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OH MY GOSH!!!! I JUST GOT HOME A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WHEN I LOGGED IN TO FIND OUT THAT THE POST I POSTED ON SATURDAY HAS BECOME QUITE ENGAGING!!!! I HAVE JUST GOT DONE WITH A 20 HOUR SHIFT!!! I AM QUITE TIRED, BUT I HAVE TO REPLY!!!! I WORKED A 20 HOUR...

I have been a RN for 5 years. I have been working as an Organ Procurement Coordinator for the past 1 1/2 years. I live by a pager 6 days on call then off for 3 days, and then back on call 6 days then off 3 days, etc. Yeah, at times it's hard, but i...

I posted this topic here and in the military nursing forum so that more viewers would read it and be able to respond. I would love to hear any tips or thoughts on the matter. I have been a RN for 5 years. I have been working as an Organ Procu...

It is very sad that this had to happen who ever did it, but things like this do happen everyday where ever you live!! I do have to say that I Totally agree with you on this BOB!!! I grew up with guns in the house and I was taught right from wrong at ...

Ouch, I thought I was the only one with a heel spur!!

zee--- too late!!! ;) ;)

Hoolahan Wow what a great story! It gave me chills as I was reading it. I have always been fasinated with "near death experiences." ( By the way, I use the space bar quite frequently because I think it makes it easier to read! )

My husband is living proof that praying does work!! And it also helps to have Faith to back up your prayers!! Ever since 9-11, I have been praying more than usual. I find myself more at peace now, even with everything going on, than I was before 9...

Frautara--- I had a needle stick three months into my career. I was quite scared!!! Not only for me, BUT for my husband!! I was torn up about it for a long time and found myself crying about it a lot. How could I be so clumbsy was the phrase that ...

mkue, I desired to go into a RN-MSN program before I even completed my Diploma program for RN, but I opted to go into a RN-BSN program after I took a year off. I worked for a year and decided that I might not want to be a NP or a Nurse Aneth. after a...

I did the same thing through out Nursing school, NurseStudentFall01!! I even started to diagnose all of my family members!!! Just wait til you get to Psych!!! You won't know whether you are coming or going. :D :D

I have found that " FAMILY " is the hardest part of my job!!!! It does not matter how far out of your way you go, they still are UNhappy with something!! I get the biggest kick out of the family members that choose to call during report (around 7am, ...

Dr Weaver---- "Cut the nurses some slack due to the nursing shortage" REALITY CHECK !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH As if a Dr would ever CUT US SLACK if IT meant FOR ONE......that they did not get their abnormal lab values called to them!!!!! :p

I have a friend who's last name is Worst, so we call her the :p the Worst Nurse

THANKS BRIAN!!!! KEEP up the GREAT WORk!! THIS site, if used by ALLNURSES, like the site is called could really make a difference for our profession!!! This new FORUM will be good to keep every body up to date for what is happening around the USA!!

My husband and I went to see PEARL HARBOR this weekend!! AND let me tell you right now, GO SEE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has made a surreal impression on my life about the events that took place. My mother was only 2 years old when i...

I will DO IT!!!! I would love to be able to be a part of something like that!!! Tell me the day, the corner , and I bring the sign!!! Hey my brother might be able to help out!! He owns his own sign shop!!!!!!! What do you say NURSES!!!!!!!!!!!! Let'...

Just a thought.... How about each nurse that posts in this BB create a type of "CHAIN LETTER" to send out to other nurses. Whether it be E mail or or real mail, it would work like a CHAIN LETTER would. The nurses who receives the letter would t...

a PCA in my hospital means a Patient Care Associate. That is great! Get out of that current job and get your hands wet!! It will definately help with your skills as a student nurse in clinical!! :)

It is about time that stories like these get published!! This will serve the laypeople out there that do not get what all the hype is about!!! "Let us all hold strong!!!!" TELL your story!!!

I just started to recall how hard it was for me to get into a nursing school!!!!!!!!! After graduating from high school, I had a difficult time trying to get into a college nursing program. The colleges that I applied to only had enough room for onl...

Hey CARGAL!!!! You rock!!!! My Keystone PAL!!! Also TO CARGAL: Have you heard about Senate Bill 640? Peggyohio gave me the site to get the info. I received the actual BILL in the mail the other day. It states that if you still have active loans ou...

I aggree!!!!!!! BUT there are not enough NURSING INSTRUCTORS to teach effectively. I understand that to be successful in school, a student needs to have a good TEACHER!! I was one of those students that wanted undivided attention. SINCE I was PAY...

Let me just say that I can tell right now that I would choose you as my doctor some day!!!!!!!! You actually care about what we see each and everyday. That means that you would even LISTEN to your PATIENTS!!! You will make it far in the mediacl fie...

Hey shannon!!! First of all GOOD LUCK on the boards!!! Second of all, I took the KAPLAN review that you are going to take and it was exactly what it says......A REVIEW!!! If you studied all during school, the class will just go over everything that ...