Jensmom7 BSN, RN

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    Can't get into school because of statistics :(

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

    Wow-it's been almost 40 years since I took Statistics. Apparently it's STILL cutting people off at the knees lol. Truthfully, all statistics did was give me a healthy mistrust of many study results,...
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    You will all probably hate me for this

    Jensmom7 replied to Lulu Belle's topic in General Nursing

    While I generally subscribe to the Golden Rule, some of the topics posted here make me scratch my head and wonder if perhaps I haven't clicked on The Onion by mistake. If you, Special Snowflake that...
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    Should I change agencies?

    Jensmom7 replied to withlove89's topic in Travel

    Yeah, I was in my twenties when the tax wasn't taken out for the entire year. Thank Jebus it was State tax, not Federal!! Hubby still trots it out on occasion, thirty years later, as an example of how...
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    Should I change agencies?

    Jensmom7 replied to withlove89's topic in Travel

    It isn't your employers responsibility to monitor how much money is being taken out of your check. It's yours. That's why you get a check stub. When I was young and clueless, I didn't really do...
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    What's a fair salary for a NEW RN GRAD?

    Jensmom7 replied to ArmyTwin's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    And that's one reason some of us "old fossils" give new grads side eye, especially the ones who TREAT us like old fossils. I'm Hospice, salaried, but it works out to less than what you get hourly, and...
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    Why You Need an Elevator Speech

    Jensmom7 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    Lol and to think 36 years ago, I walked into Personnel, fresh out of college, with a shiny new BSN, and filled out an application. The Personnel lady looked at it, asked if I had time to talk to the...
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    Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

    Jensmom7 replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Hospice Nurse, at one point all my patients were in a facility. One day, several facility nurses were escorted out of the building, busted for diverting narcotics. At the time, the facility...
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    Valedictorian caught cheating

    Jensmom7 replied to pinknursepower's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Times sure have changed. Transcripts and GPA didn't mean diddly squat when I graduated. No one asked what your Board scores were, either (there were 5, btw). All they wanted was your shiny new Nurse...
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    Patients family in the medical field

    Jensmom7 replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I try not to play the Nurse card until I get tired of the one syllable words and let them know I understand Medicalspeak lol. It saves a lot of time. One thing I never do is act like I know everything...
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    Does Death Have A Smell?

    Jensmom7 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Hospice Nurse, and yes, sometimes there is a death smell. That's one reason, when I do post mortem care, I look for perfume, Cologne, even baby powder. I sprinkle some on the patient, some on...
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    I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    Jensmom7 replied to pcbnurse's topic in Home Health

    I left hospital nursing over 10 years ago. Went into Home Care, which over time nearly sucked out my will to live. The travel was hideous, the paperwork crept into my private life, I was salaried, so...
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    CC RN moving into home hospice

    Jensmom7 replied to hopefulinTN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Nope, not really. Lip service is paid to the "you have the right to refuse medications, treatments, etc. etc." part of the Patient Bill of Rights, but in reality, if the patient declines a new med...
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    Every other weekend & holidays??

    Jensmom7 replied to LuciaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhahaha that's so funny. Wait, you're serious? Wow. It's called paying your dues, youngling. Been an RN since 1979, and missed more weddings, parties and family get togethers than I can count. Even...
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    Nurses can eat properly if they manage their time

    Jensmom7 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, when I was in school, we used to deliberately talk about blood, gore, guts, various mucus colors and the wounds we saw in Clinical, especially if the pretentious "pre-Med" crowd was sitting...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Jensmom7 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, my, I thought I was the only one who didn't blink an eye at blood, gore, guts, bones poking out of skin or a raging Code Brown, but gagged at the thought of mucus! When I was still a Hospital...
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    CC RN moving into home hospice

    Jensmom7 replied to hopefulinTN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been an RN for 35 years, and a Hospice Nurse for 5. It's quite a mind flip to go from Acute Care to Hospice. One thing you really need to remember is that Hospice is all about choices. The...