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  1. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Voldemort? Haha, sorry couldn't help

  2. How do you leave it at work?

    jojo489 replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The last part of my post there, I only included you because I was just giving you a little forum advice because I saw you were a new member. Not that you'd ever say anything like that, I don't know...

  3. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    jojo489 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    True story. My dad got some sort of stomach bug a while back and he has a very weak stomach. Like, dry heaves while he cleans up old dog poop. So he had it coming out both ends and ended up with...

  4. skin tear charting

    jojo489 replied to myem's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OP, in addition to the above, also include interventions to prevent the same thing from happening again. Example, if resident got up and bumped knee on table, maybe position table differently or if...

  5. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That place makes me shake. 😳 I no likey it

  6. How do you leave it at work?

    jojo489 replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, sometimes it is incredibly hard to leave work at work, but it does get easier. The first year in nursing, especially the first six months, I would wake up in the middle of the night because I...

  7. Is this right?

    jojo489 replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    Ok so here's the deal OP. You took 4 years of English in high school, most likely. You're still gonna need to take that at college. With math and science, usually when you sign up for a class, there...

  8. Ambulance transfer service name suggestions?

    jojo489 replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    CritiCare

  9. What is the dress code for nurses?

    jojo489 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    The group home I'm working in, you can wear regular clothes as long as you don't have cleavage or you bellybutton showing, closed toe shoes with backs...the normal. Or you can wear scrubs, it's up to...

  10. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That, when leaving a toxic environment of any kind, starting over somewhere new can be extremely refreshing. That I'm more capable and a lot smarter than I thought I was. That my level of patience...

  11. Do We Need More Nurses?

    jojo489 replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    Ps, I won't lie. Some days, when the proverbial poo hits the fan, I wonder why I didn't become an accountant or something. Then something happens that reminds me why I love this

  12. Do We Need More Nurses?

    jojo489 replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    I also think there are quite a few people who go into the field and hit their first job...then realize that this is not for them and go some other way. Happened with 4 or 5 people I graduated with,...

  13. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    jojo489 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's one. Let me set the scene for you. LTC rehab unit...20 residents are mine and all my beds are full. It's a weekend, so no unit clerk to answer the phone at the desk (now partly my...

  14. Please share bad experiences as a new nurse

    jojo489 replied to Lovethisworld's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with ladyfree about the experiences not being bad, more like tough, teachable moments. You will make mistakes, big or small, they will be made. To err is human. Remember that. The best...

  15. Idea's for weekend work for lpn?

    jojo489 replied to northmississippi's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A place I used to work, LTC, also offered this. They called it the weekend program. You would either do 7-3, 3-11 or 3-11, 11-7 Saturday and Sunday and it counted as full time. I don't think they...

  16. Esme welcome back!!!!

    jojo489 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome back, Esme. Glad to know I'll be seeing some of your posts again. :) Also very glad you're doing well. Best wishes for smooth sailing here on

  17. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    jojo489 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or... "It's not that I mind the little boy riding the scooter around my room, but doesn't his mother worry where he

  18. I'm supposed to what now?

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It was for respiratory distress/anxiety and it was PRN until the day she passed, it never made it to routine. She also had a 1:1 aide with her overnight (my whole shift) who would watch her and let me...

  19. I'm supposed to what now?

    jojo489 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Long story short, it was suggested to me that I administer sublingual morphine to a sleeping patient. I see several problems with this. 1. In my view, this takes away the patients right to know what...

  20. How to deal with stereotypes and vicious people

    jojo489 replied to rnhopeful2014's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I would absolutely love to see more men in this field. Selfishly, because I seem to get along with men better in general. We had one guy in my nursing program...it was his second career and he was in...

  21. This week I have learned (6/20, a day late)

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned how truly freeing it is to get a schedule that works for you, and to leave a job you're ambivalent about to get into something you love. I'm leaving a full time, 80 hour position for...

  22. A Valuable Lesson

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Ceebeejay, Thank you! I feel exactly as you do about the profession. I'm so excited to get back into it so I can feel that way again. There's just something about lower staff:resident ratios and...

  23. Disappointed in nursing

    jojo489 replied to nursingilove's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I wouldn't say I've been bullied, not near it, but I have worked with straight up malicious people who have tried to set me up for all sorts of nonsense. I have also worked in a place where I was...

  24. Working Full time through Full time LPN School. Crazy right?!

    jojo489 replied to NewNurseStudent's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I worked full time through my LPN program. It was crazy, but I did it. Ps we had two doses of LTC, and time in med-surg, psych, and maternity. I got lucky when they let us in the OR, and I got to...

  25. IS THIS TRUE???

    jojo489 replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    There is no way I'd be able to do this stuff, even in a tank and shorts. My "shorts" that I would wear out to, let's say, walmart reach almost to my knees, but most of the time I'm in pants. I hate...