Jensmom7 BSN, RN

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    Can they do this?

    Jensmom7 replied to jkadel's topic in General Students

    Did you not read the whole post you were referring to? I SAID you came back, took responsibility and acknowledged the mistake was yours. I also then said this: "OP, I know that right now you're...
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    Jealous Friends...

    Jensmom7 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in School, College Programs

    Ok, one life rule I've learned-I don't argue with children. It's a free country. You don't have to accept anything that anyone has said. You don't even have to like it. So what if someone told you...
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    Jealous Friends...

    Jensmom7 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in School, College Programs

    No, people putting forth their opinions regarding a question you asked on a public forum does not constitute thread hijacking. Even if those opinions aren't what you wanted to hear. So, to answer...
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    Nurses with asthma

    Jensmom7 replied to VampyrSlayer's topic in General Nursing

    When I was still working in the hospital, I once stopped for some provisions for the night. The lady in front of me had doused herself in some Gawdawful perfume, and it kicked off my asthma. Called...
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    Jensmom7 replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think the time constraint may just be a facility
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    Jensmom7 replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have called the funeral home immediately after pronouncing, as some of them can take 3-4 hours to arrive and we stay until they do (this is for home, not facility patients). Then I do the postmortem...
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    Teaching hygiene to (stinky) 5th grade girls

    Jensmom7 replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    They have spent the first 12 years of their lives just smelling like kidsweat and playground dirt-once those hormones start flowing and the apocrine glands wake up, Lordy what a stink. The problem is,...
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    new grad working as school nurse..

    Jensmom7 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in School

    There's no law says your employer HAS to give you a raise every year. I would imagine that any place like that would experience a very high turnover
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the reason is that when you're in school, you need exposure to the acute and critical care side of Nursing. You need to learn all those lab values and disease pathways, and why this treatment...
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    Can they do this?

    Jensmom7 replied to jkadel's topic in General Students

    I have compassion at work, for my patients. For someone who has screwed up royally, admits that they basically tried to fly under the radar and stay in a program they had no right to take up space in...
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    Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    Jensmom7 replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    Interesting how one school jumps the gun and another procrastinates; my daughter was in 4th grade she got dive bombed by 4 or 5 wasps in the school playground. In spite of her feeling nauseated and...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    You aren't going to get much exposure to Hospice in school, but an important point to remember is that Hospice is less concerned with diseases themselves and more with symptoms being experienced. If...
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    Jensmom7 replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    No one I know who works in Hospice would, either. I even talk to the deceased while I'm doing post mortem care, and call them by
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    How long is your commute?

    Jensmom7 replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    This IS research. OP is trying to determine what average drive times are-she hasn't asked for anything more than that. We've all heard horror stories about people (not necessarily in Nursing) who...
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    Cleaning up a dead person in a hospice setting

    Jensmom7 replied to PhoebotNiChungngay's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Generally with facility patients, the facility aides clean and change the body. When I was seeing home patients, when I did the death visit I would ask the family if they wanted to help me clean and...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Jensmom7 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Who got to inform him that best practice trumps stupidity? Sounds like a lazy doc who didn't want to be bothered with pain med requests when whatever was ordered wasn't
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    i`m a new student

    Jensmom7 replied to mrfixit1978's topic in General Students

    Study hard, keep track of your grades and don't cheat. And don't expect any of us to do your homework for you without at least attempting to show answers and/or
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    Homework interview needed!!!!!

    Jensmom7 replied to Libby1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Truly awesome. Every
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I thought his head was so heavy that his trachea was compressed when he fell asleep and his head tilted
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    Well, since the legal definition of Hospice states "If a disease or condition is allowed to go to its natural conclusion, which is death...", dying from whatever your terminal diagnosis is WOULD be a...
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    Guitar elective

    Jensmom7 replied to Palamino2019's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The problem is, even as an elective, you will still have the stress of tests, mid term and final. Having an outlet that has absolutely nothing to do with science, Nursing, etc is an excellent idea....
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    opinions on nurses going on strike

    Jensmom7 replied to Yerani27's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    All WHAT strikes? A quick Google search didn't show anything recent. If the thought of going on strike really bothers you, there's an easy solution: don't work at a unionized facility. If this is a...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    I do it on a case by case basis, and always tell families and staff that it's ok to take it off if the patient seems to be irritated by it. It's also easier when it's ordered PRN rather than...
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    oxygen in dying hospice patients

    Jensmom7 replied to bmel's topic in General Nursing

    Mavrick, when you're actively dying, CO2 buildup will probably be the least thing you'll worry about. Comfort is as comfort does. Whether it makes sense to us or not. End of life care doesn't think...
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    Tattoos in Nursing

    Jensmom7 replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Very interesting, thank