julie0125

julie0125 has 2 years experience and specializes in Long-term Care.

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1. What's your favorite type of patient?

   julie0125 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I am in love with the pleasantly confused and also the rowdy dementia patients (not the ones that are physically aggressive, more verbally aggressive). I especially loves the few that ask me who I am and I have been there for 4 days in a row with a ...

2. Advice PLEASE - Considering Nursing @ 39

   julie0125 replied to Seven, RN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The average age in my class for nursing school was 34. One of my fellow students graduated at 64! Age really doesn't matter. What is so great about nursing is the variety of position available. I also came from a customer service background and it wa...

3. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   julie0125 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   This one hails from my mother. I am a young nurse but she is a career PhD nurse. When she first graduated from nursing school, she was much like I am now....all to eagar to apply what we were taught in school. Well, she was working at a VA in the psy...

4. What's your favorite shift and why??

   julie0125 replied to np_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

   I love second shift. I feel like I get a little more time to connect with my residents (nursing home) than the day shift because of all the calls, new orders, paperwork, etc. I also like the fact that I will generally have an hour of quiet when every...

5. Need to interview a nurse for school, anyone want to help?

   julie0125 replied to misspeetle's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work in a neurology clinic. I agree that there was little patient responsibility. We were booked out for months in advance for patients. Either patients would so up late and demand that we fit them in somehow or they wouldn't even bother to...