ufo8micats

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  1. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

    I was just reading an article the other day on the CNN app, stating that the nursing market has been flooded and due to the economy that older nurses are not retiring so new grads have no where to go. You would think that all of these pop up college ...
  2. No, I'm Not a Beauty Shop!

    I agree with you but by time you finished explaining that to her you could have had her earrings back in.
  3. Florida nursing shortage?

    Nurseamanda I will def. check out the places that you mentioned. I did stop in several small towns that I liked in between tampa and Kissimmee. Still close enough to the ocean but far enough from the city.
  4. Florida nursing shortage?

    I fig it deoended on what part of Florida that you moved to whether or not jobs are available. I own here in ohio with 4 acres of land. Yeah homes are cheaper in Florida than ohio. I am thinking if renting my house for a year and just buying a modula...
  5. Medication & treatments on midnight shift

    I don't know how many nurses say this out loud but, god bless the aids. If it were not for the aids then us nurses would be hard pressed to get our jobs done in an Expedient manner. I try to advise all nurses to be good to their aids, they can make o...
  6. I received a "write up" warning at my LTC

    Wow, LTC. I remember those days. Taking care of up to 40 people on a hall all alone with one aid, working 90 hrs a week because nurses quitting or getting fired constantly, pain pill seekers, and just general running around like a chicken which it's ...
  7. Florida nursing shortage?

    Ruas61 I love the pic. Fav. Character from twd. Funny I went to school to become a hospice nurse. Besides behing one of the most humbling experiences in the world, I don't believe that anyone should die alone. I just happened into pediatrics by accid...
  8. Florida nursing shortage?

    The message was on the application by endorsement site. Before the application scrolled up, the message came up. Looking for volunteer workers and money to help with the shortage.
  9. You might be a night shifter if...

    Omg, I have done all everything that has been posted lol lol. Checking the mail at 5p in pajamas. The Walmart people know be by name now. Staggering in at 7a and telling everyone good night when I leave. All of it
  10. Florida nursing shortage?

    This news is somewhat disheartening. I am an LPN with 6 yrs experience in pediatric critical care. I live in ohio and work independently making about $70,000 a year. I knew I would have to take a pay cut but $12.50 an hour. I can't live on that. I am...
  11. New RN frustrated with coworker behavior

    One of the many reasons that I became a nurse is that I thought that if someone takes the time to go to school for a degree, that they must me intelligent, well spoken, responsible individuals. Well honey child let me tell you, I was sorely mistaken....
  12. I don't like nursing school :( will I hate nursing?

    I think that "hate" is such a powerful word. It takes energy to hate something, meaning that what ever is expending energy from you is gaining energy from you also. I really did not care for nursing school. The instructors verbatim from the books, a...
  13. Florida nursing shortage?

    This summer I am hoping to relocate to Florida. While on the Florida board of nursing site I noticed that a statement was issued about a nursing shortage in Florida. And they were Asking for donations. Does anyone know anything about a nursing shorta...
  14. goody goody nurse gets in trouble ??

    It depends on the severity of your employers complaint and how much they push it. The board will most likely contact you and ask if this firing was justified and your side of the story. They may just give you a warning or actually have you come in fr...
  15. You might be a night shifter if...

    If you wake up late for work and just throw scrubs on and run out the door. You forget about doing your hair and makeup. No one important will see you anyways, ans sleep is more important than looking good.