Jo Dirt

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  1. Dads holding Moms during epidural placement?!?!

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

    Wish my husband wanted to be there and hold me

  2. Does anyone have a story about an event that happened at the time of a pt's death ?

    Jo Dirt replied to deaga's topic in General Nursing

    It was on a Friday several years ago when I started feeling this impending doom. I knew someone was going to die, maybe me. I kept wondering what it would be like to be the first of my siblings to...

  3. Should I Or Shouldn't I

    Jo Dirt replied to mayty_20's topic in General Nursing

    It won't put you in the expensive area of town with a big SUV and a speed boat out front but it will sure beat what you make at Mcdonald's. Don't go into nursing expecting to make a ton of money and...

  4. Anyone here drink a can of soda a day?

    Jo Dirt replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't buy into the latest food scares. When you're number is up your number is up. I'll eat bacon and drink coke and enjoy one of the last pleasures I have in life. Everyone wants to cling to the...

  5. Anyone here drink a can of soda a day?

    Jo Dirt replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

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  6. Nurse offering to sell products to family member

    Jo Dirt replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would first pull her aside and tell her there were some complaints (specify complaints) that she was trying to sell the vitamins on the side. Surely this would be enough to let her know not to do it...

  7. Complaint got my gram bumped from Medicaid pay to self pay!

    Jo Dirt replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    After having to deal with my 82 y/o father-in-law on this issue, what my husband and me were told by social services (and the internet) is Medicare is what pays for the 100 days in a nursing home plus...

  8. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    Jo Dirt replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard a lot of people who are not nurses call themselves nurses, as well as people who think everyone who works in the medical field is a nurse. I always think to myself no you're not but I...

  9. Funding my BSN

    Jo Dirt replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard of some horror stories about people who did the indentured servant deal. They ended up absolutely hating their jobs and didn't feel like they could stay another day, but they could not...

  10. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Jo Dirt replied to RN4life#1's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. When I had my first ultrasound done with my last baby there was another woman who came out before I went in and I heard her talking to her friend. She said, "I'm farther along...

  11. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Jo Dirt replied to RN4life#1's topic in General Nursing

    I am poor myself but I know what you mean. My sister chose to be a single mom but she had an excellent job as an executive and had no trouble paying for sitters. She didn't even qualify for WIC and...

  12. Can you believe this???

    Jo Dirt replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if they sometimes think people are calling up with yet another excuse to be off work. It sounds sick but I know a nurse who used to call in with things like my son has been in a car accident...

  13. Cpne

    Jo Dirt replied to nursetims's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It generally takes 4-6 months from the time you apply to the test time, which sucks because once you get on a roll you're ready to get done but you keep getting these hold ups. Even after I passed the...

  14. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Jo Dirt replied to RN4life#1's topic in General Nursing

    And she shouldn't be working in an environment that requires such, either. I know life is hard, but if I were in a position I didn't feel I could handle I'd be down at the food stamp office and trying...

  15. Terminations vs Fetal Demises

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't understand, what if a mom was 21 or 22 weeks and her water broke, couldn't they try to save the baby? Couldn't they keep her in the bed in as sterile and environment as possible for as long as...

  16. Epidemic of dumb!

    Jo Dirt replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We didn't use gas but we used kerosene. But this teen mom, was she in her early or late teens? We seem to expect a certain degree of intelligence/common sense out of people but some people literally...

  17. People in it only for the quick hire

    Jo Dirt replied to Spyral's topic in General Nursing

    Some people don't get it when I say I've had enough and I feel like moving to a cabin in Montana and riding a

  18. Pregnancy is not a disease!!! (vent)

    Jo Dirt replied to RN4life#1's topic in General Nursing

    I just had my fourth and I was working up until the very end with all of my pregnancies, having to take care of my own family up until the hour I went to the hospital to deliver. Wait until she gets...

  19. People in it only for the quick hire

    Jo Dirt replied to Spyral's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school because I needed a job that paid more than minimum wage to support my family, not because I needed to feel self-actualized. I guess it's a good thing I'm naturally...

  20. Difficulty cathing a male pt

    Jo Dirt replied to heather2084's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen these little quick cath kits where the catheter was literally about the diameter of an ice

  21. Anyone not making med errors?

    Jo Dirt replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    That is how it is done at the nursing home where I used to work. A lot of those little old people look the

  22. Ever had a Reiki Massage session??

    Jo Dirt replied to luvmy2angels's topic in Holistic

    I've been to several Reiki sessions. I couldn't tell they really did anything so I stopped going. I got a lot more out of

  23. Anyone not making med errors?

    Jo Dirt replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    As a human you will make mistakes. Even seasoned nurses make mistakes. We will make mistakes and never realize we made the mistake. Anyone who tries to say they have never made a med error is telling...

  24. Does this seem wrong?????

    Jo Dirt replied to Narcoleptic Nurse's topic in Home Health

    It is done in spades at the HH agency where I used to work. Once they get a patient they don't let go. We were told to be creative and put down reasons we needed to keep coming. I became so...

  25. Need a job

    Jo Dirt replied to MKJade's topic in General Nursing

    I've encountered the same thing where I live. I'm in a small town and it's who you're related to and who you know that determines whether you get hired or not. I applied for a job at the local...