Jo Dirt

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  1. Sick Day

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

    First of all, I don't work with babies, and if I had been allowed to post earlier I specified I took exception with babies and immunosuppressed people. And come to think of it, why would you want...

  2. I about cried for a classmate today....

    Jo Dirt replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm ugly and not very smart and hardworking but all that got me referred to was an overcompensator. Anyway, getting through nursing school doesn't necessarily mean you have to be smart. You do...

  3. lazy mean assistants

    Jo Dirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure they have inservices at your place of work. I'd take that opportunity to get up in front of everyone and just say that there needs to be some clarification about who's job it is to do what...

  4. Sick Day

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

    Call it apples and oranges or pears and grapes if you like but it is wrong to push it off on the coworkers. I just love getting a phone call after working most of a shift (I worked 3-11pm) from...

  5. Sick Day

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

    That idea's fine and dandy. Now, how will they handle being short on staffing, because people who have come to work and done their job should not be punished by having to take up the slack for workers...

  6. Sick Day

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

    I've come to work when I didn't feel well so many times I can't count and staffing has never fallen short as a result. In fact, by the time you have started having ssx you have passed your most...

  7. What would you do? Moral Dilemma

    Jo Dirt replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    There are some things that can slide but if you start to notice a pattern of complacency/neglect you should voice your concerns, not necessarily by running to tattle but talk to the nurse about the...

  8. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

    Jo Dirt replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have noticed my own situation over here and I hate to say that my own family now is as much or more dysfunctional than the family I came from. My mother was always hypercritical and ready to lash...

  9. quidkest way to get RN in colorado or elsewhere

    Jo Dirt replied to expressit's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, I was thinking I was too old at 32 to start anything new. I'm afraid there's no fast or easy way to get to NP. I'm an associate degree RN working on BSN to hopefully go to FNP and sometimes I...

  10. Sick Day

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

    I get sick of hearing people say don't come in if you're sick, I'd bet a weeks pay these would be the same people wanting to see you lynched for calling in sick. We all know why you shouldn't come to...

  11. This just infuriates me!

    Jo Dirt replied to StressedOutNurse85's topic in General Nursing

    And I've got "little

  12. This just infuriates me!

    Jo Dirt replied to StressedOutNurse85's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked every major holiday every year since I started my nursing career more than 6 yrs. ago. And I'm getting tired of it. That's my vent on the

  13. Balancing being a nurse and a wife

    Jo Dirt replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    My husband was supportive of me through nursing school because it meant financial security to him, but by the time it was over and I graduated he made it to the point it was almost the end of us. IT...

  14. Patients on Medicaid

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

    I heard a doctor call Medicaid patients charity cases. I'm really disgusted by the lack of compassion and human decency toward poor people. And it is so ridiculous it isn't even funny to hear about...

  15. Depression, burnout, etc

    Jo Dirt replied to Piglet08's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, join the club. I don't know what "the old days" were like but I can't imagine it was anything like the stress we deal with today, and when you suffer from depression already (as I do) then add...

  16. All RN Mothers

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

    I need to run this through my Little Orphan Annie secret decoder pen and then I'll give it another

  17. What are the most laid back nursing jobs?

    Jo Dirt replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the type of patient you have private duty nursing is probably the most laid back job a person could have. My current patient is very easy, and our jobs consist mostly of laying around on...

  18. Nurses dating doctors

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

    I almost wonder if one of the highilghts of getting into the nursing profession for some women is because they like to fantasize things are like General Hospital, or whatever silly soap opera portrays...

  19. Calling All Mothers

    Jo Dirt replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with two little ones. I got in the habit of going to bed when they went to bed, which was usually around 8pm, then getting up at about 2am and studying until it was time to get them...

  20. how to help pt's finance meds?

    Jo Dirt replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    St. Thomas Infirmary based out of Nashville has a program where they collect unused, unexpired medications from doctors' offices to distribute to the poor. The average doctor's office throws away...

  21. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

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

    Unfortunately, many people discover this too little too late. Maybe they are in the wrong profession but it's a little too late to expect someone with bills and a family to go on an adventure of...

  22. called in sick 2 days in a row

    Jo Dirt replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Life stinks when we have to become adults, doesn't it? Bills, bills, bills. Work and bills. Eat and go to the bathroom and work and pay bills and sleep a little in between. Burn yourself out in the...

  23. Good Future? Nursing? Your thoughts?

    Jo Dirt replied to JoeJH07's topic in General Nursing

    It's great you've chosen a college, but don't let yourself be fooled about that school being "the best." That is what was always said about UCA in my hometown of Conway. They have the best nursing...

  24. What you wish they knew....

    Jo Dirt replied to candicane's topic in General Nursing

    Post it over the patient's/customer's beds like they like to post that open your eyes nurse and look at me poem (you know, the one's where they want to try to make you feel guilty because you don't...

  25. Mandatory Reporting

    Jo Dirt replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    If I knew her on a personal basis I would have a talk with her and ask if she wanted to stay in the situation she was in or if she would want you to try to see she was removed from the home. It is...