Jo Dirt

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  1. Have you ever been accused of stealing? How did you deal with it?

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

    Yea, know all about polygraphs (true crime buff, here). Not only are they not admissible in court but it's hard to get them done in even much more serious circumstances for interrogation purposes. The...

  2. Have you ever been accused of stealing? How did you deal with it?

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

    Boy does it ever. This is what I told the nurse last night. I found it hard to believe they would leave $500 cash laying around in the house like that. And what I want to know is, has this been a...

  3. Have you ever been accused of stealing? How did you deal with it?

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

    Only thing is, private duty jobs are getting extremely scarce around here, with TennCare going down the tubes, and I'm not in any kind of shape to go out looking for a new job (8 months pregnant). I...

  4. LTC tips please!!!...

    Jo Dirt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    You've got to prioritize and do that first. The way I got a routine down, I would pass out the meds FIRST, and if there were blood sugars and insulins due I would do them, then pass out the other...

  5. How accurate is fundal height reading with tape measure?

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

    I'm overweight so when the doctor pulled out that tape measure I asked him how he could tell what was baby and what was fat, he said it was just his best

  6. Nurses: Who came from a dysfuntional family?

    Jo Dirt replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to see any family without some kind of dysfunction. My father, I believe, would have been diagnosed with depression. My mother would have been for sure. Mental illness (schizophrenia) seems...

  7. Excelsior RN to BSN Frustration

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have all prerequisites for the BSN program out of the way and have five courses to finish for the BSN through Excelsior. I got the ADN through Excelsior with nothing but the free study guides...

  8. Whadda u think about the college network?

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

    They couldn't help you with enough paperwork to make it worth paying what they charge. And the paperwork you have with Excelsior isn't that bad, anyway, though I'm sure the sales rep's for College...

  9. Once a patient starts on simvastatin (or other statins) is it lifelong treatment?

    Jo Dirt replied to ChristyMNOP's topic in General Nursing

    My father-in-law was taking it for awhile but got tired of paying for it and quit taking it. He is still around 3 yrs.

  10. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

    Jo Dirt replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior College

    Graduated in March 2006. As soon as I got my license I worked in home health for a miserable 8 months. I will never do that again. Been in and out of the nursing home and private duty since then....

  11. Do I have any legal recourse???

    Jo Dirt replied to Dakkon76's topic in General Nursing

    People make mistakes, and yes, many instructors are not willing to own up to them. We had a teacher in nursing school who made a very obvious mistake and when one of us attempted to tell her about it...

  12. I was let go !

    Jo Dirt replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    You would have to be some kind of masochist to want to continue to work at a place like that. Count your blessings. They were looking for a reason to push you out, but don't take it personally, these...

  13. How do I handle this?

    Jo Dirt replied to clee1's topic in General Nursing

    I CANNOT STAND backstabbers, and this is essentially what she was doing, going behind your back and making accusations/assumptions. I would confront her and in front of anyone who happened to be...

  14. woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I haven't read the book you mention but I agree with you about the illegal immigrant issue. I know lots of poor Americans right here without looking to

  15. Help finding a "real" job.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm rambling I know but I'm between a rock and a hard place and I'm not quite sure where to go from here. I've been doing private duty during my pregnancy. My patient I sat with regularly died so I've...

  16. Is it possible to get accepted to a MEPN program with less than average GPA

    Jo Dirt replied to JazzyOneRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    There is always the option of retaking courses to improve your GPA, even if just to get it to a 3.0. I think most graduate programs say they require at least a

  17. How does the doctor determine to induce labor?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know it has been said to let nature take its course, but when a person is 35 weeks along, sick and tired of having to go to the toilet every ten minutes, sick and tired of not being able to bend...

  18. How would you have dealt with this situation...

    Jo Dirt replied to 1hotRN601's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at the nursing home I overheard one of the janitors and a CNA complaining about the nurses (they were doing the Rodney Dangerfield routine). The janitor said something about, they get...

  19. Slow Codes

    Jo Dirt replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    15 yrs. ago, my mother and me were in the waiting room while my dad was in for his second triple by-pass. About 4 hrs. into the surgery a nurse came out to talk with us. We expected to hear everything...

  20. Is it wrong to do the right thing? (long)

    Jo Dirt replied to k.lvn.mom's topic in General Nursing

    If there were that many med errors you should have reported it to more than a nurse. I don't "retaliate." It just isn't in my nature. But I cannot hide my disdain for tattle's and do-gooders and...

  21. Getting rewarded for backstabbing???

    Jo Dirt replied to analee23's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a song that says we'll be watching you, no matter what you do, and you can do your part by watching others, too. Really

  22. woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I also just wanted to say, I accompanied a patient to the ER a couple of months ago (this was the second ER, the first one gave her a rocephin injection and sent her home even though she was delirius...

  23. woman dies in ER waiting room (article)

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I do not believe it had anything to do with being hispanic because the same thing happened to my cousin and she was white. Morbidly obese, went to the ER several times over two weeks with abdominal...

  24. Finding local NP salaries

    Jo Dirt replied to np2b's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    70K up north doesn't take you far. That

  25. Slow Codes

    Jo Dirt replied to karenna's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate these words of wisdom from a 92 y/o LTC patient as she watched a family *insist* the CNAs assist(lug and carry) an incontinent wheelchair bound patient(her roomate) to "ambulate" to use...