Jo Dirt

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  1. How difficult is FNP school?

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

    I think that SRNA thread needs to be tied down over there before the big heads make it float

  2. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It doesn't sound like you have a clue what NP school is like, yet most people who are studying to be NAs are sure it's a cakewalk. That's what I get from here: we've arrived and we have it harder than...

  3. They told me one pay rate, now trying to give me another.

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

    They returned my email and clarified that the lower number is the base pay and the pay will be adjusted to $28.12/hr contingent upon my successful completion of orientation, which will require passing...

  4. They told me one pay rate, now trying to give me another.

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

    Since I make $25/hr at the nursing home (practically working the day shift most of the time) it wouldn't make sense to take a pay cut and then go abuse my little body staying up all night to boot....

  5. They told me one pay rate, now trying to give me another.

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

    The orientation packet and general job description I was given says RN I. I didn't realize I was suppose to be given an orientation schedule. Live and

  6. Nursing School vs. Reality

    Jo Dirt replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    I hated clinicals, too. I hated them with the intensity of 1000 burning suns. But I don[t hate

  7. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Obviously, you think only NA students know what hard times are like and what it is like to deal with difficult instructors. This is kind of an arrogant

  8. Past work history in hospital background check??

    Jo Dirt replied to CeceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I[ll bet that Madoff guy would have had an excellent

  9. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see where there is a lot you or I can do about this issue, I don't think it will get better. I think a lot of people would do it on purpose if they know people are bothered by it. A lot of...

  10. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of things that run me up the wall (like the expression "have a good one!" or subsituting "coz" for because...I can hardly stand it!) but I have to deal with it. I tend to avoid the...

  11. Past work history in hospital background check??

    Jo Dirt replied to CeceRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I just got a job gave me a paper and it said they don't do credit checks. I don't know why a hospital would do credit checks, anyway, unless the nurse was going to be handling...

  12. 3 dui's in mi

    Jo Dirt replied to lifeistweet's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    No! It may shock you to realize this, but not everyone drinks or even likes alcohol. I can't stand the smell of alcohol, much less the taste. I can't put myself in this or any other alcoholic's shoes,...

  13. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think to even meet the requirements for NA school you have proven you are dedicated and realistic enough to understand what you are heading

  14. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Of course, everyone except the few who are chosen probably goes in there talking about money. To some poor schmuck making $20,000 a year I'm sure $165k sounds like a lot. But for that matter, $165k...

  15. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

  16. Dealing with Violent Children

    Jo Dirt replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Violence has its place. In some instances I think it is totally necessary to spank a child. It sounds like these boys need to be flogged. People make the mistake of thinking the spanking cures...

  17. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    WOW!!! You had the guts to say what I'm sure I would have been edited out for saying. But every word you said was right on. This is what I'm talking about when I say some people want to perpetuate...

  18. New Grads! If you found work recently, please share your stories.

    Jo Dirt replied to roadrunner-in-icu's topic in General Nursing

    I was recently hired on in a long term acute care hospital (nothing like a nursing home, don't let the "long term" part fool you.) I applied to about 5 hospitals, got interviews at four, got called...

  19. LTC to Med/Surg

    Jo Dirt replied to CeceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, I haven't made the transition yet. I'm set to start my new position March 30. I can tell you more in about a month. The CNO (chief nursing officer) asked me a lot about working in the...

  20. LTC to Med/Surg

    Jo Dirt replied to CeceRN's topic in General Nursing

    thatdiva, I'm here to tell you that no matter how many years you have in the nursing home (I have 9 years of nursing home experience) when you go to work at a hospital you will be a new grad. A NEW...

  21. Nursing School vs. Reality

    Jo Dirt replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    I came to the conclusion long ago that about the only thing nursing school can do is maybe show you're competent to learn to be a nurse, because real world nursing is rarely like what you read in the...

  22. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    yes, i'm very familiar with that thread. it was espexially touching to read about the mother who decided her children were more important than na school yet was trapped. i guess that is a part of the...

  23. Barking up the wrong tree?

    Jo Dirt replied to 4amcoffee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would imagine only the most arrogant jerk would go into an interview and talk about or even bring up money. On the other hand, I can't believe admissions people would think everyone is going into...

  24. Does LTAC count as critical care?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    You can't succeed in most areas of nursing and be overly

  25. Possible Pedo patient and underage visitor

    Jo Dirt replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    It would infuriate me this creep would be so arrogant as to think he could pull this off right under your nose. I would have to confront him. I would have