lilypad2424

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excited to start nursing school

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  1. Hateful, mean nurses

    I feel your pain! When people act mean, it gives me strength. I feel bad for them b/c they are carrying around so much hate. I'm not pollyanna or anything, just makes me sad for them, which in my own mind makes me feel better.
  2. Relocation to Houston Advice

    no, you are an old nurse now :)
  3. What would you do?

    Uhh, no way. That is waaay too far away.
  4. Help! I can't find a job in Houston!

    Hi there, and welcome to Houston! Congratulations on your BSN! You will find a job, just keep plugging away. Here is some good info, 1. Look in the Sunday paper. There are job fairs fairly often with lots of medical companies. You can email your...
  5. Relocation to Houston Advice

    "My question is that what is St Luke compare to other Hospitals in the city interms of nursing relation, benefits, career advancement. Lastly, this position is in the Houston branch, and I am planning to rent at Northwest, near the Loop. Please, advi...
  6. Relocation to Houston Advice

    Take whatever job you can get if you want to move here. I don't know anything about St. Lukes, I only know that jobs here right now are VERY hard to come by especially if you don't know anyone or you are a new grad. If you get a job in your specia...
  7. help with iv starts

    New nurse here, and in the very beginning it was prob a 60% success rate for me. Since I'm new, I always think of things to write down so I will remember what it was like in the beginning. One thing that helped me get better was this.. The needle i...
  8. New Grads Today v. New Grads From Years Ago

    wow, kind of a mean comment, but I get your point. I think that people are smarter today in general...book smart, that is. Think about what "smart" means to you. To me, an intelligent person is one that can adapt quickly. A person that has control...
  9. New Grads Today v. New Grads From Years Ago

    It is the most fun, stressful, tiring both physically and mentally, feeling like a retard, learning something new EVERYDAY, messing up, cleaning up, doing and re-doing, AWESOME time in your life! I'm in at just under 8 months as an RN. I totally und...
  10. New grad Home health nurse

    Go for it. Typically, and I repeat, typically... HH patients are very stable. Your job is to help transition them to home after a hospital stay, teach them about their meds, perform wound care, teach ostomy care etc, etc... I started as an LVN(RN ...
  11. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    Geez, what a horrible experience. I'm surprised that oral dilaudid was the only option after such a major surgery. Yikes.
  12. what makes a good nurse?

    Must, must, must be objective and a hard worker. I used to be sensitive, and it took all of one month to rid me of that. I don't think personality type really matters as long as you respect others and let things roll off your back. Being a nurse...
  13. In Texas, where it appears from other posts that the job market is pretty good. I don't know ANYTHING about other cities, however, I am going to tell you what I did, as I just graduated in May and had a somewhat difficult time finding a job. First o...
  14. Is the universe trying to tell me something????

    And unfortunately, nursing programs have gotten super duper competitive. That being said, I feel your pain. As a previous poster stated already, where there is a will, there is a way. Truer words have never been spoken. Keep looking for an alter...
  15. care plans

    Care plans are total BS! I want to know who thought they would be a good idea......our job is a "Care Plan" GRRRRRRRR. Check, check, check, check