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I think that any piercing, as long as it isn't large and obnoxious is fine. (I have 13 total piercings, 10 of which are in my ears). I don't have a nose piercing, but I am debating about having my tongue done. I have only had one person at my facilit...

In response to you question about debt, I am very lucky. Between scholarships and my family, I have no school debt. That is an amazing feeling. I can't imagine anyone in this area with school debt and trying to support themselves. The poster who sp...

I have been a nurse for almost exactly a year now. I am also looking for a different path. I have reapplied to retail stores for work until I find something that suits me better. I am already burned out of the way that administration, physicians and ...

I have a Palm LifeDrive and love it. It was expensive, but I asked for it for a Christmas present then purchased the software myself.

St. Louis MO, $18/hr and cost of living is fairly high. It's around $800 for a 1br apartment.

I graduated with my BSN in May of 2006 and I can say whole-heartedly that if I had it to do over, Nursing would be the last thing I chose. I have worked in 2 separate areas since graduation and have not found my place in either of them. That being sa...

I graduated with my BSN in May and have been working on a Level III NICU since June. I got out of orientation about a month ago and I think I've already burned out. During orientaiton, my preceptor and I ended up with the sickest kids. Sometimes we'd...

I really don't mind the admisstions and the work. I want to be confident. I guess my struggle is really with not being accepted. I talked to the person who called me and her response to everything was I guess you've just been targeted.

I have a friend who works nights on the same unit and I walked her out the other morning and she was almost in tears. The 3 nights she was there that week no one really talked to her. She tried to get in on conversation during slow periods but they t...

I don't know about hazing. I know that I rarely get any help, and I often feel like I'm being "dumped" on. As far as getting better at admits, I can set up an isolette with the best of them, but I still am having trouble juggling the admit with my ot...

I live in Shiloh and the area is really nice, quiet and safe. Other places to look would be O'Fallon, Millstadt, Lebanon, Troy, and Breese/Aviston but it also depends on where you want to work. Some of those towns, Breese for example, would be about ...

In my dreams I am: * A veterinarian * A biomedical engineer * A genetic engineer * A professional softball player (yay for first knee surgery at age 15 )

I would love to leave the hospital. I just don't know where else to go. Working in a MD office just doesn't really sound any better.

The problem is getting someone to come in. Right now we're struggling with out patients. Our acuity is incredibly high, and work can be a very depressing place to be so who wants to exhaust themselves working an extra shift?

Being assertive, yes, is a good thing I think, but what I always get hung up on is who then will pick up that patient who needs care? It's wonderful for us to talk about how we all should just say no, but then what happens to that person who needs th...

The commute really depends on what time you leave, what time you come home, and where you work. I work in "midtown" and for my 7am shift I leave here no later than 6:10. (But I like to be about 10 mins early). Right now we're in construction season s...

This may have already been asked on this board, and if so, I'm sorry. I looked around and couldn't find what I was looking for. I'm a "new" grad (in may) and while I was very excited the first few weeks of orientation, I have already kind of burned ...

That's what I meant. When I said "killing cells" it kills the receptor sites. It doesn't destroy the chemical itself, just the body's ability to use it.

I'm originally from southern WV too. What town WVUturtle? And yes the number of labs in Missouri are overwhelming. We have a horrible problem in the STL area with meth. My understanding of the drug is that it's 100% addictive with the first use becau...

I have talked to others in my orientation group and 2 of them are debating about applying for another job somewhere else in the next couple of weeks. We don't get off of orientation until Sept 9th. (We started June 4). Today was one of my roughest d...

I work in a Pediatric hospital. No adults at all other than the workers. (we do have a red box for adults with BP cuff, stethescope etc, but everyone prays we don't have to use it). I don't know if it's that I don't like the NICU. I feel like I'm jus...

No it isn't, but unfortunately I don't see a change happening any time soon. Forgive my pessimistic attitude, I have to go back tomorrow

I feel the same way. I'm in a Level III NICU with 2-3 pts. Our acuity these past weeks have been insane. A PPHN kid with blood frothing from the ET tube, a belly that is swollen and blue from a perfed bowel, etc. I spent my last day off looking at al...

I'm in the same boat as you are. I graduated in May of this year and I'm already dragged down and dreading every shift. I seriously looked at going back and getting another bachelors. I just can't decide what to do with myself....

I live just outside of Belleville in Shiloh. I work in St. Louis so I can't really comment on the pay scales at Memorial or St. Elizabeth's hospitals. (The ones here in Belleville). I can tell you about the commute to STL though