jojo489

jojo489 has 3 years experience.

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1. How do you make money not working duruing school?

   jojo489 replied to sandiegotrish's topic in General Students

   I took my pre-requisites one or two a semester while I worked full time and did well with that. I also worked full time while attending my LPN program. It wasn't easily and I luckily had a supervisor...

2. New to HH

   jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Home Health

   I actually found out this week that we have all the checkboxes, but there is also a narrative note included in the charting for each visit. The charting system is a lot different (I can't think of the...

3. Is home health that bad?

   jojo489 replied to trinan71's topic in Home Health

   I recently started home health and I'm in training now. I can tell you that my agency is one of the good ones. I have talked to a lot of the staff and the feedback that I get is that management is...

4. How do you deal with untherapeutic situations on the unit?

   jojo489 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I could kind of excuse the taking 15 when things get hairy. Although, I wouldn't be happy about it. At all. But hiding in the bathroom when there's a code on the floor? I'd be careful who I admit that...

5. New to HH

   jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Home Health

   Thank you! I've already got all my own stuff for vitals, a few different sized cuffs, pulse ox and thermometer. I have to see what all is involved in documentation yet, I know it's probably going to...

6. Med surg vs LTC

   jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Better late than never, haha sorry for the delay in my answer. When I have 30 patients, we try to assign med times by clusters of rooms. So one end of the hall will have 8ams, then another portion...

7. New to HH

   jojo489 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hello all! I just recently became interested in home health. I'm an LPN with 3.5 years experience mostly working in LTC/rehab (heavy on the rehab) and I'm going to be starting a full time home health...

8. Med surg vs LTC

   jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Medical-Surgical

   That's nice, that the covering nurse would help out like that. See, where I'm working, we have 60 beds in the long term area but they're slowly integrating rehab patients up there. Which is really...

9. Tattoos in Nursing School

   jojo489 replied to BBboy's topic in General Students

   I'm glad it all worked out for you, OP. I just wanted to mention something I didn't really see anyone else mention (I could be wrong, though). The healing process for the tattoo. If you are getting...

10. Med surg vs LTC

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you for the insight. I was wondering what the ratios were like as well. Anything has to be better than 1:18-30. The med passes are what kill me right now. I want to go back for my RN because I...

11. Med surg vs LTC

    jojo489 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm currently an LPN working in a LTC facility with a rehab unit, and I float all over. I'm also working towards my RN. I was hoping to get some insight on what a med surg position is really like,...

12. Habits you picked up from work...

    jojo489 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I was standing in line at the pharmacy of my local WalMart last week, sick as a dog waiting to get my feel better medicine, and no lie, I heard a wound vac beeping and couldn't pinpoint from where. I...

13. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My SO is not a cop, but he works in metal fabrication. He also used to be an EMT. But- half of my family is in law enforcement. And I've got to say, it's kind of funny because I'm pretty sure my...

14. Nursing School Scrubs Nostalgia

    jojo489 replied to Brian's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Me too. We had a white scrub pants burning ceremony after graduation. If you tell me white pants are required, it's a no

15. I'm running away to PetSmart

    jojo489 replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've seen people throw hot coffee. Nope, I'd rather not get burned. My go to is that I should've become an