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What brands would you suggest?..i know popular does not always mean high quality.

Those are really cute! Thanks a bunch.

One advertised position in our area required a photo with the resume and stated that if you wouldn't send a picture then do not send a resume. I thought that was very weird. However, being desperate, I sent it anyway. And since I am of average looks, I am not at all surprised that I was never contacted for an interview:o.

This is not in response to "can a fat nurse be a good nurse", but it did get me thinking. I am a true apple shape: thick in the middle, thin arms and legs. I still want to look professional in my scrubs but don't know what is the best style..should I wear a lab coat or not, shirt in or out, style of pants, etc. Maybe some of you were a stylist in a former life and could offer some recommendations about styles, particular brands, or suggestions other than a tummy tuck. (I am working on the diet part but that doesn't help me for right now .)

How right you are, Esme.

After searching and applying online for over 7 months, I finally started pounding the pavement the old fashioned way. And had 2 interviews within 3 days and have a follow up interview for one of those today. So I would recommend to everyone to get out and knock on doors and meet real people...maybe they will start to notice you.

Take it from a small town girl (pop 5,000)...we are a nosy bunch. We all know each other and we know everybody elses business. And if we don't know, we make something up. We ask what we want to know. The boundaries are a little blurry (or a LOT blurry). You can open up and let them in and share your goals..that's what they do with each other, or you can do your time and move on. All you owe them is a good days work for good days pay. It may be hard to get used to but if you open up and share some of yourself they will actually trust you more. They want to know you and your business like they know each others. Thats why all the questions come your way. If you look at it in our kinda twisted small town way, its actually a compliment.

Oh dear God! So heartbreaking.

Having a baby at 37 sucked the life out of me...I cannot imagine this!!!

I know a Dick Long and Fanny Butts (not her maiden name, so she took this one on by choice!)

Not the same place then, :). I did leave that job, however. It is such a shame because it was a great place to work until HCAHPS and everything is what the patient "perceives" (even though they are sick and drugged most of the time!!!). I am currently at a hospital that works on perception but goes about it in a totally different way, that doesn't make the employee feel like the enemy. If the employees are being mistreated to supposedly get better HCAHP scores, then that hospital is all about the money and not about the relationships. Better off leaving that behind...because sometimes the grass really is greener.

I have been an RN for 5+ years. After moving with my family last year, I have applied for countless jobs (even out of the medical field)...after 9 months finally got a prn that I don't even like, but I have to help suppport my family. It feels awful to start a job, dreading it from day one, with no idea how many hours I will get to work. I am thankful to get a few hours, but also feel so trapped!!!

Our docs give it PR.

No, I have not found out what it was, although I still have nightmares about it getting on me! Sometimes, when I go in that same room to see a patient, I think I can still smell it...yikes. The links posted both had some similarities, although the terrible stench cannot be conveyed online..and aren't you glad?!?!

The formed mullet was a good description of how it actually looked. I have searched the internet for something that looks like it but could not find anything. Going to check out peopleofwalmart. I really wanted one of our docs to see it, and I desperately wanted to use some shears!