jnemartin

jnemartin BSN, RN

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  1. Sex/Growth Ed for Middle School

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    also... for a little

  2. Sex/Growth Ed for Middle School

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Thank you all for your great suggestions! I am finally almost done pulling everything together (must finish before winter break so I don't have to think about it!). One quick question: does anyone...

  3. The mid-day blues.

    jnemartin replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

  4. Help Please!

    jnemartin replied to JLA's topic in School

    I agree with so much of what others have said. I also have a similar work history to you; I worked bedside (but for much shorter time- only 1 year!), and disliked the work, didn't feel fulfilled, felt...

  5. "Miss, I'm Dying" the musical

    jnemartin replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I've has a week-long showing of "Finals are coming and I might be dying." It's not going over well with the

  6. As seen on TV

    jnemartin replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    To second this, my favorite is when TV shows have doctors ambulating, toileting or placing IVs for patients, fluffing pillows or giving discharge instructions then walking the patient out, instructing...

  7. Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    jnemartin replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    An ectopic pregnancy is not viable, therefore terminating the pregnancy would not be prematurely ending a life. In fact, it is best practice to terminate the pregnancy at fist sign of an ectopic...

  8. December Doldrums

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    Anyone else feeling December Doldrums? I am totally unmotivated and can only think about what I plan to do over winter break! I have a few projects to wrap up, and work can *always* be found, but I...

  9. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    i LOOOOOOVE podcasts. but all my favorites are really not appropriate for school - ha! way too much swearing.

  10. Feeling lack of respect

    jnemartin replied to Valcorie34's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've seen this happen so many times in my LTC/SNF facility. I'm sorry they are pulling you around. I would cut my losses and quietly start looking for a management position at another place. Specify...

  11. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I'm glad I'm not the only

  12. without a job until after new years

    jnemartin replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    I remember when I was in college (before nursing I had a previous career and degree), I had a similar experience with buying fish sticks from a gas station. It was the cheapest thing that was the...

  13. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    This is my first SN job and at the beginning of the school year I was worried if listening to the radio was inappropriate (like pandora or NPR), and now I've loosened up. I haven't full on watched...

  14. without a job until after new years

    jnemartin replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    as an addendum to my previous post, ASK your nursing school friends for job leads! You don't have to tell them the whole story if you think that will hurt your chances of getting the job for a short...

  15. without a job until after new years

    jnemartin replied to RN252's topic in Nursing Career

    OP, I understand your stress. Right after I graduated I thought I found my dream job but it ended up not working out almost immediately. I was worried that working somewhere 2 weeks would "ruin" my...

  16. What brought you to where you are now?

    jnemartin replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I worked in social services for many years. My favorite jobs were working with homeless people looking for housing and jobs as part of shelter wrap-around services and working as an international...

  17. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I'm in a similar situation - Spring semester I will be teaching sex ed for middle schoolers (only a few days over the course of the semester) and doing hearing screenings. Both of these pretty major...

  18. New Grad changes Preceptor. Help!

    jnemartin replied to MOmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you did the right thing in asking to be switched to a different preceptor. You are also doing the exact right thing in not engaging in gossip about why you switched. Just ignore the old preceptor's...

  19. How Much Junk do you Keep?

    jnemartin replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    I have a "professional portfolio" binder where I store CEU, certifications (even from long ago), letters of reference, offer letters, and other employment-related info. I also have/had a professional...

  20. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Honestly, I am SO GLAD I am not the only one with a procrastination pile. Haha! I was just reading this article about how to manage the stress of a school year and one tip was to assign tasks to a day...

  21. December Doldrums

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I was also sick over Thanksgiving, and I'm just feeling back to normal this week. That has definitely contributed to my lack of

  22. I am new to nursing but I don't want to do this anymore

    jnemartin replied to newgradkat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This happened to me, too! My first 6 months or so of hospital bedside nursing were so stressful and unfulfilling. I would come home and vent/unload for an hour or longer every night! I NEVER took a...

  23. my middle schoolers are running The Mile tomorrow

    jnemartin posted a topic in School

    WISH ME

  24. my middle schoolers are running The Mile tomorrow

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    I did have a few with nausea that mysteriously presented RIGHT before PE class -

  25. my middle schoolers are running The Mile tomorrow

    jnemartin replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    UPDATE: I survived! Only one student with an asthma issue, and one student who lost a contact. I can't believe it went so smoothly. I went down and thanked the PE teachers