Jo Dirt

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  1. Will my CNA license be in jeopardy ?

    Jo Dirt replied to sfreders's topic in General Nursing

    Funny thing about this state (Tennessee), if you are a paid CNA you are not allowed to pass meds or do any kind of procedure, but if you are NOT certified you are allowed to do these things and be...

  2. CNA Certification in Jeopardy PART 2

    Jo Dirt replied to sfreders's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of misconceptions about what abandonment means, and some employers take advantage of this. For example, in this state (Tennessee) the board of nursing has it clearly in writing that...

  3. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Jo Dirt replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This might be another scare rumor like that email floating around that Obama was part of this Muslim sect that intends to destroy

  4. Do you ever feel like you can't deal emotionally?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I had a second interview with a hospice agency. I know you need to be comfortable with death and dying because it is a part of this job, but do you ever have times when you deal with it so much it...

  5. When the blame gets turned on you.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is long and I apologize for the drama but I woke up thinking about this and wanted to share. My father-in-law is in assisted living but has recently needed a foley catheter. As we were walking...

  6. I blew it!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just want to kick myself. Beat my head on the wall. On top of that I went out and spent $60 I didn't really have on uniforms. I had been all but hired at this hospice agency. I came in to do the...

  7. Manufactured jobs

    Jo Dirt replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like housekeepers or "ënvironmental services" outnumber nursing

  8. I blew it!

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

    I guess I'm back to my MT course and doing private duty three nights a week. Oh

  9. When the blame gets turned on you.

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

    Yes, they had been doing bladder training. Also, he had not had the catheter in long enough to have developed any real complications from having it removed. We took him to a urologist today who thinks...

  10. When the blame gets turned on you.

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

    I tought I was being courteous so the home health nurse wouldn't have to make another trip out that day. As for the hurry, if you knew my husband you'd understand. He'd wear the hair off a donkey's...

  11. When the blame gets turned on you.

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

    When he said this I looked across the hall and saw some blood drawing equipment (it is one of these hole-in-the-wall clinics where the secretary doubles as a nurse) but yea, I was suspicious of this,...

  12. i'm a RN

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

    I've had that, but more often I get I've got six semesters of nursing school left (which is like, all of it ) or I work in the medical field or some other such thing like they are trying to gain some...

  13. Residents who pull their call light for the sake of it

    Jo Dirt replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    What nursing home doesn't have its share of call lighters? When I worked home health, I learned what some homebound patients do for fun. You know that LifeAlert thing some of them wear around their...

  14. *VENT* - Do you blame me?

    Jo Dirt replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    Best of

  15. What is the worst mistake you made in the work place?

    Jo Dirt replied to IdahoGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful when you say you have never made a med error...you may have made one and just don't know it. One of the stupidest things I've done is give a patient who was complaining of chest pains a...

  16. How long is too long....dead body

    Jo Dirt replied to Jack39's topic in General Nursing

    When we had people die at the nursing home, they were in semi private rooms and no one went anywhere. We drew the curtains and never had any complaints from the other party. Sometimes it would be an...

  17. Nurse Phobias?

    Jo Dirt replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Also, the eyes creep me out. I can't stand to even look in someone's

  18. Nurse Phobias?

    Jo Dirt replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I cringe when I see feet, especially when someone with crusty yellow thick toenails and callouses and bunyons wear open toed sandals, and they do. Some people believe in letting it all hang out but...

  19. Nurse Phobias?

    Jo Dirt replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my Mosby's medical dictionary there was a picture of a baby with...I forget what it is called, but their bodies are covered with keratin and they die a few hours after being born. I had to tear the...

  20. WHY are LPN programs so expensive?

    Jo Dirt replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, but my LPN program cost $1200, it was several thousand more to get the ADN. You are in a very expensive area,

  21. How would you handle this, VERY lazy CNA!

    Jo Dirt replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Is the CNA on drugs? She can't last long doing that kind of a job. You'd better believe I'd report her and

  22. Held hostage by job

    Jo Dirt replied to Ms Kylee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Why in the world was a nursing assistant class a few thousand

  23. Does this sound like a good arrangement?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I've been tentatively hired as an on-call hospice nurse with a local agency. I've been told it is weekends and the weekend starts at 8pm Friday night and ends at 8pm Sunday night. The position is...

  24. Aging trophy wives of wealthy elderly patients

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw that woman who married Donald Trump on tv, a reporter asked her if she would be married to him if he had no money and she asked if they thought he would be married to her if she was not so...

  25. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    Jo Dirt replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    I flip out when I go to a fast food restaurant and when they give me my drink cup they turn it lip down and put it on the counter. I realize that there is no telling what goes on with our food we...