Jo Dirt

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  1. Excelsior College Designated Center Of Excellence In Nursing Education

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

    As a very soon to be EC grad, I'm happy to see

  2. So embarrassed, just want to vent.

    Jo Dirt posted a topic in General Nursing

    My patient I care for in private duty has been in the hospital so I went to another agency to see if they had any jobs I could do. I feel like I can say this among nurses but I apologize if I gross...

  3. So embarrassed, just want to vent.

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

    The woman who came to the back and "kicked me out" *was* the proprietor. She acted like I was some kind of filthy animal. Apparently, she has her nursing degree on paper only, because any real nurse...

  4. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    Jo Dirt replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    And...*why* did you say that to her? That wasn't cute or even funny, it was downright cruel and mean spirited. While I believe you should report her I also think you should take some lessons in common...

  5. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    Jo Dirt replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she may have a problem with impulse control, definitely not a trait conducive to working well with patients. Your comment was sassy and tacky but she had absolutely no right to touch you....

  6. Nurses all come from DYSFUNCTIONAL backgrounds??

    Jo Dirt replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, really. I can't think of a single person I know and know of who doesn't have skeletons in their closet or a monkey on their backs. I was sexually abused by my sister's boyfriend as a child, but I...

  7. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    Jo Dirt replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    Jay Leno is starting to get a bit burned out, I believe. He used to be very funny, now he just doesn't seem to be that into it anymore. I still don't think that crack is anything to get all bent out...

  8. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    Jo Dirt replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    That is far out and solid and right on. It obviously seems trivial to some people, but there is more to the picture than meets the eye. You might think of shaving the head of a femal patient who had...

  9. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    Jo Dirt replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the mustache *will* grow back, but as the wife of a husband who has had a full beard and mustache for over 10 yrs. I do not think it was appropriate for the OP to take it upon herself to make...

  10. University of Wyoming RN to BSN Online

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

    I hope to start this

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

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

    They are supposed to compensate for the price of a plane ticket. But that doesn't make up for a 2200 mile round trip by car. Man, I drove a total of four days to get to that thing! And I got up the...

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

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

    Yes.

  13. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    Oh now come on, really. I was just using that as an *example* And anyway...I think my picture would look pretty darn good on a 100 dollar

  14. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    Jo Dirt replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't know what there is to get so upset about, especially considering some of it is true. It goes to show how years as a nurse makes a person kind of jaded and

  15. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    I've learned after nearly 10 yrs. in the healthcare field that a good nurse will be a good nurse whether they got their degree out of the back of a magazine or from some ivy league school. A stupid,...

  16. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Jo Dirt replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You people can ride your high horses all you want. I know to wash my hands, and I've got the dryness to prove it. I ain't wearing no demeaning juvenile kick me

  17. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    Would you have the documentation to back up this

  18. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    Is this why EC no longer allows CMA's or surgical techs in their

  19. Can Assoc. RN cut diabetic toenails?

    Jo Dirt replied to Shell5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'd be happy if I wasn't allowed to trim toenails. What a yucky

  20. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    Well, I don't know, this is what the woman from the board of nursing told me. Maybe you should take it up with the president of the board instead of a licensing

  21. Time spent studying for Excelsior NC exams?

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

    It takes awhile after you register with EC to get set up with the testing center, so what I would do is go ahead and set up my testing date (usually a couple of weeks) and from that point I would...

  22. Yet another excelsior college question r/t reciprocity in Calif

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

    I fit in with the group that graduated after the deadline. I'm not interested in moving to CA but might like to work there as a travel nurse oneday. I was told by the board that even though as a rule...

  23. Pet Peeves

    Jo Dirt replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened to me more than once. Like I'm the one obligated to be on $h*t patrol. Another thing, when nurses before you want to save time on the continuos feeding PEG tube pt's so they crush...

  24. Time spent studying for Excelsior NC exams?

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

    A couple of

  25. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Jo Dirt replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Don't forget the MD's. Can you imagine