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  1. Medical Assistants in the office

    I was a MA for 17 years and I ran into many other MA's referring to themselves as "nurses". By now, I finished school and finally got my RN license. The last job I took prior to graduating from nursing school was in a GI outpatient office that never ...
  2. nclex 7/14

    Good luck! 72 % and 67 % - you should be fine! I don't know if you're referring to the Kaplan Question Trainer or some other program. If it's the Kaplan, don't worry - I had to see for myself that the Kaplan questions are a lot harder than the actual...
  3. 100 ways to order a pizza the fun way...

    Hilarious - I'll have to try that next time I order one!!!!
  4. New school prayer

    For all of you that have kids, especially those in high schools: - Not a joke, but so very true - Now I sit me down in school Where praying is against the rule For this great nation under God Finds mention of Him very odd. If Scripture ...
  5. For your next colonoscopy

    A physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made > while he was performing colonoscopies: > > 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone > before." > > 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" &...
  6. For your next colonoscopy

    A physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made > while he was performing colonoscopies: > > 1. "Take it easy, Doc, you're boldly going where no man has gone > before." > > 2. "Find Amelia Earhart yet?" &...
  7. Special Christmas Cookies

    i know it's not even close to christmas, but i think these would be great at any time of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in case you might be looking for a new holiday cookie recipe...the tequila can be either white or gold cuervo, by the way.... christmas...
  8. GI office nurse as a newgrad - waste of skills?

  9. GI office nurse as a newgrad - waste of skills?

    You better believe it. I got lots of congrats and hugs from lots of patients.
  10. GI office nurse as a newgrad - waste of skills?

    Thanks, peaceful! Finally, somebody is telling me that I'm NOT crazy for not taking higher paid hospital jobs!!! As the old sayin' goes: "The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence!". At least at my current job, I know what to exp...
  11. Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

    Even as a new-grad and newly licensed RN - I LOVE IT!!!
  12. Fun at Psychiatry Unit!

    Oh boy - I would have rolled on the floor, laughing! I wonder what that poor resident was thinking? I guess, he won't go into psych - EVER!
  13. GI office nurse as a newgrad - waste of skills?

    Thanks, guys! I know that I really need some inpatient experience, beyond the little bit that they teach us in RN-school. But with todays nursing shortage, don't y'all think I should be able to get a hospital job if I ever get tired of outpatient? R...
  14. :confused: I just recently graduated from an ADN nursing program and I got my license last Tuesday. Here's my dilemma: I've been working in outpatient settings for the last 17 years as Medical Assistant. Many different specialties, family practice, p...
  15. Just got license, how do I change usernames??

    I don't know about any good scrub places, either. There used to be a great one right on the corner of Stella Link and W. Holcombe. It was called "Everything Uniform". Last month, I tried to go there and guess what - the store is gone. That place was ...