Jo Dirt

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  1. alittlesarcasm.com

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

    It's a shame about that site. There was a lot of good, useful info. on it. I had copied nearly everything on that site but I threw it away after I passed the

  2. This field doesnt look promising

    Jo Dirt replied to 30andconfused's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I want to take this opportunity to share some things I have learned about money. I'm not going to sit here and act like I am privy to some kind of spontaneous wisdom. I learned this by listening to...

  3. This field doesnt look promising

    Jo Dirt replied to 30andconfused's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It sounds like you are wanting to get the big bucks and to get the big bucks easy (ie, little or no patient interaction/sweat labor). CRNA's have cleaned their share of poop in their careers and even...

  4. reinstated license after suspension

    Jo Dirt replied to bclily's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, after being being on-call and living a nightmare this past weekend, I found myself thinking of becoming a

  5. Threatened for calling in sick

    Jo Dirt replied to Jennerizer's topic in General Nursing

    You won't be written up. She was incredibly frustrated being short staffed and she had probably had her fill of call-ins for the day. Didn't mean she should have used geurilla tactics to try to get...

  6. NOW I'm in shock.

    Jo Dirt replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    When I was researhcing Excelsior (in 2004) I was told that Washington required an extra clinical of 2 weeks, and the representative from Excelsior said WA had always been very good about working with...

  7. Nurse Mobbing/bullying

    Jo Dirt replied to LuciGirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with a male RN in home health but he has been nothing but nice and helpful and is very charming. The little old ladies love

  8. Quit after a week!

    Jo Dirt replied to McArdle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you call the state board for licensing professionals they are supposed to investigate this. Residents can really try your patience at times, but hitting a patient back in retaliation or to "teach...

  9. How long would EC take me?

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

    Actually, I hustled, sometimes took two classes/tests a month, but with the mandatory waits with Excelsior (4-6 month wait to take the CPNE, then it can be several months to wait for your graduation...

  10. Nursing is my oyster...now where to live

    Jo Dirt replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Nursing

    I have some good friends there but I just don't like Georgia. For one thing, the cops line the freeway and the overpasses with their radar guns pointed at you. Also, the taxes are ridiculous. And the...

  11. Nursing is my oyster...now where to live

    Jo Dirt replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. I lived in Houston for a short while as a teenager. Houston is incredibly hot, but that is why we have air conditioning. Houston also had huge flying roaches. But in spite of it I liked...

  12. Nursing is my oyster...now where to live

    Jo Dirt replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy, urban sprawl. I HATE IT! I am in Tennessee but love the ocean and was dreaming of Florida one day. But I guess the money grubbing land developers are taking care of that. What is bad is that...

  13. lost my license, my self-esteem, confidence and respect all in one shift

    Jo Dirt replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    LTC facilities are often just dumping grounds/wastelands for the old and unwanted. We can try to sugar coat it but that is the bottom line. It's sad but what can a person do? We just have to accept...

  14. A ? for Home Health Nurses

    Jo Dirt replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Home Health

    Why can't you take him to the emergency room? It seems like an

  15. Putting RN on license plate???

    Jo Dirt replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, we work hard for our license and while it may be tempting to broadcast it to the world, it just doesn't seem like a very good thing to do. Nurses, home health nurses, in particular are more at...

  16. Don't think I want this job anymore.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    I love to listen to Dave Ramsey in my car...even though I can predict everything he is going to say, I still love to listen. And I know what you mean about an office car. My car is a rolling office. I...

  17. Excelsior actually has been a blessing.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I tend to go on and on about my love/hate relationship with Excelsior, but today something happened that made me stop and realize just what EC has done for me. This is purely anectdotal, but then so...

  18. Don't think I want this job anymore.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Yesterday was fair. I didn't have any visits, only paperwork to finish up. Today, I just have one skilled nursing visit. The DON was nice yesterday. I really do believe she has bipolar, and this isn't...

  19. Excelsior actually has been a blessing.

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

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  20. Excelsior actually has been a blessing.

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

    If it hadn't been brought up I wouldn't have responded. Since the person felt it was an issue I told them an experience I had. Hardly a slam on traditional grads.. I don't know where she went to...

  21. Please be nice to medical students

    Jo Dirt replied to cantor2537's topic in General Nursing

    It really irks my bum, too. I hear nurses say "my girls" or "my techs" and it always makes me cringe. Maybe they don't mean anything by it,

  22. Excelsior actually has been a blessing.

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

    It may have been nursing 101 but I don't know what that says about traditional schools because I work with an RN in home health who didn't know the slightest thing about what should be included in a...

  23. Please be nice to medical students

    Jo Dirt replied to cantor2537's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you should use this experience as an opportunity to remember how to treat others. The more doctors I am around the more entitlement, apathy, attitude and complacency I see. Talk about leaving a...

  24. I'm on call this weekend and I have a dilemma, please advise.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Home Health

    This is rambling, I know, but please bear with me. This is the first time I have taken call. Tonight I get a phone call from a patient's sister who is upset because she does not know where her...

  25. I'm on call this weekend and I have a dilemma, please advise.

    Jo Dirt replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    Heck no, this isn't how I pictured my life as a home health nurse. I pictured driving around in my car and stopping by for nice visits with patients who were happy to see me. Maybe spending a few...