AJJKRN

AJJKRN

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  1. To the nurse who was belittling and condescending to me today

    AJJKRN replied to Wherearethelandmarks's topic in General Nursing

    Try your best not to let that interaction take up space in your head. People like that usually have major insecurity issues and unfortunately this one just happened to be a nurse. Learn the lesson...

  2. Gross Things Patients Do

    AJJKRN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not forget friends and family members! Anyone ever have to explain c-diff (again) and why a patient on contact isolation for positive c-diff should not be getting oral sex performed while in the...

  3. Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

    AJJKRN replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    Ummmm...where did anyone comment on it? I feel like someone just needed to beat on their chest and relieve themselves... It it might not float your fancy that the TNCC classes at my level I trauma...

  4. RN to BSN

    AJJKRN replied to Olvcrl7x7's topic in General Nursing

    Check out the WGU forum...wish I had known about the school when I did my RN to

  5. cheap laptop for MSN

    AJJKRN replied to rj2011's topic in General Nursing

    Check online and go into the stores located around you like Walmart, target, etc and they will often have new but discontinued laptops that are marked down...this is how I bought my sons for about...

  6. What is 'Free water's effect?

    AJJKRN replied to SUIN's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility we have standard orders for normal saline flushes unless the patients sodium is high and then they get sterile water flushes...this is for an adult population though...in a

  7. Getting a Second Opinion to Confirm a Patient's Death

    AJJKRN replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, both of you should have checked an apical heartbeat for approximately one minute while listening for breath sounds,

  8. WGU vs University of Utah for MSN

    AJJKRN replied to Myprettykitty's topic in School, College Programs

    WGU all the way! If I had known about WGU before I did my RN to BSN at a well respected but expensive school I would have chosen WGU and never looked back. WGU is competency and self paced without...

  9. Nurse practitioner arrested in opioid pill mill

    AJJKRN replied to Hopefulpsych's topic in Nursing News

    I seriously just LOL'd! Thank you for

  10. DNP changing perscribing authority

    AJJKRN replied to Secel's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Sounds like the OP is drinking some pretty tasty (and quite possibly very expensive)

  11. 7-11 day! Fill your containers! nurse humor, delete if not appropriate

    AJJKRN replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Oh they're disposable

  12. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    AJJKRN replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    400+ bed hospital, level I trauma center, teaching center. I'm a float nurse but do charge often. Ideally, I'm free on any unit that has at least 24 beds but often I'm not because let's face it, if...

  13. Charge Nurse dividing Assignments

    AJJKRN replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    I personally take into account acuity, the acuity you can't see (call light happy, crazy pt/family, etc), isolation, tracheostomy's, high alert drips, who had the pts for continuity of care,...

  14. How does dealing with difficult patient helps you grow as a nurse?

    AJJKRN replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger... Dealing with difficult patients and families can make you a better nurse by giving you repetitive social interactions on learning how to be more...

  15. Nursing school Q: 1 min/1 question?

    AJJKRN replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    If it's an online class, most likely the time constraints are to keep test takers from cheating. My first sociology class was online and I started off doing all the reading only to quickly realize...

  16. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    AJJKRN replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    You've got the scent...now google HCAHPS and Studer Group and Magnet requirements

  17. Just a question

    AJJKRN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm getting my MSN in leadership now but it's mostly to have it knocked out if I get injured, my body can't keep up with the floor years from now, or if a really great opportunity comes up. I've...

  18. Job advice- do you think your area is NP flooded

    AJJKRN replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My area is drowning with new grad NP's and my organization has a fair amount of nurses in school currently going for their NP. I think this allows my workplace (which really is a great place to work)...

  19. General Surgical Unit or Telemetry Unit?

    AJJKRN replied to jt47382's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Funny how at my place of work the cardiac tele floors are general Med-Surg floors with a cardiac patient population twist but then again all of our fooors have tele monitoring. Really depends on what...

  20. When did you know?

    AJJKRN replied to Sbhayes09's topic in General Nursing

    I personally knew from a very young age, I wouldn't call it "a calling" just more of a love of science and

  21. WGU is now limiting MSN applicants

    AJJKRN replied to MsPebbles's topic in Western Governors University

    It makes sense to me, I can't imagine how many students go through the RN to BSN to MSN and then decide they want to change to a different MSN track. I didn't don't the RN to BSN at WGU but I wished...

  22. nurses with Aspergers/autism?

    AJJKRN replied to RobotNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Aspie mom here. My "high functioning" aspie child, that's not really a child anymore, eventually just figured out how to act/react to those around him while being himself. He's gotten pretty darn good...

  23. easy certifications to obtain?

    AJJKRN replied to sunshine539's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't think it will be an easy certification to obtain, here are a few links I found with a simple google search... https://allnurses.com/critical-care-nursing/ltac-nurse-of-788723.html...

  24. Experienced nurse changed unit and now not getting good feedback from a preceptor

    AJJKRN replied to Lovelyrn14's topic in General Nursing

    While I do agree that you can have just a year in and become a good preceptor (become being the magic word), it really depends on the preceptors personality. Not that the orientees personality isn't...

  25. Favorite nursing job or specialty

    AJJKRN replied to nursemayj's topic in General Nursing

    Float nursing - hands down the best for me! Stroke (I like other neuro, especially surgical) because it is just such a sad and debilitating disease when the effects are not