emmjayy BSN, RN

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    When do nursing programs do drug tests?

    emmjayy replied to helloego's topic in General Students

    EXCUSE ME I would love to hear the story of your instructor sticking you with a used Lovenox syringe. I'm sorry that happened! OP, my program has yet to drug test me. I'm graduating in May. I did...
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    What's it like in maternity clinicals?

    emmjayy replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Students

    It can be a little boring if nothing is going on. My first day of clinical on L&D there were no deliveries, just some moms in very early labor. I watched the strips at the nurse's station and...
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    Am I cut out for nursing

    emmjayy replied to larson1013's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There's a huge difference between caring for a patient in crisis in the hospital, with doctors, other nurses, RT, etc. to help, and dealing with an emergency that involves someone you love. I float as...
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    ICU as New Grad

    emmjayy replied to Cokerbear7's topic in General Students

    I'm interested to see the responses to this thread, particularly as to why it's not advisable for new grads to start in ICU, because that's what I'd like to do after I graduate this spring. I enjoy...
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    Mandatory Vaccine Waiver in Nursing School/Clinicals

    emmjayy replied to firecracker_1's topic in General Students

    One of my clinical instructors did not get the flu vaccine because of an allergy. She had to wear a mask ~6 months per year during flu season. I have never heard of anyone challenging the other...
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    EMT Course or EKG Course before applying to the RN program?

    emmjayy replied to Destined4Nursing 2019's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, save your money. Your instructors aren't going to expect you to be the most amazing nurse in the whole wide world from day one on clinical. I started nursing school with exactly zero medical...
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    I have 3.8 GPA with 3 Fs and 5 W on my transcript, will nursing schools reject me? :(

    emmjayy replied to SamaraS's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What courses did you get the F's and W's
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    Clinical sites

    emmjayy replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    It definitely depends on the program! I have never done LTC, first semester I was on an ortho floor and a cardiac floor. Second semester was med-surg, then OB (L&D/NICU) followed by some time on a...
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    Dosage question help

    emmjayy replied to aclay420's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    11.36 ml's is not the correct answer for this problem. If each mL has 5 mg of phenobarbitol (concentration is 25mg/5ml, which comes to 5mg/mL) and the MAX you can give per day is 5 mg, an answer of...
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    Dosage question help

    emmjayy replied to aclay420's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think the first two "book" answers are correct. In the first problem, I would divide 100 ml by 45 to figure out the ml's per minute, then multiply that number by 60 to arrive at ml's per hour....
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    Instructor Issue

    emmjayy replied to lorias's topic in General Students

    Okay, so I don't think this one incident means she is a rude instructor. Does she have a pattern of being short/rude in many situations? Or was this just a one-off? I feel like a lot of people in here...
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    Not Vaccinated-In Need of Advice

    emmjayy replied to scouteb's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Agree with everyone here about getting started early. My mom never got me the Hep B vaccine because it was new and she didn't trust it back when I was born (turns out that a lot of kids born in the...
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    Cannot seem to pass skilled portion of BLS

    emmjayy replied to thatgirl37's topic in General Students

    I'm the same size as you and I passed BLS with no issue. You've tried three times - have the instructors given you feedback/demonstrations/coaching to help you achieve good chest compressions? In my...
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    Not sure how to deal with this future classmate...

    emmjayy replied to tulipsupontulips's topic in General Students

    I had a similar issue with one of my peer mentees this year, who would text me things very late at night trying to strike up conversation, was flirtatious, etc. Obviously, that made things a whole...
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    Crying in front of instuctor

    emmjayy replied to amynursing's topic in General Students

    I've cried twice in front of a clinical instructor. Once because I totally messed up an assignment and got the lowest grade in the class on it (a very humiliating experience for me b/c typically I'm...
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    Do I push out the air bubble?

    emmjayy replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being so freaked out by the air bubble in the Lovenox syringe the first time I gave it - but when I was researching the med prior to giving it the manufacturer's instructions said to keep...
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    Matt Lauer Fired due to Inappropriate Sexual Behavior. Has This Happened to You?

    emmjayy replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I've never been sexually harassed in the workplace. It's been a lucky combo of working for great people and having good boundaries/being able to advocate for
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    Nursing School Needs Repair (And Why I Quit)

    emmjayy replied to Barmherzigkeit's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh, please. Let's not pretend it's not frustrating to be in a disorganized nursing program. I do not understand why schools can't get it together on a curriculum they run every single year. I attended...
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    My Daughter is Interested in Nursing

    emmjayy replied to Kamilah Coney's topic in General Students

    I mean, it's nice that your husband suggested this but you have a whole board full of actual nursing professionals/nursing students disagreeing with him, so I don't get why you're so focused on...
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    My Daughter is Interested in Nursing

    emmjayy replied to Kamilah Coney's topic in General Students

    You haven't completed formal training on how to be an RN to start with. Additionally, you don't have the special education needed to properly train someone to be a nurse.... so I don't think you...
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    Is nursing school and the clinicals really that tough?

    emmjayy replied to BuriedSet127's topic in General Students

    3rd semester student here (out of 4 semesters).... 1st semester is definitely the easiest, so get on top of your time management routine then. I was one of those "omg nursing school isn't that bad"...
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    Clinical makes me want to quit

    emmjayy replied to hopefulmidwife1's topic in General Students

    I felt this way in my first ever clinical rotation. It does get better. You get used to things, you stop being scared of things, you learn to focus on how the patient feels/how to help them rather...
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    Girl in my cohort is cheating

    emmjayy replied to KitKat2019's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    At my school, it is absolutely unacceptable to copy down questions/answers during test review. We are not allowed to have pens, papers, or phones on our desks during review and there are professors...
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    New student: good and comfortable shoes for clinicals

    emmjayy replied to Kodi A's topic in General Students

    Please go to a shoe store where they have people trained to figure out the best type of shoe for YOU based on an evaluation of your feet, gait, posture, etc. (usually running stores offer this...
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    Failing Fundamentals. Help!

    emmjayy replied to mzo899188's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    I second doing practice questions like crazy before the test. That way, you'll know what you've got down and what you need to focus on. Additionally, it'll help you figure out test-taking strategies!...