littlejo

littlejo has 30+ years experience and specializes in special needs: children, afc.

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1. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

   littlejo replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   As a nursing student, working a dementia unit for our clinical studies left me in tears all the way back home. The lady I was assigned to was no longer very vocally lucid, needed to be fed, and had no bladder/bowel control. I'd come in to her room, g...

2. Anyone take the HESI?

   littlejo replied to geekgolightly's topic in HESI

   YES!!! my daughter is an LPN in michigan -- bombed the hesi and breezed right thru the NCLeX! i took it today with a 995, while biting my nails to the 2nd nuckle... it's only a tool in our school, so my heart goes out to those who absolutely MUST do...

3. HESI Exam Poll (Please Respond)

   littlejo replied to boomer1's topic in General Nursing

   just took it today as a way to isolate any weak areas we may have to focus on to pass the nclex... no bearing on our grades... the scores i feel are pretty fickle! some of the smartest, highest grade point students did poorly and some did shockingly ...

4. share the most meaningful support you received from a significant other

   littlejo posted a topic in General Students

   for me, it was the day i heard my husband actually say aloud to someone "my wife is going to school to be a nurse" (for a long time he didn't like the idea at all) -- also the promise from his sister (a dr) and her husband (a crna) to be at the pinni...

5. what do you love about your cat(s)

   littlejo posted a topic in General Students

   besides the comforting purr putting you to sleep, its warmth and softness greeting you affectionately after a hard day/night...:paw:

6. feeding frenzy on fellow classmate

   littlejo replied to littlejo's topic in General Students

   update: a letter was written as per orders from above to submit all thots and feelings in writing which will then be given to the head of nursing in a sealed envelope... one of the students did actually observe unsafe practices, inappropriate behav...

7. feeding frenzy on fellow classmate

   littlejo replied to littlejo's topic in General Students

   Update: It was not as bad as I imaged, the teacher insisted on only first hand information. However, I feel the group has a vendetta, concerning the other student and personal opinions are tainting the evaluation process. Thanks again for everyone's ...

8. feeding frenzy on fellow classmate

   littlejo replied to littlejo's topic in General Students

   thanks so much for the advice everyone... i have no problem being just a fly on the wall here, have also practiced "non-accusitory language' skills thru another group near me... which i hope i keep the presence of mind to use! btw, the instructor the...

9. feeding frenzy on fellow classmate

   littlejo posted a topic in General Students

   i got a call from a classmate that rides with me to school asking if we can get there a little early in the morning... i like being on the early side anyway and agreed... when i asked why, as she does not like to be anywhere until the last minute... ...

10. I feel like such an idiot

    littlejo replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! (yes, i'm shouting cuz you all are worth shouting about!)... i just copied and pasted and printed out all your encouragements... i've worried about every little hands-on procedure (this IS a real person you're working on) and especially get fumb...

11. Was a hard day today

    littlejo replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    nursing care is probably one of the hardest jobs ever loved... you are a hero, to your sweet patient, his family, the staff you work with, and now to all of us in sharing your heart and your experience... keep up the great work -- you give the medi...

12. What does your nursing uniform look like?

    littlejo replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

    ours is a navy polo with school name embroidered, khaki pants and any closed toe shoe for school, white scrub pants with white nurse's/tennis shoe for clinical site along with embroidered lab coat (which always gets too hot to wear with the running a...

13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    littlejo replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    doing our first level clinical on a dementia unit as a nursing student, we were instructed to determine orientation of the patient... we introduced ourselves to the gentleman dressed in nothing more than a hospital gown, sitting in his wheelchair an...

14. Med Surg before OB/Maternity???

    littlejo replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    there are lots of things to be learned in med/surg that can be applied in any hospital environment... i guess i see all learning profitable as many medical fields overlap and i can even understand doing things other way around... each facility you ...

15. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    littlejo replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    a good friend emailed me the best nursing jokes i'd ever heard, so in my quest for more more more, i hit up a search engine for nursing humor and couldn't get registered fast enough! found nursetoons which i've shared with, well, everyone in my nurs...