melme

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1. Relax...what does that mean!

   melme posted a topic in Stress 101

   So I have been a nurse for a year and a half. I started out working nights at a hospital but after about 6 months, my body couldn't handle night shift anymore. I went to work in a community setting with kids and at first I loved it - especially work...

2. Work in it...or is living it enough?

   melme replied to melme's topic in Addictions

   Well thank you for your response! Don't worry, I made sense of what you were saying. That because I have been there and done that I do not just look at these people as "addicts," I can see the person they are behind the addiction. I guess the thing I...

3. Work in it...or is living it enough?

   melme posted a topic in Addictions

   I have always been interested in addictions nursing. Psych and community clinicals were my favorite in nursing school. I even had professors comment and say they could tell this was my "area." But that being said, over the past few years I have deal...

4. As an RN would you ever take a job as...

   melme posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a registered nurse would you ever take a job as an LPN? I'm not asking IF you can take a job as an LPN (legally and all that), I'm just asking if there are any RNs out there that would. I'm an RN and I have a potential job offer at a surgery clini...

5. Do what I "should" or do what I want?

   melme replied to melme's topic in General Nursing

   I'm coming up on 5 months in medsurge, not 2 months. I grew tired of it after about 2 months.

6. Do what I "should" or do what I want?

   melme replied to melme's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I have my foot in the door there. I am a substitute health aid on my days off (anywhere from elementary to high school) and I keep in contact with the head nurse over all the schools in our county.

7. Do what I "should" or do what I want?

   melme posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I don't post here very often (mainly just lurk!) but as of May 2014, I am a proud owner of my BSN. I went into nursing because I have a passion working with people with special needs and kids in general. I spend a lot of time volunteering at camp...

8. Is it ok that I just don't like it?!

   melme posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi! I'm pretty new to this board and new to nursing I suppose! I found out what I wanted to do in nursing school: I love school nursing, I love pysch, and I especially love working in the community with people that have disabilities. When I graduated...

9. Nurse with spastic diplegia CP

   melme posted a topic in Disabilities

   I'm a year and half from graduating with my BSN, yes I'm very excited! I have never really had any problems with my spastic diplegia, it's very mild. I know my limits and I ask for help when I need it. I also know that it takes me awhile to get a rhy...

10. Please tell me what worked for you in MED SURG?

    melme replied to NurseKis's topic in General Students

    I struggled with medsurge as well, most do because it's hard! Here's the tips my instructor gave me that worked. Read. It's hard material but you have to actually read it and understand it. If it takes you 2 hours to read 10 pages or a week to read ...