Jo Dirt

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  1. What does it take to be an RN?

    Jo Dirt replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    You need to be like Nurse

  2. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Jo Dirt replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Oh now, this is apples and oranges. A couple of years ago, there was a wreck here where a car collided with an Amish buggy and several children were killed. Think they would have been safer with car...

  3. do you give good report?

    Jo Dirt replied to MoopleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the type who does better when I just roll up my sleeves and plow in, when I'm receiving report, which I know is important, if the offgoing nurse goes on and on about nonmedical things something in...

  4. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Jo Dirt replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    You mean Freedom from Choice. I remember when I was little (back in the 70's) riding in the family car sitting on that fold down armrest in the front seat. But things were a slower pace back then, and...

  5. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Jo Dirt replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Now, wait a minute, here. It doesn't take someone who works in the ER to understand that a car wreck turns children into torpedos and naturally, their little bodies can't take the trauma. No, those...

  6. Co-sleeping?

    Jo Dirt replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw something called an Ambybed that looks really neat. I can't afford one but I would get it if I

  7. What to do with this kind of patient?

    Jo Dirt replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, don't say

  8. I am such a slacker....Help!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Herk's mom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There is nothing to study for, really. I made a half-hearted attempt with a Kaplan book but seriously, don't let it worry you about not doing well on those practice tests, because the couple I took I...

  9. Pregnant right after giving birth?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know they say you can get pregnant again very easily right after having a baby. With my first three I was so torn up it was a couple of months before I could even think of doing anything. But with...

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

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

    Nursing school has caused divorce, financial ruin, depression. I don't think throwing a little reality peoples' way is over the

  11. Pregnant right after giving birth?

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

    As a potential nincompoop I just want to say don't feel bad. I feel kind of ambivalent about it right now. On one hand I was going to try to lose some weight and try to do something about my stomach...

  12. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Jo Dirt replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, okay, I'm not too proud to admit when I've made shoot from the hip remark that wasn't too appropriate. In retrospect, I would have worded it differently. In this instance, the child restraint...

  13. I know this is wrong - but how wrong is it?

    Jo Dirt replied to papergirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    If she's foolish and naieve enough to believe in love at first sight I don't know why she would be phased by HIPPA violations. Leave her alone to live in her little

  14. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

    Jo Dirt replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have a patient at the nursinng home in her 60's who was an alcoholic when she lived on the outside. In the facility the only thing she could get her fill on was water so she would literally become...

  15. Medical Writers

    Jo Dirt replied to andyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a website advertising medical writing services that said they use MDs and scientists, which leaves me to wonder what a nurse could offer they couldn't? Seems like it would always be better to...

  16. What we owe the working poor

    Jo Dirt replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I saw a bumper sticker that said If voting could really make a difference it would be

  17. stillborn births

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

    Precicesly why I could not work in OB. As for the mom calling the hospital to report decreased movement and being poo poo'ed away, I hope the nurses who accuse expectant moms who come in to the unit...

  18. My hospital stay

    Jo Dirt replied to Barbq's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my baby a few weeks ago the care was excellent. Of course, JHACO was on the unit, but I would hate to think that is the only reason they rushed to wait on me hand and foot and made sure I...

  19. Would you join in on this lawsuit?

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

    Yes, I have worked for other agencies as a private contractor and they clearly followed the rules and regulations such as not demanding we commit to a monthly schedule, maintain liability insurance...

  20. Would you join in on this lawsuit?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working private duty for this staffing agency on and off for several years. They are crooked and, I believe, unethical, but they use the nurses' love for the patients we care for (and our...

  21. What we owe the working poor

    Jo Dirt replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, that is the way the system works, the rich get richer and the poor...well, you know the rest. Laws are made to benefit the companies that keep the prostitutes (our country's politicians) in...

  22. Design the Ideal Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be 36-24-36 with a pretty face and a cute short cropped hairdo and I would wear cute little scrub suits and instead of wearing those big white shoes that look like cruise ships on my feet I'd wear...

  23. venting: fetal demise

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

    As a mother of four (heck, even if I wasn't a mother) this makes me sick. Unfortunately, it takes something drastic to make believers out of some

  24. No Child Carseat = Child Endangerment = Call to Police?

    Jo Dirt replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    What will running to the police to tattle do? Cause the parents to have to shell out a $200 fine they can't afford that should be used for the children, anyway? That law isn't there to protect...

  25. In search of a high paying agency for Private duty

    Jo Dirt replied to za23fr's topic in General Nursing

    As an RN I make $17/hr doing private duty. You might be able to get more money as a CNA in DC, I