Jo Dirt

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  1. EC grads will be allowed licensure in California *update*

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

    It seems there are some who can beat a dead horse deader than any dead horse I've seen

  2. Urban legends in nursing

    Jo Dirt replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Had a doctor tell me and my fellow nursing students that she suspected this guy had parasites and gave this guy the necessary kit to collect stool samples at home. So he brought back the little...

  3. Urban legends in nursing

    Jo Dirt replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    There are a couple I've heard more than once. First one, is about a woman who had a stillborn baby and donated the baby to medical research. Later that day the mother asked to see the baby and a nurse...

  4. Bashful Nurses?

    Jo Dirt replied to moosie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not exactly shy but I tend to be very quiet and a loner. However, I love people (especially elderly folks) and when I am around patients I tend to loosen up a whole lot, become talkative and very...

  5. Nursing school, debt, children, my future?

    Jo Dirt replied to BBQvegan's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and this is what I was thinking as well. As a mother of three I know how draining it is to be a mother, and why add that to years you should be slowing down? But that is a personal choice each...

  6. Nursing school, debt, children, my future?

    Jo Dirt replied to BBQvegan's topic in General Nursing

    I understand why he doesn't want to wait any longer, at 34 yrs. old. But his goals and your goals are so different it doesn't sound like you two would be compatable. Better to find this out now than...

  7. Do docs really even care about their patients anymore?

    Jo Dirt replied to jnette's topic in Home Health

    What's even worse is when it is after hours and you can only contact them through an answering service, and instead of the doctor calling you back the answering service calls back with so-called...

  8. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    Jo Dirt replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    I find it terribly annoying when patients tell me either they are a nurse or their so-and-so is a nurse. It is rarely ever relevant to their care so it gives me the impression that either nursing is...

  9. Has anyone ever assisted in a roadside emergency?

    Jo Dirt replied to c5150b's topic in General Nursing

    I had a CPR instructor tell us that about the only thing CPR was really good for was buying time for the people who were waiting on help to come for the victim to keep them busy. He said the only real...

  10. Stopped at 75 questions, and it doesn't look good

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It seems like I got a lot of repeat questions, which makes it look to me like it was the computer's way of saying, "you got it wrong last time, here's another chance." Mostly psych and infection...

  11. is this the norm

    Jo Dirt replied to reddellrn's topic in Home Health

    I'm a new grad RN and they are giving me a few day orientation. I'm going to do some visits with another nurse tomorrow. They said within another week or so I'll be on my own........I'm kind of...

  12. I dont want to do this anymore!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to feel the way you do when I am going through an episode of depression (which is all the time when I don't take my

  13. Can you be called "Doctor" with a PhD in Nursing?

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

    There is a sign at a medical clinic here that reads "Ben Hur, MD., PhD" I guess his title is covered for sure,

  14. OMG ! The price of gas! No reimbursement...

    Jo Dirt replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    I'm supposed to start tomorrow with a company who says they will reimburse me 32 cents per mile. Don't know how much it will help but I guess it is better than

  15. EC grads will be allowed licensure in California *update*

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

    Very well said.

  16. Got offered a job...they were awfully eager to grab me up...

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

    I'll be sure to ask them to let me shadow. My name is Jennifer,

  17. EC grads will be allowed licensure in California *update*

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

    I think lizz wants the letter to say something other than what everyone else reads. But it seems pretty straight forward to me. And Excelsior has never been known to post wild rumors. I'm not going to...

  18. How much do you owe in loans?

    Jo Dirt replied to Butterfly3001's topic in General Nursing

    My tuition for my ADN program was around $9000. I worked private duty as an LPN which not only afforded me time to study but also payed my way. Of course, I was very poor during the year and a half I...

  19. Silent birth? Anyone see one?

    Jo Dirt replied to Sis123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yea, the guy seems like a real idiot. I had my second child "natural" and I couldn't keep from screaming and wailing...I was glad to have that epidural with my third

  20. Frontier in May??

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

    I'm hoping to go there, FNP focus with midwifery as a second

  21. I failed my first clinical!

    Jo Dirt replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    If you carry this kind of hostility, resentment and contempt with you to the next nursing program you can expect the same results you have gotten

  22. Waiting on NCLEX results.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I took the NCLEX RN Thursday, April 6...how long will I have to wait to find out if I passed? This stinks, when will they update their

  23. Waiting on NCLEX results.

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

    You're right, I got my results exactly 7 days later, and I found out on their automated phone system first. Took about a day longer for it to show up on the

  24. kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    Jo Dirt replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

    So totally true. You made the mistakes once, but TWICE? You seem rather presumptuous, and I would not tolerate having you stand over my shoulder "stopping" me. If you can't see what is wrong with this...

  25. RN to BSN, what is the best way?

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

    I don't know if it's the best way but I'm going through Excelsior. Since you already have an RN license in California your BSN from Excelsior should be readily accepted. It's ASN graduates from...