jojotoo

jojotoo RN

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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...

  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

  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...

  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

  5. Patients on Medicaid

    jojotoo replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague 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...

  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

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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,...

  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...

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

    jojotoo replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  15. Am I the only one?

    jojotoo replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    You only waste ONE

  16. Am I stupid? Med question...

    jojotoo replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    Five second

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

    jojotoo replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're being way too hard on yourself. Was everybody alive at the end of your shift? (And if someone wasn't, was it because of something you did or didn't do?) Two things will come to you as you get...

  18. admission assessments...

    jojotoo replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    What a wonderful place this must be to

  19. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jojotoo replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Scott - This pretty much sums up MANY problems that we have in this country today. When did we (as a nation), turn into such babies and start expecting to be taken care

  20. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jojotoo replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :yeahthat:

  21. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jojotoo replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    HM2Viking: I was unable to quote your post (technical problem?), but if I understand it correctly, you are citing a study that compares VHA to Medicare and other "managed care systems". And VA came...

  22. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jojotoo replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As far as I'm concerned, it is your "right" to stay in school and get an education, not to be a drop-out, not to get pregnant, not to become a substance abuser (of any kind) and then GET A JOB and pay...

  23. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    jojotoo replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Scottlgarrett - my "thanks" was on purpose. I am opposed to government run Universal Health Care. Unfortunately, no matter what the system, there will always be a few that fall through the gaps. To...

  24. What would you do?

    jojotoo replied to namaste_71's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds so bizarre. What would be the motive of a nurse to "slip" a patient Ativan to take home? Could the patient have gotten the Ativan from another patient and is now trying to get the nurse...

  25. The field of Nursing is wicked to CENAs..the ugly side no one talks about

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

    Since nurses depend on CNAs and techs to help them and lighten their load, why would a nurse want to get a CNA (that was doing her job) fired? And you state that this nurse has done that repeatedly....