Jo Dirt

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  1. Anyone going through Baptist Nursing School in Little Rock?

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

    Geez...will still have three pre-req's to take when the program starts (A&P I and II and microbiology. You don't think this will be doable for me? They told me they could set me up to take evening...

  2. anyone done lipo or work in plastic surgery?

    Jo Dirt replied to donnar232's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't regard lipo but...I had a nose job done last February and it was one of the worst mistakes I ever made. What I didn't realize when I spent years obsessing over my big nose was that it did...

  3. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    I think people who don't take nursing seriously will either not make it through nursing school or get fired before they have the chance to work enough to suffer burn out. On the contrary, the nurses I...

  4. Anyone going through Baptist Nursing School in Little Rock?

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

    Thanks. Were you an LPN before you went through the program? I wonder how different it is? I was born and raised in Conway and my family still lives there so that is why I chose Baptist. I'm kind of...

  5. New LPN and no jobs available.

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

    Of course this situation is not

  6. Excelsior Fee Schedule

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    What's up with the nursing performance exam fees...$1500+ fpr the CPNE is understandable, but whats this $500 portfolio and the other charges that add up to the thousands about??? I was thinking...

  7. New LPN and no jobs available.

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

    Folks, if you are considering an LPN program I'm sure you are hearing from the school about the wonderful opportunities for "nurses" in this country. How the jobs will await you wherever you go....

  8. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Yea, I started college when I should not have started (right after high school). I dropped out after a year with a 1.8 GPA. The bad grades weren't from too much partying but debilitating depression,...

  9. New LPN and no jobs available.

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

    Excelsior no longer accepts LPN's for their BSN

  10. New LPN and no jobs available.

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

    Furthermore, don't knock the nursing home too bad. The nursing homes pay a lot better than the hospitals, for one thing. I gave up my job after four years of working at a particular nursing home and...

  11. Oh, please help me to leave you guys alone!

    Jo Dirt replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    You can also take a pendulum and hold it over your other hand. Ask the pendulum to tell you which is yes and watch what way it swings. Then ask it which is no and watch which way it swings. Then ask...

  12. Oh, please help me to leave you guys alone!

    Jo Dirt replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    When I feel like I bombed a test I will get very anxious at first then some kind of defense mechanism kicks in and I turn into a zombie. I think I bombed a nutrition quiz today and here I sit in my...

  13. When is a nurse not a nurse? Situation...

    Jo Dirt replied to Quickbeam's topic in General Nursing

    She was so bad she couldn't even hold on to an LPN license??? Why did she have to relinquish it? That is

  14. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    *My*

  15. Excelsior Fee Schedule

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

    Yea, I ragged on distance learning programs...I still think you can't beat a good old conventinal physical school, I don't think most people would argue about that. On the other hand, opportunitues...

  16. Anyone heard of Deaconess?

    Jo Dirt replied to trish820's topic in General Nursing

    I called Deaconess today and found the recruiter kind of short and not very helpful. When I asked her if the clinicals were as rigid as Excelsior College's she first asked me what I meant by that (I...

  17. Anyone heard of Deaconess?

    Jo Dirt replied to trish820's topic in General Nursing

    I called Deaconess today and found the recruiter kind of short and not very helpful. When I asked her if the clinicals were as rigid as Excelsior College's she first asked me what I meant by that (I...

  18. Excelsior Fee Schedule

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

    What's up with the nursing performance exam fees...$1500+ fpr the CPNE is understandable, but whats this $500 portfolio and the other charges that add up to the thousands about??? I was thinking...

  19. Anyone going through Baptist Nursing School in Little Rock?

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

    I'm enrolled in the accelerrated LPN to RN track set to start January 3, 05. I am having to move from Tennessee (live in Murfreesboro area) and am dreading the move, even though I'm really excited...

  20. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Don't want to end up like your cuz, deep down something tells me to just stick with nursing. My dilemma now is getting accepted into a BSN program...gee whiz, 3.0 average isn't good enough anymore. So...

  21. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Don't want to end up like your cuz, deep down something tells me to just stick with nursing. My dilemma now is getting accepted into a BSN program...gee whiz, 3.0 average isn't good enough anymore. So...

  22. A Nurse Made My Wife Cry

    Jo Dirt replied to MikeLPN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the stress of the charge nurse's job might be getting to her...rather than gather up the lynch mob maybe you and your wife could go talk to this nurse? You might be surprised to find...

  23. A Nurse Made My Wife Cry

    Jo Dirt replied to MikeLPN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the stress of the charge nurse's job might be getting to her...rather than gather up the lynch mob maybe you and your wife could go talk to this nurse? You might be surprised to find...

  24. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, and you know a diploma or certificate or whatever butt wiper they hand out from this school is something most self respecting people would be ashamed of...something you hide in a bag in the...

  25. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, and you know a diploma or certificate or whatever butt wiper they hand out from this school is something most self respecting people would be ashamed of...something you hide in a bag in the...