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samaletta

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  1. Help my life!

    samaletta replied to pinkie5678's topic in General Nursing

    Pittsburgh Children's Hospital (UPMC) is one of the BEST children's hospitals in the country. They give 6 solid months of orientation. I do not work there but I did my peds clinicals

  2. Interview Question..."tell me about yourself.."

    samaletta replied to samaletta's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you. That sounds like a great intro - I could really work with that! I really appreciate the info and help.

  3. did y ou all go to pinning ceremony?

    samaletta replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will be attending the ceremony this May. I am not sure how other pinnings go, but I have been told our pinning is "unique" in that we pick who pins us. I will be having my boyfriend pin me, though...

  4. MD's professional handwriting skills

    samaletta replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's very arrogant and dangerous. I too cannot wait to go to the computerized orders....may be a few years

  5. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    samaletta replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I decided to go to nursing school more than 3 years ago, I couldn't believe that I would start out at $20/hr.....I thought that was amazing. Now that I am in my management rotation and 7 weeks...

  6. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    samaletta replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    I LOVE what gardendove said!!!!!!! I think what u did was nice, thoughful, and helpful. you just wanted to m,ake it easier for people that get pulled to the ER. I think that was an excellent idea....

  7. Disgusting worm dream.. Could this really happen?

    samaletta replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LMAO. that is so funny. sorry. I had a dream kinda like that before. I drempt that I had this pimple and I went to pop it and nasty white stuff just kept comming out, like a...

  8. Nursing role in informed consent

    samaletta replied to samaletta's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Thank You so much Karen!!! Those were some awesome websites, I am sure I will use a couple as references! Thanks for your help! I really really mean

  9. Nursing role in informed consent

    samaletta replied to samaletta's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I hope someone can help :uhoh21: Even if it doesn't pertain to PA..... I'd appreciate anything,

  10. Work, classes and clinicals? How to do it all....

    samaletta replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My summer semester (it was the 1st semester of the "2nd year") was a concentrated 6 week semester. There were 48 students to start in this summer class, but by the end there were only 25. It was a...

  11. Nursing = stressful career!!

    samaletta posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would you say is the LEAST stressful nursing position out there? I know they all have their stressors, but which one would you say has the least amount? I am curious about everyone's opinion....

  12. Admin and scrubs

    samaletta replied to ashlynn1031's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I agree with color coding. The hospital where i work is in the process of doing just that. I can remember last semester I walked into a patients room and the housekeeping lady was giving medical...

  13. Wow

    samaletta replied to ladylabor's topic in Ob/Gyn

    oooooo that's

  14. What's your favorite type of patient?

    samaletta replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I like the grumpy people....men or women...young or old... I like to use my charm and humor to make the grumpy ones

  15. rules for student nurses

    samaletta replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    5. Don't sit at the front of the class and answer all the questions the instructor asks before they even get a chance to finish the question. your classmates might start to get annoyed by you 6. If...

  16. Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    samaletta replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Anjann; there are some wonderful nurses out there, and then there are some nurses that, well..... aren't as good. I would get very angry had I been in her situation. Sometimes when...

  17. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    samaletta replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Started my pre reqs a few months after I turned 21, and I will be graduating a few months before I turn 24 last day of class April 30, 2007

  18. Inventions for Nurses

    samaletta replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    LOL :rotfl: :rotfl: I LOVE this

  19. Coworker complained about her husband half the night.

    samaletta replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Try to be nice about it and tell her that you just don't want to hear it. Let her know that your husband passed away. Because you said that you're and easy person to talk to, she probably does feel...

  20. Any advice would be much appreciated!!

    samaletta posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working at a local hospital for nearly 2 years as a Tech. I will graduate this year in May, and I think I would like to continue working at this hospital as an RN. Ok, this is my...

  21. Before I became a nurse...

    samaletta replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing..... I have been working as a tech in the hospital for almost 2 years now (lots of stool samples). Been a nursing student for almost 3. I take care of my neighbor's mother twice a week...

  22. Before I became a nurse...

    samaletta replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Today, I woke up at 4p after working a midnight shift. My boyfriend works midnight as well and had the alarm set. The alarm went off and I screamed....."check his sugar!!" my b/f was like wth?? never...

  23. What would you have done in this situation?

    samaletta posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a senior nursing student with one semester left (woohoo). I recently finished my maternity nursing rotation. During this rotation I had the privilege of observing in the labor and delivery...

  24. we're pregnant

    samaletta replied to medsurgnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know for me, I love my man and I consider us as One. When we do get pregnant, I'll probably still say, "Hey guess what? We're

  25. What would you have done in this situation?

    samaletta replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your responses. I tried to think of what i could have done both as a student nurse, and as an actual nurse, and I could not come up with an answer. I did consider what arizonanurse...