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  1. moving to melbourne FL

    hey there! i just wanna know if there is someone here who is from melbourne florida. my husband and i will be moving there soon. i'll be working at holmes regional medical center and it'll be a BIG...
  2. congrats!!!! considering that its your first, i would go for med-surg. it has everything...psyche included. im on a respiratory/med surg floor. respiratory is our main area which could be tough too....
  3. hi k-an 24, you're more than welcome. there is nothing better than helping fellow filipinos out. a lot of kind hearted filipinos also helped us when we first came here and we are simply passing it...
  4. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    sorry about the mix up. i know the pay is very low..but i failed to mention that i signed up with holmes under different circumstances. i come from another country and started working as a nurse tech....
  5. mabuhay!!! wow, i wished i could have read this thread before me and my husband migrated here. i have been a member of allnurses early this year, and i found some of the threads/posts were...
  6. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    hey there! i have only lived in melbourne for about 5 months. being to new to this country and all but so far, me and my husband like it here. are you considering holmes regional? anyway, starting...
  7. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    thank you. i havent been here since my last post. good to hear that you're now on your own. feels liberating right? at least you can pace yourself and work on your own. no more following around to the...
  8. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    i passed my boards! yayyy!!! now all i have to do is wait for my florida license, which could take me like a couple more weeks. but im not rushing things. still consider myself an orientee, being new...
  9. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    need some quick hurricane orientation tips. considering that this is my first hurricane here in florida. we do have typhoons back in my country but i dont know what to expect with the hurricanes here...
  10. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    i am quite ok now. new staff on my floor get sick almost every week, at least thats what the old timers had experienced too. i can only hope that i get used to it right away. that big parking space...
  11. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    you got that right. after a few days of working at the respiratory wing, i got sick! my throat started getting scratchy a couple of days ago, then had the colds which eventually ended up with that...
  12. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    tgif!!! im glad i survived the week! i get sat and sun off then back to work on monday. but till then, im sleeping until 10am tomorrow. the staff has been great so far and i learned lots. my feet and...
  13. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    hi. i guess you can say i've got the 1st day of work blues...i am so tired and my feet are killing me! not that i did anything but from just standing around almost 90% of the time.. hehehe...i have a...
  14. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    im at 7E (respiratory). im not sure yet what my program is because tomorrow will be the first time i report on the floors. pretty anxious to start though. everything is WAY different from what i was...
  15. Holmes Regional in Melbourne

    i just moved to melbourne from overseas barely 3 weeks ago. my husband and i also work at holmes. we start on monday. had our orientation last week. we have to pass our boards first so we are now...
  16. moving to melbourne FL

    hi there! we are now here in melbourne. love it, so far... we havent been around much (dont have a car yet) but hopefully when we do get a car, we can get to all the beautiful places and see the...
  17. hello peeps! just wanna clear some things up.. as an immigrant employment based nurse, what happens if you fail the NCLEX on your first take? a. you get the chance to retake it? b. if you fail again,...
  18. what happens if you fail the NCLEX?

    hi suzanne, thanks for your reply. we are now in the final stages of the immigration process and cannot anymore back track. had i known of this site way way before, i would have heeded your advise --...
  19. moving to melbourne FL

    thank you for the warm welcome! we will be arriving in florida on july 7 already -- thats just a week from now! im starting to get excited and a bit anxious too... we wont be going right away to...
  20. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    i have a couple of tales to share... you can guess the sex of the baby by just looking and talking at a pregnant woman: if she looks pretty and her disposition is happy, its a girl; if she's grumpy,...
  21. Filipino Nurses From Cebu?

    hi tonix! im also from cebu doctors. never mind when i graduated. hehe..anyways, i know you personally, that is. since the time you posted your first message, i guessed it was you. and your cousin...
  22. moving to melbourne FL

    sounds very depressing to me....hmmm...but then again, you can never be 100% safe anywhere. thanks for this bit of info. will keep it in
  23. moving to melbourne FL

    thanks for your reply. by new hospital, do you mean the new wing that will be finished by
  24. moving to melbourne FL

  25. moving to melbourne FL

    Would you know how much a good second hand car costs? or would you advise getting a brand new one? how about the insurance? and how soon do you think can we get a car once we start work? shopping for...