Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. Day in the life of psych NP/CNS

    Jo Dirt replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm looking for a psych/NP

  2. Discourged a bit...

    Jo Dirt replied to Gloin's topic in General Nursing

    If you look at it that way, yes, it's

  3. ~Sigh~ Nothing like an unexpected death....

    Jo Dirt replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was 89 yrs. old. At 89, death should never be

  4. Bipolar Manic After Delivery

    Jo Dirt replied to NITEOBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, I have been diagnosed as bipolar and with my last baby the nurse kept saying she wished all her patients were like me. I never used the call light and the only time I got a pain med was when it...

  5. Manic Nurses.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Those familiar with bipolar disorder know that mania does not necessarily mean extremes in happiness. Sometimes, the mania is manifest as anger, aggression, irritability...or a combination of those. I...

  6. Manic Nurses.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    As far as stopping medication, I was instructed to do so immediately after finding out I was pregnant. But could a manic episode not be considered a medical emergency? What if the person was clinging...

  7. Manic Nurses.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I had one. Technically, it only takes one episode of increased energy, hyper behavior, etc. to be labled bipolar. I actually have substantial frontal lobe damage from a horseback riding accident I had...

  8. Manic Nurses.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    What about people who realize it is not normal and the ones who are not looking to blame anyone else? What you are describing sounds more like

  9. Deal or No Deal - Naughty Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    If I could only look as cute as that nurse, I'd be a naughty nurse,

  10. OMG...how do you folks in LTC do it day and and day out?

    Jo Dirt replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    What is it you find so disturbing? I'm depressed working LTC, but not because seeing old dying people makes me face my own mortality, it's tons and tons of stinking documentation. What a load of

  11. The economy and NP jobs....

    Jo Dirt replied to RNBillie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think I'd hate working in a minuteclinic, seems like it would be as boring as a pharmacist's

  12. The economy and NP jobs....

    Jo Dirt replied to RNBillie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know, but don't feel bad, I've got four screaming kids to contend with while I am taking 15 hours towards a BSN and working full-time as the primary wage earner in the family, and we're stuck...

  13. What makes you love hospice?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm feeling really stressed out at my home health job. Part of it is the endless driving (over 10,000 miles in a few months), part of it is the hectic office atmosphere when I am there, part of it is...

  14. Morphine doses while dying?

    Jo Dirt replied to Medsurg Mama's topic in General Nursing

    They just don't call it "euthanasia." I have mixed feelings about this. We recently had a patient whose wife had decided he had suffered long enough and he was put on comfort measures only. He was...

  15. skirts

    Jo Dirt replied to nightshiftnut's topic in General Nursing

    I wear skirts as well as scrub bottoms. I'm fat and short so the skirts fit more easily and are more comfortable. They look really dorky with my tennis shoes but I'm at a point in my life I don't give...

  16. HELP! Husband is depressing me! NEED ADVICE!

    Jo Dirt replied to 2bNurseLove419's topic in General Nursing

    If you could get away from each other for awhile that would probably

  17. Patient Died from Med Allergy

    Jo Dirt replied to NewRN08's topic in General Nursing

    There is no happy ending to this situation. I think if this was me I would also make this my last day of

  18. Doing RN to BSN and working as a new grad

    Jo Dirt replied to clhRN2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    There is no reason you should take out 20k in student loans!!!!! People are too quick to beat the drum for others to go into huge amounts of debt and try to justify it by saying you can't put a price...

  19. This just fries me!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how she made it as far as she has? I don't think I would want her as my

  20. Oh no she didn't!

    Jo Dirt replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    Even if all it did was help the family feel better it was worthwhile (the aromatherapy.) That nurse needs to get off her high horse, Ive met nurses like that before

  21. Health Care Research

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Really sucks. I'm taking it online and I find it so mind-numbing and irrelevant to the things I find important it's all I can do to spend any time on it at all. My grade in the class reflects that:...

  22. new FNP, already burning out

    Jo Dirt replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know firsthand that money isn't everything. I have a low thresh hold for burnout and I left a job paying a high salary for a low wage nothing job. If I could find a job somewhere else I'd do it and...

  23. NP Surgical Scope?

    Jo Dirt replied to revolution's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When I went to the dermatologist an RN cut the lump off my buttock, put a few stitches in and sent the tissue for a biopsy. The doctor was not present. When I think of NPs in surgery I think of First...

  24. Should I quit Nursing School???

    Jo Dirt replied to sns501's topic in General Nursing

    It will feel like a weight off your shoulders if you do what your gut is telling

  25. The skinny on working nights

    Jo Dirt replied to UNC_nurseL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked 11-7 for a month. I knew I was going to hate it but it was the only option at the time. I was tired all the time, no matter how much I slept. About 3 or 4 I was so tired and miserable I did...