Jensmom7 BSN, RN

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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually, no. She's too Facebook. I really do hope she gets to save like she plans. However, she has to actually earn that RN before she can do
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    Drug seekers

    Jensmom7 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is, even though the hospital staff were supplying the care it was Hospice who developed the care plan. There should have been an RN assigned to his case, as a resource for the hospital...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Reminds me of the episode of "Friends" when Rachel was all excited about getting her first paycheck and then saw the difference between gross and net: "Who's this 'FICA' guy and why did he take all my...
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    11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Jensmom7 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that even when I'm on the phone at the Nurses station, it's a good idea to actually pay attention and look when one of the Memory Care residents comes up and hands me something that turns...
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    Took nclex rn today - certain I've failed

    Jensmom7 replied to lapiz's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Relax. Breathe. You got your license. Nursing school delivered on what it was supposed to; give you the minimum you needed to pass boards. Take the weekend to decompress, stand in front of a mirror...
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    Jensmom7 replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I know this is off topic, but I just flashed on Monty Python's "Twit of the Year" routine. Anyhoo, on topic. I used to not appreciate tattoos in a professional setting (yes, I am a COB), but times...
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    Advice for first clinical rotation?

    Jensmom7 replied to yoshi2560's topic in General Students

    Don't stand around with your group and complain about being "bored" when the regular floor staff are running around coping with everything they have to do. I once heard a student say that several...
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    Supplies

    Jensmom7 replied to muirite's topic in Home Health

    Also, if your mom has commercial insurance (as opposed to Medicare or Medicaid), sometimes the agency CAN'T provide supplies. They may have to come from the insurance company's contracted, in-network...
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    Why I love being an oncology nurse

    Jensmom7 replied to NurseKate16's topic in Oncology

    This is why there are so many specialties and opportunities available to us. What is anathema to one is a life's work to another. It's good when someone finds their niche. I get a lot of those same...
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    Sharpie on Tegaderm

    Jensmom7 replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    Not if you date the Tegaderm before you apply it to the patient. Do it outside the room while you're at the Treatment
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    *sigh* You get told something you don't want to hear and the best you can do is trot out the old "you sound very bitter and negative" routine? Not bitter and negative at all. It's the same advice I...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    She's. Not. A. Nurse. Yet. She got her BSN, but hasn't sat boards yet, so she hasn't earned an RN. She also shouldn't have "Nurse" in her screen name, but that's a discussion for another time. After...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Bwahahaha I just did a spit take. You are so practical.
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Jensmom7 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, you haven't taken boards yet, much less passed them. What's going to happen to your wonderful job if God forbid, you don't pass? No license, no job. No job, no income, disposable or otherwise. No...
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    When you get your first met call as a new nurse...

    Jensmom7 replied to soulshine101's topic in General Nursing

    Lol you put into letters exactly what I was thinking!! Seriously, I spend half my time looking up the d*** acronyms. I really think medicine has gone overboard with them. [emoji33] But, it's...
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    Does it seem like nursing school is only giving 1% of the picture?

    Jensmom7 replied to SentinelTruth's topic in General Nursing

    The point of Nursing school is not to give you all the knowledge you will need in the actual Nursing world. The point of Nursing school is to teach you the minimum information you will need to pass...
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    Looking for my first RN job and hoping to get into a teaching hospital. Need pointers!

    Jensmom7 replied to positive_nursing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, teaching hospitals don't nurture nurses. The worst nurses I saw, in terms of assessment skills and nursing practice expertise, were at a teaching hospital. Everyone relied on the Interns...
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    Acute Kidney Injury

    Jensmom7 replied to sjdg369's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Google "pathophysiology of acute kidney injury" peruse several of the eleventy-five articles that pop up, take notes, come back here with what you learned and if you have any questions after that, we...
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    What's wrong with my patient?

    Jensmom7 replied to Pseudonym's topic in General Students

    Hey, I'm at work during the day-doesn't stop me
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    Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    Jensmom7 replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes there's a difference between being 55 and a nurse for 7 years and being 55 and a nurse for 34 years. Especially if most of those 34 years were at the bedside. Back in the 70s and 80s, there...
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    IVs in the breast

    Jensmom7 replied to kasekin's topic in General Nursing

    Used to do them in kids all the
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    IVs in the breast

    Jensmom7 replied to kasekin's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered when someone was going to bring that up! Never saw an IV there, but many years ago an IV drug user told me they're very easy to
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    What's wrong with my patient?

    Jensmom7 replied to Pseudonym's topic in General Students

    I hope OP keeps reading this thread-but I think she bailed. Unfortunate, because she did a good
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    What's wrong with my patient?

    Jensmom7 replied to Pseudonym's topic in General Students

    If you notice, people were very willing to guide you once you communicated what you had already put together. That's how you learn and retain material. As a student you aren't expected to have all...
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    Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    Jensmom7 replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    I don't consider myself old either, but several places near me start their senior discount at 55. Do I take advantage of it? Damn skippy