HappyJaxRN

Hello- I was reading some old posts from some people that were about 2 years old and wanted a fresh thread on this. Any nurses out there with Bipolar (BP) Disorder? How have you managed it? What kinds of things have happened for you? I loved my job f...

It's an uphill battle for any school to get their accredidation when they are new. ITT in Jacksonville is accredited. I wish I was seeing better reviews about this school.

Hi. I just wanted to post my thoughts here and be done with the way that I feel. I just rescently recovered from a drug overdose in the attempts to commit suicide. It was brought on by a nervous breakdown secondary to my medications. I have BP disord...

Yes. I have BP and ADHD. Through my 2 year degree, I was on adderall. Helped but made me manic. During my BSN, adderall was taken off my med list and my BP meds were adjusted. During my MSN, I suffered a nervous breakdown and it was found that my med...

Can someone please explain to me...in layman's terms....What blood anitibodies are. I'm having a brain-toot moment. I had to wait over 5 hours yesterday for 3 units of blood because the blood bank stated that the blood had antibodies and it took long...

They did when I was a young nurse.

If it's a personal problem as others have stated, EAP is great. If it's related to co-workers or patients, there should be a toll free anonymous reporting hotline you can report to. Best wishes. HappyJaxRn

Okay. Here's the problem. I'm bored. I have been on my floor since 2002. 5 years as an RN. I am in an MSN program and see myself doing so much more in the future. I go to work and I feel....bored. I'm fed up with the politics. I no longer like the ad...

As an MSN-Nursing Educator Student, I'd have to say it's good and bad. We just talked about this in our politics class. We really need more nurses. Based on the research that I've been doing, the US is going to be short approximately 440,000 nurses b...

We have hospitalists. They were pretty good, most of them. I used to call them a lot when I worked nightshift. I have been on days lately and haven't had much contact. They came in very handy if a particular medical team was not answering my pages an...

I would have to agree. I am working on a similar degree and have already had many thoughts of either switching or adding another major (crazy, I know). Do what you were doing....especially being so close to graduation...or if it's really in your hear...

Hi there. I am about to complete my BSN program which has been all online at JU (Jacksonville University). I didn't like online programs at first, but this has actually been better for me since I work full time as an RN at a busy hospital and it has ...

hi there. i needed to get this off of my chest as i have been wondering about what my future holds. i just accepted a full time position on a hospice unit. i have been working on a very busy hospital floor with critical patients. i took a prn job on ...

The nursing schools that I have attended took the GPA of only the classes that they were transferring into the program. I was accepted into an ADN program in NE Florida with a 2.5 GPA and accepted into an online RN-BSN program with a 2.3 GPA. I want ...

Hi. I graduated from FCCJ and 5 years later (now) am 1/2 way through the RN-BSN online program at JU. I pay $1230/3 credit class. I take 2 classes every 8 weeks. It is considered full time. I'm working fulltime as well. It's hard, but doable. I am le...

Hi. I went to FCCJ and worked full time. It was hard, but graduated and became an RN. I am currenly 1/2 through the JU online RN-BSN program. It too is accellerated. I will not lie to you. It is VERY hard. Anytime you take accellerated nursing classe...

Having been there and done that....I know a lot of things have changed since 5 years ago when I graduated from FCCJ, but the minimum admitted was a score over 190. I know several people who have applied and they have 200+ points. Just an FYI, you may...

I think it depends on where you go. I know in my town, the organization I work for, you have to have at least 2 years hospital nursing (pref. med/surg). Also, they don't hire LPN/LVN's anymore where I work, only CNA's and RN's. I was like you tho. A...

That needs to be addressed! Not cool. I don't blame you for being frustrated! Do you guys have an emergency kit? I would be complaining and bringing that up to the people in charge....

Hey Joe. Before I became a nurse, I was working as a homecare CNA and I was so impressed by the homecare RN's that I wanted to be just like them. So here I am eons later, an RN with Hospice now. I have gone back to school and my original focus was ps...

Wow, what a sticky situation. Atropine is a standing order for us as well...The scope patches should be standing order too in my humble opinion. I have not been a hospice nurse quite a year yet, so you guys have more experience than me, but the amoun...

I agree with both of these previous posts. A lot of the meds we give in hospice are for comfort messures. For instance, I may be giving lopressor to control a BP so that the patient is more comfortable. Or a vitamin supplement. Sometimes a vitamin de...

I have just started a new job as a hospice nurse. I have experienced a lot of deaths, as we all would. But tonight for instance, I was the one that helped someone on their way, per se. I spoke to one of the other staff nurses and she disagrees statin...

I am currently an RN and the school I want to go to is requiring that I take the HESI. What is that? I have already taken the NCLEX and passed. Can someone tell me what the HESI is?

I have my ADN and will be applying for my BSN. One of the requirements was a score of 850 on the HESI...maybe that means the one that I already took...I'm not sure. That's what I thought it was....what you said...I'll have to look into it. Thanks for...