Jenny P

Jenny P

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  1. Hospital / Nursing Pins / Badges Wanted

    Jenny P replied to eric55's topic in General Nursing

    Eric55, I do have some trading pins from nursing specialty organizations that you may be interested in. I haven't seen any specific hospital pins per se, but there are nursing organizations that have...

  2. A short Quiz for all of you

    Jenny P replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, Barbara, I was totally confused by your intro! This sounds like quite the program you were in; congratulations on being an LPN! I hope you like your job; I remember being a few months shy of 21...

  3. This is a great board!!!

    Jenny P replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Duckie, thank you for your lovely post! I have enjoyed this site also (THANK YOU, BRIAN SHORT, FOR SETTING IT UP) since I found it. There are times we do gripe, complain, and b**** about our jobs...

  4. Hospital / Nursing Pins / Badges Wanted

    Jenny P replied to eric55's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to give Ericc55 the benefit of the doubt and make the assumption that he is collecting pins of nursing; not hospital badges being used for ID security reasons. Eric55 is listed as being from...

  5. Where have all the nurses gone?

    Jenny P replied to steve brock's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen many nurses retire from floor nursing at age 65, and now that I am 52, I am wondering how they did it. As I'm getting older, I find that the work is taking a bigger toll on me that I...

  6. a question

    Jenny P replied to Lina's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If you are talking about nurse anesthetists, you need to go on to a masters' program after having completed your BSN and (in my state) having had several years of nursing experience, especially in an...

  7. Safe harbor

    Jenny P replied to NtLilyWhtNeMore's topic in MICU, SICU

    Since I'm not familiar with this magazine or journal, and no one else has answered your inquiory, I'd suggest you go to the editors or their yearly article lists and try looking up the info that way....

  8. A Crying Shame

    Jenny P replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    How sad that 12 innocent babies had to die before anyone would take the nurses seriously. My heart aches for those families and parents. how can a hospital ignore the nurses who had been there so long...

  9. Just a poem inspired by a dying patient

    Jenny P replied to beckymcrn's topic in Oncology

    This is a lovely poem. It expresses a lot of feelings that we've probably all had when dealing with caring for someone who is dying that we have become attached to. Thank

  10. Nurses who love their job.

    Jenny P replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I love my work, but the job is getting tougher as I get older. I work in CV-ICU and we have either 1 or 2 patients. But I'm finding the patients are much sicker than they used to be and that is why...

  11. Whining nurses

    Jenny P replied to goldilocksrn's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, am tired of nurses who complain about workplace issues and don't do anything about them. I'm active in my nursing association, and when I'm told by a co-worker that "you should tell them to do...

  12. How do I choose a stethoscope? Please help!

    Jenny P replied to laurasjj's topic in General Nursing

    When you buy a stethescope, cut the tubing so it is only 18 to 20 inches long. The longer the tubing, the worse the sound. I would buy one with both a bell and a diaphragm; the heavier chest piece...

  13. To stay or not to stay in Nursing

    Jenny P replied to Redeye's topic in General Nursing

    Redeye, I think you have too much discipline in your life right now. Working as a full time navy nurse is tough enough- both regarding being in the Navy and being a nurse. Drop the part time job as a...

  14. Disabled RN Let Go

    Jenny P replied to HemaStat's topic in General Nursing

    If Stephen Hawking (with his severely advanced form of ALS) could still teach theoretical physics at Cambridge University with his computer doing his talking, then I think you could still work as an...

  15. BACK TO WORK

    Jenny P replied to Valarie's topic in General Nursing

    Is there some way you could volunteer either there or through some religious organization to work with the elderly? It may give you the experience you would need, but you wouldn't have to be at the...

  16. Truly sad- please read and consider

    Jenny P replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great topic now that we've quit spewing at each other. I think we each know that sometimes we work in combat zones-- did you know that research has shown that more nurses exhibit post...

  17. So long Nursing

    Jenny P replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Mijourney, that is an interesting concept: a nursing support group! Yes, it would be nice if retiring nurses or those leaving nursing would belong to their nursing organizations; if they got the...

  18. So long Nursing

    Jenny P replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Realnursealso/LPN, I didn't mean to ruin your swan song; but I do believe that there are places that can cause burnout; those are the places that chew up nurses and wear them down and spit them...

  19. Would you do it all over again?

    Jenny P replied to KatieD's topic in General Nursing

    Would I do it all over again? Yes, I am one of those people who answer "in a heartbeat." The hours may be bad, the work hard, the politics; etc.; but nursing is the best thing I have ever done. Both...

  20. Tell Me If I Should Try Again

    Jenny P replied to ApackSPN's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is not an easy thing to study, but if you really want to be a nurse, go for it. If you are considering nursing for the money, this is not the field for you. What are your real feelings about...

  21. So long Nursing

    Jenny P replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, what a depressing thread! I understand that it is hard out there in many places, and I too am getting up in years and am battling a body that no longer can do what it used to; but I am not...

  22. nursing shortage on CNN today

    Jenny P replied to Lulu_camel's topic in General Nursing

    The above link won't get you

  23. It's a nurse's market

    Jenny P replied to goldilocksrn's topic in General Nursing

    It is a nurses market right now; all we have to do is take a stand for ourselves and for our patients. As long as nurses are willing to come in early, not take breaks, and stay late without charging...

  24. Surgical Recoveries in ICU?

    Jenny P replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Zee, the situation you just described is horrible! Your hosptial has to have a risk management department; if it was me, I would send incident reports to your manager, supervisor, medical director of...

  25. Medical school

    Jenny P replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    This is really sad; iwant2banurse no longer wants to enter nursing. Nursing has been one of the best decisions in my life, and I would never have wanted or cared to be a doctor or anything else....