Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. How do you keep your nursing practice current?

    Jo Dirt replied to Djuna's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why they call it a practice...like we're important professionals or

  2. Valet Parking

    Jo Dirt replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Nursing

    I got a job at this hospital and noticed they were referring to patients as customers.

  3. Do many nurses resent their patients?

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a job I hated and when it got to the point I started to resent the patients (and I did) I knew it was time to leave (and I

  4. Too UGLY for Nursing?

    Jo Dirt replied to showbizrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most people in the world are not photogenically attractive. There was a scandal out of this area where a church member beat his child to death using techniques for discipline taught at this church....

  5. Disrespectful Nurse aids

    Jo Dirt replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I had an aide once call me to get up from my charting to come stand at the shower room door to keep an eye on her patient. I thought she had something important to do. She went and sat in my seat and...

  6. Too UGLY for Nursing?

    Jo Dirt replied to showbizrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Furthermore, reading this almost brings tears to my eyes. I took a lot of ridicule and bullying about my looks, even from my own family, so I know how useless it can make you feel to be rejected...

  7. Too UGLY for Nursing?

    Jo Dirt replied to showbizrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hope you tell them what a pathetic, asinine, juvenile, superficial, half-baked, lame attempt at a parable that was. This is why I don't go to "church." May I have the name and address of this...

  8. what metal should my wedding ring be?

    Jo Dirt replied to SBK1013's topic in General Nursing

    Right. I shouldn't rain on anyone's parade. Bad bad

  9. How hard was nursing school?

    Jo Dirt replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't how "smart" you are, it's how well you know how to study. I'm not exceptionally bright, I don't even feel like I would be called average, and I did

  10. Has anyone ever quit a new job after a few weeks?

    Jo Dirt replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    A few weeks? Try the third day of

  11. what metal should my wedding ring be?

    Jo Dirt replied to SBK1013's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what the deal is about wearing a ring, even for relationship purposes (especially knowing what I know about relationships by now). I would avoid any complications at all by not wearing it...

  12. Need help, is this verbal abuse?

    Jo Dirt replied to stamidg's topic in General Nursing

    No, the patient should not be punished at all. Disciplining an Alzheimer's patient will get you what? More trouble. When someone's mind is gone where will reasoning get you? Nowhere. But life is what...

  13. Verbal Abuse and Neglect--What Should I do???

    Jo Dirt replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    Bedsores and severe dehydration can occur very quickly in old people and bedridden patients, in like, a matter of hours. Also, it's the pattern of these issues you have to look

  14. Need help, is this verbal abuse?

    Jo Dirt replied to stamidg's topic in General Nursing

    Why were you up crying all night over this??? No, the nurse should not be reprimanded (unless she was setting up a scene where she could provoke the patient and cause a ruckus). The woman may have...

  15. Verbal Abuse and Neglect--What Should I do???

    Jo Dirt replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have to know what the situation is first hand to know if it warrants serious reporting or if it would be classified as tattling because the place isn't run according to how someone thinks it...

  16. CNA this, CNA that - Enough Already!

    Jo Dirt replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure it isn't meant to be this way by most but it just seems demeaning in the first place to refer to CNAs as "my" techs. You would not use this possessive term in the same way when regarding an...

  17. Heroic measures on a full DNR pt?

    Jo Dirt replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    The patient is dying and the doctor want to play God by prolonging the patient's life a few days. I hope I have a doctor with more sense than that one

  18. I guess i'm just frustrated

    Jo Dirt replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    If you need to get in the workforce fairly quickly you would do good to go to an LPN program first. Later, you can go through an RN program and the transistion will be easier and you can make more...

  19. Certified RN-Coders are Being Recruited for Code@Home Jobs

    Jo Dirt replied to glb1960's topic in General Nursing

    The only job I knew I could do at home (and you don't have to be a nurse, though it will be easier on you) is medical transcription. I have heard rumors that there is a need for RN coders who work...

  20. Fish oil pills

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

    If there is something you're destined to get I can't see how taking fish oil pills will do anything. At the suggestion of a psychiatrist we started giving it to my father-in-law twice a day and never...

  21. Children left to rot in their cribs

    Jo Dirt replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    What a terrible tragedy. Can we really justify lynching the caregivers, though? What kind of conditions are they working in? How many children do they have to care for? I know a lot of mentally...

  22. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    Jo Dirt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I respect others' beliefs, but at the same time there is absolutely no proof of the paranormal and when people have attribute something to the paranormal a closer inspection has always revealed a...

  23. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    Jo Dirt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    When the post described "alerting other students to what I saw," it is easy to get the impression that the deal had turned into a freak show, which is what I think a lot of people had issue with. The...

  24. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    Jo Dirt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the reason I recoiled so was that the bio says the student is 35 y/o. When I first read the post I figured it was a very young person, like 18 or 19. Still, have to put our thoughts on...

  25. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    Jo Dirt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you are a compassionate person but I also believe you are letting your imagination run away with you. I've seen some pretty scary things, myself, one being a homeless man who had been living...