Jo Dirt

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  1. We Saved a baby yesterday

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

    Reading that makes me feel

  2. Excelsior College

    Jo Dirt replied to nursie-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Excelsior is not an online institution and it is also fully accredited, but Hockeytown is correct that California will not grant you a license if you get your ADN from Excelsior (they will accept a...

  3. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    Jo Dirt replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I keep hearing and reading about the horrific RN shortages and how it will only get worse. Got a newsletter from the state BON with a big article about RN shortages and how they were contacting some...

  4. Residential Care Homes

    Jo Dirt replied to micheleg1's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have been considering the exact same thing you have, a residential home for the aged. I know a nurse who runs one. She charges $1200 per month per resident for shared room, and I think about...

  5. UAMS vs. UCA at Conway

    Jo Dirt replied to booklovinrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Conway native and have heard the same thing about UCA for as long as I can remember. I'd be interested in getting a BSN through UCA but not if it takes 3 yrs. after your prerequisites are done....

  6. CPNE practice session question

    Jo Dirt replied to IU95's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I took the Chancellor's workshop with no contract and without buying any of their study guides. It was informative and there are motels to fit any budget close by. If you fail the CPNE you can take...

  7. Violent Sex Offender on our unit (long)...

    Jo Dirt replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    In most places I know of, people have the right to know if their neighbors are sex offenders. I don't know why the hospital neighbors should be kept from this information. Too bad they can't fix him...

  8. Help me make it through the weekend with this in and out cath patient.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was sent out to do an in and out cath on a 94 y/o male patient today and have instructions to drain his bladder every day for two weeks (what happened to weekends off?) because he had been having a...

  9. Help me make it through the weekend with this in and out cath patient.

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

    That's true but if you constantly turn off patients the agency will get rid of you after awhile. I'm from Conway, Arkansas,

  10. "YOU'RE my Nurse?!?!?"

    Jo Dirt replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, really. Just remember young pretty's, we old f@ rts are the dinosaurs that you WILL

  11. Freaking out over wound vac

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

    The agency I work for has what they call "mentors." I talked to one this morning who told me about the adaptic and also said have the patient turn the wound vac off about 30 minutes before we get...

  12. Agnostic/Athiest Beliefs and Comforting a Dying Patient

    Jo Dirt replied to HisDaughterJeanne's topic in General Nursing

    When you are dealing with a dying patient, don't say a word about your beliefs, and don't say a word about

  13. Police Killed Our Patient

    Jo Dirt replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Please get off the high horse. Reading the last sentence of the IQ comment it was obviously meant to be a joke. I was certain, though, that even if it *had* been meant to be serious, no doubt the...

  14. Police Killed Our Patient

    Jo Dirt replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    It would be a low blow if I really meant it, but I was just trying to add a little levity to the situation. :pumpiron:

  15. It felt like a slap in the face and oh yes I told them all !!

    Jo Dirt replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    The HH agency I work for also owns the private duty staffing agency next door. Patients constantly ask me what's the difference between Company A and Company Z? It was awfully embarrassing when I...

  16. Are some environments beyond hope?

    Jo Dirt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't worth the stress and hassle of dealing with these fools. I would definitely write a detailed letter to the nurse manager about why I would not work around such juvenile, nasty

  17. Police Killed Our Patient

    Jo Dirt replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I think some people who have family in law enforcement are too quick to get defensive and arrogant and jump on a high horse when it is suggested there may be flaws in the way the legal system...

  18. Police Killed Our Patient

    Jo Dirt replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Cops are put in scary situations, and I think many of them have a hard time dealing with their fear/adrenaline rushes. I've seen them mace/ beat/pound/twist on a person long after he was subdued. I...

  19. Hep B Vaccine for Program.

    Jo Dirt replied to mingez's topic in General Nursing

    Provide examples,

  20. CPNE study Grid

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

    I just wrote mine over and over. You wil need to write the critical elements of whatever info you have memorized in the little boxes, for example, on Respiratory Assessment I wrote in my little box:...

  21. How do you tell your co-worker you don't won't to be in their study group?

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

    I had this issue come up as well. I'm typically a loner and do better by myself. Some co-workers learned I was going through Excelsior and decided they wanted to do it, too. They said they couldn't do...

  22. Hep B Vaccine for Program.

    Jo Dirt replied to mingez's topic in General Nursing

    My nephew had his mumps vaccine and he still got a bad case of the mumps. As far as your child's health being threatened by nonvaccinated children, doesn't it make more sense that your vaccinated...

  23. Hep B Vaccine for Program.

    Jo Dirt replied to mingez's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that clouded judgement may not necessarily be the other guy's. It is ultimately your decision. Weigh both sides (use independent sources and do not use the manufacturer of the vaccine or a...

  24. That ain't my resident! I am dumbfounded...

    Jo Dirt replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Whether we like to accept it or not, most people don't have the stamina/capacity to deal with the "neediness" of many nursing home residents. I've met people who were really great people until you put...

  25. "YOU'RE my Nurse?!?!?"

    Jo Dirt replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was turned down to buy wine coolers today at Wal-Mart because I didn't have my ID with