pipersjo

pipersjo ADN, BSN, MSN

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

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

    I had a patient that wanted help putting his member in the urinal and help moving his testicles-- nothing wrong with his hands or arms, he just wouldn't do it. I told him no, I will not move your...

  2. Can I get some input please?

    pipersjo posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am hating med/surg nursing. I dread going to work, I get violently ill, you name it. I have been a nurse for about 6 months and have started looking for a new job. I have worked at the hospital...

  3. Can I get some input please?

    pipersjo replied to pipersjo's topic in Nursing Career

    I hated all of my clinicals except OB so I am trying to get a position on an OB floor in another hospital. I really do not enjoy taking care of patients, but I am trying to switch around a little to...

  4. Question

    pipersjo replied to incublissRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I put in my app today at a different hospital and requested that they not contact my employer for the same reason (and more). They said that it was no problem and then off handedly mentioned that...

  5. Anyone call way after their shift to tell just one more thing? :)

    pipersjo replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do that all of the time!! I am trying to get a little better about it, but some nights (like last night!) I forget to tell them stuff. I didn't give any labs this morning in report.

  6. Moving to Cincy area early next year...small problem

    pipersjo posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi everybody, I haven't posted on here in a looonnnng time, but I find that I need some help now. I was trying to scope out the payscale at a few hospitals in the Cincinnati area and when I call,...

  7. Moving to Cincy area early next year...small problem

    pipersjo replied to pipersjo's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Thank you, it does help. At least I know I shouldn't take too much of a pay

  8. Moving to Morgantown

    pipersjo replied to neurorn73fl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Mike on this 1. I work at the same hospital that he does (1 floor above him as a matter of fact ) and I live right across the street from the hospital. Motown has it's fair share of drunken...

  9. ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor

    pipersjo replied to pipersjo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the replies. I am just so leary of anything that is not the NCLEX, telling me how I will do on the

  10. Army Reserve Nursing

    pipersjo replied to dfdsue's topic in Government, Military

    I am so glad you asked this question! I am curious about the Reserves. I am (hopefully) headed to the Reserves after I lose about 15 more pounds. Hopefully, I can get my medical waiver as well....

  11. did y ou all go to pinning ceremony?

    pipersjo replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not going to bother with graduation, but I will go to pinning. Governor Manchin is going to be speaking (at pinning), I just think that is so cool. My school is not a bad school or anything like...

  12. Frontier Midwifery School

    pipersjo replied to Khadijah2's topic in General Nursing

    We were actually discussing this very subject tonight! My question is, do you have to have L & D experience to get in? It is very difficult to get a job in the L & D unit in the hospital...

  13. Need a little help with something that has been bothering me

    pipersjo replied to medicrnohio's topic in General Nursing

    I completly understand where the OP is coming from. I am not even a nurse yet (I work in telemetry) and over the weekend had a patient DIE and no one else in the room noticed. I stepped out to grab...

  14. Having a boyfriend while in nursing school....

    pipersjo replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students

    My bf of 2.5 years and I broke up partially because of nursing school. Not that nursing school said that I had to break up with him (LOL!), but the time constraints were not so easy on us. He worked...

  15. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    pipersjo replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in northern WV and I am going to start at $20/hr with 10% for

  16. The fatting of America.

    pipersjo replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    We need disclaimer's when someone says something like this--I was taking a drink and almost blew it out my

  17. Hello SC Nurses!

    pipersjo posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello everyone, i graduate in may 2007(well, hopefully!) with my adn and my bf and i would like to relocate to sc. i really don't know anything about sc and was hoping that all of you could give me...

  18. Do PVCs count in HR?

    pipersjo replied to Megsd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Since I am a Cardiac Monitor Tech, I thought that I had to put in my . Not that I am going to be right or anything (I am rarely right, LOL!), but when I am interpreting my strips, I do not count the...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    pipersjo replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Bump, Bump, Bump:Santa3: :Holly2: (want to make sure this doesn't get lost---it's a great thread!!) Merry Christmas and Happy New

  20. What did nursing school do to you?

    pipersjo replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    What did nursing school do to me????? Hmmmm.... what didn't it do? I gained back almost half of the weight that I lost before school (about 30 pounds), I almost lost my bf, my family no longer knows...

  21. ER violence

    pipersjo replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    Just wanted to point out that the violence is not only in the ER anymore. I work on the floor, and we had a patient's family decide to wait until the pt got to the floor to try to finish the job. I...

  22. Who is studying for finals?!

    pipersjo replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Students

    :icon_cheesygrin: ME, me, me!! I am supposed to be studying for my finals, but I just can't seem to concentrate! I have Adult Health tomorrow and an ATI one Tuesday. I really need to

  23. Hello SC Nurses!

    pipersjo replied to pipersjo's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks AuntieRN. Here in WV the highest starting pay I have seen is $20. I have already started calling some hospitals down there, and they are fairly comparable ($18-19/hr) to what I would make...

  24. Hello SC Nurses!

    pipersjo replied to pipersjo's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply!! You have been so helpful! It sounds like no matter where I go, I should be happy. Again, thank

  25. phone calls no outsider would believe

    pipersjo replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    I have a friend that told his sister (and my sister, for that manner) that if either of them took a bath while they were still pregnant, that they better put a straw in their belly button so that the...