Jiminocala

Jiminocala

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  1. Time to call a duck a duck?

    Jiminocala replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "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!!!

    Jiminocala replied to mommalumps's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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

    Jiminocala replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    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

    Jiminocala replied to bioniclewoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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?

    Jiminocala replied to BeanTrees's topic in General Students

    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?

    Jiminocala replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    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?

    Jiminocala replied to SDChargersGirl#31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    $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?

    Jiminocala replied to arkmann's topic in California Nursing

    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

    Jiminocala replied to blueeagle11's topic in Emergency

    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. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In Switzerland, people were recently asked to vote on a referendum that would give animals legal representation in an abuse or neglect case, supposedly to look out for the rights of the animal, but...

  11. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I remember the cat that my table dissected in A & P back in 1976. He was a big orange tabby that we named Morris, after an advertisement on TV at the time. The State of Indiana had a law making...

  12. Organ Donation Opt Out

    Jiminocala replied to XB9S's topic in General Nursing

    Soylent Green is

  13. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

    Jiminocala replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The cow was dead before it was dissected and the eye would have gone into petfood had it not found it's way to your college for the purpose of teaching Nursing Students about the human eye, using...

  14. Why is there no medical terminology class for the RN program? Among others.

    Jiminocala replied to amanda1266's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    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...

  15. IDoes the probation period means the same as orientation?

    Jiminocala replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  16. Anyone have anything positive to say about nursing school?

    Jiminocala replied to AllThingsPink's topic in General Students

    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

  17. Anyone watching 'WWII in HD' on History Channel?

    Jiminocala replied to PageRespiratory!'s topic in General Nursing

    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

  18. Was fired today......

    Jiminocala replied to TrickieTam's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    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...

  19. Any "50-ish" Pre-Nursing Students?

    Jiminocala replied to Elle16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're thinking too much. Keep at

  20. Best Place to Live/Work in Virginia

    Jiminocala replied to NURSESTAR's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Anyplace that is not in the Washington, DC metro area should be

  21. An interpretation of healthcare reform bill

    Jiminocala replied to KneKno's topic in General Nursing

    We ARE standing at the edge of that slippery slope. There has been a Death Cult operating in the background of the healthcare debate for many years. Their purpose is to promote death as a way of...

  22. Let me be clear there is NO nursing shortage!!!!!!!!! and now THIS????

    Jiminocala replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    The bill's sponsor was Robert Wexler, Democrat from the Miami area. This guy is an extreme liberal and I see no reason for him to support a bill which would expand the supply of nurses during a...

  23. Nurses having surgery

    Jiminocala replied to organichombre's topic in General Nursing

    I made it look like I paid just $99 for 5 hypnosis sessions. It was $99 per session, still worth it because of the wt loss and the once cost of the monthly $99 session is more than made up by the...

  24. Nurses having surgery

    Jiminocala replied to organichombre's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am 54 also and have been overweight and have experienced some surgery too, including a 5 vessel CABG about a year ago. I have lost weight and here is how I did it: Went to my Nurse...

  25. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    Jiminocala replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    This is a link to the Daily Mail and a sample of articles about their National Health Service: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?searchPhrase=Health+Service You may want to look up your...