jojoe

jojoe has 3 years experience.

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1. Nurses Diverting Narcotics.

   jojoe replied to NurseCalamity's topic in General Nursing

   Put me in the naive category... I made sure anything I'd wasted was completely witnessed and signed/initialed and did the same if/when I did the witnessing but only cuz I was a stickler for rules. I did have an incident with a pharmacy on a personal...

2. Children learn by example

   jojoe replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I was shocked to find out that schools in Michigan are no longer teaching our children "cursive" writing or writing in "script". It bolstered my daughter (a fellow nurse) to homeschool her children ("who knows how many other things my kids are not le...

3. Nurses: Social Life? What's a Social Life?

   jojoe replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   you know you're a nurse when... you sit in a restaurant with a co-worker, talking shop and make the people at the table next to you throw up!

4. its almost impossible

   jojoe replied to tweetybirdRN's topic in Disabilities

   I had a determination within six months and my first check via debit.credit card a month or two later plus a year back from documented date of when actual proof of disability was presented to them... it helped to speak to a case worker who knew what ...

5. its almost impossible

   jojoe replied to tweetybirdRN's topic in Disabilities

   Be careful about the lawyer you choose because many of them will "work" on your case for years to get a larger settlement that will date back from the day you applied. And they get a percentage of that larger settlement of back pay.

6. It takes a lot to make me angry.

   jojoe replied to ground's topic in Stress 101

   HAD to click "like" cuz there wasn't a "SUPER like" option...

7. My choice or required

   jojoe replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

   Ugh-ing right along with you!

8. Disabled, but not unable: the rebirth of a nurse!

   jojoe replied to chiefaics's topic in Disabilities

   Loving the inspiration and encouragement found here! About the time of the last post here, I was recovering from the fourth surgery in my left eye within eight months' time to treat glaucoma and cataracts. There is no light perception in my right eye...

9. My choice or required

   jojoe replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

   Seems the family/patient can say anything they want because there is no one else around to say or prove otherwise on behalf of the care provider alone with them. The agency IS a business and nurses are definitely expendable! I actually enjoyed some o...

10. It takes a lot to make me angry.

    jojoe replied to ground's topic in Stress 101

    I seriously feel most people in the medical field have an affinity for "patient advocacy" and educating those around them and protecting those under our care. KUDOS on such a nice job of it!

11. Win $100! May 2015 Caption Contest

    jojoe replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    "I suppose it WAS quite a shock when he discovered everyone laughing at the security video playback of him picking his nose at the end of his shift..."

12. Win $100! May 2015 Caption Contest

    jojoe replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    "Another 'Imodium' morning for my neighbor."

13. Late for work excuses

    jojoe replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Heading to a meeting point to drive in to clinicals with another student nurse in the aftermath of a typical West Michigan snow storm, my husband decided to drive me (my fellow classmate had a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get us into the nearest big city...