ConkyTonker

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1. "Just" a 2-year degree

   ConkyTonker replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

   Oho, am I all over this one! Recently, some ignorant person told me that his daughter was starting nursing school at a "real four-year college" so that "her degree would mean something." This SOB said this with a straight face to a person he knows ...

2. Southern Nurses Please Help!

   ConkyTonker replied to AngelicLady's topic in General Nursing

   I think I would try Memphis.

3. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   ConkyTonker replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I'm 34. Nursing is my second career, and I have been a nurse but for one year. This is probably the most corny explanation imaginable, but honestly I got tired of working my tush off for work that really helped nobody. I wanted to do something tha...

4. Fundal Height Question

   ConkyTonker posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   After one term birth eleven years ago and two unexplained spontaneous abs within the past 18 mos, I am 25 weeks pregnant with a baby girl. At 9 weeks I had a low lying placenta, and at 18 weeks, a marginal previa. No bleeds yet, though. At my doc ...

5. Let's introduce ourselves...

   ConkyTonker replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

   You go girl (or guy!)!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo jealous. I graduated with honors in May 2005, passed The Boards on 6/2 with 75 questions, and cannot find work. All the internships were full back in April, and Yours Truly was too superstitious to go fo...

6. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

   ConkyTonker replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

   Prior to graduating from nursing school, my last degree was a Ph.D. from The College of Hard Knocks. I have worked as a secretary for the past ten years. Before that, I worked as a car salesperson, jewelry store assistant manager, bartender. I've ...

7. Share Your Saying

   ConkyTonker replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

   "Live, laugh, love." I'm not a premium member at this time, but I close my posts with what is sort of my personal motto. I guess I feel that if I live each day to the fullest, appreciate the humor life has to offer, and treat others with love, then ...

8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   ConkyTonker replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   What have patients taught me NOT to do? Here's one...DO NOT run from the law. Even if you don't get shot/tasered/whatevered, you MAY fall down a freeway overpass hill and break your leg or more, only to find yourself handcuffed to the bed at County...

9. Nursing Student Uniforms??

   ConkyTonker replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia

   My school's uniforms made us all look like a professional maid service. All white, all the time. Gathered, puffy sleeves, tie in the back, school patch on the sleeve, white athletic shoes. The LVN program fared worse. They got most of the above p...

10. More Strange Baby Names

    ConkyTonker replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My son goes to day care with a boy named Sir Derek. One must use both names when addressing him.

11. Interview Tips Please

    ConkyTonker posted a topic in Career Support

    Hey, y'all! I am a May 2005 ADN grad who passed Boards June 2 who has an interview tomorrow for a med-surg job. What questions do you feel are important for me to ask? This and any other advice you think is useful would be greatly appreciated. Tha...

12. Working while in school

    ConkyTonker replied to skijunkie's topic in New Jersey

    And you, in turn, with your kind words, have bolstered my spirits, my friend. I have worn your hat (to use the Redneck Zen I was raised with). Specifically, I attended ADN orientation on a muggy Southern evening, and we were all told as a group wh...

13. Working while in school

    ConkyTonker replied to skijunkie's topic in New Jersey

    skijunkie, I just realized that you are in New Jersey. I am completely unfamiliar with RN programs in your area, as I live in what some people consider the Deep South. Check evening/weekend program availability. I think you need a program that off...

14. I Am a Steve Miller Band Song

    ConkyTonker posted a topic in Career Support

    "Well I've been looking real hard and I'm trying to find a job, but it just keeps getting tougher every day..." (TM Steve Miller Band, ca. 1975) I graduated May 13, 2005 with a 3.5 GPA, passed boards on June 2, 2005 (with 75 questions no less), and f...

15. Working while in school

    ConkyTonker replied to skijunkie's topic in New Jersey

    While it is true that RN programs are full-time, it is possible to work full-time and attend The Program. I am an ADN graduate who chose my particular school not for its stellar reputation, but for its offering of evening classes. Specifically, lec...