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1. Stressed out medsurg nurse

   learning247 replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

   Oh man- this truly sucks. My knee jerk is to say start looking for another nursing job NOW. These people sound toxic and possibly vindictive. Healthcare is ALL ABOUT THE TEAM. If you can't trust your team, you're going to be in a paranoid and unh...

2. Specialty for introvert?

   learning247 replied to avalanche678's topic in General Specialties

   I'm coming out of 3 years on adult acute psych, and it's like, "thank god it wasn't adolescents"- but it was awful. I would get so upset, and my coworkers would just tell me "you've got to learn to tune that out." I was like, "I will never be able ...

3. LTC vs Psych

   learning247 replied to Satori77's topic in Career Support

   SNF- I was in psych for 3 years before finally an opportunity opened up on a med surg floor. AND I'M SO FAR BEHIND (my skills, my knowledge, my prioritization skills have all fallen to the wayside in the time I've been on psych)

4. flirting at the workplace

   learning247 posted a topic in Relations

   Hey guys- so, you're all probably going to tell me to just keep my head down, focus on my work and ignore it, because ultimately, it's not my business. I'm new to med/surg, and am so excited and nervous about transitioning from psych (where I've been...

5. Is 2 years Psych Experience enough to Travel?

   learning247 posted a topic in Travel

   I went into nursing to do psychiatric nursing. At this point, I'm only 2 years into my nursing career which as only been Behavioral and Detox. My facility is undergoing some change in management, and travel nursing is starting to look more appealin...

6. Passed the NCLEX - How I did it

   learning247 replied to randomly's topic in NCLEX

   That's fantastic! Thank you for sharing!!!

7. How is the economy effecting Massage Therapy?

   learning247 replied to samirish's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I am a part time massage therapist (full time nursing school student!), living in Chicago. I've been a full time working MT for about 5 years up until a couple years ago when my employer started doing Groupons, and my pay got cut in half, and I deci...

8. painless injections

   learning247 posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, I'm a nursing student, and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on how to improve injection skills. I was thinking about injecting myself with NS to practice, has anybody else done this? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!!