Candidnt

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1. Who's leaving nursing?

   Candidnt replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

   I am, at present, making plans to retire from nursing within two years, assuming other options come forth. My "career" has been an absolute disappointment, and going from an LPN to being an RN with a BSN didn't help me in the end. I have become lar...

2. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men

   oops, I looked at the last reply date before mine, and looked at it wrong...hasn't been a year after all...scuse me!

3. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men

   Wow, nobody has posted in here in over a year...it's been two years since I posted in this particular thread, and probably about that long since I posted on the site at all... I have since moved out of the hospital where I worked in the neuroscience ...

4. Providence Alaska and Alaska Regional

   Candidnt posted a topic in Alaska

   Anybody work in either place? What are they like?

5. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men

   currently neuroscience intermediate care...meanng neuro, plus some trauma/ortho and dumpover from the surgical intermediate care unit...plus people who start going downhill on the neuro/ortho floor or some other floor, but they're either not ready fo...

6. Where do you buy your scrubs?

   Candidnt replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men

   I once (way back in 1998) bought some items with the S.C.R.U.B.S. brand name. NEVER again. They all started falling apart and/or developed holes during washing and drying. I usually get my scrubs from Lydia's...Tafford is another good source. If y...

7. Susquehanna Health, Williamsport, PA? Any good (hopefully not bad) advice?

   Candidnt replied to Brad_RN_Student_PA's topic in Pennsylvania

   Did you ever take the job at Williamsport Hospital? What's the word there on their planned expansion? What are they planning, what new services? Any new units or beds being added? Just curious. Places that grow/expand always interest me.

8. Anybody from Hamot in Erie?

   Candidnt replied to Candidnt's topic in Pennsylvania

   Wow... I haven't been here probably since I made that post, over two years ago. I didn't go to Hamot...I didn't even finish the application process. I did leave my old job at Pinnacle Hell er Health, even left PA for a while and returned to privat...

9. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Candidnt replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I've got tons to tell, having been in nursing since 1990. As of late, I'd have to say the most recent most gross, yucky, disgusting nursing experience I have had, was being hurled on from head to toe while inserting an NG tube in somebody who had an...

10. Anybody from Hamot in Erie?

    Candidnt posted a topic in Pennsylvania

    Hamot responded to my resume submission. I'm looking for people who work/have worked there, who can tell me in their own words how things are there, etc. I'm going to return the call from the recruiter tomorrow, so in the meantime, and until I agre...

11. I definitely not recommend nursing.

    Candidnt replied to tremmi's topic in Career Support

    As I think about it, it is difficult to recommend nursing to people unless they really want to do it...think about it, there aren't enough of us, hospitals downsizing, consolidating, eliminating positions, expecting us to do more with less (supplies,...

12. Can CNAs work in hospitals with no experience?

    Candidnt replied to Chopchop11's topic in General Nursing

    I went into the hospital setting as a nursing assistant (this was back before certification was a requirement) several months after I finished the program, with no practical work experience as a nursing assistant up to that point. In fact, I worked ...

13. Would this be considered Critical Care Nursing?

    Candidnt replied to krob0729's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds like an LTAC (long-term acute care) facility that specializes in pediatric care. I know of critical care nurses who go to work in places like that (and they do appreciate getting nurses with critical care backgrounds) but you don't really ...

14. Nursing student with migraines, HELP!

    Candidnt replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I empathize...I've been dealing with migranes since 1997 (the year I took a break from nursing, incidentally). That first migrane was a godawful experience; I basically had a headache for a whole week, that wasn't relieved by anything. I was also s...

15. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    Candidnt replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    It varies for me...I graduated from 100 mg Benadryl to Ambien....that helped some, but after two back injuries, I graduated to Valium. So that, with a little Xanax on board, helps me get some sleep, but it varies, I can get as little as 5 hours, and...