Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. low class

    Jo Dirt replied to metalhead's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A CNA's job is extremely important, although, it should be a job for a young person getting their feet wet in nursing and not a career. It's sad to see so many older people, worn out, making just a...

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

    Jo Dirt replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    This is not cool. Yes, there are some odd looking people out there but it takes a certain amount of maturity and wisdom (which I have learned are not age-related, necessarily) to understand what human...

  3. You gotta be kidding me!

    Jo Dirt replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    In TN, recording can be done with the consent of one party, that party could be

  4. Do you have a "Personal Business Plan"?

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

    I have never been called in for a yearly evaluation. They usually didn't do them where I worked unless there was a history of

  5. I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    Jo Dirt replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    as bad as my school was we started with 36 and finished with

  6. I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    Jo Dirt replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    I went to school in Tennessee and the training was a joke. We had to be checked off on skills like bedmaking and reading a mercury thermometer, also. Clinicals were even more of a joke. We got to pick...

  7. Does EVERY LIFE really count??

    Jo Dirt replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned life is cheap when you're poor. Wherelse would great lengths and efforts go to keep an 80 yr. old tube fed vegetable alive while the young uninsured mother is left to die from something...

  8. NA's not professionals

    Jo Dirt replied to Jabramac's topic in General Nursing

    I think people are majoring in the minors

  9. Is this inappropriate?

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

    There's nothing new under the Sun. This will always happen. Sometimes, it's just fun to call people down on it,

  10. I'm a horrible employee

    Jo Dirt replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what it feels like to be bogged down with depression. It makes it downright impossible to cope with life and every bump in the road seems like a mountain. If you're like me a vacation is...

  11. Some nurses make you sick!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Don't expect this to be rare. It seems to make some people feel good to kick others down with no mercy.

  12. Patient's Demanding Family *Vent*

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

    Some people are just NASTY. No, wait, A LOT of people are just

  13. Made a Med Error and sick over it!

    Jo Dirt replied to Martinette's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what? There will be some med errors that will be your fault. Guess what else? You are a human! It happens! I'd love to know the first nurse who has been a nurse more than a year and has never...

  14. Funeral Director messed up BIG time

    Jo Dirt replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just wonder how old the man was, only because I know of families it total disbelief when pops gets sick and dies...even though he was in his 80's. Married 40 something years could refer to a man who...

  15. Funeral Director messed up BIG time

    Jo Dirt replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    The funeral director did nothing wrong. Seems like this family is so far removed from death even hospice couldn't prepare them for what was going on. What was the funeral director supposed to assume?...

  16. Digital Disimpaction

    Jo Dirt replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

    It was a standing order at the nursing home where I worked, though I would avoid doing it at all possible. I have small hands, anyway. Also, you are never ever ever supposed to chart any form of the...

  17. Undergrad looking to pursue a career as a nurse, please help

    Jo Dirt replied to anonimous's topic in General Nursing

    If you're unencumbered and have the funds, you may as well wait. If you need to get out and make a living ASAP then why not go through an LPN program and work on the RN portion part-time or go to a...

  18. Lots of reactions to the flu vax this year

    Jo Dirt replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had people say they took a flu shot and got sicker than they had ever been, therefore they would not take another one. I had to give two flu shots when I was doing HH and one of the patients...

  19. The Circumcision Discussion

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

    My husband is circumsized and I still want him to wash himself before anything goes on. My 9 y/o son was circ'ed against my better judgement (my husband decided he wanted it) and I wish I had been...

  20. Least stressful areas of nursing that don't require experience?

    Jo Dirt replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    You might look into private duty nursing. You have one patient, and depending on the needs of the patient, you may just be sitting. Very low stress, but be warned, though, when I started within months...

  21. I have never met anyone like her...

    Jo Dirt replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    People get away with disrespectful behavior today because there is no fear of repercussions. They can say and act any way they want. It's a criminal and sociopath's

  22. How much do u have in loans?

    Jo Dirt replied to 23mark23's topic in General Nursing

    Thank goodness I don't have any loans. Lived on beenie weenies and paid for nursing school as I went along. I know people do what they feel they need to do to get by in life and unfortunately, this...

  23. Do you now wish that you chose another career?

    Jo Dirt replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I had zero energy left when I did floor nursing, and I'd agonize over the messy house and things not being done because I was too tired and depressed. I'm getting to where I can't stand working as a...

  24. Burnout?

    Jo Dirt replied to registerednut1221's topic in General Nursing

    This struck me as funny and made me remember the time I accompanied my private duty patient to the nursing home to visit a relative. Well, I decided to sit out in the visiting area so the family could...

  25. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

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

    When a little old lady in the nursing home calls me honey it's just fine, but when some 17 year old behind the register at Mcdonald's calls me honey I'm like, back up, kid! Yea, I've got a real...