Jo Dirt

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  1. What if you can't hit a vein to draw blood?

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

    I have to get a CBC and BMP. Thank you for the replies. I will definitely try them. I already made the mistake of being too honest with this woman. I told her I am clumsy and even though I know...

  2. Nursing jobs you can do from home?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anybody know of any? I'm desperate. Edited to add: but I'm not so desperate I need these Don Lupre/get rich quick spam type scams. I've been getting pummeled with PM's promising every kind of pipe...

  3. Nursing jobs you can do from home?

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

    How do you break into

  4. Nursing jobs you can do from home?

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

    I know a nurse who bought all this expensive equipment and tried to start a transcription business from home. Come to find out, most hospitals have started offering this service to the doctors for...

  5. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it (then I remember the nursing home)

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    The $75 is for the on call pay. Since I was "on call" this meant it was my duty to go out to this guy's house every 8 hrs.. Now, his sister is with him but I'm still getting that I have to be out...

  6. Don't think I want this job anymore.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Wow, what company do you work for? When we aren't on visits, the office manager wants us in the office doing chart audits. This isn't going to fly with me for very long. The new admin/DON was "let go"...

  7. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it (then I remember the nursing home)

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    No other coworkers nearby. This is the worst weekend I've had in a long, long time and I am seriously considering giving my notice. Between running my a$$ off, being yelled at by the agency that...

  8. When you count mileage, is it like a whole paycheck in itself???

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Home Health

    I get .32 a mile. This last pay period I logged almost 1500 miles (in less than two weeks) and I will be getting reimbursed almost $500. Of course, this will be getting put back toward my purchase of...

  9. When you count mileage, is it like a whole paycheck in itself???

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Boy, you got that right. Yesterday, I spent $162 on two new car

  10. HH Nurse Survey

    Jo Dirt replied to cs58's topic in Home Health

    Cs58, I'm new to home health (on the job 5 weeks) and am still trying to adjust. I have heard nothing but praise sung for HH for the most part, and I'm not giving up hope yet. There are still things...

  11. 1099 Contract for a new grad

    Jo Dirt replied to bwt02's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well, I'm no CRNA but having been labled an "independent contractor" myself at one time I say stay away from this scene. Supposedly, CRNA's are in such high demand and have the option of having the...

  12. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth it (then I remember the nursing home)

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Patient is alert and oriented but paralyzed. He has a 24/7 private duty LPN but they are not allowed to do PICC

  13. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient in HH I am having to draw daily gentamycin troughs on. Am I doing correctly by flushing the port with 10 ml of normal saline, then withdrawing 10 ml blood, discarding the first blood...

  14. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Jo Dirt replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat:

  15. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Jo Dirt replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, where can I get a job where I can do

  16. Don't think I want this job anymore.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    The new admin/DON has not been in the office all week. And I hate to say this, but it has been the most peacful, pleasant week I have had at this job yet. The difference is amazing. And I feel like a...

  17. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Jo Dirt replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    There are nurses who could help more than they do, but it's funny that on one side of the ring we read thread after thread of nurses who are burned out, leaving the profession altogether after being...

  18. Leaving the Profession!

    Jo Dirt replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    That's beaurocracy for you. Sometimes I think the nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies..etc., are going to be regulated right out of business. My dream is to open a soup kitchen and cook all...

  19. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    Jo Dirt replied to oxyjen's topic in General Nursing

    Saddest thing I ever saw was on 20/20. Doctor Kevorkian helped an ALS patient to commit suicide with fumes from his own van. It showed the man crying and saying his goodbyes to his partner and baby...

  20. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    Jo Dirt replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I'm allergic to my

  21. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    Jo Dirt replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. Even my southern family wonders why my accent is so strong. I was in the south and got teased for my southern twang. I actually wish I didn't sound like such a hick, and when I...

  22. How would you have handled this?

    Jo Dirt replied to radoncrn's topic in School

    I don't consider myself very bright but there is no way that child would have been put back on the bus. I would have taken him to the emergency room ASAP. Especially since the candy wasn't expelled....

  23. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Jo Dirt replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of families act like it is not their obligation to help

  24. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    Jo Dirt replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to step into the line of fire and admit that I don't like wiping butts! Today, I was admitting a new patient to home health. I was filling out the OASIS form and the private duty LPN was...

  25. Leaving the Profession!

    Jo Dirt replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in nursing for six years. I've sacrificed a lot to get through school. I've gone through a lot to get here, and I also am hoping something better than nursing will come my