As of now the headline states: 508,765 Nurses talking about nursing
That’s just the registered members – I wonder how much it would be if the unregistered members were included.
I joined the site February 2007 – 8 months before I started my four year nursing program. I was lurking for about 2 months before that. I don’t know how I stumbled on this site but I’m glad I did.
This site has really helped me far more than I can express. It not just a venting space but a very valuable educational resource – where else can you find pre-nursing students all the way to retired nurses all sharing their experiences, thoughts, feelings, tips, and knowledge?
Although my post count might make it seem that I haven’t participated that much in the past 4+ years – I was really on here on a weekly, if not daily, basis. I mostly used the search function to search up questions to my answers and look at the threads that received the most replies because they were of course, more often, the most heated/controversial/interesting ones: D They are still fun to look up.
And at each phase of my nursing journey – I focused on related forums. When I was a student I frequented the General Nursing Students, when I was preparing for my exam it was the NCLEX Discussion forum, when I was freaking out about job hunting – the Graduate Nurse forum came to my rescue and now that I just started my first job as a New Grad – it’s the General Section or First Year Nursing forums that I parked my behind at.
Threads I found to be most beneficial:
Nurses's eating their young
Docs & how to handle them
Nursing No Nos
Things new nurses are not doing that they should
Crazy family members/visitors
Medication errors
These have really helped me deal with similar situations that I came across.
Trust me – I’m not being paid to praise this site. I just love it very mucho. :redbeathe
Now let’s end this mushiness here before we all get uncomfortable and weird
Now it’s your turn. A few questions to consider:
How long were you on here including lurking time?
What have you gained/got from this site?
Did you ever recognize a coworker? Did someone recognize you?
Have you met anyone live? Were they how you imagined them to be?
Do you go on it while at work?
Do you think my obsession with allnurses' is bodering on unhealthy? Care to diagnose my condition pysch nurses?
EDIT: In the few minutes it took me to write this thread – 6 more people registered. It is now 508,771. Cool! Hello & Welcome.
