rosy

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1. RN School is tough !!

   rosy replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   I found that nursing school was a lot easier to handle if I could distance myself from nursing from time to time. Many of us worked in nursing while in nursing school. That may or may not be a good thing, the pay and experience are usually pretty g...

2. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

   rosy replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Lest we forget the Constitution of the United States of America Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Frankly we Americans fough...

3. Shooting at nurse's college in Tuscon, AZ??

   rosy replied to indynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Lest we forget the Constitution of the United States of America Amendment II A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Frankly we Americans fough...

4. Licensure requirements

   rosy replied to cbrn89's topic in Triage

   I work for a private agency, we do triage for health systems, insurance and doctors offices. Some accounts pay per call others pay a set monthly rate for the service. some of out doctor offices we provide just triage, others we are also their answe...

5. Woried a Little

   rosy replied to SRNJIM's topic in General Nursing

   You can have my job, I plan to be done with it by then seriously, we don't know what the job market will be like next year or two years down the line. All indications would be that there will still be a shortage, and jobs will be available. Conce...

6. We make SO much $$$

   rosy replied to whipping girl in 07's topic in General Nursing

   My husband is a computer programer, and can't find a job in his field. He is currently working as a contractor for a large company in another city. We as nurses may not make the highest salaries, but as my mother used to say "we'll always have a jo...

7. Survey: Are you confident that your nursing colleagues are competent?

   rosy replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   In my current position I would say yes all are competent. However this has not always been true. There have also been times that I felt my co-workers were competent, but there's was not ( opps, that would have been me.)

8. Re: Movies with Nurses

   rosy replied to skwirm's topic in General Nursing

   An oldie but a goodie, but still one of my favorites is "Sister Kenny" with Rosland Russel I think. It's about Elizabeth Kenny who pioneered a treatment for polio.

9. Cna

   rosy replied to angelac1978's topic in General Nursing

   From what I have observed, CNA's make about 1/3 what base for RN's is, that is in my area of Neb/Ia. Good luck, I hope you find nursing wonderful. :kiss

10. Who is your idol ?

    rosy replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I am inspired by people of vision, and I have been privledged to observe and work with 4 nurses with remarkable vision for nursing. Two started a hospice where I worked and the other two started and continue to lead a telehealth organization where I...

11. For those that have left bedside nursing.

    rosy replied to PhantomRN's topic in General Nursing

    The good news is that if you ever go back to the bedside you can re-learn what you may have forgotten. and you will have to learn whatever the technology and research has come forward with. I also left the bedside about 2 years ago (March 13, 2000, ...

12. What is your title and what state/province are you in?

    rosy replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm an Iowa RN too. Because I work in telephone triage i am licensed in CA, NM, OH, and IA, I love the interstate compact, it saves a ton of money getting all those extra licenses

13. Im so sad.

    rosy replied to adnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, the memories come rolling back. I to (as I am sure is true of many of us) sang "Good-by to Love" solo for a long time. i met my husband at 25, married him at 26 and have been married almost 20 years. During those alone years I learned one real...

14. I'm curious of your opinion

    rosy replied to askater's topic in General Nursing

    I thought NICU nurses believed in the whole family approach to care. The parents have a whole lot more invested in this baby than you do, and flipping off their concerns strikes me as pretty insentive

15. Women or girls ?

    rosy replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    We can call each other 'girls' you can't.