Jo Dirt

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  1. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    Jo Dirt replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    Vamedic, if you don't like sitting why don't you do something else like CNA? Is someone twisting your arm and pressing you in that

  2. seen from the other side of the bed- what's the best way to communicate this?

    Jo Dirt replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    There is nothing more despicable to me than to roll your eyes (or whatever those loser nurses were doing) when someone says they are in pain. When I had surgery I remember waking up and the post-op...

  3. Good News about California and Excelsior College

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm sorry if this has already been brought up, but I see EC and CA have reached an agreement: if you are an LPN before you go through EC and you apply for licensure from out of state you can go...

  4. Anyone else thinking of leaving home health?

    Jo Dirt replied to camrave's topic in Home Health

    I've been in HH the last 7 months and I'm ready to get out (though I would like to get out of nursing altogether, I'm just burned out and somewhat cynical, anymore). I have been planning to give my...

  5. Racism: Expanding Compassion

    Jo Dirt replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in OB rotation (which was pretty slow at the time with not much going on) I was in the nursery with a little Mexican newborn who was very dark complected with thick black hair and there was...

  6. Considering cna or phlebotomy

    Jo Dirt replied to starlight26's topic in General Nursing

    Be forewarned: CNA work is back breaking and the amount of money you make will not make it seem worth the effort. Hospitals are generally easier than nursing homes but it is harder to find a hospital...

  7. Pregnant ONCALL need your input

    Jo Dirt replied to Rosey's topic in Home Health

    I'd like to know what agency this is. I'm full time (salaried, and you know what that always means). The benefits are zippety-doo-dah, the insurance is a JOKE, such a joke that I dropped mine, even...

  8. Pregnant ONCALL need your input

    Jo Dirt replied to Rosey's topic in Home Health

    I'm pregnant with my 4th child (though it's been awhile, my youngest is 5) and with my last one I worked up until the night I had the baby. I know lots of other moms who have done the same, so I...

  9. Could a recent graduate do home health?

    Jo Dirt replied to csiln's topic in Home Health

    I graduated in March 2006 and got my license a month later. I started in home health and have been in it almost 7 months. I got no orientation, they just handed me some papers and sent me on my way,...

  10. strictly business/non-caring LPN

    Jo Dirt replied to TTAmoneypit's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you are willing to abide by the "laws of nursing", such as do no harm, keep the patient as free from pain as possible, etc., then you will be fine. But if your intention is to strut around...

  11. HH-have you ever been attacked?

    Jo Dirt replied to texas_lvn's topic in Home Health

    Way to go, OP. I love it when people not only refuse to be victims but know how to take care of themselves. Poor old awkward schmuck I am, though, I would be a sitting duck for an attack. Unless I...

  12. Help! I'm a new DON

    Jo Dirt replied to amjbrick's topic in Home Health

    I thought you had to have a CON to do HH and they were not only very expensive but you can't just buy a new one, you have to buy them from an existing HH agency who wants to sell one of theirs....it's...

  13. Are you scared of being sued or do you know someone who got sued for malpractice?

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

    I work in home health and you see the fins moving about the waters all the time. We have three lawsuits going on at this time. My boss and I have an appointment to meet with an attorney who is...

  14. Morning Sickness

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm around 7 weeks pregnant with my fourth child. My youngest is 5, so I have been out of the swing of things for awhile, but the one thing I am recognizing is the nausea. I've been so sick the last...

  15. Morning Sickness

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

    I just thought of getting some lemon drops and...felt

  16. Any nurses out there who have left nursing or are seriously planning on leaving?

    Jo Dirt replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an LPN for 5 yrs. and an RN for 7 months and I am so ready to get out of nursing altogether. To me, most nursing jobs are "dead end." For one thing, I love the patients, but on the other...

  17. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

    Jo Dirt replied to sandee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why do you feel like there is something you are supposed to do? It's absolutely none of your business, unless they are overtly waving it under everyone's nose. If that is the case I'm sure they will...

  18. Worried: I might be pregnant...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not worried because this would be bad, worried that what the urine test I took this morning gave me a false positive. I'm taking Lamictal but I don't think that would give me a false positive. I took...

  19. Illegal Alien- frustrated!

    Jo Dirt replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    This fraud happens because the government allows it to happen. Illegal aliens mean big savings for the chicken houses and other corporations. Big business is what influences the decisions made in this...

  20. Worried: I might be pregnant...

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

    I have an appointment with the doctor in the morning. I missed my period awhile ago. Since my periods have always been screwy I thought maybe I needed to start taking birth control pills again. I am...

  21. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    Jo Dirt replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Stay-at-home

  22. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    What do surgical NP's and PA's do? What is their role? In the state of Tennessee, a FNP can be a PCP but a PA

  23. Creepy: and on Halloween!!!!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a home health nurse and I'm on call this week. I just got a phone call from a lab to report a critical lab level on a patient. A patient that has been dead for three months! I said, there must be...

  24. Creepy: and on Halloween!!!!

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

    What happened is the deceased patient and the live patient had the same last name, and this nurse used the deceased person's SSN...I knew it had to be something like that, just funny it happened on...

  25. fat and miserable

    Jo Dirt replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it is my suspicious nature, but I sense maybe this is a dig at fat nurses (or fat people in general) disguised as a remark by a