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  1. Nurse practicing without license?

    MissJoRN replied to sensweet's topic in General Nursing

    I'm betting on the health aide angle. Here, to truly be called a "School Nurse" one needs an RN, BSN, and post BSN certificate (not a specialty certification, there is a school nurse course offered...

  2. When to tell work your pregnant?

    MissJoRN replied to she.lpn's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a little weird, isn't it!? All the parenting message boards and articles are geared toward the corporate world and when to disclose. Unfortunately, my nurse manager was the seond person I...

  3. how many guys hear this?

    MissJoRN replied to bell47's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Ha! Did you tell them to meet today's average female student? We had a few, FEW, young, available cuties but speaking from the standpoint of my circle of friends... We were (on average, all of us met...

  4. bar coded sponge counting

    MissJoRN replied to klb75's topic in Operating Room

    No, sir, No joke. I happened to catch a program on Dicsovery or TLC about this. (I think hubby brought it to my attention. I avoid the OR shows because I get too distracted by all their big, shiny,...

  5. question re: peds home care

    MissJoRN replied to mtnmom's topic in Pediatric

    I'm not familiar with either of those agencies. I had a choice of a few here and I do work for the one with the worst pay! Prior, I was hired at on agency and it switched hands and names twice before...

  6. bar coded sponge counting

    MissJoRN replied to klb75's topic in Operating Room

    I did see his documentary and the idea is nice... in theory... like so many others. Sponges aren't the only thing though, anything used in surgery has a potential of being retained. I think this is...

  7. Why can't you go straight to CRNA School from BSN?

    MissJoRN replied to KVYEng's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It read just like one of my favorite Monty Python skits but from a nursing point of view instead of a vacationer's. I could "hear" Eric Idle's voice as I read it!

  8. Don't Rough My Newborn Up!!!!!!!

    MissJoRN replied to capribry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ohh I know the dirty looks, too! As far as swaddling... Do you think parents are expecting it more/ better educated/ more accepting lately? I'm not in nursery or in pt peds anymore but I noticed...

  9. Getting hit!

    MissJoRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Uggh, I have no advice only sympathy. I was working as a CNA on a mixed dementia and elder-psych unit the year the facility decided to leap blindfolded onto the restraint free badwagon (back when...

  10. nursing school supplies...

    MissJoRN replied to FLAgal14's topic in General Students

    I don't think I'd buy the stethoscope. Just look back on how many threads about stethoscopes have been on these boards and you'll see people can be really choosy about what they want. For as much of...

  11. People who say they died and were brought back to life

    MissJoRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, I'm confused by how you feel... to me cardiac arrest is "heart not beating" that's just the normal way it progresses within seconds. By AHA definition, the next sequela is suddden death....

  12. Skirts in the OR

    MissJoRN replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    The last OR I was in provided scrub dresses as an option. The one I'm in now does not. As long as the hospital has access to the dresses- either does their own laundry or uses a service that...

  13. Funny patient names by nurses

    MissJoRN replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    You probably already know, but just in case, it might make you feel better to know that Kali the Goddess is pronounced differently than your daughter's name, Also, being the Goddess of death and...

  14. Failed PULSE!!

    MissJoRN replied to rainswhisper,RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Shh... secret... I always do that! Mostly in peds but even in adults. I've got my stethoscope there anyway and listening to the apical gives me extra time to really hone into the heart rhythm or...

  15. The Weaning Out Class!!!!

    MissJoRN replied to ajs08RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the most part, your instructors do want to see you do well! Unfortunately, every semester in every program, many students do disappear into a black hole. Especially the early ones. Consider:...

  16. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    MissJoRN replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's not the things I say that would get me in trouble in the rest of the world, it's the things I do- Actions speak louder than words right? I've been known to kiss "clients" and even to lie in bed...

  17. New CNA looking at options

    MissJoRN replied to tucker925's topic in General Nursing

    Most assisted facilities I've seen have only aides at night. Some have an RN on days M-F and on call at other times as a supervisor only, all care is given by aides, some have an LPN on all shifts...

  18. infants apical pulse

    MissJoRN replied to onduty23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know it's silly, but I tap my toe- I don't think I do it on purpose, it's just what I do- somehow it keeps me on

  19. New CNA looking at options

    MissJoRN replied to tucker925's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a SNF, Alzheimers/ elder psych unit, then home health prior to starting nsg school. Once in school I contined home health/ private duty but also did agency staffing in SNF and Asst...

  20. OB tech?

    MissJoRN replied to sunnybrook23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess should add that there is a fully accredited sugical tech program run by the hospital in the main OR here. OB techs spend time in that program to pick up the general principals and techniques...

  21. MANUAL COUNTING OF NARCOTICS, help

    MissJoRN replied to hppygrndma's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, I did realize that, I guess I was just "thinking out loud" knowing I was in a slightly similar situation and how we were and were not allowed to handle it, obviously, though it is rather...

  22. Will Peds be a good place for me??

    MissJoRN replied to soontobe_RN's topic in Pediatric

    (here I go babbling again...) I do that, too! I became a peds nurse (no kids then just friends and nieces, etc) and saw the whole world as a big trauma waiting to happen. It was so hard for me to...

  23. MANUAL COUNTING OF NARCOTICS, help

    MissJoRN replied to hppygrndma's topic in General Nursing

    Now wait- forget the narc count for a minute, I've gotten sidetracked- The anethesiologists leave while you're still recovering their patients! Is this after they "moved" (on paper anyway) from PACU...

  24. OB tech?

    MissJoRN replied to sunnybrook23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our OB techs are also trained in house. Their job is similar to a PCT/aide- which includes phlebotomy, but in addition, they are trained to set up a delivery table and to scrub sections and tubals....

  25. Does nite shift make you fat?

    MissJoRN replied to badabinggirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was an odd one, too. Didn't gain any weight on nights... no lunch breaks like our day and evening shifts got, no open cafeteria or gift shop to buy munchies, and by the time I got home I was too...