AJJKRN

AJJKRN

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  1. Cost of Nurse Residency Program

    AJJKRN replied to Butterfly922's topic in General Nursing

    It has been helping with retention but one of our problems that we may never be able to resolve has to do with getting burned by new grad BSN's coming from the larger more popular metropolitan city...

  2. Best Scrubs...

    AJJKRN replied to Itoon's topic in General Students

    Check out Iguana Med, my all-time favorite, then

  3. Cost of Nurse Residency Program

    AJJKRN replied to Butterfly922's topic in General Nursing

    I have honestly never heard of a program like this...our nurse residency program doesn't "guarantee" a job afterwards if the nurse turns out to not be a good fit for any of the floors...but every new...

  4. Cost of Nurse Residency Program

    AJJKRN replied to Butterfly922's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to bet that this facility is tired of training new grads only to have them leave in the first year...getting you to pay for a spot in their residency might be a way of psychologically...

  5. Cost of Nurse Residency Program

    AJJKRN replied to Butterfly922's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital started a Nurse Residency a few years ago that doesn't have a price tag to it! The proposed benefits are that the nurse educators follow your progress for the first year, during your three...

  6. Patient refuses blood products. How does your hospital ensure their wishes are followed?

    AJJKRN replied to nimtzmary's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is asked and charted in our admit navigator and would be charted on a blood consent refusing blood products. We can also put in bold font on the patients EMR chart area. Hope this is

  7. Open Fracture During CPR

    AJJKRN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Once when I was a float tech I watched a cardiac nurse use a fracture bedpan (the flat part to the patient) to give CPR on a post-op CABG that went into v-fib. Thankfully the patient still had the...

  8. MAGNET Designation

    AJJKRN replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hopefully they re-vamped/rehired their nurse educators! I think this unfortunately happened at quite a few places all over the

  9. MAGNET Designation

    AJJKRN replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My hospital probably had about 600+ nurses when first trying for Magnet status belonging to just the hospital alone. We have 1,000+ this time around because the clinics are now included with our...

  10. MAGNET Designation

    AJJKRN replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    See, this is where I feel that the faculty was probably already a great place to work at and had the capabilities to provide its patients with great care. It also probably chose that the cost to...

  11. Almost an LPN...then what?!

    AJJKRN replied to Kristin.'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I agree with getting a job first but I myself started an ASN/ADN to BSN program within about six months after graduation. I'm glad I did because it was done and over with and I didn't give myself any...

  12. MAGNET Designation

    AJJKRN replied to kgg6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My hospital was a really good place to work prior to getting Magnet, which is how I'm assuming we obtained Magnet in the first place but...do I think it's just an expensive brand to show off?...

  13. Question Of The Day!

    AJJKRN replied to Theor23's topic in General Nursing

    I like to hope that everything happens for a reason, even if as humans we are not always privy to the whys. Shoulda, coulda, woulda went to nursing school well over a decade before I did but...what if...

  14. The Emergency Department: Where pain isn't what the patient says it is.

    AJJKRN replied to CaptCrzy's topic in Emergency

    All that I can really say is that YOU guide your practice and treat YOUR patients the way YOU want them to be treated. I personally treat my patients as the way I would want to be treated with...

  15. Chest tubes

    AJJKRN replied to Iliauna's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think about what keeps lungs from collapsing

  16. Med-Surgical Certification

    AJJKRN replied to BetterMeRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't think one certification test is harder than the other either but more of a "brand" preference such as do you prefer Nike or Reebok! Both are name brands and are very comparable to buyers with...

  17. Should I call off?

    AJJKRN replied to Rocktheman's topic in General Nursing

    If you chicken out on calling in, at least wear a mask the ENTIRE shift! (I tend to chicken out when calling in but I would wear a mask even if it wasn't Flu season and I was...

  18. why do nurses discourage nursing students?

    AJJKRN replied to direw0lf's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think the discussions paint the worst picture but a picture of reality instead! You've got to want to play in bodily fluids (or at least not have an aversion to them) and it is a really really...

  19. Med-Surgical Certification

    AJJKRN replied to BetterMeRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Congratulations!!!

  20. studying for CMSRN exam

    AJJKRN replied to Nurse Lori's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Depending on your exposure you will probably blow this out of the water with out much prep! I've only had three years experience, studied a lot less than I should have, and just passed this December....

  21. Insulin drip policy

    AJJKRN replied to SteveDE's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I don't know if that could be done on a forum like this without outing the posters place of employment and getting in some sort of legal (or fired at least) trouble for sharing their entity's protocol...

  22. skeptical of another nurse

    AJJKRN replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I personally just don't want to believe you're serious even though I really think you

  23. January 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    AJJKRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "Too bad, I guess you need to try again, the stools not clear enough

  24. New Grad in ER, working with LPNs

    AJJKRN replied to Ria80's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think it's a title debate either but do think the OP just doesn't know what they don't know and might be receiving the cold shoulder from other staff members because of outward expressions of...

  25. New Grad in ER, working with LPNs

    AJJKRN replied to Ria80's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I graduated with a 3.8 (both times) while working full-time and raising a family. This didn't mean I knew really much of anything the first year of real life nursing! I feel like your post is...