Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. RN versus Dental Hygienist

    Jo Dirt replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd think it would offer satisfaction to look at those nasty mouths and be able to clean them up and make them look

  2. Shots for nursing school

    Jo Dirt replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    Remember you have the option to decline vaccines, too. Some of the lower downs will try to insist you must have your shots but they just don't know what the law

  3. Stinky Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was watching 60 Minutes and there is a disorder called Malodor Syndrome but I think it is more of a fishy smell these people put out no matter how clean they are. When my brother-in-law was in Iraq...

  4. husband begrudgingly supportive

    Jo Dirt replied to RN_Pursuit2b's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's not abusive you just have someone with a different thinking process. Maybe he isn't being overtly inspiring and when people get emotional they don't deal with concrete objectivity very well....

  5. How do you feel about the patients that WON't take care of themselves?

    Jo Dirt replied to diapason05's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guilty of being a hypocrite. I don't have diabetes or other chronic health issues (except that I'm too damn fat.) But I look at noncompliant patients who want the doctors to keep them going in...

  6. Fired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Not Fair.....

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I cannot be so naieve as to not realize that for profit means for profit and when you can't depend on a worker you can't depend on profit. This is why I say, the only job security you can expect...

  7. Fired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Not Fair.....

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love the way you put that and I feel exactly the same way. I've heard nursing is a sucker's job and it must be because I feel like a big one. But it's kind of hard to go out and find yourself again...

  8. Fired from longtime job, too much LOA r/t cancer, deaths in family. Not Fair.....

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's a cold hard fact and an evil one (still, don't expect it to change) but we can't forget that The Company hires us and keeps us in a job to suit their needs, not ours. They use you up then spit...

  9. You be the judge

    Jo Dirt replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure they sent you the money because they wanted YOU to have it. If you feel compelled to give your money away then I guess that is up to you but don't feel guilty or ashamed. Whatever you do,...

  10. Ever called CPS?

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    CPS won't help that little girl. Nothing will help the poor thing. It's sad but there are scores and scores of cases that will never even be acknowledged and child abuse is as old as time itself. Too...

  11. Sick Day

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

    I haven't seen anywhere on here where martyr was mentioned except for people accusing other people of trying to be one. Seems to me there are generally two kinds of people: those who are responsible...

  12. Giving meds late o.k.?

    Jo Dirt replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Med passes shouldn't take more than two hours but where I worked you were lucky to get them passed out at all, especially taking into account all the disruptions the nurses dealt with: difficult...

  13. Giving meds late o.k.?

    Jo Dirt replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    It was not humanly possible to give meds according to the textbook when I worked at the nursing home. When I brought up this concern the DON assured me the patients were not going anywhere and I had 8...

  14. Dont you just love them

    Jo Dirt replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    This is typical for narcissistic personality disorder. As for the junkies and alcoholics, I'm guilty of looking at them and thinking things that are not very nice, sometimes. But then I realize how...

  15. Accusations of Patient Abuse

    Jo Dirt replied to MisMatch's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, that is the way it works nowadays, and it's kind of sickening. The proof should have been in the pudding (no bruises or skin tears) but some supervisors don't have enough sense to put...

  16. I left a patient's home crying today

    Jo Dirt replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds like a brave

  17. Ever work at one of these Fla. hospitals?

    Jo Dirt replied to bald1rn's topic in Travel

    I thought this was the Medicaid

  18. Is med-surg like the nursing home?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have heard it is, and I'd like to know for sure because I am wanting to try doing some agency work. They have many med surg openings and while I've never worked in a hospital I've worked in the...

  19. The shortest path to being RN?

    Jo Dirt replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Just remember, there is no quick and easy way to attain anything

  20. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Jo Dirt replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And it

  21. DNR Orders Overturned By Doctors

    Jo Dirt replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    Or their

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Jo Dirt replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I dreamed one time I was going to come out of my body and I felt this pulling from my chest and got really scared and woke up. I don't imagine it was anything more than a dream,

  23. Nurse's are the greatest people on earth.

    Jo Dirt replied to Cat1981England's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen it several times. It's kind of funny how desperation can humble people. My 83 y/o father-in-law is a prime example. He has always boasted he is an atheist and openly ridiculed and mocked...

  24. Sick Day

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

    Oh no, not their problem, it just gets pushed onto me and becomes my problem. Their comfort, my expense. You sure don't work at the places I've worked if you've never been wheedled and coaxed into...

  25. Newly hired LPN is making more money!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working for the same agency 3 yrs. still making the same pay I made starting out and LPNs are being hired in making $3.00/hr more than