Jo Dirt

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  1. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    Jo Dirt replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think nursing is a very stressful job whether or not you are an LPN or and RN and it is showing here on this thread. I think really they should just do away with LPN's altogether. Many...

  2. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    Jo Dirt replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, well, in light of some of the things I have seen I still have to stick by what I said. I honestly don't understand how some RN's I've seen made it through school and passed an exam. The RN title...

  3. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    Jo Dirt replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    The title RN is so over rated. I've seen many RN's who don't have the sense God gave a

  4. applied for CNA job...and now a credit check?

    Jo Dirt replied to twinbee25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Warning...if you think credit and debt is a good thing do not read any further or you will become angry. You didn't say a thing I dont agree with, and I think deep down everyone knows this is true....

  5. applied for CNA job...and now a credit check?

    Jo Dirt replied to twinbee25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If they didn't hire nurses for bad credit there would be about half as many nurses practicing as there are

  6. Just passed MICRO!!!!!!!!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Firemedic7's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The free content guides from Excelsior are of the most important value. If you follow that you can't lose. I basically got one book (Foundations of Nursing Practice by White) and used that. Anything I...

  7. False Accusation Worry

    Jo Dirt replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of a place that would fire you as easily as that. If every person who was yelled at by a resident was fired there would be some empty nursing

  8. 3 down 6 to go

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

    Good for you! I know it's stressful. The first few tests I would get terrible headaches from staring at that computer screen but I got used to it after

  9. california nursing salaries

    Jo Dirt replied to JonathanRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend from California who has a house you could call a dump. It has more than tripled in value in the last few years, and was recently appraised at over $375,000. Don't get too excited when...

  10. Nursing Concepts Advantage

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

    What irks me is that you DON'T NEED ANY NC PREPS/STUDY GUIDES AT ALL!!! It shouldn't even be an issue. Just use the study guides from EC and you will be

  11. My patient and her abusive husband...advise please

    Jo Dirt replied to Antikigirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would just laugh at this. I would kiss his orifice when other people were around and when no one was looking I would curse him a blue streak. When he tells on you DENY THE WHOLE THING!...two can...

  12. Passed NC2!!

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

    I passed NC 2 with a B as well. I've done all the rest of the NC exams and am waiting to get a date for the CPNE (the lady at the CPNE scheduling thingy told me expect around July unless someone...

  13. New Slant on ADN vs BSN: are ADN programs anti-intellectual?

    Jo Dirt replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I think you need to go get a dose of a BSN program. You will likely find there isn't a whole lot of differences in philosophies. Personally, I think those questions you were harping on were...

  14. OB nurses, what do you do in adoption situations?

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

    It is hard for me to understand how anyone would not want their baby. By the same token it is disgusting to see a newborn go home to a family of junkies. Where is social services

  15. Is this person YOU?

    Jo Dirt replied to HisTreasure's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pleeease...groan...

  16. Taking time off after nursing school

    Jo Dirt replied to Heath82371's topic in General Nursing

    By all means, don't put off school if you don't have to or don't want to. You never know when the opportunity to go to school may come again. Life happens, as they say. I knew girls who dropped out of...

  17. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to ashfost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In Tennessee, I make $17/hr as an LPN in private duty care ($18/hr on weekends). If the RN pay isn't much more I will just stick with what I'm

  18. Is this person YOU?

    Jo Dirt replied to HisTreasure's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just don't be like *some* nurses who have to let EVERYONE know they are a nurse. We admitted my father-in-law to a nursing center and the nurses were talking to us like we had no earthly idea what...

  19. Taking a job in a unit you don't really want

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know the disappointment you're feeling. Don't mean to sound cliche, but things *will* be looking up. This doesn't have to be a permanent situation, just a minor bump in the road. Just ride it out...

  20. Malpractice Insurance.......Is it necessary???

    Jo Dirt replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've heard it is a bad idea to get malpractice insurance, and was given an example of a hospital department that was sued (OR) and the nurses/staff who carried malpractice insurance were sought out...

  21. do we NEED all these books? (excelsior)

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

    No, it really isn't a very hard program. I knocked them out about as fast as I could pay for them, about two per month, with one repeat (NC5). Made B's on all but one of the tests, on NC 6 I made a C....

  22. Passed Lifespan

    Jo Dirt replied to exnavygirl-RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    To be exempt from NC 2 (even if you are an LPN who has graduated in the last 5 yrs. with at least a B average) the LPN school you went to must be approved by some kind of organization. In my state of...

  23. Took a UPS van to deliver my CPNE Study Guide

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    It came about an hour ago. Imagine the biggest three ring binder they make. Add about 500 pages. Get ready for tons of

  24. Thinking about Excelsior, any advise?

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

    And don't forget, you can work in

  25. Where do you go and how many classes left?

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

    Well, I'm playing the waiting game to get the materials to study for the CPNE but I definitely want to hop into a BSN program ASAP after I finish. I have heard people say they would not go through...