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1. Dating someone from within ???

   prospect replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   "So... Your resume says that you haven't worked in six months. And your last position was at Midtown Hospital... So why did you leave there?" "Well, I got fired on the same day that my colleague Joe Smith filed a lawsuit for sexual harassment. Yo...

2. Dating someone from within ???

   prospect replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   OK, my earlier post was kind of snarky and not really helpful. So I'll try again. Also, I want to emphasise that I am NOT telling anyone what they can or cannot do. I also admit that my situation is different to most people's. The two issues here...

3. Dating someone from within ???

   prospect replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

   Ha! Ha-ha!!! Ha-ha-ha!!!!!! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!!!! It almost sounded like you said, "dating a co-worker." Ha, ha, ha... That is a real knee-slapper... Really, I know that I have a slightly worse position than most people... Bu...

4. Little Things While Waiting For School

   prospect posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   So, I walk into the Family Room, with my usual script. "Hey, everybody, you can help yourself with coffee and tea here. Careful - the water's super-hot. Milk's down here in this fridge. If you need that phone, dial one for an outside line.." (smil...

5. ED safety... Bit of a rant

   prospect replied to edrn09's topic in Emergency

   You asked: >What do other ED's do for safety? How can we lock the ambulance > bay to thugs but not to squads? OK, here's the deal on the ED with which I am familiar: The main entrance to the hospital closes at (I think) 8:30PM. That is the la...

6. Interviews And Getting Into Pre-Nursing Programme

   prospect posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   So I bit the bullet... and sent off my application to my local nursing school. There are two nursing schools in my area, and I choose one. Partly due to their reputation for hands-on training. And also due to their association with the local ambul...

7. Scared Of Bullying

   prospect replied to prospect's topic in Relations

   OK, I'll put a few replies together. And with a practical type focus: whodatnurse says: >I felt sad reading your second post because it sounds >as if the world is this rather terrifying place for you, >as well as the people in it. It is j...

8. Failed the nclex the 2nd time... feeling down

   prospect replied to RN,BSN84's topic in NCLEX

   I seem to recall some Japanese expression like, "Fall down nine times, stand up ten times." Thomas Edison said something like, progressing in his research towards his successes, required increasing the velocity of his failures. Also, I seem to re...

9. Scared Of Bullying

   prospect replied to prospect's topic in Relations

   Gaaaaaahhh... I was feeling distracted/stressed about something else when I wrote that. So it came out really poorly. I'd like to edit out a bunch of junk in the original post, but there doesn't seem to be a mechanism for that(?) A consistent probl...

10. Scared Of Bullying

    prospect posted a topic in Relations

    OK... Here's the background: I have a moderate history of my own medical care. Long-term medications and some minor surgery. I have a history of suspicion to doctors, but kindness to nurses. At the time of a minor surgery, I had an attitude adjustm...