Jo Dirt

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  1. Help! New nurse needs advice: Incident at a LTC facility

    Jo Dirt replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think those jokers are looking for someone to blame, whether you've done anything or not. If they pursued this ridiculous accusation about the bent toe of a psychiatric patient I would pursue the...

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

    Jo Dirt replied to za23fr's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of pay are you expecting? If I could have found a job that paid a fair wage as a CNA I wouldn't have gone to nursing

  3. Not sure what to do--please give advise if possible!

    Jo Dirt replied to mgalloLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I would say to do the LPN program first, it will get you through faster than having to wait until 2010 before you see any results. It's like weight loss, when the results come so slow it can be hard...

  4. Rapid Weight Loss Post Partum?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you know of any moms, especially overweight ones, who lost like 30+ pounds in the couple of weeks after giving birth and their weight just keeps going down in spite of not trying to lose

  5. "The Jesus Factor"

    Jo Dirt replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am an easy going person in general but I would have no trouble telling her she needs to worry about

  6. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Jo Dirt replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think this contributes to the view of aides as being at the bottom of the food chain. It never ocurred to me to refer to the aides as my aides. I would hear other nurses do this frequently and it...

  7. Heads up: NBC nightly news tonight

    Jo Dirt replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    It was more informative than that DREADFUL Johnson &Johnson commercial, playing that revolting

  8. Home Health not what I thought it would be advice, anyone???

    Jo Dirt replied to LPN2RNdude's topic in Home Health

    Try working 12 weeks without a day off, that is literally what I did (at the end of my home health job.) I got so burned out after eight months of home health I vowed to get out of nursing altogether....

  9. Child Protective Services--Reporting?

    Jo Dirt replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, that living situation is plain nasty. If this case is as you describe call them yesterday, because it sounds like you have witnessed this first hand. I wouldn't call them because of the smack...

  10. Child Protective Services--Reporting?

    Jo Dirt replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Peope are too quick to say when in doubt report, but you need to realize the grief and consequences for families when you make that anonymous phone call. People will reason if it saves one child it's...

  11. How long for umbilical stump to fall off?

    Jo Dirt replied to samaletta's topic in Pediatric

    My two week old still has his cord. I was meticulous about applying alcohol with every bath and diaper change with my other three but I've been lax with this one, I only put alcohol on it after bath...

  12. How did you know....

    Jo Dirt replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pediatric

    I'm thankful for people who have a passion for working with children, I just couldn't do it. I'll stick with old folks, it's just too heartbreaking to see sick little children who haven't had a chance...

  13. I'm concerned for my friend's child....

    Jo Dirt replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    It's almost unbearable to see your baby sick. Just being there for her will help a

  14. Deluded Medical Assistant

    Jo Dirt replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a CNA at the nursing home who was going through an 18 month MA course. I thought it was a waste of money and time but she was so excited about it and really felt like she was going to be...

  15. "Red Flags" of Drug Diversion

    Jo Dirt replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse who couldn't afford prescription meds for herself and they found her pockets loaded with

  16. Don't Want to be Charge Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to pnurseuwm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Also, if it is clinical skills you are really concerned about you should probably look into a hospital job. I went straight out of nursing school into a (low skill) nursing home and lost out on so...

  17. Dressing up like 'Indians'

    Jo Dirt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 1/8 Indian and I think little kids dressed like Indians are

  18. 30 y/o paraplegic dying from decubitus ulcer...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm sorry this is very long but please bear with me... I was sent out recently to do an admission for HH on a young man who was paraplegic from a car accident. He had orders for catheter care/change...

  19. What would you do?

    Jo Dirt replied to jordydan7295's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had started earlier. In fact, I should have enrolled in the practical nurse program at the vo-tech straight out of high school. Then, I would have worked in a nursing home, saved some money,...

  20. Patient's Suicide

    Jo Dirt replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    This was a brave man. It truly sounds like he was at peace with the decision he made. Rather than wither away completely he still had some say in his life and you shouldn't feel guilty at all. Death...

  21. How much more is RN salary without bennies?

    Jo Dirt replied to SpiceChick01's topic in General Nursing

    I work without benefits or overtime pay (even though I frequently work 60 hrs. a week) and I don't even get taxes witheld, I have to fill out those cursed 1099's at taxtime. On top of that it takes...

  22. Male Nurses: Why no escort?

    Jo Dirt replied to pmcd8243's topic in General Nursing

    I want to tell the OB/GYN there is nothing to fear, he's have to be hurting pretty bad to make a move on me. But it seems to be the nature of a lot of women to imagine men are always looking at them...

  23. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Jo Dirt replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Driving a truck requires training but they are considered unskilled also. I just wonder what constitutes the term

  24. Nursing Home conditions are unacceptable!!! (vent)

    Jo Dirt replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Life sucks when a person gets to the point of being totally dependent on others for their care and they don't have famiy who wants to do it. Hope I step off this mortal plane before it happens to

  25. Do you get a lot of false alarms coming in?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just wonder if it is fairly common to get expectant mom's who are, well, I guess you could say "paranoid" about going into labor and who will come to the unit several times for false alarms? There...