Roll call!

Ryssa · Jan 12, 2005

Hi all, I'm new on this forum. I'll be turning 40 in a few weeks...where did the time go? Anyway, I graduated from UNM in '93. I spent a year at Lovelace and then went to UNMH. I've had an interesting range of experiences and seem to have settled into Corrections. Physically it's a very very cushy job. Overall, it's also very low stress. Sometimes the ethics of the corrections arena can be disturbing. I would call Corrections nursing's best kept secret. :)

Born and raised in NM, lived in Japan for a few years, got divorced, returned to NM and became a nurse. My babies are my four-legged critters. I work nights so I often feel cut off from the rest of the world. I'm very glad to have found this forum.

Till later!

walterrn · Jan 14, 2005

Hi all, I'm new on this forum. I'll be turning 40 in a few weeks...where did the time go? Anyway, I graduated from UNM in '93. I spent a year at Lovelace and then went to UNMH. I've had an interesting range of experiences and seem to have settled into Corrections. Physically it's a very very cushy job. Overall, it's also very low stress. Sometimes the ethics of the corrections arena can be disturbing. I would call Corrections nursing's best kept secret. :)
Born and raised in NM, lived in Japan for a few years, got divorced, returned to NM and became a nurse. My babies are my four-legged critters. I work nights so I often feel cut off from the rest of the world. I'm very glad to have found this forum.
Till later!

Okay, I get it..........Hi Ann..........had to have help to figure out who this was.

Walter the Nurse

Ryssa · Jan 15, 2005

Okay, I get it..........Hi Ann..........had to have help to figure out who this was.
Walter the Nurse

Hi Walter the Nurse. I'm not Ann, I'm Karen. Nice you meet you anyway! :coollook:

L.O.E.N. · Jul 4, 2006

L.O.E.N. = Land Of Entrapment Nurse

Carlsbad, NM. NMSUC student... planning on BSNing in a bigger school soon... but for now, I'm here in the carlsbad "suburb" Otis! We have a nifty water tower and some alfalfa and my neighbors have smelly horses, cows, and mules. :) Gotta love NM. (at least it doesn't smell like those dairies south of Las Cruces...lol)

Ryssa · Jul 4, 2006

hi loen. i have a friend who grew up in loving, nm. another lovely suburb of carlsbad. you're in good company! hope you have a great 4th of july!:welcome:

jessicab · Apr 15, 2007

Hi! My name is Jessica. I am a NICU nurse at Lovelace Women's hospital and I absolutely love it there. The nurses are great and I like the Neonatologists too. I am 31 (32 in August - eek!). I have a beautiful daughter who is 11 and I play piano and sing and watch movies for fun. I graduated from UNM in 2006, was an extern at Presbyterian and and extern at Lovelace before I graduated.

Ryssa · Apr 15, 2007

Hi Jessica,

Welcome to our little list! I think it's been a couple of years since I posted anything. I'm glad to hear you're happy in your position at Women's Hospital. I've had a wide variety of experiences. Currently I'm working in an adolescent prision. I work with the psychiatrists. I'm not really doing much nursing any more. My doctors are great! I'm an independent contractor at the moment....has plusses and minuses. No benefits is a HUGE negative. Otherwise, I'm feeling pretty lucky. My docs are great. Most of my co-workers are great. Don't have to worry about anybody dying. I'm in a position where I can just talk with the kids. There's nothing to manipulate me for so I get the best of them and vice versa. I do miss actual nursing though, quite a bit. Even though I'm not doing much nursing, I sure couldn't do my job without the nursing knowledge and background. We're lucky in our field. There really is a world of opportunities and experiences.

Anyway, nice to meet you and so glad to hear another happy nurse out there!

Karen

aerorunner80, ADN, BSN, MSN, APRN · Apr 16, 2007

Not sure if this counts or not but I'm a prenursing student working on my req's for my BSN. I've already been accepted into CNM(TVI)'s ADN program but the wait is insane. I will be starting at Pres next Monday as a Nurse Tech II.

sugarmae · Dec 17, 2008

Hey..cow manure smells great...raised in Vado(south of Las cruces)now I'm an LPN in Arizona..longing to move back.

allnurses Guide · Dec 27, 2008

Live and work in Northern NM, ER nights.

Widow, 3 kids (2 at UNM), finishing my masters in Nursing Ed this spring, teaching part time at a community college.

Love to camp, hike, canoe, crochet, read, play with the dogs, take Tae Kwon Do and hang out in AN.

jjnRN · Dec 29, 2008

Hello everyone,

I am also a prenursing student at CNM and intend to apply to UNM for Spring 2010 for the 2nd degree program. I live in Rio Rancho and enjoy the outdoors as many of you have stated. Currently working in the electronics industry but want to do something different and meaningful.

James