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  1. Calling a transgender patient an "it"

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

    I have always been extremely supportive of the LGBT community. I have several homosexual people in my life and have had less than a handful of transgender people who I was very close with. They walk...

  2. Starting to think there should be some limits...

    jojo489 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. The other thing that I think people forget is that it's extremely hard to convey context and sarcasm through text. There's no tone of voice in a conversation through text. You might be...

  3. Would this help me?

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you. :) I'm actually an LPN now and for five years before becoming licensed I worked with people with disabilities who more often than not had one or more psych diagnoses as well. I'm actually...

  4. Starting to think there should be some limits...

    jojo489 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Ok maybe I lied, I have a lot more posts than I thought.

  5. Starting to think there should be some limits...

    jojo489 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I'm one of those who...well, this site is kind of a spectator sport for me. I have maybe a dozen or two of posts that I've made and a handful of threads that I've started. Hopefully they decide you're...

  6. Kicked out

    jojo489 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello all! I'm an LPN from PA but I have a question about medical assistant school in NJ. A friend of mine lives over there and I guess in her program for school she is allowed two absences per class...

  7. Spare set of scrubs

    jojo489 replied to Texas_RN77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've been forgetting to get my bag together for the longest time just for this instance. I actually had scrubs packed up, and surprisingly they stayed pretty nice. I folded them as flat and neatly as...

  8. Kicked out

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for the input. From what I gathered from her, she was worried that the AAMA wouldn't allow her to gain licensure because of getting herself kicked out of a program, and that made no sense to...

  9. Kicked out

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    She was doing the MA program in a community college. I don't think she was using financial aid. I guess the new school would see from her transcripts that it was unfinished. I don't

  10. Would this help me?

    jojo489 replied to jojo489's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you. :) my boyfriend and I were talking about it the other night and he had said the same

  11. If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

    jojo489 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I decided to try out the dansko xp's today. I was told they're a little wider than the normal ones and the footbed is more padded than the others. I'm gonna try them out tonight, we'll see how they...

  12. If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

    jojo489 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've had two pairs of danskos. My first pair had the covered...almost like cloth I guess. But I wore them out in the snow and somehow the moisture got under the coating and dis colored the cloth...

  13. Who takes the med error hit?

    jojo489 replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If the faxed med list was called to and approved by the MD, then there is no med error. Once the updated list was found, MD should've been called and discussed differences and changes made at his/her...

  14. Medication calculation problem

    jojo489 replied to blossomheart's topic in General Students

    Here are some words of wisdom from my favorite clinical instructor from nursing school: "Look it

  15. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    jojo489 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    "Sea-pack" for CPAP. "Mine-grain" for migraine. There are many more that I can't think of right now. It's kind of become funny to me

  16. I'm an LPN and I understand.

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

    I think that words here have been extremely misunderstood and in some instances, there has been a lack of tact. All I'd like to toss in, is that the more education you have does not instantly and...

  17. I'm an LPN and I understand.

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

    All that I have to say here...is that we all should respect each other. Some nurses with the same level of education are better at their job than others. Same goes between levels. I have an incredible...

  18. New Nurse in Rehab Experiences

    jojo489 replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Rehabilitation

    In SNF, be sure to know who's a blood sugar, who needs a blood pressure, who you need vitals on, who's on neuro checks, and who gets meds with meals. It's also helpful to know who will have labs...

  19. Do nurses eat their young?

    jojo489 replied to Pumpkinn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My first nursing job was great, everyone was very helpful and willing to answer questions. At my second job, I learned what that saying meant. You never know what you're gonna get, it depends...

  20. Things You Need To Know To Be A Nurse...

    jojo489 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    If it makes sense, we don't do it here. Apply all interventions to avoid a fall and the resulting incident report. Never, ever go by anyone's else's assessment, always, always do your

  21. Advice, please.

    jojo489 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is probably gonna turn out very long, so I apologize in advance. I've been a nurse for 3 years, but in the medical field for a total of 8 years. I'm 25 years old. My first nursing job allowed my...

  22. Advice, please.

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

    I think that part of the problem was that at my last job, I was so good and excelled so much that management just loved me because they could put a pile of work on me and I'd get it done. When I was...

  23. What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

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

    I can't say I hate any of my coworkers, because I don't. What I do hate, though, is that they see me as lazy and incompetent and try to point it out often because I'm half their age and I choose to...

  24. 3M Littman Classic III

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

    I don't have the 3 but I do have the two. My boyfriend bought me the black on black one and even had it engraved. :) I love it. It's my most favorite piece of equipment and it's great. You can hear...

  25. What kind of watch?

    jojo489 replied to PoodleLover86's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how tough coach watches are, but be careful. I was consistently in a hurry in clinicals and still am as a nurse and I find myself reaching for something and banging my watch off of...