danigirl58

danigirl58

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  1. New and scared

    well in the last two weeks i have gone from student nurse doing my senior practicum to officially being a grad nurse. next week i start a new job as a gn on a unit that i have never been to, which i...
  2. Employer Tuition Reimbursement?

    rn34tx where abouts in the gulf coast are you
  3. I just wanted to add my 2 cents to this topic here, as I find it quite interesting. Where I am from (Canada) all the nurses in the province that I live in are all under both the provincial RN...
  4. What needs changing in nursing?

    this is what i think needs to be changed in nursing today :) # 1. respect for nurses from our bosses/goverment # 2. respect from pt's and thier families # 3. respect from each other nurse to nurse....
  5. i agree with everything that has been said :) if this is your dream and passion, don't let someone take that away from you. i had a similar situation..... i failed a clinical rotation in the last 2...
  6. uggggggggg i'm thinking that i made one of these little errors i applied on line and when it was all done and i was printing up the documents i noticed that the paper said that i wanted a green card...
  7. thought i failed but passed

    Congradulations
  8. Advice about BC?!

    i'm sorry i would have to disagree with you on the idea that vancouver is a cold and impersonal place. vancouver is a big city if you count all the suburbs. i have always thought of vancouver as...
  9. where i am, the lpns work in all parts of health care. at some of the hospitals the lpns do the same work as an rn (and i truly mean all the same work -hanging iv's giving all meds doing assessments...
  10. What is "KVO" on your unit?

    on mine is 25cc per hr. Have heard that anything less is not enough to actually keep the vein
  11. How much do you owe in loans?

    hummmmm well i just finished my bn program add that together with a year of upgrading and a year where life fell apart and i owe about 30,000. now the scarier thing is that my program had an added...
  12. CRNE or NCLEX???

    hey there, i just graduated and i am doing the same thing. i will be writing my crne in june and writing the nclex once i have the att from mn. i think its important to have the canadian exam done and...
  13. Union?

    um i'm not sure about some of your thoughts. i think it depends on where you come from and how strong your union is as well as how proactive those in the union are. i'm from canada and where i am my...
  14. the file that i pulled up has the rn's name, address (street name and number) and city of residence. it doesn't scare you to know that anyone can get that kind of info on you easy as pie. sorry it...
  15. Night Nursing

    the only problem i have with working nights is trying to get rid of all the energy that i have in the morning. i don't know how it happens but some how i manage to have more energy when i get off then...
  16. Curious Canadian RN Student :)

    amanda welcome to allnurses.com hey there, i have heard the same thing as well. the thing is though that a person would need to do a lot of research, and it would depend on what part of the states...
  17. omg that is horrible. that is pushing things a little to far. there are laws to protect our patients from invasion of privacy, where the heck are the laws that protect nurses. i mean come on if you...
  18. UT-HSC Fall '06 Applicants

    theres no such thing as an easy nursing program :) i would say more so that nursing is more so on the lines of varying degree's of hardness/difficulty. (i hope that made sense) besides why would you...
  19. License by exam time lines??

    hello out there :) i have a question for all those that have been licensed in the last little while. how long did it take any of you to have your licenser by exam application completed and how long...
  20. License by exam time lines??

    lavonne, thanks for the reply :) it's been longer then two weeks so i will keep on waiting and praying that my school gets it in
  21. Where do you keep your nurses notes?

    well the vital signs are kept on a sheet out side of the pt room, then of course we have other notes in the pt's charts and then the meds are kept in the mar binder....... having all these places to...
  22. New and scared

    i posted this in a different forum but then i found this one and thought that i owuld post it here well in the last two weeks i have gone from student nurse doing my senior practicum to officially...
  23. 1 letter down, 1 more to go

    aussiepupowner i kind of agree with you on the housing part. when i have traveled to galveston, i really didn't like what i saw for housing. also like you i wondered if i was just in the wrong parts...
  24. FRESHRN05 Wow that would have been hard. I had an opportunity to go with a float pool position but I declined it because I like to have a home to go to where things are some what familiar. I give you...
  25. i have about 5 shifts left of my orientation and i'm kind of looking forward to it. i am very scared :) but i think its the kick in the pants that i need. i am finding the transition from student to...