MS._Jen_RN

MS._Jen_RN ASN, RN

Orthosurgery, Rehab, Homecare

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  1. Add to the story....

    MS._Jen_RN replied to bassRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    moon the French citizens strolling by. One took offence and she . .

  2. Need Some Advice

    MS._Jen_RN replied to hjvmbm's topic in General Nursing

    My husband has been overweight ever since I met him. I love him for who he is, not what he looks like, but I always wished he would try to lose weight for health reasons. I didn't push and I don't...

  3. GRE-Are my scores good enough? HELP!

    MS._Jen_RN posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just finished taking my GRE and got the following: Verbal-550, Quantitative-500 The writing section has yet to be scored. It's the quantatative section that I am worried about. I've never been very...

  4. GRE-Are my scores good enough? HELP!

    MS._Jen_RN replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks everyone for you words of encouragement. I found out earlier this week that I was accepted to WSU's masters program for the acute care nurse practitioner. I'm excited:yeah: and aprehensive...

  5. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    MS._Jen_RN replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good For you! Falsification of a medical document (which is a legal document) is a crime. You did the right thing. Your DON may have to take it to the person above him/her, also because of...

  6. insensitive ED Doc

    MS._Jen_RN replied to she.lpn's topic in General Nursing

    What a Tool. . . ! I'm sorry for your experience. Maybe a note to the director of emergency services would open his eyes to his insensitivity in such situations. Some men are all logic and no...

  7. Tattoos and nursing

    MS._Jen_RN replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

    My tattoos are covered, but many of my co-worker's aren't. Many also have visible piercings including lebret, eyebrow, nose and cartilage. The policy at my institution stated that it is up to...

  8. decubiti redux...

    MS._Jen_RN replied to NurseFirst's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One of the things that our facility uses for prevention of pressure sores is a ROHO mattress. Love 'em. I have no other way to describe it other than a lot of little air filled cones covered with a...

  9. GRE-Are my scores good enough? HELP!

    MS._Jen_RN replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks! I'm applying to Wayne State University in Detroit. It has a really good reputation in this area for having a great medical program. (RN, PA, NP, And MD) I found out that I only needed a...

  10. GRE-Are my scores good enough? HELP!

    MS._Jen_RN replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I got to speak to the person at Wayne State who could give me an answer on my scores (she was on vacation yesterday) and their minimum score was 800. So I have a good enough GRE score, now for the...

  11. GRE-Are my scores good enough? HELP!

    MS._Jen_RN replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    oops!

  12. I love being a nurse because........

    MS._Jen_RN replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    Because. . . I can help make the most horrible, trying, time in someone's life (illness) a little less horrible. Because. . . I can help restore a person's confidence and feeling of self-worth. (I...

  13. What squicks you out?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with Goddess66 on the epidural- I passed out in clinical watching one! It's funny now. The other thing is the smell of infected necrotic tissue-nothing is worse for me.(Can pack a tunneling wound...

  14. are nurses liable if doctors dont return calls?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are most likely not liable. You did you part of the job and charted that you did it. If is were and emergent/urgent situation I would have gone to the next guy up the chain. Not answering pages...

  15. New Grad ready to quit...

    MS._Jen_RN replied to nelligolitely's topic in Nursing Career

    My advice: Run for the hills, sister!! You didn't get a proper oreintation, as many others have expounded on. You also sought help from those who should have been there to support and assist you and...

  16. Incident Reports

    MS._Jen_RN replied to lewwilann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :yeahthat: Same as above here in MI.

  17. Any Good Nursing Book Suggestions?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to JacqueOCS's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few: Over My Head - Claudia Osborn - Real life story of a Doc who sustained a head injury and her trails in rehab. Bed Number Ten- True story of a woman who contracted Guillian Barre. Follows...

  18. What do patients say that irks you?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Well, I didn't want to bother anyone . . . " After not calling for assistance, falling, hitting head (etc.) and having to be lifted off the floor.

  19. Do You Have a Bad Back from Nursing?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a rehab unit. All 42 of our patients get up, out of bed, to go to therapies 2-3 times a day, no matter how big/hard to transfer they are.(Unless they are hemodynamically unstable or still in...

  20. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    MS._Jen_RN replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that!!!! YOu stole most of my answer(s). Sometimes the magnitude of these problems seems insurmountable.