Jo Dirt

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  1. What is reasonable in terms of tuition?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know Vanderbilt's one-year NP program is a little over $37,000. You go to clinicals there a few days a month. So that would cut down a lot on the driving, though I expect it would be an incredibly...

  2. Nurses/Office Staff who Smoke in the Office, it's Killing Me!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there is a thread on this subject going on now but since it has been mentioned I wanted to bring up a different issue with smokers. I work out of a HH office where every employee from the...

  3. How do you stop bad habits?

    Jo Dirt replied to loriannlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I have never smoked but my sisters all do (two have quit and the other says she doesn't want to quit) I honestly don't know how they quit, but I assume it was cold turkey. Cigarrette smoke is...

  4. Got offered a job in MICU at Vanderbilt...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Even though I have trouble doing blood draws with a butterfly needle I was offered a job in the MICU at Vanderbilt. They only have night shift open and I hate nights but with a little coffee I guess I...

  5. Advertise a specialty rather than "General Pracitce"?

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

    Could you advertise as a general family health clinic that specializes in

  6. Classes to prepare you for the GRE?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Are there any? I need to take

  7. Several CPNE questions

    Jo Dirt replied to AC439's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It was the beginning of January when I took the CPNE but I don't exactly remember about drawing up the IM meds...I remember I was assigned to do this but I can't remember how I did it. The only thing...

  8. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's for sure. It really disgusts me to see some of the pious attitudes here (and it is beyond venting). When I had my first child #1-I am a very small person, #2-I'm very sensitive to outside...

  9. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I do not like to feel pain. I would want them to start the epidural ASAP. I don't think that makes me any less worthy of a

  10. Good News about California and Excelsior College

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

    I called the school to ask why the letter wasn't on their site anymore...they acted like they knew nothing about it. But I tell you I saw it clear as day! A link that said "Exciting News Regarding...

  11. Good News about California and Excelsior College

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

    I'm looking for that letter on their site, I know it was a brand new one, not the one from April...I know it's there, I know I wasn't in the Twilight Zone when I read

  12. Good News about California and Excelsior College

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

    Are you a registered user on their site? I found it on the nurses page. I find it hard to believe California would make such a statement as "EC grads will be given the same consideration as other out...

  13. Good News about California and Excelsior College

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

    You can find the info. at their website:

  14. Too many Negative remarks regarding Nursing School here!! Stop the discouragement!!

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

    If you have some idealistic fantasy about nursing school I hope these negative posts will bring some reality your way. Nursing school is not rocket science but it's HARD and UNMERCIFUL. Maybe the 24...

  15. Everyone and their dog

    Jo Dirt replied to zaga21's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Seems like the same thing is going on with nurse practitioners. Most nurses I know have said they would (or would have) "liked" to go into advance practice nursing, but usually don't have it left in...

  16. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse....

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

    At my home health job, I get up around 7:30 or 8AM, take the family to get breakfast at Mcdonald's, stick around until 11am or so, then leave for my home visits. I've been doing a lot of blood draws...

  17. Excelsior

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

    I'm living proof Excelsior is everything they say they are. I'm very grateful for Excelsior. Without their program I would not have been able to have the opportunity to go back to school with all the...

  18. What is reasonable in terms of tuition?

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

    I got through ASN school with no debt, even though we were poor while I was doing it. But I'm proud to be able to say I'm not paying off student loans. And right now we have a combined income that...

  19. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    Jo Dirt replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I sure was thankful for my epidural. And thankful I didn't wait until the pain was unbearable. When it gets to that point the epidural may not do as much

  20. Is all this stuff necessary to operate your own little clinic?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I want to become a NP. I'm working on preparing to get into a school within a year. I was looking at some websites about running your own clinic and they start talking about hiring all this staff and...

  21. What is reasonable in terms of tuition?

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

    Wow. I knew Vandy was expensive but didn't know how it compared to other schools. Maybe I can find a program online. I just don't want to be running back and forth to school

  22. Pros & Cons?

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

    A good number of my family is bipolar (REALLY bipolar) and schizophrenic, I have "issues" myself and I don't understand the POV. I think some people ask for advice then get insulted when someone makes...

  23. We joke about "old people" becoming obsessed with BMs...what if it happened to you?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know a woman in her early 30's who is quite a bit overweight. After some recent bowel irregularity, she took enemas for a few days. Noticing it made her lose weight, she started a regimen of...

  24. How smart are you?

    Jo Dirt replied to psycteach's topic in General Nursing

    I'm of very average intelligence, actually a little "thick" when it comes to certain sujects, especially math, physics and chemistry. Well, actually, if you could measure my aptitude for these subject...

  25. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    Jo Dirt replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't use my RN title to lord over LPN's I would have to know how it was determined the LPN was qualified to supervise