shipslitehse

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1. pinning ceremony-any suggestions?

   shipslitehse replied to studentnurse_02's topic in General Nursing

   Hey just thought i'd give one more suggestion. I graduated in August and the students had to do the entire pinning ceremony ourselves-the faculty had voted to discontinue it a year ago-anyway we played "I Hope You Dance" by Trisha Yearwood? As we ma...

2. Was I wrong?

   shipslitehse replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with your stance 99.9%. The only way I've experienced another nurse doing anothers assessment work positivly was during my preceptorship in SICU...We all stormed the room of a new admit and while the primary nurse interviewed and wrote on th...

3. You've got a what up/in your what???

   shipslitehse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

   Just getting started reading and roflmao but....a psyche professor of mine told a story to the class of having one of her pt's brought to the ED and she was called in evidently..........he had a vibratior stuck in his anus, and get this.................

4. HHS Report on RNs

   shipslitehse replied to wrightgd's topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad and an AAS degree RN I think I make pretty good $ (@36,000-40k) but I don't think its near what we deserve considering the legal ramifications we worry about. I also don't agree with the 9 yr top out its no where near where it needs to...

5. High Fail Rate for new Grads on Boards

   shipslitehse replied to jerry Rn's topic in General Nursing

   What state are you in???That sounds alot like my school....I chose my school because of their reputation for being very hard but with a 98-100% pass rate on NCLEX for many years....they've now dipped into the 70's??!!!! They told me the same thing ab...

6. Why Did YOu Want To Be A Nurse?

   shipslitehse replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

   UMMMMM-I dunno....lol. Actually medicine has always piqued my interest and for as long as I can remember, no matter what else I thought of, I have always come back to "I want to be a NURSE". I also had plenty of people trying to dissuade me away but...

7. Proposed Salaries For Nurses...

   shipslitehse replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Wow all these figures...I am a new grad and i make $16.44/hr base not including shiff diff, overtime, or charge nurse diff. I'm in Alabama so that is pretty low compared to the US national average. I actually feel that its decent pay, considering I h...

8. It Could Have Been You

   shipslitehse replied to betts's topic in General Nursing

   True or not i've got goose bumps..............

9. When the Lord made nurses.....

   shipslitehse replied to klhs's topic in General Nursing

   This is WONDERFUL- I've read one like this for moms and if you combine the two......man it really kinda picks you up of f the floor and gives you an attagirl pat on the shoulder!!!!Its a great reminder of all the qualities we share as nurses while be...