Jo Dirt

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  1. The BON in Tennessee may be "sunsetted"

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I went to a Tennessee Nurse Association meeting tonight (one of my requirements for my leadership class.) According to them, if it hadn't been for the TNA the BON would be no more, because this...

  2. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    I'm anything but flattered. All I can see that I will do is shuffle papers around for a few hours. I wish I knew if that hospital job I just passed up was no weekends. I know they charge almost...

  3. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently posted about my plight about leaving the nursing home and going to work at an extended care hospital. The idea was that I would get hospital experience (which I've never had) but I've been...

  4. Thank God

    Jo Dirt replied to queen47's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse from Nigeria. She is very cultured and educated and a delightful person. Congratulations on your success and may you have a bright future, not like

  5. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    Well, I blew it. I didn't go. I felt the cards were stacked against me. I sent a corny email to the CNO apologizing. So, I'm here, stuck in the same rut, going nowhere, amounting to nothing. And I...

  6. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    I love children but seeing sick ones is so painful. I can deal with death in older people, but not little ones. The program I am in the process of getting into only has the FNP

  7. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    I sure wish I had more time to think about it. I've got to go! I thought that Bob Seger quote would add levity but when you think about the words they're really sad... oh well, you can see me in my...

  8. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    This is such a hard decision. I feel like whichever I choose will be wrong. But in the words of the great philosopher Bob Seger, Youth and beauty are gone one day No matter what you dream or feel or...

  9. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    Here is what justOrtho said about LTACs: LTAC is similar to a rehab hosp but with some vents, etc. You won't even have the challenges of a fast paced tele/med/surg because the parts are 'long-term'....

  10. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    The nursing home is overstaffed. So overstaffed that is why I left-they cut my hours so I went looking for another job, then they told me they'd do whatever it took to get me to stay... SRNAs most...

  11. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    This is a nursing home in a small town where I've worked 9 years. I will be working 4 days a week and 8 hours a day. The idea is that I will "help" the ADON because she will be cutting her hours to...

  12. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    Student Registered Nurse

  13. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

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

    They told me this over on the SRNA forum. To hear some of them tell it, they know it

  14. The BON in Tennessee may be "sunsetted"

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

    I wasn't about to open my checkbook, not even maybe. That was just an

  15. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just wonder if it's my age or if being a nurse has turned me into a person who can't take crap like I used to. I guess I've always kind of been a little "edgy" but I never used to show it, I'd wait...

  16. Home Health Aide accusing me of not giving meds

    Jo Dirt replied to Sherriblu's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you I would be fighting mad, and I would bring his/her you-know-what into the office to discuss this out in the open because we wouldn't want any back stabbing or secrets. And why mention it...

  17. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

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

    I was at Captain D's and they wrap their silverware in napkins. I noticed the woman behind the window had a runny nose and she was wrapping silverware. She would wipe her nose and go right back to...

  18. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

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

    Oh yes, I'm boasting, I'm so proud I was treated like a piece of crap. It just makes me feel warm and fuzzy all

  19. Has being a nurse made you tougher in other aspects of life?

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

    No, it was this old lady behind the register at Food Lion. She wasn't "old" old, but probably in her 60's. She wore a lot of make up and did not look like a cashier but I know she is one because she...

  20. How often do you get raises in a hospital?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    And do they amount to

  21. Death and Finals

    Jo Dirt replied to tripp3horn's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend would want you to go on and succeed. As others have said, ask your instructors for extra time. I'm sure they will

  22. Excelsior and Texas

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

    This isn't true. It should be, but it isn't. This was the point I tried to make in a previous post. The program is set up for experienced nurses and RTs, but anyone can go straight from an LPN program...

  23. Excelsior and Texas

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

    The problem I see with Excelsior (and I graduated from Excelsior in March 2006) is that their requirements for admission are loose. Excelsior College should be for LPNs or RTs with several years of...

  24. New Arkansas Laws (bad news for nurses) ???

    Jo Dirt replied to lavarn's topic in General Nursing

    They already do that here in Tennessee. The doctors can hire anyone they want and call them their "nurse." Doctor office pay is crappy regardless of your title there. So, let them have at

  25. How difficult is FNP school?

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

    You're missing the whole