SavageWist

Bless your heart!! do i also suffer from this but my skin also cracks, deep painful cracks. i have been a nurse now 13 years. i dont point this out at job interviews. i have a prescription ointment prescribed by a dermatologist and useer it nigh...

i pray these unemployed workers that are flocking to nursing will have compassion and really want to be a nurse instead of just wanting a job where they are not layed off.

i have 10 years experience in LTC. your nursing homes will always pay more than the hospitals. and there are many nursing homes now offering health insurance, that before you could only get while working in a hospital. most salaries can be neg. in ...

i have worked the Baylor plan for four years now. 2 days and my whole week is done. work 32 hours paid for 40. anything and almost everything is completed the first part of the shift when i am fresh. the last of the shift i spend my time doing su...

i always walk up to them introduce myself, let them know i am the floor nurse. i tell them i have such and such treatment to do and i invite them to go with me. many times they will just ask me a few questions and they are through with me. only on...

when a Dr. makes rounds on my unit i take the time to make them with him/her. i can personal talk with them and let them know what has been going on with my patient. also you get to know the Dr. and them know you so they know who they are speaking ...

i made very good grades in class and clinicals were 2nd nature to me, then....OBGYN durning clinicals. every baby in at least 5 counties was born durning my rotation. each baby that was born was very emotional to me. i was hugging the grandmothers...

there is a shoe out called Z-Coil. to wonderful to explain. very ugly but i now dance through 16 hour shifts and my back and legs feel brand new. big price around $200.00 but you can replace the springs for $40.00 and they dont usually need replac...

hello my room mate is tring to get into nursing school and one of the biggest requirements is a one page essay "why i want to be a nurse" she has all the requirements to be a good nurse already but needs some real "eye catcher statements". in one p...

hello i am an LVN in the deep east texas, LTC making 20.00 an hour for 32/40 weekend shift. i would like to relocate to amarillo texas and can not get a straight answer from anyone the rate of pay in amarillo. i made many phone calls while visiting...

i work at a wonderful facility; family owned not a corparation. it is the dang heat down here that is a killer. 95 degrees outside and 100% humidity. it is a killer. when i visited amarillo i dont think i even broke a sweat. that is why i was tr...

WalkMyGardenPath very well written. you captured the heart of all GOOD night nurses. i would be proud to work night shift with you anytime. lots of times i work with the nurses that read the newspapers.

i have been a nurse for 4.5 years now and 4 of them have been on nights. my reason for this i dont get mixed up in all the politics. i find at nights i dont have all the demands of this has to be done right now that i feel like i can do better pati...

we had a patient once that was dx with cancer of the stomach and pancress and nothing for pain was ordered. the man was laying in the bed screaming in pain at the end. dr. notified and i still recieved no orders for pain. so i took my cell phone d...

i was a prison guard for 10 years and then a truck driver for several years. i had a surgery with complications stayed in the hospital 21 days then developed staf infection back in the hospital 4 more weeks. i had very good nurses durning my stay a...

hello i am a Texas LVN and would really like to relocate to Las Vegas. can anyone tell me if LPN are used in Nevada? are there lots of jobs? what kind of pay scale? and what is the housing cost? thanks for your help.

i have always been a night owl so the night shift is for me.....and with the stress of nursing i would not have a job if it were not for nights.....durning day shift there are too many chiefs and not enough indians.....

hello my room mate is tring to get into nursing school and has to write a one page essay. this needs to be snappy and a real eye catcher! any ideas? please help! thanks Savagewist

wow thank yall so much. what wonderful ideas. i am also impressed with how many responses i have recieved in such a short time. i told my room mate see this is one reason why i wanted to be a nurse, look how helpful other nurses can be. she is ve...

when i was in portland oregon i worked for intelistaf. they also had insurance that you could afford. i never went without work. when i was cancelled they always found another shift for me. good luck. portland needs nurses.

thanks so much iliel

hi yall good luck in nursing school....it will one of the hardest things you will ever attempt but when it is over you will be so glad you stuck it out. if you get down in the dumps dont hesitate to email i will try and get you back on track.

hi i am a texas lvn wanting to try las vegas area for awhile. can someone tell me about the job opp. for lvn/lpn? thanks

this story was very funny...thanks