Jo Dirt

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  1. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

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

    My oldest is 10, she is pretty responsible, but still only 10. I hadn't considered weekends, when the day care isn't open. I'm sure it's one of those pay whether you go or not places so if I only...

  2. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most day care centers are not set up to accomodate parents who do shift work. I found a place called La Petit Academy I was hoping would work out but their site says hours of operation are 6a-6p. I...

  3. Difficult Career Decision, Praying for Direction--Please Advise

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently work private duty, very low stress, easy job. Easy to get spoiled and lazy (I've gained 50# since starting this "specialty.")Well, I was in fear the job would end soon so I got scared and...

  4. Patients on Medicaid

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

    I've never had WIC but I've learned just by standing behind them in line at the store (and having to wait 30 minutes so they could redo their items) that no, you don't get the giant boxes of cereal...

  5. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

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

    The old man can't drive so he isn't much help there. I thought about asking if one of the workers wanted to watch the baby for an hour and a half extra but gee, how much money is this going to start...

  6. Patients on Medicaid

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

    I can see this isn't really a question. Do you think people with regular insurance or those who are private pay are incapabe of being rude? My brother-in-law is a multi (multi) millionaire. He could...

  7. developing that "thick skin"

    Jo Dirt replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    Tell him yes sir, you are absolutely right! I'll bet that would stump

  8. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    For me to call APS on someone it would have to be REALLY bad. We learned about APS while dealing with my father-in-law who came to live with us a short time. He is a psychiatric patient (dementia,...

  9. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

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

    My husband is willing to watch him but I don't believe he will watch him good enough. On top of that he likes to sleep during the day unless he has some of his little projects going. The hospital will...

  10. Difficult Career Decision, Praying for Direction--Please Advise

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

    If it's bodies they are looking for I guess I fit the bill. They said HR would be calling me to schedule my drug test and do paperwork but I haven't heard from them yet. Part of me really doesn't want...

  11. Weight Gain Blues :(

    Jo Dirt replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    My friend has a husband who is fitness savvy (he was 1976 runner up for Mr. Georgia). They have six kids and their 12 year old was getting rather portly and he started making her jump rope everyday...

  12. Bling on the job?

    Jo Dirt replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like jewlery(at least, not on me, why would I want t draw attention to by stubby hands anyway?), I can't stand to wear a watch, even. Makes me feel restrained. I did see a nurse in home health...

  13. Weight Gain Blues :(

    Jo Dirt replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    50+# here. I look like a

  14. Took Job on Telemetry Floor...what's Telemetry???

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I went for a job interview today and when they took me in and sat me down it was the Nurse Manager and a guy she said was the floor supervisor. They were nice and all but I didn't get the impression...

  15. Took Job on Telemetry Floor...what's Telemetry???

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

    Well, isn't that spatial?

  16. Side business besides being a nurse?

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

    Real estate. We have a 5 acre building lot and when our lives are more stable we want to build a house on it (do 90% of the work ourselves) and sell it. Building and selling houses on speculation is...

  17. Future NP...to disclose or not??

    Jo Dirt replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    At my job interview yesterday for a position on the telemetry floor the NM and floor manager asked me what I saw myself doing in five years (she asked me this same question on the telephone before I...

  18. Feeling Nervous about Potential ?'s @ Job Interview Tomorrow.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a job interview and it's embarrassing but I sent so many applications in to so many different places I'm not sure which position I'm interviewing for and the NM who called me Friday was being...

  19. Is this doable?

    Jo Dirt replied to madisan's topic in General Nursing

    This is funny because I was thinking of dropping out of the RN to BSN program to pursue a graduate degree in psychology because I think I would eventually like to be a college professor and open my...

  20. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently social services decided these people had the right to live as they were living. Naturally, that was the first thing that was done when we took the cases. The HH agency pulled out of these...

  21. Rich nurses?

    Jo Dirt replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    My family is on Medicaid and the my kids are on the free lunch program at school. If I'm ridiculously overpaid I'd hate to see how I'd be living on

  22. incapable, helpless, unmotivated, unteachable pts who are unable to cope with life

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    She is either hopelessly depressed or retarded. It's pitiful but you really can't live their lives for them. When I worked home health I walked into some of the most depressing living...

  23. Childcare

    Jo Dirt replied to missyl670's topic in General Nursing

    Right now I work a job where I can take my youngest with me (and the next to youngest when she is not in school) and/or my husband who stays at home watches them. But if I had to go to another job it...

  24. They want me...maybe

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My search for a med surg job in a hospital has been a dry run but there is a particular hospital I applied to who seems to be scrambling for L&D nurses, especially on the night shift. I mean they...

  25. They want me...maybe

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

    Today has been silent, except for a call from AmericanMobile. I had received a call about a job on the renal transplant unit at a hospital but had no luck getting back in touch with the NM today....