these forums. I'm going back to school (I'm 38yo) for nursing, and I've been feverishly reading these forums, all of 'em...to see what area of nursing I might fit best...

  10. im selfish? hmmm

    Java_Wench replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pfft. That's just ridiculous. I'm 38 years old. Never planned on having children. Not a fan of children (they always seem sticky, and I have an almost phobic aversion to stickiness). Well, at 36...

  11. Opinion on job while a student?

    Java_Wench posted a topic in General Students

    Hello Nurses! I had a question and I'm looking for ideas/opinions. I'm a pre-nursing student at the moment, and also unemployed (I was a business owner until the economy took me out last year)....

  12. Opinion on job while a student?

    Java_Wench replied to Java_Wench's topic in General Students

    Thank you for your replies! I've done some research and most if not all tech jobs here require CNA. However, I did apply tonight for a unit secretary job at the hospital I'd like to go on to work in...

  13. Supervisor upset because I have another job!

    Java_Wench replied to BABYJADE06's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not a nurse yet, however I owned a business. What your supervisor has done is completely out of line and immature. People change jobs. People get second jobs. I lost and gained several...

  14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Java_Wench replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's taken me almost four days, but I've read this entire thread. And I feel so much better. I'm not a nurse. Hell, I'm just a pre-nursing student at this point. But I feel better because having...

  15. Question from left field

    Java_Wench posted a topic in Operating Room

    I know that most if not all OR nurses wear scrubs issued by the hospital while in surgery, but what do you wear if you're not in the OR? Say you're on a break or lunch or something, do you wear the...

  16. Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    Java_Wench replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From a patient's POV, sometimes those terms of endearment are actually nice to hear coming from a nurse. When I had my first surgery at 17 and was a nervous wreck, the nurse who took me from pre-op...

  17. Question from left field

    Java_Wench replied to Java_Wench's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah, that was one reason I asked. I know several of them work in the ICU or med/surg. I don't think any of the ones that came into my shop worked in the OR. I know that most ORs provide scrubs and...

  18. L&D Nurses...a comment and a question.

    Java_Wench posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi There, I'm new to these forums, but I wanted to take a moment to say something to the L&D Nurses. :) I'm a 38 year old mother of a 1 year old little girl, and I'm going back to school in June...

  19. What is your MYERS BRIGGS personality, and what area of nursing are you going into?

    Java_Wench replied to cdrcan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm an INFP...and until I saw this thread I was really questioning whether or not I'd do okay in nursing, personality-wise because I am a pretty severe introvert at times. Now I feel better! :) I'm...

  20. Question from left field

    Java_Wench replied to Java_Wench's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for your answers! I know it's probably a rather stupid and silly question, given the serious nature of the job...but hey, you don't know if you don't ask, right?

  21. Question for OR nurses, regarding standing up for yourself.

    Java_Wench replied to Java_Wench's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks very much for the advice! I guess you just figure out your own way to handle it as you go.

  22. Statements taken completely out of context...and are FUNNY!

    Java_Wench replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Operating Room

    I know this thread has been here awhile...but I just had to comment. I've had several surgeries on my ankle for a trimalleolar fracture (ORIF, harware removal, scope and finally tibiotalar fusion),...

  23. 15 posts rule?

    Java_Wench replied to CareRx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh good.....that gives me so much to look forward too. Should I schedule my eye exams now for the next several years in advance to just save time? Squinting at the screen at 3am is taking a

  24. D/F Repeat rule for pre-nursing classes?!

    Java_Wench replied to MrsMcD614's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not sure if this will help you feel better, but maybe it will. We seem to have had a very similar life. I did well at college my first year, and then being an idiot I decided drinking was more...

  25. Pre-Req GPA for Entrance..

    Java_Wench replied to MusicEMT's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I haven't yet applied to nursing school, just doing my pre-reqs atm, but our school requires a minimum 2.75 GPA and B's in A&P I&II for acceptance into the ADN program. Right now, I've got a...