Jo Dirt

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  1. I yelled at another nurse.

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

    That's good you take the high road all the time, because a lot of other people who actually know this situation with this nurse empathize (and sympathize) with me wholeheartedly. No, I did not...

  2. Choose your words wisely....

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is believed the nursing home where I work will be likely facing a possible lawsuit over a patient who has had a lot of falls lately. She is in her 90's and is not able to ambulate, though she can...

  3. Just got BA...is being a CNA "below" me?

    Jo Dirt replied to kix86's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the colleges should be mandated to inform students what kinds of jobs they can expect to get with their degrees. Colleges are doing a terrible disservice to people who pay them for this....

  4. Choose your words wisely....

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

    Another thing is, you are dealing with people at the end of their lives when they are at their worst. We're dealing with ailing people who are in their 80's and 90's, some very large (like this woman)...

  5. Choose your words wisely....

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

    Well, actually, the nurse who called the POA to report the incident is the one who said she was dropped. But that is neither here nor there at this point. I have no doub they would try to throw us...

  6. Choose your words wisely....

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

    Of course chair alarms and reminding a demented patient not to get up are useless, but we're dealing with beaurocracy, not common sense! I wasn't the nurse who said the patient was dropped, but I was...

  7. Patients Going Behind Nurse's Station

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been moved to a new hall and there is a patient who rolls herself in her wc and sits behind the nurse's station. This is a particularly nasty woman and had cursed me out earlier that evening....

  8. An "if you were me"question...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm coming down to the wire in my BSN (RN to BSN) program and I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what I want to do aftwerward. There are so many different directions to go. I want to go to...

  9. An "if you were me"question...

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't know if it counts as experience or not, but a large percentage of the patients at the nursing home where I work are psych patients. I became interested in becoming a therapist when I learned...

  10. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    Jo Dirt replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    No way will I take that

  11. Scary baby near-code

    Jo Dirt replied to Erin 321's topic in General Nursing

    Shame on that nurse! It wasn't about helping any other nurses, it was about helping that baby! She should be reprimanded at the

  12. Just got called for a depostition for a pt from 5 yrs ago!

    Jo Dirt replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    What became of this idiot

  13. ON-line NP programs

    Jo Dirt replied to NHRNmomof3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    It looks like you have to have an MSN in something already to do their online FNP

  14. Jealous Nurses!!!!!!!!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to meyun06's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the jealousy. If you are unhappy in your position do something about

  15. crocs

    Jo Dirt replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

    Crocs kind of messed up my feet. I also tripped a lot wearing

  16. If You Had It To Do Over Again?

    Jo Dirt replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I would. I'm not really good at anything

  17. In-State Tuition

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know where I would like to go to graduate school and it is in another state. Should I work on establishing a residency in this state (my mom lives there) so I can apply to get in-state tuition when...

  18. Where would you move?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nurse__Mary's topic in General Nursing

    They're all coming to

  19. Is the pay really that bad??

    Jo Dirt replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    It could be worse. At least the ex husband isn't laid up in your house using even more of your income and resources to support him. I guess that is looking at the bright

  20. Is the pay really that bad??

    Jo Dirt replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the *only* breadwinner in my family of 2 adults and 4 children. It's rummage sales and Medicaid and Payless Shoes for us. Unfortunately, I've realized about the only way you will have a chance to...

  21. Is it okay to give an IM through clothing?

    Jo Dirt replied to njinsky's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm not creative, but it would have never occurred to me to give a shot through clothing. Come to think of it, though, it sounds like bad

  22. I cringed on the inside

    Jo Dirt replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget the time I was waiting for my husband at the grocery store and saw this woman walking to her minivan followed by her son, who was about 9 or 10 yrs. old. I wanted to slap his...

  23. Is the pay really that bad??

    Jo Dirt replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    I'm probably sounding like Pollyana, but well...anyway, I'm thankful that I have been able to take my two-year degree and make as much as a lot of two income households in my area. If I try to compare...

  24. $40/hr in LTC?

    Jo Dirt replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A plumber or electrician who can run his business can make around 80k a year or better. Of course, before they can be plumbers or electricians they have to complete an apprencticeship...don't know how...

  25. Is the pay really that bad??

    Jo Dirt replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. I get a little annoyed when people diss BSN's and assume the only difference between a BSN and ADN are "fluff" classes. Until you actually take upper division courses in nursing and...