jojotoo RN

jojotoo is a RN and specializes in Emergency.

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1. What do I do?

   jojotoo replied to love2beanurse's topic in General Nursing

   I would think, that fresh out of school, the job that reinforced your new knowledge would be the best. The obs unit - 12 patients and THREE licensed staff - that's a great ratio. And these patients should be relatively stable. This would be a wonde...

2. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

   jojotoo replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think that we have been "tactful " too long and need to start telling it like it is and start doing some serious boundary setting.

3. You can help me when you have time

   jojotoo replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

   Tazzi is a little more generous than I am. I'd still have made a formal complaint about her behavior whether she changed her mind and helped me or not. While we are all grateful for the assistance that CNAs and techs give us, NO WAY am I going to al...

4. Nurse Phobias?

   jojotoo replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

   Removing insects from ears. Can't do it. Can't assist. Can't even be in the same room. Other foreign body removal doesn't bother me.

5. Patients on Medicaid

   jojotoo replied to DiEd's topic in Relations

   quote "on another note, my mother is on medicaid, since having colon ca back in 1992. she did have major medical, but the company tried to say that my dad lied (which he didn't) about her having epilepsy and dropped her just before surgery. the firs...

6. Who makes your assignments?

   jojotoo replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

   The night charge nurse makes it for the following AM and PM shift. But we're pretty fluid with it. Usually it's not a problem if someone wants to change it.

7. Where are all the happy nurses?

   jojotoo replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

   I'm happy. I'm happy that I don't have to work at McDonalds or Wal-Mart. I'm happy that I make an excellent wage with a two year degree. I'm happy that I can go any place in the country and make a good living. And I'm especially happy on those rar...

8. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

   jojotoo replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   Do we know that these residents are being deprived of sleep? Perhaps they're going to bed at 7PM or 8PM. Those times seem odd to me too, but not abusive. If I ever had to go into a nursing home, I would want to get up at 5PM and go to bed at 10AM....

9. Does this scare anyone but me?!?!?!?!?

   jojotoo replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   The patient may not have been a pysch case, but it sounds like the charge nurse must be. Is she CRAZY? I have never worked in any ER that tolerated patients having weapons. And that includes peace officers. Even their guns require being secured (b...

10. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    jojotoo replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    I think that some of the posters are being a little hard on the OP. Either they've forgotten what it's like to be at the bottom of the totem pole or they've never been there at all. It's all well and good that a CNA is being advised to be a patient...

11. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    jojotoo replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    As long as we live in a free society, I think that MDs should be able to choose who they will and won't treat in their private practice. For whatever reason that they choose, as long as it doesn't violate the law. If they are affliated with a hospit...

12. PLEASE read. I need help!

    jojotoo replied to heavenly14313's topic in General Nursing

    I think that this would only be a HIPAA violation if the patient (the biological father of the OP) objected to the student sharing his clinical information. Did he? But if this is a HIPAA violation, I also think that the punishment is too harsh. Sc...

13. can you add KCL to IVF?

    jojotoo replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Some institutions do allow nurses to prepare IVF with certan additives. But I thought that all vials of KCL were kept in the pharmacy now (and not on the unit) due to errors where KCL had been given as a direct IVP.

14. Is ectopic pregnancy the leading cause of women's infertility?

    jojotoo replied to lpn2rnstudent's topic in General Students

    I would have guesssed PID.

15. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

    jojotoo replied to RiverNurse's topic in New Nurse

    I don't think new grads have realistic expectations about how soon they should be able to function independently. For me to take a new grad in the ER and teach them what they need to know, I would expect that they would need heavy duty mentoring for ...