JZ_RN

JZ_RN

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  1. Having health insurance does not make you less likely to die.

    JZ_RN replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    People without insurance have to work harder to find resources and end up with debt is the difference. I've never given different care for a person with insurance versus a person without. They may...

  2. Am I asking for too much

    JZ_RN replied to mvm2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    PS your family member got the room that was covered for her, that's why they didn't move her, unless you're willing to pay for a different room that won't be covered. And if she truly has COPD 85 is...

  3. Am I asking for too much

    JZ_RN replied to mvm2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The person probably forgot. Do you have any idea what their workload is? Complaining like this constantly is just going to get you a label of "difficult." This happened one time, you should watch and...

  4. Am I asking for too much

    JZ_RN replied to mvm2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All of your requests are legitimate concerns except the nurse coming to help find things. The nurse has more important things to do than hunt down things for residents. I know that stinks but she is...

  5. Uncomfortable waistline

    JZ_RN replied to OKNurse2be's topic in General Students

    Why would they care about the brand? They getting sponsored by them or something? I personally love cherokee brand pants. I cannot stand any elastic in the waist band of pants and would much rather...

  6. Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

    JZ_RN replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    OP: You are WRONG. You try convincing those people to take meds, let them do treatments, hunt down supplies, call MDs, call therapy, deal with every whining PRN pain med request, deal with families,...

  7. What is rehabilitation nursing?

    JZ_RN replied to Holly2012's topic in Rehabilitation

    If you want to to physical or occupational therapy you should just become a PT/OT. RNs don't do that kind of stuff, even ina rehab facility the most I ever did in therapy was assess vitals for someone...

  8. Skin Changes At Life's End (SCALE)

    JZ_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Had a patient one time who was actively dying. She did have previous skin breakdown from before I worked there. It was healing though, after I came and took over her wound care. But the night she...

  9. Going to School in 1 state, but wanting to work in another?

    JZ_RN replied to jep039's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Get your license in the state you're gonna work in. it's a pain in the butt but it'll save

  10. New LPN in LTC and I am drowning

    JZ_RN replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You will get better, but believe me when I say that the problem is NOT you. The problem is the unrealistic and unsafe amount of patients that you are assigned to. Do not feel

  11. Therapeutic Lying With Dementia Patients

    JZ_RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If someone wants to wander out in a storm, I tell them the truth. If what they are doing will harm them, I reorient, or at least spin their ideas into something safe. If it doesn't hurt to let them...

  12. Work in LTC ? - Does this nurse to patient ratio sound right ?

    JZ_RN replied to RN-UMB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had somewhere between 20 and 55 in LTC and it was never easy. It's just plain too much and unsafe. If 2 people have an emergency what do you do when you're the only nurse available? LTC needs...

  13. Burnt out in LTC after 5 years

    JZ_RN replied to LPN2RNdude's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The money for LTC RNs is the same as the hospital where I live, but the work is not easier. The patients can have trachs, feeding tubes, oxygen dependent, almost needing acute care. The MD did nothing...

  14. How many residents is too many for one nurse?

    JZ_RN replied to arabstarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In LTC I had 50+ residents, some very acute honestly. as it was LTC/SNF and my assignments were spread out over 2 floors. It was miserable. Never working LTC again I hope! The whol LTC system has to...

  15. I'm throwing in the towel, as HARD as it is to say because I did fight the good fight

    JZ_RN replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Career

    You only worked in LTC? I would have left nursing too if I had to stay in one of those places. It was like a living heck working in LTC. understaffed, underworked, constant falls, screaming people,...

  16. How to deal?? STRESSED OUT NEW GRAD!

    JZ_RN replied to hella_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I could have written this post just a few months ago. I left my LTC job that was making me a miserable and depressed person, overworked stuck on night-shift, understaffed, no time for anyone, away...

  17. Can a registered nurse live comfortably with their salary?

    JZ_RN replied to Heath9672's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am middle class. I can't afford expensive vacations but we do have a new car (not a fancy car, just a car, nothing to write home about.) We live in a decent neighborhood. We have food to eat. We can...

  18. Why do some RNs hate this?

    JZ_RN replied to nursingstudent2458's topic in General Students

    Because I do my job because I like my job, not for the money. At my last job, I was paid less than 50 cents per hour for each patient I was totally responsible for. That's not "the big bucks." Most...

  19. "Please call me, there are *issues* with you..."

    JZ_RN replied to NurseCard's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The only "issue" I see here is the dangerous under-staffing and overworking of a nurse and 2

  20. African American male here. I have some questions for my fellow nurses

    JZ_RN replied to Shack502's topic in General Students

    The biggest obstacle I had in nursing school was being unemployed and completely broke. Even if I had time for a job (LOL) I couldn't find one. I was COMPLETELY broke. As in, no money to buy a lunch,...

  21. Good pop up but didnt pass?

    JZ_RN replied to JENURSE03_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed and got the good popup. Obviously can't speak for all but my experience- Pearson VUE trick is

  22. Am I rushing? Thinking LPN instead of RN

    JZ_RN replied to peppapig123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Unless you can get a BSN, you will be in the same boat I was most likely, stuck working in a LTC facility. I found a new job while I finish my BSN but spent a year wanting to quit nursing while I...

  23. Do I need a BSN if I have a MA & years of research experience?

    JZ_RN replied to bluecloud's topic in General Students

    For the most part, only nursing degrees matter for nursing

  24. When do clinicals normally start?

    JZ_RN replied to GodIs082010's topic in General Students

    My clinicals were either 7a to 3p 3 days a week, 7a-7p 2 days a week, or 1p-9p 3 days a week (we did that one semester on a med surg floor) and every semester had clinicals. This was an ADN program...

  25. Please help my sanity, irate family members

    JZ_RN replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would have promptly told her that I am a nurse, and I don't give "service" I give "care" and her father is capable and enabling him to stay nonambulatory and not participating in his own activities...