Jo Dirt

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  1. when you are stressed about school, do you smoke cigarettes?

    Jo Dirt replied to sad's topic in General Students

    I never thought I would ever use any type of tobacco products but at age 29 I have started smoking cigars once in awhile in response to all the stress I have been under (not just school, but stress...

  2. Where are each of you in the EC program?

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

    If you graduated from an LPN program within the last 5 yrs. with a B average you may be exempt from taking Nursing Concepts 2. You can take Nursing Concepts 1 and 2 without being enrolled in...

  3. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Wait a minute, Vortex...are the psychNP's the ladies I see come into the nursing home dressed like they came out of Bloomingdale's with lap top computers and going over patient charts leaving...

  4. disability-- do you know nurses with disabilities?

    Jo Dirt replied to alison-z's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I think it will largely depend on your disability. If you applied for disability I am certain it would not affect your ability to go to nursing school (unless perhaps it is a mental disorder). When...

  5. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    Jo Dirt replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    Nevermind...

  6. I Am Going Nuts!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    Now you're freaking me out!!!!!

  7. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Well, I guess I shouldn't have made such a brazen comment. I'm very sorry. My father-in-law retired last year at age 79 as a psychologist for the Newark, NJ public school system (before that he worked...

  8. LPN and NCLEX

    Jo Dirt replied to mollyz's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, LPN's have to take a version of the NCLEX called NCLEX-PN, registered nurse candidates have to take

  9. What is PC way to discuss spiritual status with dying pts?

    Jo Dirt replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly what they *should* be doing, but they don't. In fact, we have the exact same situation at the nursing home where I work. The *do* offer services in the dining room, however, most...

  10. RN vs. Psychologist

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

    Well, I'm no stranger to the nursing field, having been an LPN since 2000, but considering all the whining and moaning going on among the burned out nurses here I just started to wonder what people...

  11. What is PC way to discuss spiritual status with dying pts?

    Jo Dirt replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

    My father-in-law is 80 yrs. old and a devout atheist. We brought him down here to an assisted living facility in the South to be closer to us(he is from Jersey). What bothers him the most is that...

  12. My dental hyginenist was surprised that I was an RN.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Anne -OLD's topic in General Nursing

    I am short and dumpy and about 100 pounds overweight. I have a rather slovenly appearance, not stinky but just dumpy looking (call it self depracating if you want, but it's the truth). I have been...

  13. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    Jo Dirt replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like the mafia. Who is the DON, Alice

  14. I never want overtime period

    Jo Dirt replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked 3pm-11pm and they will call sometimes at 5am with a staffing emergency. That makes me so mad.

  15. why can't I get a travel nurse position as a LPN?

    Jo Dirt replied to Docker's topic in General Nursing

    Not only that but I have heard the powers that be are working to see that two year ADN/diploma programs are phased out altogether and this will be a BSN only country (of course, the existing RN's will...

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

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    Would it be legal for someone to print out these discussions and mail them to this so-called

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

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    After 4 yrs. as an LPN I'm making $14.50/hr !!! :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire And the village idiot with a 10th grade education can go through a 6 month program and start off at around...

  18. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    Jo Dirt replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. You either believe in free speech or you don't. I took offense at the OP's post. I got the impression that she was insinuating that American (white) nurses don't work while the...

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

    Jo Dirt replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even think a year is long enough to learn to be a nurse, much less 6 months. What will they be using these "GN's" for? Sounds fishy to

  20. HUGE A&P Dilemma, object to dissecting cats, any options?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Being an animal lover I was appalled to find out that the A&P class I will be starting this spring dissects CATS in their lab. I find this very offensive. I would like to know if anyone has had...

  21. HUGE A&P Dilemma, object to dissecting cats, any options?

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

    Yes, I'm well aware that cats and other innocent animals will be killed and dissected everyday regardless of whether I choose to participate or not. It doesn't make it any easier to accept for me, it...

  22. Just got canned!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    What are these new ratios

  23. Things that make you go ewwwwwww!

    Jo Dirt replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you're going by the book that is a major no-no...but you will find out real world nursing is not like the book. We do have some nurses who try to do everything by the book. They inevitably...

  24. Who should pay?

    Jo Dirt replied to NeuroICURN's topic in General Nursing

    If the healthcare system in Canada is so good why is this country flooded with Canadian

  25. Favorite place to work

    Jo Dirt replied to rtin05's topic in General Nursing

    I think I was meant to be a geriatric nurse. I love working with the old folks. May not be a very glamorous job, but that is what I find most