Jo Dirt

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  1. Excelsior and California

    Jo Dirt replied to pedinurse05's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Boy, you hit the nail on the head with that one, and I'm certain that people who pass and then flippantly assume that those who didn't pass just didn't know their stuff are living on Fantasy Island...

  2. Please tell me how this is right?!?!

    Jo Dirt replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in General Nursing

    we nurses shouldn't think just because we are in the field to help save lives that means we can stomp our feet and stick our noses in the air and we shouldn't care if our patients are satisfied with...

  3. Excelsior and California

    Jo Dirt replied to pedinurse05's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Well, Lizz, since you've all but called me a liar, I don't guess there is a whole lot more that can be said (BTW, at one point I thought I would need to be going to California, but found out it won't...

  4. I'm so ANGRY!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Your experiences are purely anectdotal, therefore unverifiable, therefore prove nothing. Getting angry and frustrated is understandable, displacing your anger by referring to your fellow classmates as...

  5. Excelsior and California

    Jo Dirt replied to pedinurse05's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I talked with a licensing analyst from California and was told that while they do not accept EC grads anymore as a rule, they look at each applicant and while it may be a pain in the neck it is still...

  6. I'm so ANGRY!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Even though you're upset that your fiance is having a hard time with the NCLEX, it really isn't fair to refer to some of your classmates who passed as "imbeciles." If they were *that* stupid they...

  7. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    Jo Dirt replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you hassling DusktillDawn for making an observation? Do you think she said it because male nurses are a minority? I don't think so. Maybe she was making an honest

  8. Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

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

    This is beside the point but I just can't resist. I heard Shania Twain's music before I ever saw her, and when I first heard her on the radio it was about the biggest turn off I think I ever had. She...

  9. Faith Hill makes fun of nurses!

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

    Please. Not looking for a debate. Just something to get off my

  10. anyone in nys with a felony please help

    Jo Dirt replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

    My step son (who happens to be my age), a former assistant DON at a nursing home, is doing jail time right now for a felony in NYC (grand larceny). He was part owner of a nursing agency with the DON...

  11. No Relief, Embarrasing Moment

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

    I had a case even more embarrassing than yours that I wrote about not long ago. Don't feel bad, I know what you're going

  12. Been offered a job at a hospital switching from team nursing to primary nursing...

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't really know what this means. Is this good? Or

  13. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    Jo Dirt replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you should say this. I have refrained from mentioning this because I didn't want to offend anyone, but if there is a gender better suited to nursing (in general) in all honesty I would have to...

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

    Jo Dirt replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been passed over for jobs because I was fat and unattractive. Of course, they never came out and said that, but it was painfully obvious. Nursing is the one field where it doesn't matter what you...

  15. Why are so many of us over weight?

    Jo Dirt replied to sarahhoughton's topic in General Nursing

    And what about thin nurses who smoke like trains and eat junk food by the truckload? Thin nurses who drink? No one seems to consider there are much less healthy ways of life than being fat. Fat does...

  16. CPNE in Columbus Nov 4-6...this really bites!

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Well, I was SUPPOSED to test in Amarillo Sept 23-25, but after driving 1100 miles they call me that morning to tell me the hospital moved to disaster status and the exam was cancelled because of the...

  17. Excelsior College nursing program?

    Jo Dirt replied to USAF0625's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am a new Excelsior grad. I think the school can be beneficial for those who have no other option to further their education but I am not going to tout Excelsior as the best thing to come along since...

  18. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    Jo Dirt replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    This has been the way I've felt for a long time. Like prisoners who suddenly turn to God after a murderous rampage when they are locked away from being able to kill anymore. Too bad God didn't decide...

  19. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

    Jo Dirt replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm not spiritual, either. Obviously, I don't believe religion or spirituality are necessary to be a good health care provider. In fact, I think it is possible religion might be a hinderance to the...

  20. When should I look for a job?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I take my CPNE this week. If I pass, I have been told I can apply for an authorization to test for the NCLEXRN. I am wondering how soon I should begin looking for a job? I know the local hospital has...

  21. Sick of it!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That was a very simple mistake, a slip of the tongue. You overreacted big time. I worked with a nurse who would leap out of her skin at ANYTHING. So I would try to speak to her very calmly about what...

  22. Sick of it!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Since I have not experienced this I can't imagine how difficult it would be to deal with it. I am lucky to work for a small, very plain but extremely clean facility where decubitus rates are nearly...

  23. anyone ever think about getting out of nursing for a while?

    Jo Dirt replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 5 yrs. and I'm wanting to take a break. I want to open a weekend restaurant/buffett (GOOD southern cooking, not southern slop! I'm so disappointed in most of the restaurants down...

  24. the neverending med pass

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

    It is a horrible system, the way they expect you to pull a pill passing marathon. Amidst eye drops, ABO's, swish and swallows (and the list goes on) they expect you to do tx's and chart the same old...

  25. What about your license when you travel?

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in Travel

    Some of you familiar with California and Excelsior College know that Excelsior graduates have been locked out of the state. This really bites, because I wanted to eventually work in California a few...