Daisy Joyce

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    Home health rn, does this sound right?

    Daisy Joyce replied to ZandZmommyRN's topic in Home Health

    Did you know about this going in? The agencies I work for (per diem), I contact them with my availability and they schedule me or not. It tends to be feast or
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    Your words are against you

    Daisy Joyce replied to WHICH's topic in General Students

    Except, how do you keep the patient from blabbing your personal issues later? Or at the wrong time to people who will use this info against you? Look, I used to be a person who was very trusting and...
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    What happens in the nurse's office stays in the nurse's office

    Daisy Joyce replied to Examine49's topic in School

    I just laugh and say "none of your beeswax". They actually think that's funny. But the kids will usually pipe up and tell the other kid all the
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    Music in your office?

    Daisy Joyce replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Spa music on you tube. It's accompanied by pretty pictures and the kids like
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    Charge Nurse Feels like a Rat, Tech Refuses Patient Assignment

    Daisy Joyce replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I wonder if the nurse had reason to believe that nobody had her back. I've been in LTC facilities where if there was friction between the nurse and the aids , the nurse was told "you handle it", but...
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    Loud Cartoons for Elderly Patients

    Daisy Joyce replied to NurseSince2014's topic in General Nursing

    It's noise
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    The life or death squatty potty

    Daisy Joyce replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I was giving meds to a LOL who was quite demanding, when the call bell for the room catty corner to her went off. She could see the light over my shoulder out the door. So she says, "Do you need to...
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    Tattoos in the workplace

    Daisy Joyce replied to KB4848's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with Coptic Orthodox who have a cross tattooed on their inner wrist. I can't remember anyone having an issue over
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    Dilemma - What To Do, What To Do

    Daisy Joyce replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    An interview is not a job. Don't stop sending applications until you have a
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    Allegation of Neglect

    Daisy Joyce replied to jaortiz20's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Nothing about this post makes sense. The best spin I can put on it is you panicked under pressure and said any dumb thing to get out of that room ASAP. Which points to your having issues with social...
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    Should I work tomorrow?

    Daisy Joyce replied to amyn87's topic in General Nursing

    I don't call out until I'm 100. If I've made the decision to go to work, I don't check my temp again until I'm back
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    Staff attacked by resident

    Daisy Joyce replied to nurseguy213's topic in General Nursing

    I get where you're coming from, but I would be very dis-incentivized to learn social skills if what it earned me was the crappy assignment day after
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    Deciding to have a baby after ADN

    Daisy Joyce replied to ARODtheCRNA2b's topic in Nursing Career

    First of all, and I'm mean this very seriously , don't set up a rigid timeline for yourself then pin all your happiness on getting your own way. Please. Don't. Also, being a "relatively young mom"...
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    How do you stay warm at work?

    Daisy Joyce replied to Vfernandes's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a home care assignment where the family turned down the heat at night. I wore a thermawrap adhesive hot pack, long johns, 2 pairs of socks and a turtleneck under my scrubs. My next case was...
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    Flu shot advice

    Daisy Joyce replied to bcm9579's topic in General Nursing

    When I do flu shot clinics, I chit-chat with the patients to distract them from the
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    Coming in late with a weird question

    Daisy Joyce replied to Flare's topic in School

    Where do I sign on for that "don't obey laws" thing? *goes off to fantasize about how to spend the money I won't be spending on taxes
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    Swastikas & Nursing | Refusing care based upon moral objection?

    Daisy Joyce replied to guest042302019's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen that level of racism, but I've seen plenty of the lower-level stuff, mostly from the older generation. Usually I just pretend I didn't hear it. But one time my patient made a snide...
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    Curiosity

    Daisy Joyce replied to imaneedmycoffeefirst89's topic in School

    I'm a sub, my agency sends me to various schools in various districts. I've had as few as 14 in a day (including daily meds) and as many as 80+. 30+ is probably the average. If I have 40-50, it means...
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    I can't do it all (mom rant)

    Daisy Joyce replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    There's already good advice here, I just want to add reassurance. You're not a bad mom because your kiddo is struggling. Life gets complicated sometimes. Cyber
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    A Negative Workplace Can Be Contagious

    Daisy Joyce replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in General Nursing

    I knew our unit was in deep trouble when our manager started hanging sayings on her door about how "Your real power lies in how you control your response to situations " LOL, we all know that's just...
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    Downtime during school

    Daisy Joyce replied to LilyRN99's topic in Private Duty

    I used to read, check my emails, or write. The teacher made it plain that my job was for health related issues only, and the teachers assistant was very protective of the girl LOL. (She had known her...
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    Do you ever get concerned about certain users on here?

    Daisy Joyce replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

    On the internet nobody knows you're a dog
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    I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    Daisy Joyce replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    Unless I'm missing something, he backrubbed you, you went to HR to correct it, then he looked over your shoulder to see a computer screen. Was he touching you or the chair? Was it a work computer or...
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    Employers Gone Bad: 10 Ways to Survive

    Daisy Joyce replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I got hired per diem by an agency that was in deep doo-doo with Medicare over billing for stuff they didn't actually do. The events occurred in another state from me. But the company was cracking down...
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    Not told of lower training pay

    Daisy Joyce replied to amberlt91's topic in General Nursing

    I had cheaper training rate sprung on me by an agency once. They figure you're already signed on and did all the paperwork and won't walk out. Sorry. It