JillR

JillR

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  1. pregnant minor

    JillR replied to lexffs's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Whether an adult or adolescent, the patient has a right to confidentiality regarding her pregnancy status and sexual history and health. I dealt with this in the ER once. A mother brought her...

  2. Fighting Among Nurses

    JillR replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with chile in the fact that I know that I have sadi things here that I would read the next day and wish I would not have said that, mostly it is that I wish I would not have said it the way I...

  3. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just got done discussing this with my husband who has no medical and/or nursing background and his take on this is interesting. he states that regarding the conscious sedation issue, we should...

  4. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just got done discussing this with my husband who has no medical and/or nursing background and his take on this is interesting. he states that regarding the conscious sedation issue, we should...

  5. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have two things to say here. First I had an endoscopy doen recently and they gave me Demeral and Versed for the conscious sedation. Was it effective? I have no idea, I remember nothing of the...

  6. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have two things to say here. First I had an endoscopy doen recently and they gave me Demeral and Versed for the conscious sedation. Was it effective? I have no idea, I remember nothing of the...

  7. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Zee!!!! I love the projectile vomiting thing, I can not stop laughing. I think I will be using that in the future.

  8. Demerol, YUCK!

    JillR replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Zee!!!! I love the projectile vomiting thing, I can not stop laughing. I think I will be using that in the future.

  9. Generation Y

    JillR replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the people in this generation that I have worked with have been very hard working and thoughtful and some have not. I don't think it is fair to generalize about anyone, there are always...

  10. How Much Longer.......

    JillR replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    SLS, I have been reading your posts for a while now and it seems that they assignments you are given are humanly impossible to handle safely. It also sound like you are working in a very toxic...

  11. I have a question for all nursing home nurses.

    JillR replied to chili2641's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A CNA can increase their education, responsibilies and respect by becoming a LPN. A LPN can increase their education, resposibilities and respect by becoming a RN. The ADN can increase their...

  12. Truly sad- please read and consider

    JillR replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds Likes Sirens sounds like me a few months ago. If I am right, I do believe that SLS is new to nursing or at least has just returned to find that the realities of nursing is nothing like they...

  13. why the differences in required courses?

    JillR replied to Rhona's topic in General Nursing

    The school I attended required us to take a NLN pre-test. If we passed we could apply for the program, if not we had to take classes to refresh in either English, Math or Chem, when these were...

  14. Distance Learning?

    JillR replied to ncangel's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard nothing but horror stories about regents. I would be really careful and research it well before you commit to anything with them. I agree to go to Nursing Spectrum and ask the people...

  15. emt first?

    JillR replied to nannerbutt's topic in General Nursing

    I was and am an EMT and I absolutely LOVE it. If I could make a living at it, I would probably not have gone to school for nursing. I am glad that I did choose to make nursing my career, as it is a...

  16. new grad seeks advice

    JillR replied to GLW's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with Tim on this one. Do what you really want to do, be happy. It would be better to be a happy psych nurse than an unhappy me/surg or telemetry nurse, it serves the pts better

  17. Let's play I Remember When.....

    JillR replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    We also use the stainless steel bed pans and cantor tubes with mercury in them, I can't believe that we are even allowed to use this anymore, it is so unsafe. I would live to get my hospital in to...

  18. Retention ideas wanted (sorry long winded message)

    JillR replied to lisagh's topic in General Nursing

    And you have retention problems? Go figure. Anyway the only things I can think of that might be a problem, with me anyway, would be having to work all shifts. I don't particularily care what shif I...

  19. Do we get what we deserve?

    JillR replied to Redeye's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I do when I get the typical tough sh#% response. I just calmly tell them that I have now made them aware of the situation and will put my complaints in writing. It is amazing how extra...

  20. Bizarre stories - Believe it or not?

    JillR replied to p.rabbit's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a nursing story but when I was a little girl of maybe seven or eight my grandfather died. Soon after that I was woke from a dream and went to parents room to sleep with them. I was...

  21. Is it just me or all nurses??

    JillR replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my take on this. First we should not be expected to diagnose ourselves, that is what we are paying the doctor for. I don't think it is wise to diagnose ourselves because we cannot truly look...

  22. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    JillR replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    I do not work long term care, although our med/surg unit feels like it sometimes, oh heck, most of the time. Anyway, we were required to do a LTC preceptorship in school, were we worked with the RN,...

  23. Let's play I Remember When.....

    JillR replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great idea. However now I have a question. Why the sugar in a wound, what is the rationale for that, and the O2

  24. cpr requirements???

    JillR replied to jama's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, all people involved in patient care..Rn's, LPN's, CNA's, OT,PT, lab, medical imaging, tech's, are required to have their cpr certs. The hospital pays for this. Any other employee that...

  25. Do the squeamish survive?

    JillR replied to ArleneD's topic in Nursing Career

    I think we all have things we are squeemish about. Vomit drives me crazy, I have always and will probably always have a problem with it. Even with my children I retch the whole time I am cleaning it...