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  1. Need Advice/Encouragement

    Brainyheart posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi there everyone...I worked as a new grad on a very challenging med/oncology floor for 8 months (until this past July), then left to take a job in home infuison nursing because I am really interested...

  2. New to Home Infusion---Any Advice/Input?

    Brainyheart posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hello...I will be starting with a regional home infusion company in two weeks, and I would love to hear of everyone else's experience in the field. I am a new nurse (8 months), and they are willing...

  3. If I can't handle medical, am I weak?....

    Brainyheart replied to RN_Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No, you are not weak, but only overwhelmed. I am leaving floor nursing after only 8 months because I feel that it is simply unsafe and, to add to the absurdity, we are being pressured about having...

  4. New to Home Infusion---Any Advice/Input?

    Brainyheart replied to Brainyheart's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Thanks so much! I already have quite a collection of books and materials (including Weinstein, and the one the new company uses, by Lynn Dianne Phillips); I am trying to learn as much on my own as I...

  5. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    Brainyheart replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, again... When I said that there are "hard things" about nursing that can be changed, I wasn't necessarily saying that this is all up to each individual nurse. There are huge systemic problems...

  6. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    Brainyheart replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    I am a very late responder to this post...I would never say that "nurses" are pathetic, but I think the basic structure of nursing is truly dysfunctional---as bad as any family can be. I am only in 8...

  7. Anyone changing positions?

    Brainyheart replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi, bbrown06, maybe it might be a good idea to see if there are any in-house transfer positions in med-surg available. i am going full-time into a completely different venue, but i will be looking to...

  8. Anyone changing positions?

    Brainyheart replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am...I will have had 8 months on a med-oncology floor by the time I start my new job (in home infusion nursing). I have always wanted to be involved in some aspect of IV nursing, and now I will get...

  9. ready to quit

    Brainyheart replied to mark3274's topic in First Year After Licensure

    P.S.: Sorry, Mark, for calling you Mike!!! I

  10. A year in...and trust me, it gets better

    Brainyheart replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :igtsyt: I am in 7 months, too, and I will be quitting. I will NOT leave nursing, only bedside nursing. I certainly feel better about my own skills after 7 months, and that's why I now have the...

  11. ready to quit

    Brainyheart replied to mark3274's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mike: You are NOT alone! I am 7 months in on a ridiculously chaotic med-oncology floor:scrm: and I am waiting as I write this to see if I got a new (non-bedside) job that I interviewed for...

  12. Hospitals that hire new grads?

    Brainyheart replied to MerdalRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi, Everyone, I'm a new grad in the Boston area too (licensed July 21). I think there are just too few formal new grad programs and too many of us, so I am scouring any job in med-surg that does not...

  13. any new grads getting jobs?

    Brainyheart replied to jam2007's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi everyone, I just got my first interview last week and will hear next week if I got the job; I have been applying since late April. I am prepared to keep looking, though...One thing I had to do was...

  14. What does your login nickname mean to you?

    Brainyheart replied to NNNikki's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mine means that I aspire to think with my heart and love with my mind, and sometimes get so mixed up I don't know which is

  15. UMASS Boston RN-BSN Online update

    Brainyheart replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi, I am just starting the UMASS RN/BSN online program...I got my license in July and I just had my first interview last week. I am excited to be going to school again (I love it; grad in May from...

  16. New Grad Jobs

    Brainyheart replied to karma482's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Probably there will be opportunities in the fall, but some places I called said there will be nothing until February. I shook myself out of the idea that I HAD to have a formal "new grad" program...

  17. Why do you Nurse in the Burn unit ?

    Brainyheart replied to EENstudent's topic in Burn

    Hi...I'm not an RN yet either (May 2007, with God's help!), but I also feel led to burn nursing and I hope I can become a CNS in burn/wound care. I just have a sense that burn patients are sometimes...

  18. New grad - should I go right into psych???

    Brainyheart replied to spunkymunkey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    OOPS! Just realized that I may have posted in the wrong place...should this have been a new thread? I

  19. New grad - should I go right into psych???

    Brainyheart replied to spunkymunkey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Here's my plan... I am starting my second year in an ASN program (will grad May 07 if all goes well), and I am seriously considering going right on (while working as a new nurse) to an MSN program...

  20. Advice needed on becoming a burn nurse

    Brainyheart posted a topic in Burn

    [color=olive]hi, everyone! [color=olive] [color=olive]i am starting my 2nd year in an asn program and i am very interested in burn nursing as a specialty. any advice from anyone about what i should...

  21. Advice needed on becoming a burn nurse

    Brainyheart replied to Brainyheart's topic in Burn

    Thanks, everyone! You give me hope that it might be possible. I know we get a special lecture or in-service on burn nursing this coming semester during peds, so I want to be ready to see what's...

  22. Any St. lawrence memorial/regis college.. nurses?

    Brainyheart replied to wackyj2000's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi again, wackyj, No, you can only do the ASN at LMRC. But Regis has a fast-track RN to BS program (and on to the MSN if you want), and it's a direct shoot from LMRC. I think it's a good way to do it,...

  23. I have insomnia!!!

    Brainyheart replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    I had an INTENSE period of insomnia @ 2 years ago, and my MD was concerned about depression. I was afraid to take anything, even though I have struggled w/depression all my life. I finally gave in...

  24. Any Lawrence Mem./Regis Graduates?

    Brainyheart replied to jmw12's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi again, wackyj, I posted a reply to you on your other question re: LMRC. I know a lot of other people who applied had a tough time---lots of delays!---getting an answer re: admission. I did not...

  25. Any St. lawrence memorial/regis college.. nurses?

    Brainyheart replied to wackyj2000's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi, Wackyj, I am starting the 2nd year of the LMRC ASN program in Sept. I am enjoying it; LOVED the first semester. Second semester is TOUGH, so be prepared. I am an older student (43) and am working...