Jo Dirt

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  1. Upset!!! write up and patients marijuana

    Jo Dirt replied to RNGINA's topic in Home Health

    I would have acted like I had never seen it. It isn't my

  2. Fitted Scrubs?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 5'2, 230 pounds and my scrubs hang off me because if they fit one way they are way too big

  3. Hey, is this legal????

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    At the last inservice/gripe session meeting required by my employer (LTC facility) the DON said the nurses needed to start being more careful about things we do because our carelessness is costing a...

  4. Absolutely an outrage... (RANT)

    Jo Dirt replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    This goes to show how how nursing homes get the reputation as "old people mills." Ship them in and ship them out and fill in another bed. The ADON at the facility where I do PRN work was telling me...

  5. Tipping a doctor, acceptable?

    Jo Dirt replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, he can give me 2,000 smackers anytime he wants. Really, though, if it was meant as a "tip" I think that doctor was out of line taking it. As for the notion he may have been paying in cash...why...

  6. Patient's death hard to deal with

    Jo Dirt replied to valpn's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't that some people become "numb". Just because you may not cry and lose your composure doesn't mean you have no compassion. I've worked in long term care ten years and have had many patients...

  7. LVN to RN???

    Jo Dirt replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in LPN to RN

    It is NOT a waste of time and money to become an LPN first. In fact, every nursing instructor I've asked is a firm believer that all RN's should be LPN's first (and nurses should be CNA's first). If...

  8. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    Yea, really. Same goes for private duty. I would rather spend 12 hours sitting in someone's house than 12 hours feeling defeated in a nursing

  9. Noise on the Night Shift

    Jo Dirt replied to becksgr's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree. When my mother was in the hospital the nursing staff would congregate at the nures' station and you would hear guffawing and cackling all night long. This was not only incredibly rude...

  10. Hey, is this legal????

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

    This is in a very small town where about 2/3 of the people who work there are related (the DON has relatives in literally every department in that facility) plus the DON took over as DON at that...

  11. Salary question??

    Jo Dirt replied to joe134's topic in General Nursing

    We do a tough job but compared to what some others who work as hard as we do have to live on I don't think we can whine about salary. I know people who make $20,000 compared to people who make a lot...

  12. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    Jo Dirt replied to XtineRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My crocs are so comforable I have found that I forget to take them off...and I hate wearing

  13. Seeking Guidance For My Daughter

    Jo Dirt replied to Drackman's topic in Nursing Career

    If all else fails she could take a year off, go to the community college in Morrilton (they had a practical nursing program when they were Petit Jean Vo-Tech, I would assume they still do) and then...

  14. Excelsior College

    Jo Dirt replied to dbowens02's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not amazed as to how he could get through the material so fast, I'm amazed how he got through it so fast on Excelsior's schedule. I hammered them for three months before I even got a date for the...

  15. Thinking of working at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital?

    Jo Dirt replied to workingforskies's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you know what? If I need to pee I'm going to pee. If I get so stressed out I need to take a few minutes to step outside I'm going to do it. If that gets me fired all the more reason I wouldn't...

  16. Relocating to TN...Vanderbilt Hospital

    Jo Dirt replied to Diana Lynn's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I'm not sure about your situation but I'm thinking about applying to work in the MICU or myelosuppression unit as a new grad nurse. I'm hoping I have better luck talking with Vanderbilt than with the...

  17. Excelsior College

    Jo Dirt replied to dbowens02's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how this is humanly possible. I enrolled with only 1 prerequisite and NC 3-7 + the CPNE to take. I took an average of two tests per month and with the mandatory waits by Excelsior (longest...

  18. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    Jo Dirt replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I think the correct plural form is

  19. Yeah, that's right, it's my fault.

    Jo Dirt replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard it before, too. I overheard two women (around mid forties) talking about how ridiculous it is that nurses get paid so much. I knew that they were not nor had ever been nurses and likely...

  20. LPN/VN's being called "Care Team Associate"

    Jo Dirt replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Nursing

    Well, please tell us what state you are in. I'm in Tennessee and have never heard this. Don't be so sure the jobs will be plentiful as you think when you become an RN. Before I graduated it seemed...

  21. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    Jo Dirt replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Media is the fastest growing addiction in this country. She needs help. Maybe you could start with an anonymous letter to your

  22. online schools cheapen our profession?

    Jo Dirt replied to $/satisfaction?'s topic in Online Distance Learning

    Way to go,

  23. OR nurses & students

    Jo Dirt replied to RNin2007's topic in Operating Room

    I am considering eventually going into the OR, it was my favorite place to rotate when we did hospital clinicals. But I hate to admit that I saw an overabundance of lousy attitudes in that OR....

  24. Soooo, you're observing in the Operating Room (O.R.)...

    Jo Dirt replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    Oh yea, and nursing students beware, the smell may get to you at

  25. When the Board of Nursing is out to get you....

    Jo Dirt replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in General Nursing

    What that dude doesn't seem to consider is that you are working with INMATES. These types of accusations should be expected when dealing with this type of population. This jerk is acting like you have...