Jo Dirt

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

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

    I forgot to mention I called the ambulance service and they said they didn't have the meds. I tried to called the administrator but she wasn't answering her phone and her answering maching was full. I...

  2. What can a RN delegate to a CNA?

    Jo Dirt replied to Angelfish1234's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like Tweety is describing chores that would be delegated to LPN's. Here in Tennessee, CNA's are not supposed to do accuchecks and are not supposed to even touch IV's, let alone D/C them....

  3. Blood Glucose of 1700!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    We have had a blood drawn from someone receiving TPN and the level was in the 800's (they didn't flush the port with saline and flush it out good before they took

  4. Working in Myelosuppression/Oncology?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Oncology

    I am not having an easy time finding a job as a new grad RN right now. This time of year places around here don't do a lot of hiring. However, Vanderbilt Medical Center has openings encouraging new...

  5. Just want to vent about a coworker.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just need to get this out. AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!:angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I work all week doing home health and as a favor to this nursing home I work every other weekend 7am-3pm. Well, I was...

  6. I Need To Talk To Someone About Excelsior

    Jo Dirt replied to Guest26407's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have had a love/hate relationship with Excelsior. When I was going through the clinicals I was thinking about what a joke they were (in my mind) and how 2.5 days wasn't possibly going to prepare...

  7. victim of biggot school

    Jo Dirt replied to sanchy's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the tests I took in nursing school were multiple choice or fill in the blank. That didn't leave much room for debate. I'm not sure how different your teacher gives tests, but if you feel you...

  8. How long should this take?

    Jo Dirt replied to michelle-new-lpn's topic in Online Distance Learning

    With waiting lists and such, expect it to take about 2 and a half years, at least. Just keep chipping away and you'll get

  9. Just want to vent about a coworker.

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

    I shouldn't have to turn my phone off at night. I mistakenly expected a certain degree of intelligence/common sense/common courtesy from others, as I would have for them. I have worked day and night...

  10. Pros and Cons of Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to suzanne4's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Boy, did you ever hit the nail on the head. Living a sheltered existence in school clinicals and thinking this somehow makes you more qualified than someone with the work experience is just....well...

  11. Just want to vent about a coworker.

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

    Heck no, I didn't go in early. Neither did the other day shift nurse he called. I would never call a day shift nurse during the night shift. Nor would I call a night shift employee before about 4 or 5...

  12. Pros and Cons of Excelsior Program

    Jo Dirt replied to suzanne4's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've got to agree on one point with a certain anti-EC poster here (since we aren't allowed one-on-one comments) even if it is just partly so: MA's and CNA's never had any business going through...

  13. Getting hired as an RN EC grad

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse1717's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Please tell us why you are so concerned about this

  14. Ever have one of your patients threaten to sue? Scared!

    Jo Dirt replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    About 3% of attempted lawsuits ever make it to settlement/courtroom. So, I am 97% certain you have nothing to worry

  15. "From doctors to beautiful ladies..."

    Jo Dirt replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you know, at least he was appreciative. And at least if he had referred to me as beautiful, I would know he needed his next appointment to be at the

  16. Getting hired as an RN EC grad

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse1717's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Some people who supposedly have nothing to do with Excelsior College are sure worried about what's up with Excelsior. I'd also sure like to see these secret studies that show what bad experiences...

  17. Who else is excited about starting grad school?!!

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

    I'm excited and I'm not even starting grad

  18. Families who turn on you.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently a private duty case I used to work ended when, after the patient went into the hospital for a couple of days, the agency refused to accept her back again as a patient after her discharge...

  19. How do you get all this info for the CPNE organized? How did you EC grads do it? Help

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

    Boy, are you ever right about that. I bought this "plan" from some person on ebay who bragged about how wonderful she did and how everyone was so impressed with how well organized she was at the CPNE,...

  20. The 1st Time You Cried on the Job

    Jo Dirt replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my God...that is almost too unbearable to even fathom. What I wouldn't do to the ^%$*&^%# who would hurt a child like

  21. People wanting to sign up for clinic I haven't even started yet.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I mentioned to a friend of mine that, as an Excelsior College graduate, I wanted to open a week long clinic to help people pass the CPNE. Apparently, she ran to work and blabbed all about it because...

  22. People wanting to sign up for clinic I haven't even started yet.

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

    Clinical Performance in Nursing Examination. It is a weekend clinical that measures student performance in crtain areas of patient care, in addition to a 4 part lab each student must pass (IM/SQ...

  23. Getting hired as an RN EC grad

    Jo Dirt replied to nurse1717's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Here in Tennessee, it has not been an issue for

  24. Easterners, Waterbirth?

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

    I was going to do waterbirth in a cattle trough with assist from a midwife but I ended up going to the hospital and having an epidural. I absolutely love water, though, and I think this is an...

  25. How do you get all this info for the CPNE organized? How did you EC grads do it? Help

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

    If you can at all do it, go spend a week at Chancellor's CarePlan conference in Fishers, IN (suburb of Indianapolis). When I took it last year the cost was $800, and there are numerous motels in the...