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  1. Am I waisting my time with associates degree?

    jones.rn replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely check on the time frame. If it takes longer to get your Bsn then go ahead and get your ADN so you can work while you go back to school and finish classes. That is what I am doing. I start...

  2. What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    jones.rn replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with the above post. Sitters are awesome. But don't be lazy, don't put the call light on every 15 minutes to ask a question. Please help your patient, the PCA has 20 other patients to take...

  3. How to go about saying thank you to your nurse?

    jones.rn replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha Orange Tree, so funny. Send a thank you to the nurse. Let someone in charge know how well you were taken care of. Congratulations on your new cutie

  4. God, my feet hurt!

    jones.rn replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like plantar

  5. Am I a victim of discrimination or being too sensitive?

    jones.rn replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are not a minority at work- 60-70% of staff is Filipino. I think only a language that very one can understand should be used during direct patient care. I was doing shift report...

  6. Want to be a Med-Surg Nurse

    jones.rn replied to newyorkgroove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You have to work a minimum of two years to become

  7. Hourly rounding logs

    jones.rn replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At my facility each nurse and tech must sign up for an hour that you will go to each patient on the floor, check on them, and see if they need anything. in theory we are even supposed to provide pain...

  8. First Clinical Tomorrow in Oncology... Any Tips?

    jones.rn replied to StephPR's topic in Oncology

    Be prepared for a lot of loose stool... :) Ok, now to be helpful. Since you won't be administering Chemo (obviously) be prepared to administer a lot of pain medication, phenergan, zofran, etc....

  9. Proper Skin DX

    jones.rn replied to txdon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is she a wound specialist? Because she may be

  10. How to tell your mom it may be time to stop chemo?

    jones.rn replied to cowspotzchic's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorRy that you are losing your mom. I'm an oncology nurse, so is my mom, and I think it would be very hard on both of us to get a cancer diagnosis. Remind your mom and maybe yourself that...

  11. New grad applicant - being asked for too much info!

    jones.rn replied to new_grad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know it's frustrating trying to get hired as a new rn. It took me about 8 months. But honestly I think if you want to be considered you should fill out the info thoroughly. It shows that you are...

  12. How fast did you find your first job?

    jones.rn replied to casnee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated July of 2010. Got married in August and moved to FL. I just got hired at a hospital in March. It was depressing to have to wait so long. I worked private care in between

  13. Can a grad nurse get a prn position?

    jones.rn replied to lillystarrn's topic in General Nursing

    I just got my first job at a hospital a month ago. They hired prn but are advancing me to full time. I work 36 hours a week already. I HAD to get my foot in the door as hospitals are not really...

  14. I'm so stressed, I want to give up nursing...

    jones.rn replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering why anyone would order a Doppler study to rule out edema? I thought that was always an objective assessment. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I am a fairly new