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  1. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    jessnurse05 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    There are two problems that cause this. One is that in my school we had an instructor who only taught clinicals because he didn't have his master's. He was a BAD instructor. He just sat around and...

  2. How much sleep do you get?

    jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I work night shift. I'm also a single mom so I have to hire a babysitter to watch my kids overnight. Until recently I didn't have any problems with her watching my kids. I would drop them off...

  3. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    jessnurse05 replied to XtineRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear crocs too, it's like your walking on air. My daughter calls them my ugly shoes though. :chuckle

  4. How much sleep do you get?

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I was so mad when I typed that because my babysitter was out of town and wasn't answering her cell so I didn't know when or even if she was going to be taking the kids. I'm...

  5. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    jessnurse05 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I just thought of this. My program was a 2 year RN program, but you could take 8 weeks in the summer and get your LPN. Most of our class did this and some of them also got jobs. There was this one...

  6. A nurse health?

    jessnurse05 replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'm sick about the same. Whenever I'm really sick, though, I can't connect it to anything I've been exposed to at the hospital. I think some people get more sick when they are stressed,...

  7. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    jessnurse05 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    And then the nurses use the pulse ox or bp machine on themselves too! I always swipe the pulse ox with an alcohol wipe before putting it on the next pt.

  8. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    jessnurse05 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    No no no! I'm not as knowledgable as other people about it, but something in the lotion that is already on your hands will break down the gloves as you are wearing them. I would guess that it would...

  9. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    jessnurse05 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am no longer a nursing student, I graduated last June, but I have a good story for this discussion. I went to nursing school at a community college and there were about 60 students in my class....

  10. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    jessnurse05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I had the longest, hardest night of my life just a couple nights ago. I've been off a couple nights since then, but it's still really bothering me. This was only my second day off of orientation...

  11. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Jen, That does sound tough. One reason I really didn't want to use the restraints is because I had a different pt a couple weeks ago who was very confused and had to be restrained, but when he...

  12. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    jessnurse05 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of the lotion breaking down the durability of gloves, I did clinicals at two different facilities and one said that the gloves the other used would break down with lotion and theirs...

  13. Prioritizing patients....

    jessnurse05 replied to neuronursein06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It sounds to me like she's trying to give you a real life scenario. If you were working on the floor then you would only get a little bit of report and then decide what pt to see first. I go by...

  14. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    The pt was only 58. She was getting a little weird with the vicodin. I was almost wondering if she was faking some of her antics though, when my other pt got out of bed (this lady somehow managed to...

  15. restraints? What would you have done (Long)

    jessnurse05 replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention that I did call the family, but couldn't get ahold of anyone. I also tried to get her to call her family since she was so set on leaving, I told her she...

  16. Ohhhhh your a Nurse!?!?

    jessnurse05 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    So what do you think about this scenerio? I didn't think it was right. I am a new RN and was being precepted by another nurse. We had a confused pt who had fallen that night (I work nights) so when...

  17. end-of-orientation anxiety

    jessnurse05 replied to nrcnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I'm a new RN and I have about 4 days left of my orientation. I feel for you cuz I'm starting to get nervous about being on my own. I had a really hard shift a couple days ago. Five patients,...

  18. Do you think some people just "dont have what it takes"

    jessnurse05 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad who didn't "have what it takes" in a unit that I was training in, I agree with this post. My preceptor tried to make things all warm-and-fuzzy and didn't communicate to me the things I...

  19. Shoe question...

    jessnurse05 replied to slu_rn's topic in Emergency

    Hi, I have a question about Danskos. Do any of you who wear them have wide feet? I usually have to wear wide shoes and as far as I know Danskos only come in medium. I tried to try some on but they...

  20. What is nursing school like?

    jessnurse05 replied to selulion's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I agree with the above poster. She said make close friends, but also find people who you can study with who help you learn. Study groups were the best way for me to learn, but it had to be the...

  21. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    jessnurse05 replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm confused!!!! I'm in orientation right now and I know that my preceptor is just as responsible for the pt as I am. I just don't understand why she would intentionally put a pt in harms way to...

  22. Devastated

    jessnurse05 replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, Like I said before I had the same thing done to me. I was doing bad and no one told me until after 5 weeks. Then about another month to 6 weeks went by before my managers met with me again and...

  23. Devastated

    jessnurse05 replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm also new to nursing and had a similar experience. My first evaluation was bad and they kept mentioning me missing meds and making med errors when I knew that I hadn't. I came out of the...

  24. Anyone out there who passed the Nclex RN scored 80 to 90

    jessnurse05 replied to jayvee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi, You really can't judge by the number of questions you got. I got about 120 and passed, I have one friend who got all 250 and passed and another friend who got all 250 and failed. I know in WA...

  25. I just had to tell this little story

    jessnurse05 replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How sweet! It made me smile:)