JennieBSN

JennieBSN

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  1. What Freaks You Out?

    JennieBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, people. It's time for a nice, fun, light-hearted discussion to blow off some steam. WHAT FREAKS YOU OUT? What bodily fluid can't you STAND? What wound gives you the absolute WILLIES? It...

  2. Brink of nervous breakdown!

    JennieBSN replied to SbRN2002's topic in General Students

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  3. Lunch breaks

    JennieBSN replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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  4. Bad day at clinical

    JennieBSN replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

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  5. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    JennieBSN replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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  6. Pitocin

    JennieBSN replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    LMAO!!! That woman would lose her religion if she did a midwife delivery @ my facility....not only do we not put those moms on the fetal monitor (we merely AUSCULTATE....GASP!!), but they DON'T HAVE...

  7. Pitocin

    JennieBSN replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    You are extremely fortunate....see, the Europeans have it right. When me and my coworkers are on one of our 'these women need to get a grip' tirades, we always come back to how it's WESTERN,...

  8. Pitocin

    JennieBSN replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    Me and my coworkers get so fed up with b.s. inductions and impatient MD's that we threaten all the time that we're going to open our own freestanding birth center....no epidurals, no pit, no...

  9. Pitocin

    JennieBSN replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    HOLY CRAP, DEBBY!!! I have NEVER heard of such a thing!!! I ALWYAS go over the list of possible adverse reactions/side effects with ANY medication I give, including the ol' standby, 'you may, as...

  10. Pitocin

    JennieBSN replied to TineAngelo's topic in General Students

    If it's a big teaching hospital, then yes, it's probably standard protocol. Where I used to work, there was a sheet of pre-printed orders that came with every patient out of triage, and on it was...

  11. surgery fear PLEASE ANSWER ME

    JennieBSN replied to analucia's topic in General Nursing

    Hey!! Relax!! I've had surgery 4 times, twice w/general anesthesia. Rick is correct, they put a catheter in if you have general, but usually you're already knocked out when they do so it doesn't...

  12. Battered Nurse Syndrome

    JennieBSN replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Good article. I told my husband when we got engaged that because I was going to be a nurse, he would need to help 'put back' what work and my patients would 'take away.' He understands that I need...

  13. Needle phobia

    JennieBSN replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    BTW...my 'needle phobe' patients always breathe a sigh of relief when I tell 'em I'm a big wussie,

  14. Needle phobia

    JennieBSN replied to KristaB's topic in General Students

    AAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!! I'm a big chicken, too ya know... Krista, honey, don't you feel bad at all. I used to get laughed at regularly during clinical labs because of my nausea, near-fainting, and...

  15. Men vs. Women

    JennieBSN replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

    Well.....my take, speaking as a female, non-ER nurse of course, is that men gravitate towards these areas for several reasons: 1. not all 'touchy-feely.' I believe the phrase is 'treat 'em and...

  16. How do you deal with lazy co-workers?

    JennieBSN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Bbqchick, just READING your post made me tired. I know how you feel, my dear....sometimes you just want to SCREAM. Fortunately, most of the folks I work with are really hard workers and compassionate...

  17. Opinions on this article????

    JennieBSN replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    Tracy-- I caught your drift....don't worry. Woo hoo, sexy Rick!!

  18. Opinions on this article????

    JennieBSN replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    In my 4 short years of being a nurse, I have already earned the label of 'trouble maker (or boat-rocker, if you will)' from trying to enact change in my workplace. I have not been successful at...

  19. Opinions on this article????

    JennieBSN replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

    i read this article when it was originally published...was it in spectrum that i saw it? can't remember...anyway...i feel the same about it now as i did then.... preach on, brother, preach on!! i...

  20. How do you deal with lazy co-workers?

    JennieBSN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Kelly-- We have some VERY lazy nurses on our staff. They are not qualified to be in charge (thank GOD), and therefore never are. The way WE handle it is that when they are on, we assign THEM the...

  21. nursing and family life

    JennieBSN replied to Jhope's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here's my take. I am childless but married. My husband and I agreed that when we have kids (in about 1.5 years), I will quit and stay at home full time, only working one day a week to have...

  22. New Nurses Poorly Educated

    JennieBSN replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! As a new grad I went straight into NICU. Personally, it wasn't the skills or work that got me, it was the STAFF. BARRACUDAS!! New grads in the ICU is a hotly debated topic...I personally...

  23. New Nurses Poorly Educated

    JennieBSN replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    I gotta agree w/Jami on this one...BE AGRESSIVE. When I graduated, I had given TONS of injections, inserted many foleys, suctioned, dressed wounds, observed open heart surgery (internship between...

  24. Unsafe future nurse! What do you think??

    JennieBSN replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    kelly-- no, that nurse isn't on my unit any more. HOWEVER, she WAS reported to the board and DID NOT lose her license...she's now a nurse at Duke's infertility clinic. I wouldn't be a patient there...

  25. Nursing students have to be virgins???

    JennieBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    OMG!!!! Found this on Fox News website. Cannot believe it. Unreal....read on: ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkey's health minister says high school girls training to be nurses must be virgins and the...