TiffanyE88

Thank you for sharing this. I have always been annoyed that the vaccine is only offered (and not recommended) for patients of a "certain age". I first had shingles when I was 12 years old. I am now 32 and about to start my nursing career. I wish I could get the vaccine to guarantee I never will have to experience that again.

Hello all, I am graduating from an RN program in 2 weeks and being 100% honest, with everything going on this year, I have not even began to look for a job. Due to COVID, our final year of nursing school was almost completely online. I have only gotten to do rotations on med-surg and telemetry floors and watch 1 chole and 1 TIPS procedure so I do feel like there are probably many opportunities out there that I may not know of. My question for all is: where is a good place for a new nurse to start? I live in San Antonio, TX so jobs are plentiful right now. As a side-note, I will say that I am almost sure I want to work nights. My husband lost his job this year and we have kept our 4 kids homeschooled. I am open to pretty much anything right now that will foster my growth. Thank you for your time & any responses are greatly appreciated!! Tiffany E., SN

Hello all! I am new here, taking my final semester of pre-reqs & wanting to go for my BSN. I am 30 years old and have tattoos all over but concerned with the acceptability of having ink in the medical workplace in 2019. I was a freelance nail technician for 6 years so if my clients didn't like tattoos, well bye! Then I worked the last 3 years for a dermatologist who knows my mother and my serious work ethic so she hired me regardless however, I still wore long under shirts, kept my hair down & put makeup on the one I have on my face once I became head M.A. because I figured that's the "proper" thing to do. My husband feels it is not a big deal & that tattoos are very accepted in society today but I know realistically many employers won't even hire individuals with tattoos. (I added a picture so you can see how (in my opinion) I still look professional when the tattoos are covered) So I began the painful, expensive & LONG process of laser removal on my neck; 2 years later it's still not 100% gone but could easily be covered by my hair or makeup. My question for those in the field or maybe in H.R. is: Do most hospitals feel comfortable with you simply covering tattoos or is it still a big enough deal that I should continue with the removal process? Thank you to all who respond!