SummerGarden

SummerGarden BSN, MSN, RN

ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr

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  1. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    SummerGarden replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    i do not think many pro-lifers, including you from what you have written, are 100% prolife. somewhat pro-life but not 100% pro-life. for example, killing off abortion clinic doctors to the pro-life...

  2. Returning to the Phiippines to get there BSN

    SummerGarden replied to CNAMOM30's topic in General Nursing

    np gilly, i like your avatar!! anyway, i think you may be correct about being able to sit for the nclex post bsn from the philippines. i know of people from other european countries that were able to...

  3. Nursing Associations

    SummerGarden replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    op: it is important to me to join the ana and the ena because i have always wanted to be involved politically in areas of interest to me and these professional organizations are involved in health...

  4. Moving on to Dogs...No RN 2 b

    SummerGarden replied to NovaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    there is nothing worse then doing something you hate for a living. before my nursing career i experienced working in a career field i hated for several years!!! i had no way to get out! thus, i...

  5. Hospital/Acute care experience first?

    SummerGarden replied to sameasalways's topic in First Year After Licensure

    this may not be a bad idea! after working the worse medical surgical floor in my hospital for an entire summer i would never suggest to anyone to give up a job they like! btw, i normally have two...

  6. job interview coming up

    SummerGarden replied to becca001's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats to you too!! It is nice to move on, is it

  7. Had a good interview but....

    SummerGarden replied to Slambe3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    CONGRATS!!!!

  8. Hospital/Acute care experience first?

    SummerGarden replied to sameasalways's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ok... you sound like me except you do not know what you want to do when you grow up (this is ok).:wink2: i too worked social work and have a degree in that area. similarly i choose nursing because of...

  9. Hospital/Acute care experience first?

    SummerGarden replied to sameasalways's topic in First Year After Licensure

    are you stating you want to be a psych nurse? if so, i would not be concerned about hospital experience at all if i could land the job... if my goal was outpatient anything and i could land the job...

  10. How did you know you wanted to specialize?

    SummerGarden replied to hananderson0312's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i knew i wanted to work in critical care or er trauma nursing before nursing school. i have experience in pubic health and a bit in home health before becoming a nurse so i know it is something i wish...

  11. my first night on my own tonight!!! i am gonna vomit=(((((

    SummerGarden replied to erin01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Join us on the First Year After Nursing Licensure because you are not alone.

  12. job interview coming up

    SummerGarden replied to becca001's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats! I am glad you landed what you

  13. Nurse performs tracheotomy

    SummerGarden replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    i saw this on the "mercy" preview to air on nbc this fall. maybe he did too??? if it is a true story, it is possible that they stepped out of their scope of practice and fled for fear of being...

  14. help picking between two jobs

    SummerGarden replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i would go with the less stress job and lower cost of insurance. i currently work a high stress job because the floor is poorly run. trust me; there is not enough vacation time in the world to satisfy...

  15. overloaded!

    SummerGarden replied to pinkpunkca's topic in General Nursing

    i am not dealing with it well!!! where i currently work, the census on nights is 1 nurse to 6 patients. these patients are really really ill!!! some belong in an icu but at times the icu is full!!! so...

  16. How nursing has changed over the years...

    SummerGarden replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    umm.. i still do this stuff at my current hospital, which are a few more reasons why i am leaving!!! i honestly cannot wait to join the army in a few years... working in rural areas is like working in...

  17. What can I do to get into the ICU I feel like I've trapped myself into med-surg

    SummerGarden replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    definitely take the advice from the above posters and do not give up! i completely know how you feel, btw. my career goal in nursing is to be an expert in emergency and trauma nursing. so i worked...

  18. Need help re: desire for multi-state licensure

    SummerGarden replied to LovingNurse's topic in General Nursing

    it is easier then you think... i have a multi-state license because the license in the state i live is a multi-state license. however, i have another license in the state i grew up (where my folks...

  19. High School student needing advice!!!

    SummerGarden replied to IfEverWeWake's topic in General Nursing

    your statements are not true unless there is a hospital out there that is confused about degrees vs. licensure!! as the poster stated above your post points out a bsn is only a degree; there is no...

  20. A forum for New Grads and our supporters!

    SummerGarden replied to SummerGarden's topic in General Nursing

    bump, again!! it is september, fellow new grads....!!! did you just graduate or are you back in school? are you post 6 months or are you so new you are still on orientation? no job yet or do you...

  21. A forum for New Grads and our supporters!

    SummerGarden posted a topic in General Nursing

    are you a licensed new grad rn or lpn/lvn who is working and needs a place to vent or have fun?? or are you an experienced nurse of 2 or more years who would like to help??? come join us on the first...

  22. Shout out for the First Year After Licensure Forum

    SummerGarden posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    i just wanted to let this group know that this forum exist and we are here to support each other... so come on over if you want to vent or post happy thoughts.

  23. Shout out for the First Year After Licensure Forum

    SummerGarden replied to SummerGarden's topic in First Year After Licensure

    bump, again!! it is september, fellow new grads....!!! did you just graduate or are you back in school? are you post 6 months or are you so new you are still on orientation? no job yet or do you...

  24. It's not what you know it's Who you know......

    SummerGarden replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in General Nursing

    would you hire a new grad who, after less then one month of orientation at hospital-a quit hospital-a's ob unit for "personal reasons", then went to work for outpatient facility-a for 6 months, quit...

  25. Is this volume work normal, please help?

    SummerGarden replied to masry123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i do not know where you work, but it sounds like some of that is stuff that you should not be doing. i think you are being taken advantage of because you are new. in the future, if a nurse administers...