pjlemley

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1. I have no idea what to do

   pjlemley replied to LadyJoce's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, I'm sorry, but this business about not wanting to be Hispanic in Texas is ridiculous. The city I live in is 65% Hispanic. In 2020, Hispanics are supposed to be the majority in Texas. If you don't want to live here because your Hispanic, fine, b...

2. I have no idea what to do

   pjlemley replied to LadyJoce's topic in General Nursing

   Are you kidding? There are literally hundreds of jobs listed here in South Texas on careerbuilder.com. There are probably 2 or 3 every week that I could apply to. No, it's not California working conditions (yes, I wish it were), but especially if yo...

3. The Ramblings of a Nurse

   pjlemley replied to kurisuchine08's topic in General Nursing

   It is interesting that both you and I came into nursing via other fields and are older, perhaps, than most entering this field. I agree with you. After spending 20 years writing and editing for various corporate and nonprofit entities, I can truly sa...

4. 1st semester book costs

   pjlemley replied to azhic13's topic in General Students

   That's insane. You know what I always did--I went on amazon and ordered 1 edition before the latest. It saved me hundreds of dollars. Most of the time the course textbooks are on reserve, and really, do you think kidney anatomy has changed that much?...

5. The Ramblings of a Nurse

   pjlemley replied to kurisuchine08's topic in General Nursing

   Can I ask you, given that we work like dogs, have people's lives in our hands, and often cannot even eat or pee, what is wrong with asking for more money? Or what is wrong with asking to have breaks and be able to pee? I see this as a particularly fe...

6. For Southern California Nurses

   pjlemley replied to ladykb8's topic in California

   In San Antonio, Arabic, which I am dying to learn, or Swahili, are great languages to know. I had a Rwandan speaker recently and we had to get a translator phone, and then it turned out that the translator didn't speak the same dialect as the patient...