Jo Dirt

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  1. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

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

    Then I'm going to have to be allergic to eggs. Or

  2. Alternative to spanking

    Jo Dirt replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I have four and it is enough to scold a couple but then there is one who can't be reached with anything other than having a spanking. The other alternative is to drug the child. This is horrible, and...

  3. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

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

    Then I don't know why they refused to give the flu vaccine to people who were allergic to thimerosol at the flu vaccination clinic I participated in just a few weeks

  4. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

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

    Or they can read numerous studies from "the main source" and get all bent out of shape. You know everything the government tells you and what you see on Oprah is true. Tuskegee,

  5. Adult Modeling ANd Nursing

    Jo Dirt replied to EmoAngel1202's topic in General Nursing

    Did that carry her into her 40's and 50's? I can't imagine it would go over well to see a swinging granny with all the details that go into aging...but if it's to a bunch of drunks, who

  6. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

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

    So...employees are different? Also, there have been studies that show vaccinations do not prevent the transmission of many diseases, even if they can make the host asymptomatic or give them only a...

  7. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

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

    That's hocus pocus set forth by the pharmaceutical companies (who also make hefty donations to the government to fund "independent research.") And the university reps says that it is not "their"...

  8. Adult Modeling ANd Nursing

    Jo Dirt replied to EmoAngel1202's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought of a coctail watress/waiter, or a bartender? Life is tough, but that would be dipping to a new low the way I see it. My husband had some Mediao videos in his posession when we first...

  9. NP "Glut" on the market

    Jo Dirt replied to dgclough's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, look at Vanderbilt. They offer a bridge program for ASN-MSN, but don't award a bachelor's degree in between. So, if you complete part of the program but can't finish, you can't even get a BSN...

  10. NP "Glut" on the market

    Jo Dirt replied to dgclough's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    All of it. I've not seen this. All the RN-MSN programs I've seen don't require any kind of a bachelor's degree. They offer "bridge" courses yet they do not award a bachelor's. You would think if...

  11. Does anyone else get tired of the meetings?

    Jo Dirt replied to rn-n- 2005's topic in General Nursing

    I find inservices to be very draining. A lot of times they are nothing more than gripe sessions, and any teaching is rarely anything

  12. NP "Glut" on the market

    Jo Dirt replied to dgclough's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For what it's worth, I'm against ASN-MSN programs altogether. Maybe if that was eliminated, it would give more credibility to the NP schools, even the online

  13. Riding a Motorcycle to Interview. Good Idea?

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

    I was the proud owner of a Harley Sportster until my husband sold it. I rode my motorcycle to work at the nursing home on several occasions. I think most people got a kick out of

  14. Telling it how it is.

    Jo Dirt replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, I think it can make us feel better to think we are "telling it like it is." I've found that the reality is, more times than not, being blunt does little to get a point across and instead...

  15. Telling it how it is.

    Jo Dirt replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    I have a (former) smoker on my unit who is in the late stages of COPD. She is nonambulatory and when she gets off her oxygen for them to take her to the bathroom she will panic from the shortness of...

  16. Is this o.k.?

    Jo Dirt replied to JessLPN001's topic in General Nursing

    Don't blame your employer for a lot of things that seem nit-picky and silly. Yes, they ARE nit-picky and silly but that's that state board of health for you. Blame the state board of

  17. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    Jo Dirt replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I hear words butchered by nurses all the time. All kinds of

  18. I am finally, totally convinced: There is NO NURSING SHORTAGE.

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

    I recently resonded to a newspaper ad of a local hospital advertising for nurses for day and night shift. I never heard back from them. Bunch of

  19. Telling it how it is.

    Jo Dirt replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel. That's what Benjamin Franklin said, and he was

  20. NP Schools

    Jo Dirt replied to cardiacnurse1969's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not TWO of them. Did I mention I hate nursing

  21. Nurse manhandled by doctor

    Jo Dirt replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a hairy scary situation. I'm not going to take up for anyone getting physically jerked around, but did he do it more because he was frustrated and was throwing a tantrum, was just plain...

  22. NP Schools

    Jo Dirt replied to cardiacnurse1969's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No way. They not only require advanced nursing research, but make you suffer through advanced nursing research II. Sounds more like a torture

  23. RN's/CNA's...what's with this attitude?

    Jo Dirt replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And don't forget, a CNA's job IS to assist the nurse. Check your job description. Sorry if someone thinks that bites, but that is the way it

  24. RN's/CNA's...what's with this attitude?

    Jo Dirt replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is exactly right. This is only an internet forum, and words and intentions for those words are so easy to misconstrue it isn't even funny. No one knows what kind of nurses we are to work with,...

  25. RN's/CNA's...what's with this attitude?

    Jo Dirt replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry to inform you, I've been a CNA. Takes some to get some. You said