Jiminocala

Jiminocala

ER/Trauma, Home Care, Corrections

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About Jiminocala

Jiminocala has 30 years experience and specializes in ER/Trauma, Home Care, Corrections.


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  1. Time to call a duck a duck?

    "the recession bringing out the true colors of nurses and everyone around them." Sounds like you have a low opinion of nurses and everyone around
  2. Senior RN Student w/ Jealous Husband!!!

    I have been an RN for over 30 years and have heard all of this before, many times. The cause of your depression, etc. is largely your relationship with a jealous and controlling man who has stolen...
  3. The best nursing advice you've ever received

    Problems don't solve themselves. Never make it look like you did nothing about a problem. Document everything. Don't c/o about the coffee, you may be old and weak yourself
  4. Attractive Students Being Hired First

    It was that way 30 years ago, too! My advice? If you can't be beautiful, at least look professional and be well prepared. Just maybe you, Nancy Nurse will beat out Betty Bimbo for the
  5. How Did You Decide On Nursing as a Career?

    I am male and graduated in 1979. My journey into Nursing began when I was seriously injured at age nine and spent a couple of months in the hospital. After high school, I was hired as an orderly at...
  6. How important is GPA while in Nursing school?

    I made lousy grades in High School, but in college, something competitive awakened inside of me and I graduated with a 3.7 GPA. The fact that I had done so well was a great comfort to me when I sat...
  7. Phi Theta Kappa - Haven't we all been invited?

    $75 is a pretty cheap "Resume Enhancer" that will impress prospective employers, grad school admission people and any school that you transfer to. It's money well spent, especially
  8. Should I make the decision to switch career?

    If it was me, I would continue on your present course, but with some changes r/t the economy. For now, better to stay in the Navy, maybe two more years. Once you have completed your pre requisites,...
  9. Sounding board wanted! Please, need new perspective

    She is your S.O. and is running you down about work? Sounds like jealousy to me. Try getting out of the unit where you both work. If things improve, then OK, if not, may be time to give the S.O....
  10. Organ Donation Opt Out

    Soylent Green is
  11. You should pick up the information as you go along. If you are not doing it now, you should learn the definition of every new word, term, provcedure, etc. that you run across in your textbooks or...
  12. IDoes the probation period means the same as orientation?

    Naw, Probation Period is a device that employers use to get around paying Unemployment Compensation . They can let you go at any time during that period and you won't get unemployment on THEM. Maybe...
  13. Anyone have anything positive to say about nursing school?

    Uhhh, yeah. If not for Nursing School, I might be an auto mechanic like my old man. I doubt he ever made more than $20K in 2010 dollars and his hands were always black from
  14. Anyone watching 'WWII in HD' on History Channel?

    Oh yes! I was so touched by the way the nurses were portrayed, their first hand recollections, etc. In the last episode where the RN got off the hospital ship in the USA, I almost
  15. Was fired today......

    It is good that you found another job so quickly. From what you said in your original post, it sounded like they told you to mix all meds with juice, as if that was their actuaal policy. Not...