Laught3r replied to CantWait2Nurse's topic in Indiana Nursing
When people are looking at the pay scale they should also look at the cost of living in that area. How much house can you get for $100,000? How much is car fuel? Are you using heating oil or...
I am an LPN hired as a new grad in an Indian Health Services hospital. Ther are also a lot of Commissioned corp nurses here. They do consider native then military first when hiring and I do work in...
Hi everybody! I don't post often but I read everyday. Will you please help me? I just got my license in 2006 and I have to get 24 CEU's before the end of next year. I do not want to spend alot of...
:lol2::rotfl: "she" should have went after her husband. But yeah "she" can definitely lose her license. Most states prefer nurses that are not inherently violent. I hope I never anger "that"
I am applying to the University of Mary-Bismarck, ND. I was wondering if anyone has graduated from they're program. I am an AAS LPN with an AS in Liberal Arts. When I talked to people at the schools...
I once had a pt whose husband seriously asked me if would teach his wife to give bed baths to him. Of course I told him no. Tonite I found this top ten list of worst pt visitors and thought I would...
I love this site. I am sorry that it has been so long since I have been on. I will definitely be contacting some people from the list given to me. I work in a small hospital in Arizona that is...
I wanted to send a serious gift to a new grad nurse. I am thinking about putting item in the gift basket with a letter as to why she would need them. I have learned that I need breath mints for those...
"I think a gift certificate for a massage or spa trip would be nice, if it's not outside the budget." I have until August to get the basket together. I think I will save and get the spa trip for her....
Oh my gosh!!!! Maybe I should make this basket for myself. I am loving these ideas. She is going to have a great basket to open on graduation day. Keep the ideas coming!!! Thank
I don't know if this thread has been done or not. I have read some funny stories, some horrific stories and even stories that have made me outright cry. After Christmas I just want to feel good...
"I still get chills to this day over...my daughter...so yes that was a true miracle I believe in my heart." Kellinurse, My heart goes out to you. It gave me chills just reading your story. I pray...
I told myself all through nursing school that I would never go to pediatrics. Well here I am. Peds Nurse and loving it. I never thought that I would hold a friends baby and start checking the baby's...
I used to live in the upper midwest and what I noticed was not weathly women from South America or from Oriental countries. I noticed women from African countries like Somalia and Sudan to name a...
Laught3r replied to janepearson's topic in Nursing Career
Have you tried ICU in a large hospital. It is very busy and most nurses do not have time to converse on a social level at work. You have your patients they keep you busy your entire
I get holiday pay. I get double time for the holiday if I work the day of, the day before, or the day after. If I don't work either of those three days then I get regular time just because I work...
I am a new grad LPN and we were taught all the sites over and over and over. We had plenty of chances to give shots due to we were in pediatric clinic, ER and they used the local nursing homes for...