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I'm wondering if you've identified the reason for your intense fear of needle sticks. Is it fear of infection with incurable diseases? Any other reasons? Perhaps more knowledge of the actual risks of...

As for reading material, check out the NAMI website and other associations for mentally ill. Empowerment and respect issues are huge. It helps to understand their views. The worst thing I witnessed...

Thanks for the reinforcement. Like you, I've gone through a period of self-doubt and loss of confidence in my abilities and worth as a nurse. After my third interview with no call back, I sort of...

Sorry to hear of your horrible new job experience, OP. Mine was similar though not quite as abrupt. Netglow, please explain more about this "place-holder" phenomenon. Why is a place-holder necessary...

Re: including that job on your resume. I think it's better to include it than to leave it off and be "found out" later. Besides, leaving it off discounts all the experience and learning that you...

HouTx -- you are very wise. You always seem to hit the nail on the head. This is exactly what I experienced in my orientation. It began to feel very stultifying, almost demeaning toward the end. I...

Fear of "failing again" haunts me too. I am trying to excise those negative phrases and thoughts from my mind and replace them with more positive ones. This is difficult to do because it comes so...

Sounds like my experience...ditto that...yup...been there...I sank into a depression that immobilized me for the better part of 6 months after my termination. Antidepressants and counseling helped,...

I'd like to think we value patient care workers from all levels of education and preparation, from the PCT or CNA to the NP or CNS. Each has their important, unique role on the health care team and...

Food fight! Food fight! :) Seriously tho', I love allnurses.com and these spirited debates. Lots of good issues brought up and hashed out here. I'm staying out of this one, but learning lots about...

The vogue in resumes calls for "bullet points" (I almost typed "buttel points" :) ) instead of sentences and paragraphs. Anything to make it easy to read. It is said you have 10 seconds for the HR...

Resumes carry far too much weight. There is a whole industry making a fortune on our fear of not having a good enough one. I am inclined to distrust all that. The experts on resumes don't agree on...

What about critical care? (Or emergency?) It would be difficult to feel disdain for the critically ill (I think), though the families might need more hand-holding than you are able/willing to do....

I was thinking along these lines this morning. I heard a radio story about volunteers helping organize a school library. It was "a mess" because the librarian position was axed due to budget cuts....

I had an experience with a male coworker (I am female) before I became a nurse. I tried to correct him on something, he took offense, and the verbal exchange became heated before I could stop...

Congratulations for having the guts to get out when you did. Sometimes you just have to put your own needs first. Take pride in knowing your heart was in the right place. I'm sure you will land on...

Thanks!

Oh, maybe they mean AT LEAST 90 degrees or MORE. Anything less would be awkward....?

This doesn't make sense to me either. I don't like the chairs at 90 degrees. You'd have to twist your neck or turn in your chair to look at each other, wouldn't you? Placement of chairs depends on...

I thought of something else after looking at your resume again. You listed your top 3 qualities at the top of your resume. You could carry those themes through the rest of your resume. After listing...

I think you need to beef up your resume, too. I included a section on CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, listing the hospitals, clinics, and units and highlighting special aspects of clinical experience or...

I'd like to see more respect for the nurse who feels bullied. (It's not just the new grad.) Are we blaming the victim? "It's just because we're busy. You should toughen up. No need to get upset." ...

I was a social worker in the trenches for many years. Social work, like nursing, is a high-stress female-dominated profession. My coworkers were my saving grace in that job. Even though the work was...

The text of The Elements of Style is online at Bartleby.com. You can read it there for free!

Hi. I've sent you two Private Messages with my resumes, one per PM. I copied and pasted them into the PM's from Word. Please let me know if you can't open them and I'll try something different. ...