jojotoo

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  1. Would you go to the ER for this?

    jojotoo replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    In Los Angeles, Fire and Rescue are required to transport everyone. They have no discretion at all in this matter. Only if the patient declines transport are they not brought

  2. Would you go to the ER for this?

    jojotoo replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Double the cost of what an insured patient pays? I don't thinks so. That insured patient has probably been paying PREMIUMS for months, if not years. And when the insured patient seeks medical care...

  3. Would you go to the ER for this?

    jojotoo replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!!

  4. Christmas Songs For The Psychiatrically Challenged

    jojotoo replied to lozza81's topic in Emergency

    I thought these were hysterical. I'm taking them to

  5. Disposing linens of TB patient

    jojotoo replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I need some clarification. I thought that TB was transmitted by droplet contamination, not airborne. How are people infected for cutaneous TB? Direct contact with TB droplets? If so, we would...

  6. PT/OT: 100% satisfaction Nursing: 75% satisfaction

    jojotoo replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Can I come work with

  7. ADN: Reserves vs. Active Duty

    jojotoo replied to jojotoo's topic in Government, Military

    What about enlisting as a corpman? Is that a

  8. phone calls no outsider would believe

    jojotoo replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    When I take one of those phone calls, "How busy are you", I always tell them that we are busy. If it's an emergency, they'll come anyway - and if it isn't, they'll just stay home. I also instruct the...

  9. Amending the curriculum: Impact to Nursing Practice

    jojotoo replied to GoddessRaine's topic in General Nursing

    Homework

  10. Teaching hospital or non-teaching hospital?

    jojotoo replied to extreme's topic in General Nursing

    Teaching hospital!! Think of all you will learn from those more experienced than you, and all that you will teach to those that have less

  11. Someone messed up.

    jojotoo replied to meownsmile's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the donor's blood would be crossmatched against the recipient's blood (the patient). An ABO incompatability would be found

  12. FYI: Abandonment and Short Staffing

    jojotoo replied to n_babegurl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In most hospitals, it's against policy to make a copy of an incident

  13. 'Uniform' Dress Code

    jojotoo replied to fromtheheartRN's topic in General Nursing

    With that attitude, I bet your instructors just love you!!

  14. FYI: Abandonment and Short Staffing

    jojotoo replied to n_babegurl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    [quote=lizz;1950657 In California, you can't be fired without cause. And, we have the ratio law which prevents a lot of this stuff from happening. But, you can also protest getting too many high...

  15. Boss Did My Annual Review--without Me..

    jojotoo replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Just where did you go to recover from your surgery that there wasn't a phone? The

  16. probems with a coworker

    jojotoo replied to Lightning Bug RN's topic in General Nursing

    Stop bending over - forwards or backwards. Stop engaging this nurse in conversation or explanation of the assignment. It hasn't worked yet. I agree with the other posters. Be point blank: "I just...

  17. texas lvn test

    jojotoo replied to cindyr's topic in General Nursing

    Have you contacted the Texas Board of Nursing? I would think that would be your first

  18. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    jojotoo replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    Augigi, you're giving good advice, and I appreciate your input, but you're preaching to the choir. Of course we've gone to management. And written numerous incident reports that go to that endless...

  19. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    jojotoo replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    I have now had the CPI class four times. Violence (or escalation) is almost a daily event in our ER. If a 24hr period passes and a patient has not been in hard restraints during that time - well,...

  20. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

    jojotoo replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    18 jobs in 15 years. I've been a travel RN for most of career, but am now on staff. I'll see how long that lasts - I get pretty fed up with the

  21. How often do you take a break?

    jojotoo replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    To those who complain that only the nurses that smoke get a break: Tell your peers that you too are taking a "smoking break". Nobody says that you actually have to

  22. Back-handed compliments

    jojotoo replied to EmerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you hate to precept? Not only will you have an extra pair of hands, eyes, and ears to help you with your assignment, but most importantly you will have the opportunity to teach somebody the...

  23. How embarassing (LONG)

    jojotoo replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Take cookies. Tell them that you were

  24. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    jojotoo replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    We take a annual class in CPI - Crises Prevention Intervention. It was designed to control a combative psychiatric or intoxicated patient from harming himself or the caregiver. This is a completely...

  25. Shocked At Nurses Actions Tonight

    jojotoo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure why some are having problems with what you have been writing. I have read all your posts for this thread. Your arguments have been linear and logical. I have not found your comments...