SJW

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1. Question

   SJW replied to wahida's topic in Patient Education

   Maybe he just played tennis in the heat and has heat

2. I've made the decision to leave med-surg

   SJW replied to Jean1313's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I know 4 months seems like forever when your days are stressed out in MS, but it took me more like 10 - 12 months before I quit feeling dread everytime I came to work. Lots of people (much younger...

3. Any tips on being a preceptor?

   SJW posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am about to start "precepting" a student nurse. Any

4. did you ever think it would be like this?

   SJW replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hey Tencat - How long into your nursing career before you switched over to hospice? I am a brand new nurse and I have always been interested in hospice and wonder how long I need to be in med-surg...

5. Nursing Classes Question

   SJW replied to daft_hands's topic in Nursing Career

   You're asking an awful lot of yourself just to go to school full time and work full time. Add dealing with grief to all that and you could be heading for trouble. You could start it and drop a class...

6. Accepted my first job...now I'm nervous

   SJW replied to Luvelyone's topic in Nursing Career

   I don't know about anyone else, but I had the same thoughts when I started my LPN job a year ago. In fact, I dreaded going to work because of thoughts just like those. After a short while, I got more...

7. Need Advice On Job Opportunity

   SJW replied to Thepreacherswife's topic in Nursing Career

   Is the hospital where you could work as a CNA one you'd like to work in when you're a nurse? If so, working there as a CNA will give you an advantage when it comes time to work as a nurse. One more...

8. desperately need advice

   SJW replied to STA29's topic in Nursing Career

   Does the school that offers the ADN program in your area allow you to enter the second year as an advance placement student? That is, if you have an LPN license, can you step in to the second year of...

9. Moving from LTC to Hospital Nursing

   SJW replied to State Birdie RN's topic in Nursing Career

   You aren't really a brand new grad anymore if you graduated last year and have 9 months of LTC experience under your belt. And since many, many of the patients hospitalized are geriatrics, you have...

10. I need a Buddy!

    SJW replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I took mine on the 27th of June, got either 75 or 76 questions, and I passed. My test was on a Wednesday and I hoped to be able to look the next day and get my results because one of my classmates...

11. Health South Rehab Hospital?

    SJW replied to Mulan's topic in Rehabilitation

    I am a brand new grad - well, as a matter of fact, I graduate tomorrow night. I applied on-line to a hospital that accepts general applications so you aren't applying for any specific job and today...

12. Needle sticks

    SJW posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ever had a needle

13. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    SJW replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    Manna, I know that math skills should be strong when you're in nursing and I'm afraid mine aren't. I really do think I can learn what I need to learn if I get over the fear of it. I am encouraged by...

14. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    SJW replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    Any suggestions for an Old student who is nervous about the math part of nursing? Are calculators or computers used at all to determine correct dosages?