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I feel your pain! When people act mean, it gives me strength. I feel bad for them b/c they are carrying around so much hate. I'm not pollyanna or anything, just makes me sad for them, which in my own mind makes me feel better.

no, you are an old nurse now :)

Uhh, no way. That is waaay too far away.

Hi there, and welcome to Houston! Congratulations on your BSN! You will find a job, just keep plugging away. Here is some good info, 1. Look in the Sunday paper. There are job fairs fairly often with lots of medical companies. You can email your...

"My question is that what is St Luke compare to other Hospitals in the city interms of nursing relation, benefits, career advancement. Lastly, this position is in the Houston branch, and I am planning to rent at Northwest, near the Loop. Please, advi...

Take whatever job you can get if you want to move here. I don't know anything about St. Lukes, I only know that jobs here right now are VERY hard to come by especially if you don't know anyone or you are a new grad. If you get a job in your specia...

New nurse here, and in the very beginning it was prob a 60% success rate for me. Since I'm new, I always think of things to write down so I will remember what it was like in the beginning. One thing that helped me get better was this.. The needle i...

wow, kind of a mean comment, but I get your point. I think that people are smarter today in general...book smart, that is. Think about what "smart" means to you. To me, an intelligent person is one that can adapt quickly. A person that has control...

It is the most fun, stressful, tiring both physically and mentally, feeling like a retard, learning something new EVERYDAY, messing up, cleaning up, doing and re-doing, AWESOME time in your life! I'm in at just under 8 months as an RN. I totally und...

Go for it. Typically, and I repeat, typically... HH patients are very stable. Your job is to help transition them to home after a hospital stay, teach them about their meds, perform wound care, teach ostomy care etc, etc... I started as an LVN(RN ...

Geez, what a horrible experience. I'm surprised that oral dilaudid was the only option after such a major surgery. Yikes.

Must, must, must be objective and a hard worker. I used to be sensitive, and it took all of one month to rid me of that. I don't think personality type really matters as long as you respect others and let things roll off your back. Being a nurse...

In Texas, where it appears from other posts that the job market is pretty good. I don't know ANYTHING about other cities, however, I am going to tell you what I did, as I just graduated in May and had a somewhat difficult time finding a job. First o...

And unfortunately, nursing programs have gotten super duper competitive. That being said, I feel your pain. As a previous poster stated already, where there is a will, there is a way. Truer words have never been spoken. Keep looking for an alter...

Care plans are total BS! I want to know who thought they would be a good idea......our job is a "Care Plan" GRRRRRRRR. Check, check, check, check

I think it's great. The job market will not always be this way, and I believe that we need reinforcements in our field....Anytime you get people educated, it's a wonderful thing. Look at it from a different perspective.

It was one of those shifts yesterday....... I swear, I keep remembering things I forgot to do I'm sure my flow sheets have holes all over them, and I forgot to write a verbal order from a doc in the chart! AAAAHHH. I did write it in the MAR, and ...

Don't hate me because i'm white, hate me for me???? How's that?

ugh...it's such a confidence killer to fail. PM me, I may be able to help.

I would love to know what the "minority" is in terms of nurses. Two weeks ago, a doctor looked at me and said, "Oh my god, it's a white nurse. I thought y'all were extinct." Ha Ha Ha!

I love reading all of your opinions on the "race card." Thank you.

Pearson Vue gives the test here, so I used their NCLEX book to study. I passed with 285 questions. I also used the Hurst (I did not take the class, a friend gave me some info.) My advice is this, do as many practice questions as possible. The mo...

Why don't you ask for a raise? Ask if they can meet you in the middle???? The worst thing they can say is NO. I agree with the other posts about the expense of training new nurses. However, it goes both ways. We are all working to make money. T...

well said

Love the posts, y'all. At 36, when something offends me, I take a long hard look at myself and my behavior. I have learned that when I "feel" offended it's usually a wake-up...your subconscious letting you know to investigate your actions. It is t...