Jo Dirt

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  1. Help What Is A Nurse To Do?

    Jo Dirt replied to jstbg1s's topic in General Nursing

    I'd take my purse and keep stepping. I don't have much respect for a lot of those smaller hospitals, anyway. They tend to be extremely clique-ish among the hens there, and not interested at all in...

  2. Pt Threats and Name Badges (again)

    Jo Dirt replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    You're darn right. One of my female in-laws used to work for a mental health clinic. More than once she has been stalked and had windows broken out in her house. I don't believe it's urban legend....

  3. failing two days b/f eligible for nclex

    Jo Dirt replied to lobeth's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the situations described in the OP's post very strange so I went back and read some of the OP's older postings. From what I can tell the instructors must have had a legitimate reason to feel...

  4. Rue vs. other colleges

    Jo Dirt replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I completed Excelsior College recently without any publishing companies. Some people may feel more "secure" by paying out the rear to be in a contract with these publishing companies (which Excelsior...

  5. Old, made mistakes, looking for a miracle

    Jo Dirt replied to twallum's topic in General Nursing

    twallum, you aren't the only one to fail the NCLEX, as you will be able to see from the NCLEX discussion forum. I know a woman who took it three times. She was ready to give up, but she didn't....

  6. Age when you had your first child?

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

    #1 age 22 #2 age 24 #3 age

  7. Putting RN on license plate???

    Jo Dirt replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not as muchafraid someone will get me as I just think vanity plates are silly and arrogant, and frankly, immature. When I see someone speeding by with "so-and-soRN" I immediately think of a new...

  8. The Doctors Want Me...LPN and Labs

    Jo Dirt replied to MYRN2016's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I'd like to know about this, too. Sounds like it could be a good

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

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well, I decided I wasn't quite ready to take the plunge. Maybe at a later date. I'm going to have to get some more

  10. Putting RN on license plate???

    Jo Dirt replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    I think the same thing...like, do you want a medal for wasting extra money? What if every RN in the country broadcasted it on their license

  11. Granulex, afraid I messed up!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I was given orders that read "pressure sores, apply occlusive dressing 3 x weekly until healed." So I went on the first visit to this woman's house Friday afternoon. She is diabetic and has two open...

  12. Frustrated and feeling responsible...

    Jo Dirt replied to NrsJena's topic in Home Health

    Since I had a ss number complete with a A for the type of medicare she had at the end I did not aske for the card. But it's a mistake I won't make again. I'm not going to be hard on myself, I'm still...

  13. 3rd Week of Orientation - now planning of quitting the job...

    Jo Dirt replied to firefox828's topic in General Nursing

    The grass will probably not be greener anywhere else you go. From what I can gather from scores of others in the nursing field, everyone is promised good orientation and training, but few ever get it....

  14. LPN - good idea?

    Jo Dirt replied to MrsCD's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the waiting lists to these RN schools. Several years ago I applied to and was accepted to an RN program (granted, it was at a community college, but an RN is an RN). Since the...

  15. Putting RN on license plate???

    Jo Dirt replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    I guess some people thinks it makes them a sassy hot shot because they are an RN. I don't want anyone to know I'm a

  16. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Jo Dirt replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    i was going to post this exact experience but i got distracted. i'll do it now. we had a patient in ltc who was known, with her room mate, as the "pee queens." they were on their lights all night...

  17. Frustrated and feeling responsible...

    Jo Dirt replied to NrsJena's topic in Home Health

    I have a patient who was referred to us under Medicare. She had pressure sores on her sacrum and had orders for an occlusive dressing 3x weekly. I went out there for over a week when I was told she...

  18. What is physics, chemistry and biochemistry for CRNA's like?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My hope has turned to despair. I'm fairly confident in most of my abilities unless it relates to math, chemistry and physics. I was looking at the curriculum for SRNA's and see this class in most all...

  19. What is physics, chemistry and biochemistry for CRNA's like?

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Oh yea, I know. I don't even have a bachelor's degree (but I just lack the nursing courses to get one). I have actually been offered a job on the MICU unit at Vanderbilt University Med. Center. But...

  20. Got a wild hair, would just like some information...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I would like some information about becoming a CRNA. 1. I'm an ASN now, if I was to get a job in ICU while I worked on a BSN would my work experience as an ASN count? Or will the schools only consider...

  21. Got a wild hair, would just like some information...

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We've been kicked out of counseling 3x by 3 different counselors. Last one told us she didn't know why we stayed together. I don't know,

  22. Got a wild hair, would just like some information...

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My C was in one of my nursing courses, I got an A in general biology a B in A&P and microbiology and chemistry I...I feel so lucky to have gotten that B in chemistry, I had to work like a dog for...

  23. only 1 year of experience

    Jo Dirt replied to jessicah67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have a 3.3 GPA...can I get in,

  24. How hard is it (really) to get into CRNA school?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I really do not believe I would ever get to the point of actually applying to CRNA school, but I just have a curiosity. I've read other places and have read on here that competition for CRNA school is...

  25. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    Jo Dirt replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, I sense the same thing, too. It's funny how people tend to put everyone else on such a tight moral budget but leave plenty of allowance for themselves. It's just human nature, I guess. The...