JessicRN

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1. Nursing the old fashioned way

   JessicRN replied to Scarlette Wings's topic in General Nursing

   lets see honey to vulvectomy pt's wounds glass needle syringes and metal needle that were resterilized glass iv bottles moms stayed 3 days after lady partsl delivery and 5 days for C section babies...

2. CEN, ENA, TNCC

   JessicRN replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

   I took the CEN after I took a critical care course without even steping in an ER yet and passed. I would not have passed if I had not have taken the course in my opinion. I recommend you take the CEN...

3. What is it like to be a nurse in a prison?

   JessicRN replied to MMurse's topic in Correctional

   To the OP, please listen to those who have worked in the prison system or at least a nurse. Some of my best friends were the officers we would work out together in the morning and go skiing together...

4. Correctional nursing like ER?

   JessicRN replied to savnlivzPRN's topic in Correctional

   I worked Corrections for 7 years before I came back to ED nursing and the one thing I became was very adept at my assessments. I had decide if that inmates pain was real enough to warrant a trip to...

5. CEN Laura Gasparis DVD/CD

   JessicRN replied to jms11875's topic in Emergency

   No I have been a nurse 31 years and the way it worked is you write the Exam then in 4 years you do the CEN RO then in 4 years you had to rewite the exam and so on and so on The last time I let I...

6. CEN Laura Gasparis DVD/CD

   JessicRN replied to jms11875's topic in Emergency

   I just took the exam yesterday and passed. This is my third time taking it but this time I swear was so much harder then the past in my opinion. I did very well but I truthfully think I guesed at...

7. Are there really RNs that need a job?

   JessicRN replied to pielęgniarka's topic in General Nursing

   Maternity does not mean an job opening, it means a nurse is going to be off for 12 weeks. Not many experienced nurses are going to apply for a job that is only 3 months long and no Nursing director...

8. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   JessicRN replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Violence against nurses by patients and family is well documented but truthfully little is done by the Upper staff to stop it. In MA, there is a bill that will allow nurses to charge people for...

9. Is nursing really THAT bad?

   JessicRN replied to CuriousCC's topic in General Nursing

   Been a nurse 32 years 20 in the ED, are there horrible days yes, Lots are there great days, lots,would I trade it for anything? nope. The hours are long and you miss alot of holidays ,on some days...

10. You know you're Old School when...

    JessicRN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    We still do narcotics count 2x/week even with pixis Any body remember retrieving sterile sputum specimens without suction machines. It is a small bottle with 2 tubes (still have the same collection...

11. How can I be in two places at the same time?

    JessicRN replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I agree, you have an hour leeway with meds. Also If you get report which you should, and they say the patient is on O2 then prepare to have the extender in advance if they are on IV meds needing...

12. how can we fix healthcare if ppl keep abusing the system?

    JessicRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    People wonder how we treat our frequent flyer patients. Tonight for example 4 patients all return customers in under 14 hours one 3 times in 12 hours. If they are violent which the patient who...

13. You know you're Old School when...

    JessicRN replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    "snowing " patients with Bronfman cocktail Glass chest tubes Sterilizing your own equipment -#13 ewald NG for every OD (a tube the width of a quarter shoved down your throat and 2-4 liters of NS...

14. how can we fix healthcare if ppl keep abusing the system?

    JessicRN replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    The abuse is rampant where I work and will never change 911 is a joke here. Ambulance cannot refuse anyone, we have people who are discharged from one hospital who walk across the street to came to...

15. Best beach city on the East coast????

    JessicRN replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    Corpus cristie Tx great beaches not great pay but low cost of living You have to like it hot though but nothing like tanning in