Jo Dirt

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  1. Inspiration for the Older Student

    Jo Dirt replied to EyesForward's topic in General Students

    What's up in nurtition? I've got the swing of that pretty good, it's chemistry I'm shaking

  2. nursing school survival kit

    Jo Dirt replied to mstockwe's topic in General Students

    It's so good you are wanting to do things to *help* the freshman class. When I was in nursing school the senior nursing class was soooo snobbish it was unreal. There were a lot of hurt feelings from...

  3. New standards for injections?

    Jo Dirt replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    You're supposed to let the alcohol dry so the injection will not be as painful. I've used alcohol swabs before injections for so long it would not feel right to give an injection without it. I had a...

  4. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    Jo Dirt replied to SoulShine75's topic in Nursing Career

    Or....why don't you just ask her flat out why she has to turn everything into a contest and when it comes down to it her x-ray certificate doesn't amount to a dung

  5. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    Jo Dirt replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like some real sloppy management. That kind of stuff from any employee wouldn't fly at the nursing home where I work, they wouldn't last two days. I would probably resign with the reason being...

  6. How to get physically/nutritionally fit for nursing!

    Jo Dirt replied to alphafe's topic in General Nursing

    Why did you even have to post that thread, after reading some of that smut I was ready to kick someone's you-know-what. What really got me was the one who said "I'm a *vegetarian* health nut." Every...

  7. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    Jo Dirt replied to SoulShine75's topic in Nursing Career

    Sabradie, I got into a heated argument with a woman on a non-nursing board about how much nurses make. She had mentioned she knew a nurse who made $35 an hour and no wonder health care costs were so...

  8. How to get physically/nutritionally fit for nursing!

    Jo Dirt replied to alphafe's topic in General Nursing

    Loving, do you think fat nurses are not aware of this? We have been "reminded" of it time and again. Maybe it is that there is more to it than "just losing the weight."Some people (like me) are just...

  9. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    Jo Dirt replied to SoulShine75's topic in Nursing Career

    I personally know an RN who is one of these "career student" types. She went back to school and became certitified as an x-ray tech. and she said she could not find a job because they told her she was...

  10. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    Jo Dirt replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, they are not the same. It is not even legal for a medical assistant to call him/herself a nurse. There was a very long disussion going on about this in a thread not long ago. Why don't...

  11. How to get physically/nutritionally fit for nursing!

    Jo Dirt replied to alphafe's topic in General Nursing

  12. Just got job as a private duty nurse, don't know what to expect...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was hired by phone today to work as a private duty nurse for an agency based in Mississippi (I'm in Tennessee). I will be sitting with an elderly lady from 7pm-7am two days a week (though right now...

  13. Warning.....Visitor Vent!

    Jo Dirt replied to bam_bam's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeeessss, we get LOTS of those!!! That is so annoying! It always puts me at a loss for words, it is such an absurd thing to

  14. MA vs LPN-- which one?????

    Jo Dirt replied to sheliamd's topic in General Nursing

    That's true but if I were going to choose between LPN and MA it would definitely be LPN. If you want to further your nursing career that won't happen with an MA certificate. In fact, I have checked...

  15. Cna

    Jo Dirt replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

    Mostly nursing homes, but hospitals

  16. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    Jo Dirt replied to Euskadi1946's topic in General Nursing

    That is one of the saddest things I can think of. It makes my heart ache. I can't blame the poor parents, either.

  17. Did I Miss Something???

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

    No, that wasn't why the thread was frozen. It had to with Excelsior, nursing clinicals, PhD's and a can of whipped cream...and that's all I'm going to say about

  18. warning..long rant..nurse skills in question!

    Jo Dirt replied to okie2's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of nurse? Maybe she is a nurse on mind altering medication? That sounds like plain old

  19. Warning.....Visitor Vent!

    Jo Dirt replied to bam_bam's topic in General Nursing

    We have people call and the first thing they ask when you pick up the phone is "I want to find out how my mother/father/aunt etc. is doing." (pause) Then they act offended when I ask who their...

  20. New LPN and no jobs available.

    Jo Dirt replied to ladybay's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You are exactly correct when you refer to LTC LPN's as "pill pushers." When my shift starts it is a pill-passing marathon. Some of the nurses wear blisters on their fingers opening those little pill...

  21. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

    Jo Dirt replied to prmenrs's topic in General Nursing

    We were discussing FAS in my developmental psychology class and were told that inbreeding by close family relatives often produces many of the same FAS traits and health problems. Also, he mentioned...

  22. Failed my drug screen!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God for the waiver. I wouldn't be injected with that monkey pus for a million

  23. Failed my drug screen!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I've got Lortab pills left from a year ago when I had a tooth extracted. Since the pills are from an old prescription does that mean I would not be allowed to take them? This has me worried now,...

  24. Why are there openings in OB?

    Jo Dirt replied to ER1010's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to work in OB or NICU. No one has to worry about me taking up the job they want. I work with the old folks now and plan to work with them as an

  25. Did I Miss Something???

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

    It got a little sticky for a bit so the moderators froze it for