JennieBSN

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  1. BSN minimum requirement

    JennieBSN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    About half of the posts here are constructive, and actually worth reading. HOWEVER, I am sick and tired of hearing non-BSN nurses make these IGNORANT generalizations!! Why is it 'okay' to insult...

  2. What Freaks You Out?

    JennieBSN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, one more comment...I was called to the floor one night to assist with foley insertion (an L&D nurse can cath anything) on a pre-op GYN pt.. She had a lady partsl fibroid, and I don't mean...

  3. Hearts of steel

    JennieBSN replied to Lynn Casey RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You bet your b*** I've had a similar experience. Not death, but just as heart-wrenching. While working in the NICU, close to shift change, I was with a first time mom (a young mom) who was tearfully...

  4. What Freaks You Out?

    JennieBSN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    BLEAH!! The ortho comments DEFINITELY made me screech 'eeeeeeeeeeeewwwww!!' Yeah, the pins-in-the-skin thing is nasty. I had to have that MYSELF once as a patient, and thought I was gonna HURL!...

  5. Professional organizations

    JennieBSN replied to bmaury's topic in General Nursing

    'all the nurses' are at work!!! or at home with their families. Sorry, that was smart-a** sounding. Not meant to be ugly. Yes, it's important to be a part of professional organizations, you're...

  6. Professional appearance

    JennieBSN replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I must say, I'm guilty of the non-restrained hair thing sometimes. I guess it's just my little form of post-nursing school rebellion. But I do, for the most part, wear my hear up and away from my...

  7. How about we take off the gloves and get out of the ring?

    JennieBSN replied to JillR's topic in General Nursing

    Fergus, you rock! You read my MIND!! Bless you, bless you, bless you. Wonderfully stated. You are a breath of fresh air amidst that 'other' tense thread... . Sorry, just had to say all that. Back...

  8. How about we take off the gloves and get out of the ring?

    JennieBSN replied to JillR's topic in General Nursing

    What other bb did you post on? Just curious. I don't know what I think about any of this stuff. I really don't have a 'strong' opinion, sorry. I'm more interested in reading what other people have...

  9. IS THIS YOU?

    JennieBSN replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO!! I swear, every unit seems to have a nurse who insists on dressing like a hooker for work! We have one nurse who looks like she gets her makeup from Sherwin-Williams, and there's so much...

  10. New Grad Rates for RN's

    JennieBSN replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    I got a little over $16 as a new

  11. switching areas of nursing

    JennieBSN replied to CCox's topic in General Nursing

    A good way to get your foot in the door in L&D (which is how I did it), is to start out on the mother/baby side (or postpartum if your hosptial doesn't do mother/baby). Mother/baby units readily...

  12. unit trespassing

    JennieBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is posted in the OB section as well, but I thought more people would see it if I posted it in both places. Please read! Okay guys, I REALLY need some input on this one. Last week, we had a woman...

  13. Confidentiality

    JennieBSN replied to mindil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't know of any specific publications, with the exception of nursing ethics textbooks. Don't worry...the subject will be WELL covered in school. Which of your fellow colleagues choose to take...

  14. Agency Nurses

    JennieBSN replied to ArleneNC99's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had a problem with agency nurses at all. They are usually quite competent, and work very hard. As far as the staffing thing goes, mustangsheba hit it right...my hospital will cut the...

  15. BSN minimum requirement

    JennieBSN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    CarolK---Just as YOU might resent blanket statements about 2 year RNs being 'uneducated,' I resent your IGNORANT blanket statements about BSNs: BSN's don't know what a real nurse does nor do they...

  16. BSN minimum requirement

    JennieBSN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    CarolK---Just as YOU might resent blanket statements about 2 year RNs being 'uneducated,' I resent your IGNORANT blanket statements about BSNs: BSN's don't know what a real nurse does nor do they...

  17. What to do

    JennieBSN replied to burger914's topic in General Nursing

    Oramar hit the nail on the head. I thought I 'KNEW' also, and resigned after only 2 months! The hospital had a lot of internal openings, so I just picked a unit at random...three and a half years...

  18. BSN minimum requirement

    JennieBSN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    RNPD stated at the beginning of her comment that she is an ADN nurse. However, judging by her behavior and eloquent commentary(read: absence of put-downs, nastiness), I'd call her a TRUE...

  19. BSN minimum requirement

    JennieBSN replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

    RNPD stated at the beginning of her comment that she is an ADN nurse. However, judging by her behavior and eloquent commentary(read: absence of put-downs, nastiness), I'd call her a TRUE...

  20. IS THIS YOU?

    JennieBSN replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    I TOTALLY agree with the above posters on this topic!! My instructors in nursing school made us very aware of how offensive/disgusting a pt. in the hospital finds perfume, and we weren't allowed to...

  21. Confidentiality

    JennieBSN replied to mindil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OH MAN!! That nurse should have been SHOT!! How inappropriate! I deal with grown WOMEN who still don't want their mothers to know they have genital herpes, had an abortion, etc.. IT'S NOBODY...

  22. Confidentiality

    JennieBSN replied to mindil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think confidentiality is a HUGE issue in nursing. I deal with it every day in the sense of having to defend my patients' rights to confidentiality from various friends/family members calling on the...

  23. small hospitals

    JennieBSN replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    Hi moonshadeau! I left a huge tertiary center/teaching hospital to go to a smaller hospital 2 years ago. It was the best decision I've ever made!! I started out by going PRN at both hospitals,...

  24. 60 minutes needle segment

    JennieBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did anyone watch "60 Minutes" tonight? Had a segment on needlesticks and the use of needlestick prevention devices in hosptials. I only caught the last half of it, but I wondered if any of you use...

  25. Non-critical pts in ICU

    JennieBSN replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    Bunky--good point. I was wondering the same