PeachPie

PeachPie

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  1. Did you make friends in your work place? I mean friends you go out with and stuff

    PeachPie replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go out of my way to make workplace friends, as I prioritize the actual job over interactions. This is not to say that I am antisocial or unfriendly, I simply don't want drama, favoritism, or...

  2. why all the rudeness?

    PeachPie replied to christymwinn's topic in General Nursing

    It's a webforum, one with many different people. Many forums are a place for like-minded people, but this forum is for nurses. The nursing career does not define the people, so many perspectives mean...

  3. Just need to vent.

    PeachPie replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    I guess this shows the facility's true colors of planning to replace actual nurses with cheaper techs and

  4. Just need to vent.

    PeachPie replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire

  5. Houston Hospital CNA jobs: SO HARD TO GET IN

    PeachPie replied to PeachPie's topic in Texas Nursing

    My friend works as a CNA in ICU at Ben Taub and tells me of horrible staff

  6. Houston Hospital CNA jobs: SO HARD TO GET IN

    PeachPie posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm looking to work for a Med Center hospital, preferably one that could help out with nursing school. People have suggested MD Anderson and St Luke's. Any others? I've had it with nursing homes. I've...

  7. Date MD's??

    PeachPie replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    This maks me sooooo mad! I've been busting my butt to get into nursing school for 2 years, and this is my competition? I need a job and a career so I can help support my family because my dad is going...

  8. How much autonomy do nurses have??

    PeachPie replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    please let me make this clear: nurses are not halfa$$/underachieving/lazy/failed/unable/lesser doctors. please do not look at nursing as a plan b if med school doesn't work out or "the next best...

  9. Do Nurses Need Chemistry Education?

    PeachPie replied to Dr. O's topic in General Nursing

    I think that a person could be a nurse without much chemistry background BUT CHEMISTRY CLASSES TEACH YOU HOW IT ALL WORKS. I mean, we could memorize drug facts and simply know what the drug does and...

  10. Houston Hospital CNA jobs: SO HARD TO GET IN

    PeachPie replied to PeachPie's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, I am certified and up to date (I got my license on the day of Houston's Katrina evacuations). Shriner's requires past hospital experience. I'm also looking into HCHD like Ben Taub, but I have...

  11. Praise for a doctor!!!!!!

    PeachPie replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    Aww that was wonderful. I'm happy to hear nurses talking about my late grandpa like that all the

  12. Houston Hospital CNA jobs: SO HARD TO GET IN

    PeachPie replied to PeachPie's topic in Texas Nursing

    Sadly, no hospital experience of clinical work. I'm currently taking Pharmacology at HCC and hoping that i'll get into the nursing program this fall. Thanks for the encouragement. My friend who hasn't...

  13. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    *Goes shopping for weedwhackers and

  14. Geri-psych?

    PeachPie posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to work in a seedy nonprofit Catholic nursing home, and quitting was one of the smartest things I've ever done. One thing has lingered on my mind: Where does LTC care end and geri-psych begin?...

  15. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    This kind of reminds me of war accounts of mothers who would throw their children off cliffs and then jump to prevent their kids from being captured, raped, enslaved,

  16. Date MD's??

    PeachPie replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    Someone once told me, "Never ___where you eat or ____ where you work." I couldn't agree more. Workcest and anything that combines private and public life like that is risky. Edited for foul language...

  17. The future of nursing salaries?

    PeachPie replied to Rephaim's topic in General Nursing

    What did nurses make back in the past few decades? I mean, when did it go from a pink-collor assistant job to the career it is

  18. Geri-psych?

    PeachPie replied to PeachPie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow... reason #43489 why I plan to take things into my own hands while I still have the mental capacity to do

  19. Good Housekeeping Baby Book (c) 1969

    PeachPie replied to minkajane's topic in Nursing Humor

    Were women kind of encouraged to smoke and drink in those days because the idea was not to have big

  20. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Having too many kids beyond one's means is pure idealism, and I despise people who do it (people who live in countries without government support and the way to ensure one's future is to have children...

  21. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Any Tom Cruise followers here? Sometimes, if I suddenly wake up from a nap, I'll be so disoriented that I'll talk about standing on fluffy clouds or that I'm in an alternate universe in which the laws...

  22. So... advising little sis on healthcare career

    PeachPie posted a topic in General Nursing

    My little sis is 16 and a model kid with great grades, high hopes, and a dream to be a Doctor Without Borders. Of course, her perceptions are all based on society's stereotypes ("You're sooo smart,...

  23. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    This kind of reminds me of how police will arrest the prostitute but not the

  24. So... advising little sis on healthcare career

    PeachPie replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to explain to her the differences between the medical and nursing models... any helpful links? She's still under the impression that nurses are doctor's

  25. Andrea Yates R.N.

    PeachPie replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Her toxic environment drove her to it. Her reverand was a religious nutcase who has gone so far as to preach in Morocco, which is punishable by death. My mother kept having children despite her...