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  1. Calling all night nurses!! Newbie night shifter needs sleep tips, STAT! :-)

    shoegalRN replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    I am a night shifter, but only on weekends, every Sat and Sun nights. During the week, I am on day schedule because of my teenager. While he is at school, I pick up days in the GI Lab. I have no...

  2. cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    shoegalRN replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    I had SANE training last week and heard from a rape survivor. This survivor was raped by a guy she had met in a bar who drugged her drink. The survivor said that she went to the ER the next day to...

  3. Research College of Nursing

    shoegalRN replied to Nurse Man-ingitis's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to the OP! I am a graduate of RCON class of 2009 and I do NOT work for HCA, although they did pay my way through school. PM me if you want

  4. Feeling like a failure: maybe nursing isn't for me?

    shoegalRN replied to Little_Mouse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would not say you are a failure of a nurse. You are learning. It is your first year of nursing. It's the most vulnerable and trying time in a nurse's career. What I would do is every time you...

  5. what kind of hospital is Centerpoint Medical Center?

    shoegalRN replied to juststartinout's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to send me PM's

  6. what kind of hospital is Centerpoint Medical Center?

    shoegalRN replied to juststartinout's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: I would stay FAR away from Centerpoint, or any HCA hospital for that matter. I did my captstone at Centerpoint, and they are constantly understaffed. I am signed up with an agency who calls...

  7. Special Ways to be supportive

    shoegalRN replied to SNboyfriend's topic in General Students

    Awww! You sound like such a sweet boyfriend! Please understand the next couple of years will be a trying time for your relationship. She will be under alot of stress and pressure. This is the time...

  8. This is like going to war...

    shoegalRN replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Students

    As a student nurse, I would hope you are TEACHABLE when you are assigned to a preceptor. It's nothing more frustrating than having a nursing student or a fresh new grad come out of nursing school...

  9. About to start the nursing...Help!! is this really for me?

    shoegalRN replied to Encast's topic in General Nursing

    Since becoming a nurse, I have learned how to deal with those whose seem to "think" they are putting me in my place or being "disrespectful", including doctors. I had a situation just yesterday where...

  10. Fantasia credits nurse for saving her

    shoegalRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    from people.com overdose no accident, says fantasia - 'i wanted out' two weeks after being hospitalized for overdosing on aspirin and a sleep aid, singer fantasia barrino says it was no accident. she...

  11. Fantasia credits nurse for saving her

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't agree with what she did (the affair, the suicide attempt), I am glad she is mentioning her nurse. Maybe she had a moment of "clarity" after she took the pills and didnt really want to...

  12. Could employers judge people by their names?

    shoegalRN replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I got one even better. I know a girl named I'mUnique. And that is NO joke! And another girl named Remi Henni (after momma's favorite drinks). My sister is 22 and went to school with a boy named...

  13. Nursing after pre-med coursework?

    shoegalRN replied to beastykato's topic in General Nursing

    The pharmacists at my hospital have a sweet job. Sometimes, I wish I was a

  14. Could employers judge people by their names?

    shoegalRN replied to MsbossyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I have heard of the OP happening but more so in Corporate America than in nursing. I am African American and my first name is the typical "black girl" name, but spelled a little different. I was...

  15. Should I become a Nurse at 30?

    shoegalRN replied to flyfish108's topic in General Nursing

    Bless your heart Dave! I entered nursing school at the age of 33 and was 35 when I graduated. Nursing is a second career for me and I made 60K/yr while in the business world. First year of nursing I...

  16. wanting to be a nurse but have a skeleton in my closet

    shoegalRN replied to mortonj's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    What city are you

  17. Traditional BSN UMKC & Research (RCON)

    shoegalRN replied to velveteendinos's topic in General Nursing

    I am a graduate of Research College of Nursing/Rockhurst University. I attended the Traditional option due to only having an Associate's Degree. I will not say much here, other than yes, I am bitter...

  18. Overwhelmed new grad having difficulty concentrating

    shoegalRN replied to LordHaveMercy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a fairly new grad, only been a nurse 15 months. I work ER and I started off in ICU. I STILL have moments where I feel "stupid", or make a mistake that is not threating to the patient. In ER,...

  19. RN faces serious challenges at work, seeking answers

    shoegalRN replied to Monkeytoes's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are going through. I went through something similiar when I started off in the ICU. Is it possible you can ask to go to the GI lab a couple of days a week and do nothing but IV...

  20. Nursing and sexual orientation

    shoegalRN replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really care about any of my co-workers personal lives. I don't discuss mine with them. I am a single mother with a teenaged child and I get asked "are you married", in which I reply "why"?...

  21. Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    shoegalRN replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    I have been wanting a motorcycle for a while and was considering taking lessons and everything. Working in the ER, too many traumas involving motorcycles, including amputations. I'll pass and just...

  22. Is this a Hipaa Violation?

    shoegalRN replied to JWEMT's topic in General Nursing

    I only have 5 people as friends on FB that I work with. Three of them I went to nursing school with and were FB friends with them prior to us getting hired at the same hospital. The other two I met...

  23. What hours do you work?

    shoegalRN replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I work weekend option, every Sat and Sun night 18:45-07:15. I get paid for 3 days. I also get full benefits. Alot of these positions are no longer available due to the recession. I get M-F off...

  24. Are the new nurses to blame

    shoegalRN replied to Zaphod's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new nurse and I have toyed with the idea of going back for my NP. I'm not too fond of more student loans (as in I need to have mine paid off in 4 years by the time my son goes to...

  25. 1st Day Off exhaustion

    shoegalRN replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    I work every Sat and Sun night. I also go out every Friday night to "unwind" and get back on a night schedule so I can sleep all day on Saturday. I do go to the gym every Sun and Mon morning when I...