Jo Dirt

Jo Dirt

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  1. Catchy One-Line Phrases

    Jo Dirt replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding a dementia patient we just got in, a nurse giving report told me, she's as lost as last year's Easter eggs. She was

  2. Advancing ADN to BSN

    Jo Dirt replied to csnba9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm getting a BSN as a stepping stone to go to graduate school. Another reason for getting a BSN (I think) would be that you might be more desireable for employment. A lot of hospitals advertise "BSN...

  3. Advancing ADN to BSN

    Jo Dirt replied to csnba9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I know U of Phoenix is ultra expensive. I am going a much cheaper route at the local university, and the RN to BSN classes are available online at a lot of universities now. I also tested out of...

  4. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    Well, the school apparently sees it my way, too, because I talked to my advisor and I can sign (another) waiver. It's good, though. Even if I was not distrustful of vaccines I don't know how in the...

  5. The pay for nurses is NOT that bad

    Jo Dirt replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Spending $80,000 on school to get a job paying $30,000 a year is

  6. I yelled at another nurse.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not proud of it, but I feel it was justified. This nurse is a known drama queen and can't talk about anything unless it is how much harder she has things than everyone else, how everything is...

  7. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    And there are legitimate reasons for having the waiver, too. I know that there is a law that says doctors are supposed to explain risks associated with vaccines and give the parents the option of...

  8. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    That is what I am asking you all. I know it is there, I just don't know where. I've never had to give a religious reason for refusing the HBV. I did have to have a pastor write a letter for my...

  9. The pay for nurses is NOT that bad

    Jo Dirt replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very unwise way to look at debt. There are a lot of people who think nothing of piling up debt for their "dreams," and that is what is responsible for the financial ruin so many people are...

  10. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    Yes there

  11. The pay for nurses is NOT that bad

    Jo Dirt replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe at an Ivy League

  12. The pay for nurses is NOT that bad

    Jo Dirt replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I asked a CNA who was in school (on student loans) paying over $30,000 to become an x-ray technician. The numbers just didn't add up. She told me she was going to be making at least $35k...

  13. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    I didn't want to get into this aspect of it, but I'll just say it isn't without an educated reason I do not want the vaccine. Soul searching is what brought me to my decision not to get the

  14. Mandatory Vaccines and the Law.

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

    With the exception of a privately run institution, that's not

  15. Have you seen Zyprexa, Risperdal, Remeron...make a difference?

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

    This scares me so bad. I have significant frontal lobe damage from when a horse fell on me when I was 13. No telling what will happen if I make it to old

  16. I yelled at another nurse.

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

    Thank you. There will always be smug people who look down their noses at what most everyone would agree is an understandable (albeit not "professional") reaction to being taken advantage of...I'm not...

  17. Have you seen Zyprexa, Risperdal, Remeron...make a difference?

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

    We have pages and pages of behavior books. 3/4 of the patients are on two or more psych meds (there is one MD at the facility who is the doctor for most of these patients, though, so that might say...

  18. Have you seen Zyprexa, Risperdal, Remeron...make a difference?

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

    I did not say the use of these medications was "quackery" nor has anyone else I work with, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to read between the lines and see what they are actually saying. I...

  19. I yelled at another nurse.

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

    Again, please tell us what it is like to be so flawless and exemplory. What kind of

  20. I yelled at another nurse.

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

    Um, no. She only speaks to me when absolutely necessary and it's strictly business. This is good, since I'm not at work to win friends and influence people. Will work on my temper, though. I was born...

  21. I yelled at another nurse.

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

    I learned through the grapevine that big changes are coming and was encouraged to stick

  22. NURSES & DOCTORS - to flirt or not to flirt

    Jo Dirt replied to AnnaSL's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of people are disappointed to find out that hospitals don't really run like they see on tv soap operas. Once you're there, you understand the difference between fantasy and

  23. Any PMHNP Students?

    Jo Dirt replied to jj123's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm a PMHNP hopeful (want to start Fall 2009). I would love to learn from others who are in the trenches

  24. Why hire an LPN rather than an MA for a doctor's office?

    Jo Dirt replied to Murse901's topic in General Nursing

    I know of doctor's who hire people off the street with no training and attempt to teach them what they want done in the office, for minimum wage. After all, doctor's know they can pretty much run...

  25. The good stuff about Nursing Homes....

    Jo Dirt replied to Indulgence's topic in General Nursing

    Seeing their faces light up when I bring my children to visit. Seeing their faces light up when I smile at them and say hello (a lot of people don't realize how much it means to these people to see a...