Kiren

Kiren

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  1. What nursing shortage?

    Kiren replied to labfreak's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe 10 years ago there wasn't a nursing shortage in WNY but there is now. In the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area they are offering tuition reimbursement and other perks to new grads. Recruiters are...

  2. Please don't eat your young.

    Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    anytime i have a bad experience with a nurse i evaluate my interaction with them to make sure i am not the problem. as a matter of fact, i look at the situation before hand to make sure i am...

  3. Please don't eat your young.

    Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    i did not mean to insult anyone by using the phrase "nurses eat their young". please accept my apology if i have offended anyone. i'm sure many of you are very helpful to students. however, this...

  4. Colleges are full?

    Kiren replied to G to The P's topic in General Nursing

    not here. i live in the buffalo, niagara falls n.y. area and most of the programs adn and bsn have little to no waitlist. if you want to give up sunny california for cold western ny for a few years...

  5. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    Kiren replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    one thing to keep in mind is that you have the right to refuse a urinalysis and ask for a blood test. eating poppy seeds or certain medications can give you a false positive on a urine test but not...

  6. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    Kiren replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    WHAAT??? OH PLEASE! I made more than twice that amount as an autoworker, no degree required. CNA's make more than $11/hr. If the starting wages were not at least $20+/hr I wouldn't even waste my...

  7. An Enemy As A Patient

    Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

    Some nursing school friends and I were wondering what do you do as a nurse if you have a patient whom you have had friction with outside the clinical setting. Do you set your differences aside or do...

  8. An Enemy As A Patient

    Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    If it were my dad's girlfriend I'd be tempted to do

  9. Nursing school schools with short waiting lists

    Kiren replied to bj2006's topic in General Students

    Niagara County Community College Between Buffalo & Niagara Falls NY. No wait list, high Nclex pass rate, low

  10. RN school and tattoos?

    Kiren replied to DirtRoads's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing school says all tats from the wrist to the neck must be covered in a way that it does not interfere with asepsis. Our clinical instructor said long sleeved white shirts are permissable...

  11. Nursing schools where there is no waiting schools

    Kiren replied to usha's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Niagara County Community College in the Western NY area (Niagara Falls/Buffalo).

  12. Racism in the workplace

    Kiren replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

  13. How do veteran nurses react to...

    Kiren replied to Asklepios's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting nursing I next month at the age of 35. I expect to have my ADN in May '08 at the age of 37. This is a second career for me as well as I earned my BS sociology degree in '95. I have been...

  14. What nursing school did or are you attending?

    Kiren replied to Ari RN's topic in New York Nursing

    Niagara County CC here. Excellent program and no wait list. I just me a girl from N. Carolina who transferred here b/c of the low tuition & instant

  15. See-thru white scrubs

    Kiren replied to blueberry21's topic in General Students

    Fortunately, our pants are ceil blue!!! However, I know that pantyhose (esp.control top) help eliminate sheerness and the look of cellubutt . Or maybe a pair of Spanx (spanx.com). They are a spandex...

  16. Age when you had your first child?

    Kiren replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i had my first and only child 4 yrs ago @ the age of 31. i got married @ 24 & spent the next six yrs enjoying being w/ my hubbie and traveling. after i turned 30 we decided we would try to get...

  17. Being a mentally ill nurse.

    Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

    does anyone know if it is possible for someone who has had previous hospitalizations for mental illness to become a nurse? are there laws that exclude people w/ certain types of a mental disorders...

  18. Being a mentally ill nurse.

    Kiren replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    if i'm not mistaken i think the disorder is paranoid sczhenophrenia. the young lady with the disorder lives in

  19. Nursing School Admissions Question

    Kiren replied to maryshome8's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing the same thing pretty much. I have a BS degree in sociology from '95. Like you, my GPA was nothing to brag about either. I got in to a local community college's ADN program with no problem....

  20. Tall scrubs

    Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

    help!!! does anyone know where to find scrubs for taller women. i am nearly 6ft tall and i have a 34 inch inseam. it seems as though all the "tall" scrubs only have a 32 inseam. i don't want to look...

  21. How much did your nursing books cost.

    Kiren posted a topic in General Students

    I just found out our nursing books will cost about $800. Is this

  22. nursing school and being a stay at home mom

    Kiren replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Students

    I am fortunate enough to have family members babysit my daughter for me while I was in class (grandmother, sister in law) last semester. I would usually study while my daughter was asleep (early...

  23. RN jobs in WNY

    Kiren posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Are there a lot of RN jobs in Buffalo/Niagara area? If so what area are they in and what do they

  24. Are you a non-acute care nurse?

    Kiren posted a topic in General Nursing

    To all the nurses out there who don't work in an acute care setting, what do you do? I am a ADN student and I know I DO NOT want to work in an acute care setting for more than a year or two to get...

  25. LPN to RN students

    Kiren posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Do you think you are doing better than other students without a nursing background? I have heard it dosen't matter but, I find that hard to