LasVegasRN

Donna Summer: "She works HARD for the money... so HARD for ya honey!!!"

Yep, they do at my facility. They list the open beds as "closed" on the census when there's not enough staff.

I swear there must be a full moon or something....

Well said. The way you worded your opening question could have very easily been interpreted as "How do you people who don't profess to believe in God cope with death and extreme sickness as a nurse because by golly MY FAITH helped me TREMENDOUSLY - I can't possibly understand how the lack of it could help you as a nurse". It just helps to remember that when you are discussing something as deeply personal as religion and spirituality on an open forum with all different types of members you must exercise diplomacy and tact. For some excellent discussions on this very subject that might also help in answering the question you posed, do a search on "Religion" and "Prayer". This topic has been discussed many many times.

Well said. Perhaps your faith will help guide you in how to act more mature.

There's no harm in asking. But I haven't heard of parents giving allergy shots, they are usually done in the office.

Congratulations on your move back to the Buckeye state!! I don't have any info on the programs, my experience was in Toledo and Cleveland, but I wish you the very best! :balloons:

I LOVE that!! What an excellent Ad campaign!! I hope it catches on nationwide!

Lots of alcohol. Preferably tequila. Kidding! I'm kidding!

I was reading in the student threads about some of the challenges student nurses are facing these days. I'll admit, I kinda had it good: I lived in the dorm, I had a great roommate, and I was the same lighthearted person I am today. My goal in nursing school was to get my education and have FUN at the same time. And I did! I was fortunate as I had some professors who believed that school should not drain your total person and allowed me to show my silly side where I could. The biggest challenge for me in nursing school was the pediatric rotation. Yes, drug calculations was going to be a bear, but I knew if I could just overcome my fear of math and equations I could get it. But, I couldn't get past seeing the pain of abuse and the pain of death in children. In my entire nursing school experience, I never got lower than a 94% in anything, except for my Peds rotation. I think it was depression and transference (as my brother was the child I thought of every time I had a peds patient) that made me not do as well in that class. I ended up with an 86% - the very first and only final exam I ever had to take. (In our program, if you maintained a 94% average or higher during the year, you didn't have to take a final exam.) What was your biggest challenge?

Well said, bagladyrn.

This is the most pleasant thread on race I have ever read.

This thread is going wonderfully. Now this is the kind of discussion that we need to gain mutual understanding! Carry on! :)

Oh, that goes without saying. They will also know to take off running if they see someone holding it for me. :chuckle

Hey Redeemed. I've decided I can't keep up with what is politically correct anymore. It changes too much. I had not heard of the minority thing before. When I was a kid I was black. Now I'm African-American. Maybe in a couple of years I'll be Noir Humanoid. WHO KNOWS. I'll be one of those crotchety old hags grumbling to myself in the nursing home and pinching the male CNA's butts. Happily.