spacecheetah

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1. What's to complain about?

   spacecheetah replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

   Your employment is a private contract between you and your employer. No one forced you to become a nurse or take this job. So on the one hand, if you're not happy with what you're making, you should do something else. On the other hand - I agree gend...

2. I failed my preemployment drug test :/ what now...?

   spacecheetah replied to Juankiters08's topic in Job Hunt

   Used to work in a drug testing lab. Because THC is stored in fat cells it can vary WIDELY from person to person when it comes to how long it takes the drug to leave your body. I am jumping on the "wait at least another month" bandwagon. I also think ...

3. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

   spacecheetah replied to LobotRN's topic in Professionalism

   I had a reduction and found some of my old bras in the garage. Long story short, I now actually have a photo of my husband wearing one of the cups as a hat. (40G, and I'm so very glad they're smaller now.)

4. Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Mental Health Nursing

   spacecheetah replied to Jessica Quigley's topic in Psychiatric

   Loved this article. I'm not quite in nursing school yet but my intention is to go into mental health and ultimately become a PMHNP. Thanks for writing this.

5. Cannabis, the cure all?

   spacecheetah replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   It took me a couple months to connect the dots that my panic attacks were triggered by smoking. (Probably would have been quicker on the draw of I weren't stotally toned all the time.) In that time I smoked a lot of weed from a lot of different sourc...

6. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

   spacecheetah replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   In other words: I want to be a chef, but I want to delegate the shopping, chopping, mixing, stirring, and seasoning to the under-chefs. In other words, I basically want to wear a white hat and take things out of the oven. Oh, and design the menu. Bec...

7. Cannabis, the cure all?

   spacecheetah replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   When I lived in San Francisco there was this old guy with dreadlocks who used to ride buses around all day singing about how eating pot would make all your problems go away. He was delightful. Would that he were right... There is obviously some inter...

8. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

   spacecheetah replied to LobotRN's topic in Professionalism

   This is a very eye-opening post for me. I'm but a lowly pre-nursing student, and Idk if I have a warped outsider's view of nursing, but I'm kind of shocked at the idea that coming in late, looking at cell phones while you should be working, or not pu...

9. Foot in mouth, now a social pariah

   spacecheetah replied to arack05's topic in Relations

   Many of us have been there, in one way or another. My advice is apologize to the two people, but don't grovel. Then move on, with confidence. Don't let the blow to your self-confidence show. If one of your coworkers is negative toward you to the po...

10. About to lose my mind! Help me!! Pre nursing student in the Charlotte, NC Metro area

    spacecheetah replied to dnllprtt's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I agree that you need to take a deep breath and have some perspective. I'm 35 and starting pre-reqs. If I'm LUCKY I'll graduate at 38 with an ASN. My mom is starting pre-reqs and she's 54! Twenty-two is very young and there's no need for you to be f...

11. I lack social skills and confidence. Is nursing a possibility for me?

    spacecheetah replied to DerAustin's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I have problems with anxiety too but they are not "crippling" (anymore) and if they were I wouldn't be pursuing nursing school. My anxiety is more internally focused though (health anxiety/hypochondria) and I have it well under control. I don't have...

12. What did you take Anatomy with

    spacecheetah replied to iknoweverything's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm taking A&P 1 this summer in a 5 week course and I'm dreading it. It's my only class that semester (obviously!) but it's 5 hours a day 4 days a week and I work 30 hrs/week so I know it will be super intense. I'm taking A&P 2 in the Fall wi...

13. AWD vehicle for nurses

    spacecheetah replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a really good idea and I'm glad you brought it up b/c it's something I'll consider for myself later. Like you I'm working on pre-reqs and hoping to be in a program Fall 2016. My husband has a 4WD vehicle and he's able to get places wh...

14. So Sick Of This Nurses Eat The Young Crap

    spacecheetah replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I am only a lowly pre-nursing student but I've been in the workforce for almost 20 years and I have to say this is something I see more and more of everywhere: young people with little to no experience who are lazy, entitled, and will do ANYTHING to ...

15. Concerns, asked to resign, etc.

    spacecheetah replied to LostKitten's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has been interesting and helpful for me. I'm a pre-nursing student who really wants to go into psych. I'm a "non-traditional" student (35 now, will be 38 when I graduate, if all goes well). I have a few years experience in high-paced, st...