MJJFan1

MJJFan1 BSN, RN

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  1. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Pm me, give you all you need to "make sure." Don't be intimidated by my

  2. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh god, i need to change that huh? that's from 2005 when I first joined as a nursing studen trying to figure out how to get in. But yeah, you can look me up in NCBON. Been nursing telemetry for a...

  3. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    i dont care what school you go to. you wil not be taught a "theory" for

  4. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Not necessarily "the degree" because you can train all of you life to be a nurse (bsn or adn) but until you are actually thrown into the situation will you actually understand how it works. Think...

  5. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You're only 21 years old. You will one day see what I see when it comes to new faces entering the workforce with no experience telling you "hey, i manage this floor' or 'hey, we are going to war...

  6. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Sorry that i come off that way. i am a Marine. Just straight up. I tend not to have any emotion when it comes to saying how I feel. I am a get straight to the point type of person. However,...

  7. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You are so right. Have you tried an online program through your state? When I was in the Marine Corps, this was the route I took. Finally decided PA program was best for me. Have you tried using a FNP...

  8. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Of course having a BSN will automatically give you the management role. But a BSN will not give you those life skills that go along with with the management roll. You can't just say 'hey, I manage...

  9. Do people treat you different when they find out you are a nurse?

    MJJFan1 replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    i normally get "oh" as if it's nothing at all. Then they try and make their job seem more important. That's when i get offended and say "try having 6 patients, 1 is confused and is kicking your %%%. 1...

  10. What's the point of getting a BSN?

    MJJFan1 replied to nikkir386's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No one can be PREPARED for leadership. Either you have it or you don't. Not all BSN's can lead. Sorry , it just doesn't work that way. i'm speaking from experience as a US Marine Corps veteran. Saw...

  11. BSN...what for?

    MJJFan1 replied to exit96's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't know how long you plan on working , but I was in the US Marine Corps for 16 years and my last 4, are being spent working as a nurse for the US Government. I will retire at age 39 and receive a...

  12. First code that shouldn't have been a code (long)

    MJJFan1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay people, I've been nursing for 1 year and 6 months to the day. i have never had to call a code or rapid response. I work on a tele floor. Here's the scenario: 0700:Day shift coming in, Nurse...

  13. Coming out to co-workers

    MJJFan1 replied to twotoo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it all has to do with your working environment; if you're working with die hard christians, hush, but if you are working with young, "who give a care" type people, let it out. i was working...

  14. First medication error- I am quitting nursing

    MJJFan1 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you are going to make med errors; i gave a guy 1000 carafate when it should have only been 500. You make a med error everytime you reschedule a med beacuse you know it's going to be late. I mean, it...

  15. BSN...what for?

    MJJFan1 replied to exit96's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Knowledge is power but if we're both changing trach's and hanging that peritoneal dialysis fluid, who can tell what the difference in our education

  16. BSN...what for?

    MJJFan1 replied to exit96's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    same pay, same test. No difference. Most colleges now require MSN to teach so rn-msn study is likely all off you BSN's next rite of passage to the world of teaching. Remember, those ADN students...

  17. Am I the only new nurse who doesn't hate my job?

    MJJFan1 replied to kmarie724's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i hate my job everyday>>>>>>the nurses i work with aren't "people person's" i hate it that i've been nursing for only a year and a half and have to precept another precepting...

  18. Did you sign a contract for your first job?

    MJJFan1 replied to Violet08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i signed a contract and will soon break the promise. i will pay the money back on the day I leave. Don't stay somewhere just because of money involved, you;ll be

  19. I got people fired where I work, and now hate my job

    MJJFan1 replied to shannieliz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't blame you for what you did. I see your point of

  20. I don't hate my job, I hate the people I work with

    MJJFan1 replied to SashaO's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I hear you systoly, however, being someone's friend just to influence their behavior is flat out devilish:angryfire How is it possible to make friends with people that are flat out

  21. Don't know how to quit

    MJJFan1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello all!! I'm a new nurse. Will have one year experience Jan 21, 2008. I work on a med-surg tele floor and am just so fed up. I've never quit anything in my life. I was in the Marine Corps for...

  22. so my year is almost up, who is gonna stay in the hospital, think I will PRN

    MJJFan1 replied to Lorelai22RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pbelle I understand you totally. My one year mark is January 21. I work on md-surg tele. I love my patients but seriously don't like my co-workers. There's too much backstabbing, shadiness, and not...

  23. Night nurse, AM report

    MJJFan1 replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can understand them asking those types of questions: need to know how the feed to be sure there's someone to feed them if the pt doesn't feed themselves. What i hat most is when the AM nurses want...

  24. Where to start....MED SURGE???????

    MJJFan1 replied to unclebenny20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Boring? Yeah right!! Listen to this one night patient assignment on a MED-SURG floor: Patient 1-Peritioneal Dialysis with 6 exchanges Patient 2-Comfort care DNR on Morphine PCA Patient 3-AIDS patient...

  25. Hating it at 11 months

    MJJFan1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Gotta vent you guys. Every time I try to talk it over with my husband, it turns into a fight. Any hoot, I work nights on a Telemetry/Medical/Surgical floor with hardly any TRUE TELE patients, just...