jojotoo

jojotoo RN

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  1. Need help with IV technique

    jojotoo replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

    This is good advice. Stop looking and start feeling for veins. And if you can't get some time in Day Surgery for practice, you should already have an "in" at the ERs that you service. WE are always...

  2. Experienced Nurses Only

    jojotoo replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    With an attitude like yours, there's only going to be one place for you in nursing - the ER!! So hurry up and finish school and come on down - we'll be waiting! (That's were the cool kids

  3. Experienced Nurses Only

    jojotoo replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Good point!!

  4. how long do you expect to wait to hear if you're hired or not?

    jojotoo replied to hamlj's topic in General Nursing

    Call the LTC and say something to the effect: How you've been out of the workforce for such an extended period of time and how you are excited about their job offer and that you just want a little...

  5. Experienced Nurses Only

    jojotoo replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. If I need specific advice for my practice I go to the speciality forum for Emergency

  6. Mom needs advice please!!!

    jojotoo replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

    It's not the graduation rate from the school that you need to worry about, it's the pass rate for the LVN boards. We started with 60 students in my ADN program and had 12 graduate at the end of two...

  7. patient satisfaction

    jojotoo replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    You ARE kidding,

  8. Experienced nurses, please help!

    jojotoo replied to lhenson's topic in General Nursing

    You know, you can only smell if you breathe through your nose. Try just breathing through your

  9. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    jojotoo replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    Finished nursing school at 36, now 51, and have LOTS of years yet to

  10. Ethical considerations

    jojotoo replied to globetrotter's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome! And that was a well thought out post and something for us all to think about.

  11. Rules for the ER (long)

    jojotoo replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    LOL!!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: This post just goes to show that the ER is the same all over the country. Same story - different

  12. ER violence

    jojotoo replied to night fox's topic in Emergency

    THANK YOU!! I personally appreciate your willingness to get

  13. need some advice before I go talk to my teacher?!

    jojotoo replied to MyEBee's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would get some more clarification from my MD. I f Mono is only transmitted via droplets and you aren't planning on kissing or spitting on anyone, I don't think this should be a patient...

  14. Oops, sorry! Son got wrong vaccination

    jojotoo replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I think this constitutes a

  15. Anybody buy their own private insurance?

    jojotoo replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing

    NSO

  16. Anybody buy their own private insurance?

    jojotoo replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing

    Not only could you lose what you have now, but a judgement could be awarded against you for future

  17. petty ? about med student

    jojotoo replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very good attitude. The nurses that you will work with will appreciate it. And it's the nursing staff that will be the ones to save your butt (if it ever needs saving.) A little...

  18. What's YOUR favorite specialty area?

    jojotoo replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

    ER!!! Feast or famine - treat em and street em! Out the door to the

  19. Questions re:Bible passage and nursing

    jojotoo replied to hopecandles's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't have time to do a scrub, and the odor is having everyone running for the exit - coat their feet with Maalox. Once that dries it's a pretty good odor barrier (especially if you use the...

  20. How Did you survive???????

    jojotoo replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    Shut your mouth. Do as you are told. Keep a low profile. And know if you do these things, it will eventually be over and you will be able to make a pretty good living for yourself. (You can...

  21. patient satisfaction

    jojotoo replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

    Ha!Ha!Ha! IF ONLY!!!

  22. Questions re:Bible passage and nursing

    jojotoo replied to hopecandles's topic in General Nursing

    I think this means - put your money where your mouth

  23. My first few days, as a new RN

    jojotoo replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    The theory behind nurse/ patient ratios is great, but the practical application doesn't always work out as planned. My hospital is staffing the floors as close to the bone as possible. Each shift...

  24. How far do you commute to work?

    jojotoo replied to flowerchick's topic in General Nursing

    18.4 miles one way. That can be anywhere from 35 minutes to 1 1/2 hours depending on traffic. (Los

  25. ER Nurses. Read This!

    jojotoo replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    How nice to have public