Jo Dirt

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  1. Is it okay to dress like a "nurse"?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm short and about as wide as I am tall. Scrub pants look horrible on me (anything looks bad, really, but especially scrub pants). I am getting older and the sloppy scrubs and big tennis shoes just...

  2. Discussion: lobotomize the patient or lobotomize the system

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Psychiatric

    This is why I am a firm believer in lobotomies for those who have been proven to be

  3. Managing school and finances: how did you do it?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been tentatively accepted into a program to become a FNP. I got all excited then remembered I have a house payment, four children and a husband to support. I hear that even working part-time...

  4. Is it okay to dress like a "nurse"?

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

    I just wonder if a nurse manager will say it may hinder my participation in a code or something...I still can't do the hat thing, though (but I know of two nurses who do wear

  5. I don't understand (school requirements.)

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm becoming a little disheartened by the nursing situation. Jobs are drying up in spite of schools of nursing continuing to graduate two classes a year. Everyone and his brother can become a nurse...

  6. Dead Babies...To Get It Off My Chest

    Jo Dirt replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    This makes me sick and ruins my night. Things like this keep me awake at night. It enrages me so I believe I could really hurt someone who would do this to a baby/child. I have no empathy or sympathy...

  7. Salary info?

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

    In The Tennessean there is an ad in the classifieds for a Women's Health NP and the salary is a whopping $40,000/year. Since I make $50,000 a year as an associate degree RN (and won't make any extra...

  8. News Flash! Nurses Get The Boot!

    Jo Dirt replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    I interviewed at a hospital recently and the interviewer told me they were looking to switch to "primary nursing." Ergo, no CNAs and the nurses take the rest of the

  9. News Flash! Nurses Get The Boot!

    Jo Dirt replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    There is a glut of nurses in this area. And the schools keep graduating two classes a year...nursing shortage?

  10. Is it Easier to Get a Job As an ADN or a BSN?

    Jo Dirt replied to jagsterr's topic in General Nursing

    Most ads in the Nashville area specify BSN preferred, so a BSN may get their foot in the door over an ADN. I'm sure they hire whoever is in the right place at the right time,

  11. Saba University School of Medicine

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    We just got a new doctor who went to this school in the Carribean. I thought you couldn't practice in this country if you went to one of those schools. But he is right here with his own practice....

  12. Saba University School of Medicine

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

    Yea, he seems like an okay doctor. He is a lot more enthusiastic about coming to see his patients than the other doctors. He seems to make competent decisions regarding orders. I just always heard you...

  13. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    Jo Dirt replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I won't lie. The more I get into nursing education the more I can understand why MDs wouldn't take us seriously, look at the tripe (nursing theory) we have to spend a lot of time learning. What real...

  14. Help with Nx Dx!! Sepsis

    Jo Dirt replied to Jrie51584's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your teacher may be looking for something specific, but you could use Excess fluid volume r/t effects of sepsis AEB 4+ pitting edema over entire body. I don't know if that's right, though. It's been...

  15. Vanderbilt NP program..help!

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

    Just as long as you know it will be a heck of a lot more than a couple of years...but I'm sure the Vanderbilt name would be considered a feather in your cap. I'm just too darn cheap. Send me to the...

  16. Vanderbilt NP program..help!

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

    Beware. As you probably know, Vanderbilt's tuition is nothing short of outrageous. I personally know a PMHNP who went through their program and advised me against it because of the cost. He will be...

  17. Discussion: lobotomize the patient or lobotomize the system

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    This is a very Pollyana-ish way of looking at

  18. Discussion: lobotomize the patient or lobotomize the system

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    My cousin is a paranoid schizophrenic, very large, and has physically assaulted my aunt more than once. She is on some very strong medications and even still can't remain stable. Who do you think...

  19. CRNAs Looking Down on NPs

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

    Um, not many salaries justify buying a new car, especially a

  20. I touched an Avodart capsule!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I handled an Avodart capsule. I'm not pregnant but I hope to become pregnant. This is such a dangerous med, I found out after the fact. Anyone with a lot of pharma experience know if I'm scarred for...

  21. CRNAs Looking Down on NPs

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

    From what I understand, any NP with the desire has the opportunity to make the bank. I know of NPs in rural areas making 100 to 120k. No, that's not "a lot" of money, but isn't that around what a CRNA...

  22. I touched an Avodart capsule!

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

    No, it wasn't leaking. I'm not wanting to become pregnant until sometime this summer, so maybe I will be

  23. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    Jo Dirt replied to Sarah7781's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The DON where I work knows a new NP who was going to be paid $50k to work as a NP at Vanderbilt and moved to one of the outlying rural areas and makes $100k. I know that Vanderbilt offers to MTSU...

  24. I love nursing but hate NP school

    Jo Dirt replied to freedom22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm dreading nursing research and theory, I have no patience for this kind of nonsense. They seem so frivolous and useless. But not all of us can be accepted into medical

  25. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    Jo Dirt replied to Sarah7781's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Find a state school! Cost of tuition at Vanderbilt is obscene. I was talking to a NP and he kept advising me against VAnderbilt because that is where he went and he is paying off over 100k. He will be...