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  1. Doing the Happy Dance!!!

    joyflnoyz replied to Tweety's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Oh, Tweety--I'm so happy for you. I'm not a frequent poster, but I have been around for a while and I do remember when you decided to begin this journey. Sit back, relax, enjoy the conquest. ..and...

  2. replacing license

    joyflnoyz posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    OK...I can't find my current license anywhere. I've found the PREVIOUS one. Only thing I can think of is I shredded the new one when cleaning out some files, thinking it was the old one (thwapping...

  3. replacing license

    joyflnoyz replied to joyflnoyz's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks a bunch Ashera--that's just what I did. Went in the mail Thursday. THere's just something stuck in my head from a couple of years ago that says it's supposed to be notarized, but the current...

  4. Relocating to San Antonio from far, far away

    joyflnoyz replied to blackIrish's topic in Texas Nursing

    OK, I am very curious. This is the 2nd post I've seen you mention "tax free pay" Care to elaborate? Sandy (works in

  5. replacing license

    joyflnoyz replied to joyflnoyz's topic in Texas Nursing

    thanks for responding rn/writer! TX board is notoriously difficult to reach by phone. Extremely long waits/phone tree to go through. I think I'm gonna run to the bank and get it notarized before I...

  6. NO weekends,puhleaseee!

    joyflnoyz replied to rxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I never understood the "big deal" about weekends..just another day, really. Unfortunately, where I work, you are either M-F or Sat/Sun. Sat/Sun gets the choice of 2 16's or 2 12's. M-F is 8...

  7. Throwing in the towel

    joyflnoyz replied to sister--*'s topic in Nursing Career

    My take would be to get those who have decided to leave to all hand in written resignation on the same day, last day to work all the same time frame.. Has a bigger impact than each one

  8. Introduction

    joyflnoyz replied to zoo4uRN's topic in Home Health

    Hi Debbie, and welcome! Where did you work before you took time

  9. tid dressing changes

    joyflnoyz replied to snwflknurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    No, it doesn't make much sense. I would get the order changed to read q shift or q 8 hours. More evenly spaced out. (for example 0600, 1400, 2200 - chances are the patient has meds due around those...

  10. LTC facility--how many floors is yours? and

    joyflnoyz replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    3 floors, I use the steps unless I am carrying too much stuff or something heavy. I'm also in the habit of when I go up, I turn and go down and back up, and the opposite when I am heading down. My...

  11. ABC or 123

    joyflnoyz replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    MARS, TARS, and charts are room number and bed (A or B) For some strange reason the narc sign out sheets are

  12. LTC patient injury

    joyflnoyz replied to Anne36's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    sigh. We don't LET residents fall. We do all we can to prevent falls. #1, the resident gets hurt #2 I DON'T want to call the family to tell them mom fell "again". The facility in which I work...

  13. Southwest Michigan??

    joyflnoyz replied to middypiegirl's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Ahhh Michigan-- that's HOME for me! I'm from Southeastern Mich! congrats on passing NCLEX PN! it's hard work to get to that point All the best to you and your husband..

  14. Why I get the urge to quit nursing sometimes

    joyflnoyz replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    aarrrghhh!! y'all are singing my song! last year, in may i put in a tinm off request for ausust. first week of august, i get pulledinto the don's office (with the administrator there..ya know, they...

  15. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    joyflnoyz replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

  16. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    joyflnoyz replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    i will have to do cna no matter what, it is part of my schooling and since there's no way to go around it, i will take each day as a learning experience. lookingforward, i think this is the problem...

  17. Important Drug Tips!!

    joyflnoyz replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Lantus must be given with meals or within 15 minutes of eating... Ok, my experience with Lantus (long acting insulin, given once a day, lasts approx 24 hours) is that it's given at HS. Once is a...

  18. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    joyflnoyz replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    please remember that what a cna does is basic nursing care it is very good experience no one shovels poop on 12 pts 7 days a week there are many things about nursing i do not like..i can handle the...

  19. questions about doing CPR

    joyflnoyz replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Unless we have a signed Out of Hospital DNR form(a legal form sign by pt or RP, 2 witnesses and the physician) they are a full code. I really HATE having to do CPR, and when the families are emphatic...

  20. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    joyflnoyz replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

  21. Hearrrr I Come!!!!!!!!!

    joyflnoyz replied to josinda421's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So tell us- how did you 1st week go? It's not just school-- it's an ADVENTURE!! :smiley_ab

  22. Deathbed visions

    joyflnoyz replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    ]I've seen a lot of the behaviors stateed here, but nothing hit me so much as my own father's death 2 years ago . He had Lung CA, was pretty much in a coma, hadn't spoken for over a day. He did keep...

  23. What's your holiday bonus?

    joyflnoyz replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm, the multistate company I hired in to was bought out for 1.2 BILLION dollars by the largest retirement services company in the nation (probably the world). the residents donate, and "they" split...

  24. Congratulations to Anticoagulation Nurse on the CPNE pass!!

    joyflnoyz replied to rehab nurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    CONGTATULATIONS!!!:smiley_aa I've thought about Excelsior to go LVN -->RN, but I'm not so sure about that CPNE weekend; sounds like stress on steroids LOL I am sorry you have to go a roundabout...

  25. Umm what to do???????

    joyflnoyz replied to Rocky_LPN's topic in Cardiac

    Does your facility ever run "mock codes"? it was a big help to staff at one place I