Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. Private Duty Annoyances

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Private Duty

    I did leave. What I take exception to is being treated like a selfish heartless patient abandoner. Of course, I can leave if I don't like the way the family treats me, but I shouldn't have be put in a...

  2. Nursing = stressful career!!

    Jo Dirt replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    You think this can't happen in nursing??? I can think of a job less stressful: hot dog stand. You finish up at the auction or flea market or wherever and you don't have to worry about covering another...

  3. slave labor

    Jo Dirt replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Nip it in the bud. I know my saturation point is getting lower everyday, I wouldn't last a day at that job, and you shouldn't, either. There is one constant that never fails: if you allow yourself to...

  4. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever had people say, you're a NURSE and you don't vaccinate your children??? You should know better!!! Oh, for pity's

  5. Is it worth it?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jogirl's topic in General Nursing

    If I had an option I would do something else. I am in fact working my way out of nursing. Sorry if that annoys people who are still enthusiastic about nursing, but you asked for an honest opinion....

  6. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    My kids go to public school, too. Something really funny happened yesterday. Well, my 82 y/o father-in-law has a physical therapist who has started coming to see him (the old man lives next door in a...

  7. Nursing and Depression

    Jo Dirt replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a family, ANY family, whether they were high class or middle class or low class, that did not have some kind of dysfunction. Of course, there are varying degrees of dysfunction, but it...

  8. Nursing and Depression

    Jo Dirt replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    I've got depression bad. See a psychiatrist and everything and I'm an

  9. When should I start working on getting my RN

    Jo Dirt replied to Ladybug10's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others, put baby first. If you have a baby and then shuffle him/her off to daycare while you chase a nursing degree, you will likely have regrets about the time you missed with the little...

  10. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I know I would choose to be exterminated before I would join the military. The world will go on whether we are here or

  11. Showing up to work SICK

    Jo Dirt replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I can care less about getting anyone's sympathy. It has nothing to do with being sick, it has to do with calling in. You are immediately put on a s--- list as being a slacker by the staff who has to...

  12. Showing up to work SICK

    Jo Dirt replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Not only do most places not care if you show up sick at work, they expect you to show up. They can't keep staff as it

  13. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Who is angry ? I agree people should make INFORMED decisions and not simply parrot what scientists hired by pharmaceutical companies and the government that received money from the pharma companies...

  14. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, really. You either believe in personal freedom or you don't. I honestly feel the way some people are turning we had better start working on making sure our papers are in

  15. When should I start working on getting my RN

    Jo Dirt replied to Ladybug10's topic in General Nursing

    You could go through Excelsior College. It is a distance learning program and it gives opportunity for LPNs, paramedics and RTs to get an RN license when they otherwise wouldn't be able to. It is...

  16. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    There is also evidence that smallpox rates were already declining before the vaccine for it was put into use. I heard a veterinarian say that even though the rabies vaccines may (or may not) protect...

  17. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    My nephew had the vaccine for mumps (had all his vaccines and on time) and he still came down with a nasty case of it. And for us people who are too uneducated and irresponsible to vaccinate...

  18. The fatting of America.

    Jo Dirt replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly right. Which is why it doesn't matter if you eat 2 meals a day or

  19. The fatting of America.

    Jo Dirt replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    I know that LuLu Roman from Hee Haw has a thyroid condition that has caused her to be obese all her life. I know a man who weighs 500 pounds. Sure, with high fructose corn syrup and all that junk...

  20. The fatting of America.

    Jo Dirt replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    I say the worst kind of illness to have is mental illness. So maybe people should be more sympathetic to their infirmity. Funny thing, I have a patient in private duty who is HUGE. The extent of her...

  21. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I was called out to give two flu vaccines when I was doing home health. I told those patients "I wouldn't have one of them shots for nuthin' "(I'm from the South, after all). They still wanted the...

  22. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I don't vaccinate myself or my children. This sometimes makes pro-vaxers irate but I have found the less people know about something the stronger their opinions tend to

  23. Why can't RN take LPN positions?

    Jo Dirt replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN working in an LPN role. I make a little more than the LPNs,

  24. The fatting of America.

    Jo Dirt replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    And it is a delusion to think being thin will make you

  25. The fatting of America.

    Jo Dirt replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I WILL NOT take any anti-HTN or cholesterol meds. or any other such thing. And I tend to be hypoglycemic, not hyper.I won't be dragging myself into a doctor's office with a walker. I won't...