Nurse Joy :-)

Nurse Joy :-) has 1 years experience.

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1. Foreign Graduate California Concurrency Issues - Success!

   Nurse Joy :-) replied to Nurse Joy :-)'s topic in Registration

   I can shoot you an e-mail with the details! What is your e-mail address?

2. Is clinic nursing a dirty job?

   Nurse Joy :-) replied to Yerani27's topic in General Nursing

   I started off in Med-Surg and now work in the MICU. Body fluids probably made me week in the knees for one or two weeks. You get more delicious sputum and stool in the ICU compared to the med-surg floors. It really is nothing after a while!

3. Foreign Graduate California Concurrency Issues - Success!

   Nurse Joy :-) replied to Nurse Joy :-)'s topic in Registration

   Sorry, you're right I guess I am geographically incorrect. Texas is in the South! :-) it was easier for my parents to afford my nursing program in the Philippines, since the exchange rate was 1:50 at the time, and they are from that country so I had ...

4. CNA/Patient Ratios in ICUs

   Nurse Joy :-) replied to French Roast's topic in Critical

   Texas - 20 bed MICU, 1-2 techs per shift, sometimes there aren't any techs. All our patients are on monitors and the vitals transfer to our charts automatically. We have our charge nurse, rapid response, and our co-nurses to use as resources/extra ha...

5. Foreign Graduate California Concurrency Issues - Success!

   Nurse Joy :-) posted a topic in Registration

   Hello everyone, i've been an avid reader of AllNurses for a few years, and wanted to share my California RN success story with you all. Born and raised in California, I went to the Philippines for nursing school due to financial constraints (wuhoo no...