jesshopper12

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1. ICU vs. assist. nurse mgr......

   jesshopper12 posted a topic in General Nursing

   What do you think, fellow nurses? I have been a nurse for >5 years now, and I'm ready for a change. There is an assistant nurse mgr position open on m current floor, but I am not sure if I want to...

2. Needle Stick Injury on HIV+ pt

   jesshopper12 replied to holdencaufield's topic in General Nursing

   I am so so sorry you are going through this - you are not at all overreacting. Please know we are all thinking of you - keep us updated. -- Hugs

3. Quirky Habits?

   jesshopper12 replied to dorisc1981's topic in General Nursing

   I have to set my clock for a time that "feels right". Strange, I know. .

4. Day/Night with young children at home

   jesshopper12 replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

   The thing of it is that the day/night part of it will be a 70/30 mix. 70% of your preferred shift, and 30% of the less desired (nights). And I've been told that there are enough RNs there that like to...

5. do you skip your lunch break routinely?

   jesshopper12 replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

   All of the time. There are days that I don't eat until 3 or 4pm, and even then it's just a

6. Day/Night with young children at home

   jesshopper12 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I am looking at transferring to another unit at the hospital that will require working day/night. I currently work straight days. I did the swing shift deal when I first started nursing, but I had...

7. The worst code you've seen?

   jesshopper12 replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

   I was the charge RN one weekend with a patient assignment and an orientee. As charge RN, I was helping out another RN by transferring her patient to another unit to initiate bipap (can't do it on our...

8. The worst code you've seen?

   jesshopper12 replied to jesshopper12's topic in General Nursing

   This did indeed give me goosebumps -

9. The worst code you've seen?

   jesshopper12 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hello fellow nurses - I have been a nurse now for almost 5 years, and I've seen quite a few codes. So I am wondering: what is the worst code you've seen/been involved

10. The worst code you've seen?

    jesshopper12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello fellow nurses - I have been a nurse now for almost 5 years, and I've seen quite a few codes. So I am wondering: what is the worst code you've seen/been involved

11. how long is your commute?

    jesshopper12 replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    90 miles round trip/50 min-1 hr (depending on

12. DNR - What would you do?

    jesshopper12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Very ill, 50-some year old man, single, no children, few friends, unable to walk, many, many health strikes against him. This patient is VERY ill, and at one point was DNR. Since this admission, code...

13. Need some support

    jesshopper12 replied to ladydame's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can relate to how you feel...I started my job in July as a new grad and hated it pretty much from the beginning. I too wanted to quit...I would cry before the shiftand contemplate calling in...

14. first week of night shift over...

    jesshopper12 replied to stn2003's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work a day/night rotation, so I get to see both worlds of nursing. I hear day shifters complaining about night shifters, and visa versa. I just stand back and smile, because I know the world of...

15. Essentials of Critical Care Orientation via AACN online...

    jesshopper12 replied to Corvette Guy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Does this cost anything? Or do you need to become a member of the