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    3 job offers..one psych..don't know what to do.

    sameasalways posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I have had a traumatic summer. I graduated May from nursing school, am 34 y/o with a 13 year old son and a son who will be 12 in January. My husband is military and we have moved a lot. I am on the...
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    3 job offers..one psych..don't know what to do.

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for your advice! My life has been a strange path and somehow I ended up here with this position that has opened its doors to me. It would be wonderful if this could be a job that opened...
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    TCV at UVA or other units

    sameasalways posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    I am applying for this position at UVA medical Center. Does anyone know which units are good to work in? I am a new graduate and I am worried about cost of living in relation to the wage (which I...
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    New grad/greenville vs. raleigh

    sameasalways posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I am trying to decide where to apply here in North Carolina, because I originally was set on Pitt Memorial Hospital. I shadowed in their MICU, their SICU, their Ortho unit, and their high risk...
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    giving a massage after a bath..?

    sameasalways posted a topic in General Students

    We start clinicals in a week and we were told by our instructor that we are required to give our patient a massage after their sponge bath. Is this
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    Those friends who are now in nursing school

    sameasalways replied to MikeyJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow great posts. I am kind of an airhead admittedly. I have a family and 2 kids. When I am in nursing school, my friends and school get most of my time and they definitely get my quality time...
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    Nursing school friends = regular friends?

    sameasalways replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think anyone should take it personally or think it odd if people don't maintain friendships out of college. People have their lives to contend with and have a tendency to move on...especially...
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    giving a massage after a bath..?

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in General Students

    I guess it is just me but it reminds me of the sexual stereotypes that some have of nurses. And if a nurse had ever given me a back massage while I was hospitilized I would have seriously questioned...
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    A&P II Club! Come on in!

    sameasalways replied to lisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    how many people dropped out of your A & P I course? Half the class left ours! Yikes! And it was filled to capacity. I can't wait to be done w/all of
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    anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    sameasalways replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Wellbutrin is really the worst choice of meds when it comes to anxiety. You really should just try something different. Wellbutrin tends to be more excitatory...exactly what someone who is already...
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    LPN then Rn or just straight to RN?

    sameasalways posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi! I can apply to the nursing programs in March. At that point I will have all my prerequisites and electives completed, except for those that can only be take exclusively in the nursing program....
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    The Beautiful, Beautiful Pacific Northwest

    sameasalways replied to Foxfour's topic in Washington Nursing

    eastern washington is not flat and treeless..its full of lakes, rivers mountains and evergreen forests. Its central washington that is flat and ugly..just so you
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    Lpn school

    sameasalways replied to oukoayiera's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi there is wayne community college in Goldsboro North Carolina. Its cheap..about 1200 a year for full time. (that doesn't include books). They have LPN and RN. Also there are 2 or 3 other...
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    LPN then Rn or just straight to RN?

    sameasalways replied to sameasalways's topic in Nursing Career

    I know what you mean by the (i can do anything for a year). I have thought that too. And then, I know if I did it, I would have it and no one could take it away regardless of what happens in my...
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    NC Diploma Programs

    sameasalways replied to Cherish's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi I guess I am confused. What is a diploma program and how does it differ from the ADN and LPN program? Our community college (Wayne Community College) in Goldsboro, NC offers the ADN program and...
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    Accellerated ADN or RN

    sameasalways replied to nursenj20's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm confused..I thought there were 2 semesters in a year..plus a summer one. So woudln't it be 2 years..not one year? Ours is 4 semesters plus a summer too..and its 2 years long.