Jo Dirt

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  1. Do Nurses Eat?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    i really can't afford to do this but i do anyway. lunch time is the time i'm alloted by law. do what you can and let the rest go, is my

  2. Role Call! RN to BSN online students........

    Jo Dirt replied to Tweety's topic in Online Distance Learning

    This is online? Can you jump out of an RN program and into a BSN program? I finish Excelsior's ADN program this

  3. Thinking of not accepting my nursing acceptance.

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse051's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse051: In my nursing class there wasn't a one of us who did not live with the fear that we may not make it through. Out of the 30 something people who started the 11 of us who finished were...

  4. Graduating Today

    Jo Dirt replied to H60Medic's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Well, I'm not in the military, nor have I ever been, yet I was able to muster up the discipline to finish...well, I still have clinicals to take in September, so I don't guess I can talk yet. It seems...

  5. Questions about Nursing as a Second Career (for a 37 yr old male w/ an IT backgrd)...

    Jo Dirt replied to Lou R.'s topic in Nursing Career

    I lived in Missouri City in the early 90's (was just a wee teen then). I'm an LPN and have never wanted for a job. Still, there are many more opportunities for RN's (I'm about to complete an RN...

  6. CPNE Nov 11-13 at SRMC...anyone else?

    Jo Dirt replied to jenjer's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm taking the CPNE September 23-25 at NTHS in Amarillo. I'm scared to death as well, and while I can't afford a conference, I figured I couldn't afford not to go. So, I'm scraping up the nearly $800...

  7. Graduating Today

    Jo Dirt replied to H60Medic's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You mean you are taking the NCLEX a week after graduating from Excelsior? How did you manage

  8. man holding wife still during epidural dies!

    Jo Dirt replied to smk1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes. That comment was so far out and solid and right on. Everybody has to sue someone these

  9. How long after CPNE can you take NCLEX?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm so ready to get finished with all

  10. How long after CPNE can you take NCLEX?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My heart just keeps sinking. I busted my backside to finish these exams as fast as I could (and had to drive an over an hour each way to take these tests) and first of all, I was annoyed that it took...

  11. An upsetting fetal death

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

    Why

  12. An upsetting fetal death

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

    It was at the local community college library. I don't remember the name or the author (Iremember she was a woman) but I'm thinking the book was titled "Why I am an abortion doctor"...I distinctly...

  13. How long after CPNE can you take NCLEX?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You had to wait several months? Please tell me you're joking.

  14. An upsetting fetal death

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

    I don't know what they tell people at abortion clinics, I was just going by the information given by the original poster. Of course, all we have is anectdotal evidence of what happened, but if this is...

  15. An upsetting fetal death

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

    Abortion clinics are doing a real disservice to potential clients if they tell them "it's not a baby yet." People need to understand the reality of intentional abortions, and rather than try to sweep...

  16. About to give up on being a nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you can spend a lot of time philosophizing about what you have or haven't done and why, or you can just pull yourself up by your boostraps and go at it again. If you don't qualify for some type...

  17. EC Background check

    Jo Dirt replied to bjsmi27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm sceduled to take the CPNE September 23 so I guess I won't be lucky enough to get a 350 page carjack, I'll have to keep this 1000 page

  18. Hi guys......just wanted to say..i've been accepted

    Jo Dirt replied to sheliamd1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You are at an advantage by going through a regular school to get your nursing career

  19. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    lol

  20. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am assuming English is not your first language, GNurse02. If that is the case you have my apologies. However, if English is your first language I would encourage you to please go to your local...

  21. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    well i'm here to tell you it takes that long i've been ready since march and it is june and i am still waiting to get a date... If this is how your care plan was written I can understand why you did...

  22. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    They tell me Betsy Stickles is no longer with them, but this woman I could hardly understand (she was from India, I think) says she has put my name on the waiting list. Please God just let me get...

  23. Need Advice On The Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to closatssl1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    About three weeks ago I called to check on the status of my application and they told me it would be another week or two. I just got off the phone with them and they have apologized for the wait, but...

  24. Tips on sucking up!

    Jo Dirt replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand you should realize most of these nurses are burned out for a

  25. Tips on sucking up!

    Jo Dirt replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

    I know an RN who lost her desk job after 14 yrs. and was pushed out into the "real" world as a nurse on the floor. She was very anal and precise. You should have seen her after she was put in charge...