JZ_RN

JZ_RN

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  1. What is it like to work in a clinic?

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    =) I am sure I will enjoy it more than LTC where I am hating my job now lol. Please tell me about your clinic

  2. Dear People Who CONSTANTLY fax Health 485s

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Home Health

    Why do you all fax those forms day after day after day? I know they need done and I will work on them as quickly as I can but it will take longer to sort through and see what's been handled and what...

  3. Will I ever get out of LTC or am I doomed?

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a newer grad. Graduated last summer. Only job that even gave me a chance is LTC/sub-acute rehab. I hate it. I want a hospital job, desperately. Even a clinic, anything but this kind of nursing....

  4. 100% online RN-BSN programs

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I need something 100% online, no clinicals, no proctored exams, no nonsense. I just want to get this done. Any

  5. Clinical component, proctored exams- was lied to

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ohio University

    this program is not 100% online and I can't complete it this way. Anyone else find themselves screwed over by OU's online

  6. Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    How do I deal with patients who absolutely stink in a professional manner? As in, complete stench of feces, urine, draining wounds full of mrsa infection, just pure filth. I have several patients with...

  7. Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Well the one patient was set up with SW but won't go to a care facility... which they need, because no one in the home can care for the patient and the patient can't take care of themself.. Unless the...

  8. Disrespectful coworkers

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with some people who don't respect me, or don't like me, or I'm not even sure. They are all less educated than I am but treat me like I'm an idiot. I always try as hard as I can, I work hard, I...

  9. Classes required

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ohio University

    I need to take statisticss and nutrition and they haven't offered them the last time around or this time, I want to get these classes done and then finish the nursing classes. Does anyone have a...

  10. Clinical component, proctored exams- was lied to

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ohio University

    I don't even know what all classes I need to take, I don't understand the DARs. I am totally overwhelmed. Do you have any straightforward advice or what all is required? I'm terrified of statistics...

  11. Is it fair..

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Addictions

    First of all, let me start off then I believe patients when they come in and tell me they have pain. I always believe them and give them the benefit off the doubt, even if they don't appear to be in...

  12. Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you guys for all of your advice. Honestly, in our area, our resources are stretched as thin as they can possibly be. I've had pregnant patients and those with newborns turned away from the...

  13. Say Goodbye to Wet-to-Dry Wound Care Dressings:

    JZ_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have always hated wet to dry dressings. They don't make sense in so many

  14. Constantly stuck staying late!

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I signed a salary contract, 8-5, I come in at 7:20 so I can have 20 minutes uninterrupted so I can do paperwork, but then I get stuck staying so late at night to finish with doctors and finish my...

  15. Dr Oz's show on antidepressants...your thoughts?

    JZ_RN replied to Marshall1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've hated him since he treated nurses like dancing servants but this is just ridiculous. Along with teaching coping skills and management of problems, antidepressants save lives. They are...

  16. Constantly stuck staying late!

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I like my job and I don't want to just jump ship but does anyone have a tactful way to bring this up to my bosses? I just want pay to compensate for how much and how hard I work or a reduction in my...

  17. Constantly stuck staying late!

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Let's put it this way, I made more money (takehome) per hour as a CNA than I am making

  18. Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    The one patient I feel is homeless but the other I know lives in a home with running water and all of the associated facilities. I feel like she just has lost the drive to maintain hygiene. I...

  19. Help with d/c callbacks!

    JZ_RN replied to AggieQT's topic in Emergency

    callbacks are stupid. I can't be responsible for a patient when they go home. And i don't have time for that nonsense. Sorry but that's just another customer service pile of

  20. Super Obese

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

    I once got a call-in report on a patient they were planning on bringing to my unit from hours away. No other unit would take her. I normally didn't mind admissions unless they were agitated/confused...

  21. Need serious advice- dealing with smell

    JZ_RN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Keep in mind that one is a man I have to deal with almost weekly. The other patient is a rare occasional visit. The man especially makes me almost physically ill with his smell. I once asked him if he...

  22. So why even bother with getting an RN?

    JZ_RN replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Because MAs do not provide nursing care, they are not nurses. They are paid less and have a much smaller scope of

  23. How do I do it? RN-BSN

    JZ_RN posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I've taken a handful of the classes (all online, very demanding and time consuming) and I feel like I'm learning nothing, it's all busywork and nothing informative at all. I want my BSN because...

  24. Being labeled an MA but an LPN

    JZ_RN replied to HippyDippyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I get angry when the MD calls the MA the nurse or tells the patient that the nurse will be in with them when he knows it's the MA. An MA is not a nurse and I get furious. Then sometimes the patient...

  25. How do I do it? RN-BSN

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

    I have to finish some paperwork and such but will be enrolling in another college to transfer a course I can't take through my program because of work hours and their hours for the class, but I'm...