NurseNic2012

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1. Am I Too Old for Nursing School , I am 26 years old and tired

   NurseNic2012 replied to Divalish918's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Never too old to do anything! Too tired, maybe! :) I'm in my 30s and had similiar thoughts, but then realized...who cares how old the people you work with are as long as you're working too! Maybe where you work has an Education Assistance program wh...

2. Wedding Band Tattoo

   NurseNic2012 replied to Ddestiny's topic in General Nursing

   Doppelganger...is that you? We seem to be living the same life. At least I know who has the mates to my missing socks!

3. So, has hiring picked up for everyone else??

   NurseNic2012 replied to Bobbkat's topic in New Nurse

   Sign on bonuses? 15k!!! 3k?! Holy man I'm glad I chose nursing! It takes years and years of experience to be offered a bonus of any kind in the corporate world, let alone decent pay. And the "other duties as assigned" always looms, often bringin...

4. Where are all of the "experienced nurses hiding?"

   NurseNic2012 replied to SWS RN's topic in General Nursing

   experienced nurses...please don't go away!! i'm someone who's posted a lot recently who probably shouldn't. you are all very correct, i simply can not begin to have a valuable opinion on this profession yet, plus i talk a lot, and for that i apolo...

5. One entree per person,please

   NurseNic2012 replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

   He's now campaigning for Vending Machine Company Guys Week.

6. One entree per person,please

   NurseNic2012 replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

   My aunt said one Christmas years ago, the gift all the nurses received was a plastic bag to roast their turkeys in...no turkey, just the bag. Guess this is the same manager?

7. Television Ads for Medicine

   NurseNic2012 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

   SO many ads, allllllll the time. I was just at the doctors office and in one commerical block, 5 out of 7 ads were for meds. The side effect list takes up the majority of the screen time, but I agree is a unique opportunity for nurses to brush up on...

8. Wedding Band Tattoo

   NurseNic2012 replied to Ddestiny's topic in General Nursing

   Love that you posted this question because I've been curious about this well. In our school orientation, our instructor indicated tattoos would need to be covered with band-aids. However I thought that was super gross...not sure about anyone else, ...

9. Second-Career Students: How did you decide to change careers?

   NurseNic2012 replied to aab86's topic in General Students

   I am switching from entertainment production to RN through my local hospital's program. I can't quite pin down the exact moment I knew, more like momentum had been building...and then it came time to apply or wait 2 more years, and the timing seemed ...