NurseLoveJoy88

NurseLoveJoy88 ASN, RN

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  1. Job offers while still in school

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to jam752's topic in General Nursing

    I personally did not feel comfortable applying for jobs until I got my license. I got a job 2 weeks post completing my LPN program. My manager at the time said he hired be based on my speech which...

  2. Summer Nursing Classes

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to my4helpers's topic in General Students

    We usually take trends in the summer or fall since it is only one

  3. Hats, err, caps off to those of you...

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I could have wore white when I worked in school nursing. I worked in elementary school and those kiddos love to put there little grimy hands all over you, especially when wearing white....

  4. Are you a sensitive person too?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    I am the exact same way. I'm so bubbly, always smiling, my voice sounds as if I'm four years old, and super nice. Sometimes its an disadvantage in working with adults, but oh well. I am who I

  5. Promised a return call re: interview in 7-10 days, its been 12...

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to itri4vt's topic in General Nursing

    Ah don't you just hate the wait? I would call to follow-up. Does not hurt to

  6. Hats, err, caps off to those of you...

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I actually love the way nurses dressed back in the day. I would wear the cap but I'm afraid of the looks I may get. I do wear the tights and the skirt every once in a

  7. HIPPA violation?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    No prob. I think information makes more sense

  8. What are the major issues you have struggled with as a nurse?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Nurse Mentor Nancy's topic in General Nursing

    -Delegation, especially to some of the lazy CNA's I work with. I rather just do it myself -Confidence -Nurses not standing

  9. 3rd Semester: DONE.

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to AOX4RN's topic in General Students

    I'm finished with 3rd semester and have one more to go. Just finished Medsurg 3 and Peds. I'm taking a four week nursing class over the summer and will try to make a wee bit of money working full time...

  10. how did you celebrate?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to mstacyi's topic in General Students

    First and foremost congratulations ! Do what ever makes you happy ! I want to go on a cruise or something. I graduate in December from ADN. When I graduated from LPN two years ago I got married and...

  11. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to laurasc's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No need to get defensive. What everyone is saying is that in the same amount of time it took the nurse to make that snide comment she could of offered some type of empathy. NO? Sometimes a nurse can...

  12. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to laurasc's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And so that gives ER nurses a right to be rude. I don't have to be a ER nurse, or come to your triage to understand that the OP was treated as an inhumane being. Really ? You try going to your local...

  13. HIPPA violation?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a HIPAA police officer:cool:. Anyway, correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the I in HIPAA stood for

  14. A Funny Moment in LTC...

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My other all time is favorite is when I asked a resident in LTC if she was in pain and she stated " yeah, looking at you" yeah that one kind of hurt my feelings a

  15. A Funny Moment in LTC...

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to westieluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work on an assisted living unit at my one job and the resident was c/o rash and bumps on labia.Keep in my she is probably in her 60's , alert and oriented times three and goes out a lot. I asked...

  16. Bad experience - is this typical?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to keikei's topic in Emergency

    Wow. I'm sorry you experienced such thing. I hope you found yourself a good lawyer. You were bleeding goodness sake

  17. Does this mean I'm hired ?

    NurseLoveJoy88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I interviewed last week for a position on a subacute unit. The interview went very well in my opinion. The recruiter says the facility wants to pursue me for the position. They are currently checking...

  18. Does this mean I'm hired ?

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks

  19. Need to interview a nurse who has graduated in the past 5 years.

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to OSUshane's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Maybe this post can be moved to the general nursing area? I'm sure there are some beautiful souls over

  20. Need to interview a nurse who has graduated in the past 5 years.

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to OSUshane's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this post can be moved to the general nursing area? I'm sure there are some beautiful souls over

  21. Just a quick question regarding applications..

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have and did both ! Face to face interaction is always good in my opinion. It gives employers to get a visual impression of you and sometimes that wonderful personality don't come across in an...

  22. Brain of a Nurse

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    Not only are we expected to have the brains but also be everywhere at once, to please everyone, and oh yeah we can hold our urine like its no body business. Nurses are of a special

  23. Nclex Rn stopped at 264 questions instead of 265!!!

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to chioma72113's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm sorry. Don't give up and prayerfully you will pass next time. Keep us posted.

  24. I graduated!!!

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to Arcadia73's topic in General Students

    Yaaay ! congratulations ! Good luck on boards.

  25. PTSD nclex question

    NurseLoveJoy88 replied to FazzDazzle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow. That is crazy. I don't like the word fault. It is so accusatory. Does any thing in the question indicate it was the patients' fault. Good luck and let us know if they credited. What was there...