HappyJaxRN

HappyJaxRN

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  1. I need some advice so bad!!!!!!

    HappyJaxRN replied to Sweetpeaa's topic in Nursing Career

    What can you afford to do? You're not too old to where you need to hurry up and get through a shorter program. If I were you, just speaking from experience, if you can afford to go through the BSN...

  2. Bleeding out

    HappyJaxRN replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I did the right thing. He was hypertensive. Not super high. It was 170/92. We are the call the MD/PA whoever is on call when it is higher than 160/90. She was going to give him a pain pill...

  3. Bleeding out

    HappyJaxRN replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the great advice! I'm not sure....last I saw him, he had just taken his clonidine. He was still the same when I had left. They had done a portable chest xray with pending results. I'll know...

  4. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    HappyJaxRN replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    He he....that's

  5. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    HappyJaxRN replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's a good one.

  6. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    HappyJaxRN replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know this isn't too funny, but it was funny to watch if you were there...I was tired, the shift was winding down. I was sitting in a chair with 4 wheels. I was leaning forward talking to someone and...

  7. Not sure how to study....

    HappyJaxRN replied to marilynmom's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Study the material and get to know everything. Practice with the NCLEX books before taking the tests....Get a book that gives you rationales. Once you work these problems over and over, you'll get the...

  8. Please oh please help! Failed Psych NP boards..

    HappyJaxRN replied to yelper42's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wish you the best of

  9. Feeling humiliated/Vent.. How would you respond?

    HappyJaxRN replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMgosh! Better you than me...I would have been upset. Our MDs and PA's don't talk to us this way. Altho, I've only called a PA once who wasn't on call...and she was very nice...I would have been like...

  10. Please oh please help! Failed Psych NP boards..

    HappyJaxRN replied to yelper42's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Don't be embarressed. You're only human. Hold your head high. I wish I knew the answer to this one, but I'm not familiar with the NP boards. I wish you the best of luck tho. When can you take it...

  11. Positive Side of Nursing

    HappyJaxRN replied to wanna-be-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    When a patient recovers and does well because of something that you did. How great! Or when you advocate for them and actually make waves....getting SOMEONE like an MD or PA to listen and make...

  12. Nurses are overpaid!

    HappyJaxRN replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle I read this title and thought, 'has this person lost their mind???' Lol....I need to go check out eBay for these items...that sounds so interesting.

  13. Your Pet and your schedule...

    HappyJaxRN replied to KatieBell's topic in General Nursing

    I have 2 dogs and a cat who thinks he's a dog...:chuckle The cat is fine for 12+ hours. The dogs...I feel bad if they are ever left for longer than 8 hours and it does happen from time to time....

  14. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    HappyJaxRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    That's unacceptable! It's one thing if the aide is sitting around doing nothing, but if the aide is busy....then the aide is busy! Give me a break. Getting a cup of water is not that hard! I know I've...

  15. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    HappyJaxRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    When a family member who is staying over night with the patient who is POD #0 and keeps waking the patient up for every little thing....because the FAMILY member is afraid. The pt gets no sleep and is...

  16. Nurses and drug abuse

    HappyJaxRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that there is a string somewhere about this....But I thought I would start a new one. Hope you don't mind mods... Anyhoo- A nurse at our hospital was recently fired for stealing drugs. That...

  17. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    HappyJaxRN replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Where's that energizer bunny when you need

  18. Could someone decipher this for me please?

    HappyJaxRN replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

    We have a clinic connected to our hospital and a lot of times they have outpatient procedures. Sometimes these orders show up within the chart and sometimes not. Maybe they had all this done on an...

  19. Vet tech calling herself RN

    HappyJaxRN replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Oh...See...I missed the part where she called herself an RN...I wonder if there's registered. She DID mention that she cares for animals and not humans....But I see what you're talking about. Didn't...

  20. Vet tech calling herself RN

    HappyJaxRN replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    I don't meant to offend anyone here, but I tend to agree. My nursing job is so stressful that everything else in life is not that bad. I wouldn't stress out about this. My vet's office has vet techs...

  21. Breast Implants

    HappyJaxRN replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. This is true. Another problem....and this can be a biggy. I went to have an ultrasound of my heart once and the MD was not able to move my breast over enough to get a good picture of the entire...

  22. Breast Implants

    HappyJaxRN replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes. Then I offended you. Sawwy. I say the B word

  23. Percent Passing Rate

    HappyJaxRN replied to gizmo12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Awesome! 100%! :smiley_aa That's something to be proud

  24. Breast Implants

    HappyJaxRN replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    That'll be me:p . BIG PERKY boobs at 80 in a nursing home....while everything else is flat, I'll still have my

  25. Physically attacked on the job?

    HappyJaxRN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow....you guys have been beat up...Luckily nothing bad yet. The encephlopathic patients who are pre-restrained try from time to time, but I usually catch their swinging fists or I'm able to pry...