tara.danley

tara.danley has 7 years experience and specializes in oncology, med surg, Alzheimers.

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1. The Names are changing

   tara.danley replied to egglady's topic in Geriatric

   In about 40 years you'll have a bunch of Jennifers, Micheals, and Erins....

2. How many times were you rejected before you finally got that acceptance letter??!

   tara.danley replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

   Got in to Umass RN in 2000 with 2.73....good god couldn't get near a nursing program with that today!!!! Remember not all 4.0 GPA's make good nurses....

3. JOB OFFER...need advice

   tara.danley replied to tara.danley's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all...I have some thinking to do. Funny thing is that my nursing school class of 2004 had drilled into us that we were expected to assume leadership roles as nurses. We are leaders...I need to decide if I want that accountability...and the...

4. JOB OFFER...need advice

   tara.danley posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all... I have 3 years nursing experience in acute care and just changed to nursing home. I've been there for 2 months and will just be off orientation this week. I was told last night that I am being considered for a nurse manager position on a...

5. You Just Don't Care!!!

   tara.danley replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for that....I'm done with acute care after three years of that. I graduated in 2004. I quit my last job because a patient complained that I left a bedpan in the bathroom and that I didn't come back quick enough. That was after another patie...

6. Ode to Urbane Scrubs

   tara.danley replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Too bad....urbane scrubs have....ONLY ONE POCKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need at least two pockets to fun...

7. Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

   tara.danley replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was an aide for the last two years of nursing school. When I got to be RN orientee, I had the shock of my life. I think I spent an entire year in a state of panic. Now that I'm almost three years into nursing, when a patient yells at me for not bri...

8. Did you ever doubt your intelligence for Nursing school....

   tara.danley replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

   :yeahthat: I'm not what you'd call a good student...but I don't doubt my own intelligence...I got into nursing school with a 2.73. That along with my writing skills, and a fabulous reference got me in...that was in 2000. I couldn't get into nursing ...

9. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

   tara.danley replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nurse, but I dream of simply being a wife and mother. Working on that actually...I'd love to be a stay at home mom...I've watched my best friends do it, and it is so rewarding to see what their children are accomplishing. Really my dream was ...

10. Meth is destroying communities

    tara.danley replied to WVUturtle514's topic in General Nursing

    How sad is this truth? It is certainly not universally recognized...this is something that is not really talked about often...sometimes I think of my childhood as a dream, where the realities of life were blissfully ignorant to me. I can get that dre...

11. Please help me to not burn out...

    tara.danley replied to tara.danley's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much....somehow I understand all of this deep down, but have doubts about how to keep my head...I'll keep this advice to heart and keep this site bookmarked at all times....:loveya:

12. Where were u 9/11/01?

    tara.danley replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    The world will never be the same in so many ways...the war we are now fighting will never end...oh the human condition is a miserable thing to contemplate...

13. Please help me to not burn out...

    tara.danley posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all: I want to thank you all for your posts, they have educated me, entertained me, and helped me get through my first two years as a nurse....:thankya: This is my first post, and a question: How do I do this for the rest of my life? I'm 29 a...

14. Shouldn't have waited until the last minute to ask this, but...

    tara.danley replied to catlady's topic in General Nursing

    you should go where you want to go if the job is offered with no regrets. regardless of your time away from the bedside, you are a hot commodity right now, a nurse who wants to return to nursing and the bedside as opposed to running away from nursing...

15. Leaving the Profession!

    tara.danley replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    OMG the part about living in Montana is SOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE!!!!