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LOL...thats how i was at first gsmommy......i toke it personal when callers did not take my advise at first.....you won't last if dont get over it...ama caller and move on to next call.

work from home, no commuting, no sitting in traffic.......the list goes on

To work with hot female nurses :)......all kidding aside......I know now that I was a "PA student reject" for a good reason. After getting tired of being rejected by PA schools, a friend and I decided to try nursing. It was the best career move I've...

If this is your only option, then go for it. 45k is a lot of money to payback and can be a very big burden later on. If you ever have to file for bankruptcy, student loans don't go away (correct me if I'm wrong on this). In my situation I had to work...

Hello i just wanted to say "ditto", I too was a corpsman NEC 8489 but hated the Navy nurses I worked with and vowed never to become a nurse........but what do you know, look who ate his own word....I have been an RN for 7 yrs and it was best career m...

No problem. There is always one person in the class that seems to disrupt lecture with "well at Sharp we use to do it this way", was very annoying but the one thing I learned though was that even that person may end up helping you with clinical,skil...

Hi Deeb, Double ditto on Kaiser.......I personally work at KP call center but it is based out of San Diego and we work from home. I know that doesn't help u right now but just in case you relocate check out http://www.kponcall.com. I know that Nort...

congratulations, I graduated there 7 yrs ago. Just a helpful hint in skills check off....do it actually how its taught by the instructors and how it is shown on the book, ie taking a blood pressure. This is very difficult especially if you have any ...

Just a suggestion: I wanted to get into SDSU's Nursing school and was faced with GPA and points requirement. "Sorry it can take you 2-3 yrs" I couldn't wait around because I had a family to take care of, so I applied and got accepted to an ADN pr...

Hello, Kaiser Permanente pays more than the rest of the community, if that is most important to you. Things are affordable now as far as housing is concerned but you may consider moving up to the Southern Riverside County area (1hr away) where lots o...

I have heard that San Antonio Community and Pomona Valley ER wise were good places to work. Ive worked at Inland Valley Hospital in Wildomar yrs ago and they had a real good crew and MD's to work with.....you get a good share of traumas.

If you've ever triaged in the ER or the frontlines and want a good chuckle check out this sketch from SNL Cheri Oteri....... . http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99lsimmer.phtml My stomachs hurts from laughing.

How funny......I hang out with AMA every now and then at one of the Supermotox race providing medical support as a RN along with an ER doc and athletic trainer

MARYANN, How weird, I wanted to do OR but ended up in the ER. If its available in your area, you may want to consider telephone triage. I am doing telephone triage (work from home) and ER per diem to keep up the skills. Its a nice balance and in case...

I couldnt find a clip of it on the internet, please share when you find it. FYI I bought the SNL Cheri Oteri (best of) DVD, IT DID NOT have it but it does have a Nadeen skit working at a burger joint.

My goal in life was to become a Physician Assistant and when I could not get into a program a friend of mine who was doing the same thing told me to "settle" for nursing. Man..it was the best thing I've ever done at age 32(things happen for a reason)...

I guess it depends where your work. I work in an ER as well, and I've had several female nurses say they would rather have more male nurses in the dept. One of the reasons is that we dont gossip as much. Who knows, what makes people happy, just get ...

I do feel a nurse should have a bachelors degree in some field so they are educated enough to converse intelligently with the other members of the healthcare team (doctors, administrators, PTs, OTs, RTs, other nurses, etc.). A response to the above s...

Just wanted to hear from the veteran flight nurses out there. I just read an article that stated that ICU experience is prefered. I have only ED/Trauma experience, do I need to become an ICU nurse?

Thanks nursenary for the advice. FYI your email did not show. I know orientation is the key, do you have any preferance on teaching hospital vs nonteaching hospital to start at. MICU vs SICU?

Glad you like the transition into the ER. I'm an ER nurse and everything you've said is true. What do you think about an ER nurse going to ICU. How do you think I would do? Just a couple of reasons why. I would like to do Critical Care transport an...

why does it have to be white? why not make the janitors wear white? do you really think that a janitor is going to feel that confident to start an iv because he is wearing scrubs. i know its all about security your dept is not that big that you dont...

Are you kidding me, i'll quit nursing if I have to wear white. whats next, the funny looking caps that nurses use to wear.

All of the above traits mentioned are important like being able to think fast on your feet. I think that comes with time and experience. It is also important to not be judgemental, the minute you start judging/stereotyping the drug seeker, the drunk...

what i hated: - I agree, the annoying CNA who always interrupted to share their clinical experiences - the white uniforms - nursing care plans - labor and delivery, why must they torture male nurses to go tru a clinical rotation that we would never ...