bonde0613

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1. Texas licensure through endorsement - question about test

   bonde0613 posted a topic in Texas

   I am seeking licensure through endorsement in the state of Texas. Can anyone tell me about the Texas test I will need to take? What is that all about? Do I need to spend the money to purchase the review course? (Not the NCLEX, I'm already license...

2. I definitely not recommend nursing.

   bonde0613 replied to tremmi's topic in Career Support

   As a person who is pursuing nursing after endless meaningless jobs.....I am excited about nursing! Reading this thread made me a little nervous...but...then I read this quote. I have many friends who are nurses and have been for years. They all lo...

3. Nervous about starting school

   bonde0613 posted a topic in General Students

   Okay students...I need your help. I'm so excited to get back into school. More than that - I'm realistically excited to be a nurse. (I realize how hard it's going to be as well....I'm "up" on about most of the hard stuff associated with nursing, ...

4. Setting a bad example?

   bonde0613 replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

   "I can't imagine that this makes a good impression on patients when these nurses sit down for teaching about risk factors, or to the general public when they come to visit. " I have read this post each day and finally I feel a need to defend the orig...

5. Bullied in Report

   bonde0613 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   I have yet to be a nurse....I'm soon to be a student...but - I have worked with dreadfully awful people in my life. Read the book "How to Cope with Difficult People". It's a thin paperback that's loaded with information. The next step is to USE th...

6. helping my friend with breast ca

   bonde0613 replied to leslie :-D's topic in Hospice

   It is nice to hear about such wonderful, supportive friends. I worked for a Cancer Institute for a couple of years, and found that support and encouragement from friends, family and coworkers was one of the most important aspects of a patient's reco...

7. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

   bonde0613 replied to Brian's topic in Humor

   I am marrying into a family with a CV ICU nurse (my fiance), an ED nurse (Mother-in-law) and an EMT (Brother-in-law). My future father-in-law (a pastor, but that's a whole 'nother point(!) and I find dinner time particularly fascinating......I didn'...