JentheRN05 RN

OB, ortho/neuro, home care, office

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    My Unit is Closing (Warning: LONG)

    JentheRN05 replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow seems like you have some huge decisions to make. I think your judgement is right though. Since the job doesn't start for 3 weeks, I would tell the 'new' job that you need a week to think about it....
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    NCLEX pass rates for your school?

    JentheRN05 replied to Robin61970's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ours had 100% pass rate the class before mine. Yes the program is hard, but you learn alot more than most IMHO. So the higher the pass rate the harder the program. That would be my take on it
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    Anyone from Regis College?

    JentheRN05 replied to lablad's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Bump
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    Acid-Base disorders

    JentheRN05 replied to noele1213's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Anything to do with the HCO3 is metabolic, CO2 is respiratory :) Hope this
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    RN's vs. Students @ clinicals

    JentheRN05 replied to NJNursing's topic in General Students

    I'm on nights now, so I don't have students anymore But I LOVED having them on days. I would seek them out to do foleys, IV sticks you name it. I got to explain things to them, it was wonderful,...
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    Whose got back problems?????

    JentheRN05 replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    I have low back problems, so bad I take Lortab 10's q6h for pain, plus muscle relaxers and ultram at work. Only shoes I have found that work for my low back pain is J.Rubio, $70 a pair, but the do...
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    Anyone from Regis College?

    JentheRN05 replied to lablad's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    DO they have a distance program? That's where I'm supposed to attend starting this week. I need to know alot actually, a bunch of questions if it does. Thanks
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    16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

    JentheRN05 replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in General Nursing

    I started at 18.50, up a whole .25 for being off orientation yipee. But shift diffs make the difference. I make $22/h for week day nights. $23.50 for weekend nights. So it's worth it. But I'm in...
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    I took the GRE today & did so well!!!!!! Yippee!

    JentheRN05 replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yes it does, thank
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    RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    JentheRN05 replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    I have been living with chronic back pain for a couple of years. I finally had an MRI on Wednesday, still waiting on the results. In either case, originally I was prescribed 5/500 Lortabs. Those...
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    I took the GRE today & did so well!!!!!! Yippee!

    JentheRN05 replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Okay, I hate to sound stupid here, but what is a GRE exam? Is this something I'm going to have to take to go for my MSN or is it something you take to get into nursing school that I've already taken?...
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    question for Rn's

    JentheRN05 replied to vollmermc's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    really depends on what kind of unit your on, days or nights. I work on a fairly busy ortho/neuro unit, on nights. I have between 5-6 patients every night, can be more or less, but that's the average...
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    Tall scrubs? What about fanny packs?

    JentheRN05 replied to iLOVEbees's topic in Men in Nursing

    My suggestion, stay away from fanny packs. There's a guy at my work, really REALLY nice guy, a little over bearing at times, but still a nice guy. He has people talking about him constantly about his...
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    My FIRST 3month EVALUATION

    JentheRN05 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Awesome!! I have my 3 month eval next week, I can only hope for one as good as yours
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    ginko biloba????

    JentheRN05 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    It works pretty good, but long term it seemed to make memory worse. What I swear by, and yes there are definitive documentations on this is 1. Chew gum while studying and during the final 2. Not just...
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    the pros & cons of being a nurse

    JentheRN05 replied to Georgiana*'s topic in General Nursing

    I love my job most days, well actually I can honestly say I love my job everyday. There are days I get frustrated, but I can NEVER even think, "boy I hate my job" Even when I have extremely trying...
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    good student, bad nurse...

    JentheRN05 replied to sophiajoy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Straight out of school I went into OB. My lifelong dream! I was thrilled and excited. WHen the time came for my 3 month eval. I was freaked out and overwhelmed. I too was 'just not getting it!" I was...
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    Drop off where?

    JentheRN05 replied to IcantThinkofaName's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sent out resumes via email/online. I got both of my jobs that way
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    Where should I start?

    JentheRN05 replied to Maria22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would highly suggest med-surg. Sure you'll get alot of IV sticks, and maybe some foleys in ER, and assessment skills, but in the ER it's very fast paced and from scratch I think it would be a rough...
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    Dr wants to induce at 38 weeks, please tell me what you know about cytotec!!!!

    JentheRN05 replied to Anonymous2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    personally - we used cytotec quite alot when I was working in OB, rarely had complications, but we rarely had deliveries either lol (small hospital) I would, as others have suggested, do some...
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    Burn Out

    JentheRN05 replied to akerdonn's topic in General Nursing

    Well personally I have a really hard time coping with working 36 hours a week. I don't see how anyone could work that many hours and stay sane, but if you have the endurance and insomnia I guess it...
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    Preceptor Nightmare

    JentheRN05 replied to Raevyn's topic in General Students

    Well all I can say is we ALL make med errors, if not in school, in real life nursing. I've made one, could've even had dire consequences, but it DIDN'T! I, 2 weeks on the job, got a diabetic patient...
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    I really truly think I chose the wrong department

    JentheRN05 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi - okay, this is my second post along the same line. After today I think I come to realize something. I started as an OB nurse, straight out of nursing school. It was a small hospital, so I work...
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    I really truly think I chose the wrong department

    JentheRN05 replied to JentheRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I posted this quite a while back. Since then, I have started a new job working in ortho/neuro I actually had to ask to be taken off of orientation because I felt so confident in my job! I feel much...
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    Standing on my feet....HORRIBLE BACK PROBLEMS! Need shoe help!

    JentheRN05 replied to caseyrb's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Crocs are awesome for my feet, but I found they give little support for my chronic back problems. My father was kind enough to give me a christmas present early. A pair of J.Rubios $70 a pair. Last...