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Thats what I am saying, you just dont feel comfortable and it is obvious to others. Like I said, perform at your best in the things you know. And one thing I will fault you for is seeing something that you didnt understand and then not doing your own...

It sounds to me like you are just plain uncomfortable and intimidated. You have to let go of the need to feel like you know everything. You never will in ER. When pt's are admitted, they at least have a possible diagnosis. Sometimes in ER you have no...

Gracious, Im a former 3rd world nurse. I think Im a wonderful educated nurse. The level 1 trauma centre that I worked in in texas thought I was pretty good. I may move to San Diego. I hope I wont be looked at like Im stupid or less than the American ...

Parkland has wonderful residencies, and they pay pretty well. Its hard work but you learn ALOT! Try it.

I will be moving to Ca from Tx. I am new to all of this. :confused:When I had my RN from NM, and I applied to Tx, I was not aware that my NM license was only good for a certain amnt of time after I applied. It was a mess and I actually got suspended ...

im curious.........what part of texas?

Well, I have read all of the responses, and all I wonder is...........cant we just start small Try to uplift our peers, our units, our little piece of the equation? How many of us take a report and think " What was she doing that she couldn't do this...

I think you read my mind. I am getting just as bitter as you are and with good reason. But I am not going to be broke, or have no insurance, or lose my security! I am going to work tomorrow, smile at the beeches, treat the patients like how I want to...

Ok...........I finally spoke to someone personally to a certain Dallas hospital. She said that because I've never worked in the US before I need to get a internship position. I don't know what that is all about so I made her elaborate. Apparantly.......

Please dont get me wrong. I want to be orientated. I expect that to last for a few weeks at least. I need that. But it was made clear I had to apply for an internship POSITION. Not go through an internship to orientate me. It is two different things ...

OK???????? Umm I don't know what that is about......... but gerontology is not my speciality.

I agree............I need orientation............but I did my internship years and years ago! Orientation and internship are two different entities. Anyhow..........somewhere there is a job for dumb ole me!! I know Walmart is hiring!!

u dis tink I is be jokin! I ain fa dis!!!!!

I have no idea if you are obligated.............but do you want to? Is the LPN a knowledgeable staff who was trying to really help the patient? Or was it definately a case of ............always doing tasks that is out of his/her scope?

Im relocating to Texas and trying to find the best hospital. I called a recruitor at Baylor and spoke personally to her and then sent an e-mail and she never called or wrote back..........apparantly they must have enough nurses? Parkland se...

Thanks so much for your input. I really appreciate it.

Im going to TEXAS!!

Try going to school for four years and only getting a ADN ! I did way more credits than was needed for ADN, but just not quite enough for BSN. ( it was how the program where Im from was structured at the time.) Its revised now..........and many of th...

thanks.........I will keep trying. But I know that when it doesnt seem to be working out.......it usually means that that isn't what God has planned for me. So I will keep an open mind.

Where I worked...........we( the female nurses) let the doctors, our co-workers or whoever needed to )know that we were with child . We did this privately............explaining that we wanted it to be on a need to know basis only. We got advice on wh...

we were taught to place the hand against the top of the chest near the collar bone and then count resps for 30 sec and pulse for 30 sec. The pt is usually unaware that you are counting resps when you keep your hand in place at the pulse. Sometimes yo...

So what you need help with?

I dont know if I would like to be as rigid as it was in the "old days" ( as my mummy would say) I KNOW from experience that sometimes the pain can be UNBEARABLE. Awfully unbearable. In those instances.........an epidural is a lifesaver. It probably h...

Let me inform everybody. I consider myself a somewhat of a baby birthing expert. I only have three but with those three I have had everything!!!!!!!!! The first one was overdue and my cervix was hard as steel. So they induced me. After 9 hours of HEL...