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...

2. Anyone take the HESI?

   littlejo replied to geekgolightly's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

   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...

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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   littlejo replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. Something To Brighten Your Day.

   littlejo replied to blueyesue's topic in Nursing Humor

   thanks for starting this... everyone could use an extra smile or two; i looked for one here and found it... hope it keeps

10. "Nurse Quacktitioner."

    littlejo replied to URO-RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    wasn't there a children's book that depicted an animal town with a policeman represented by a pig??? this really is just for kids and i thot it quite cute... children are at least exposed to new...

11. How can I be more supportive???

    littlejo replied to drelvsme's topic in Men in Nursing

    since you're not a stranger to this with your dad having gone thru this, talk to him if he's available -- mom too about how she helped with support, and ask hubby what he would like from you -- he'd...