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  1. Outside of your work environment......

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were walking towards each other. So I looked her dead in the face and then walked right past her. But the look I gave her was pure evil, I guess you can say "mean mugging" if you will. No words...

  2. Outside of your work environment......

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I happened to see her while I was shopping. She was not worth me getting upset on my leisure time. But I did look her square in the eye, up and down, to let her know you do NOT intimidate me. We...

  3. Outside of your work environment......

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me, I wanted to say something so bad to this person, but I didnt. I gave her an evil look to let her know we are not at work, say something now, I DARE you! If looks could killed, she would...

  4. To the new grads.......

    shoegalRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey new grads! I just want to give some encourgement from one new grad to another. Here's my story: As most of you probably already know from my posts, I started off in the ICU right out of nursing...

  5. To the new grads.......

    shoegalRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    By staying where I was, I was doomed for failure. I am in a more supporting learning environment where I can grow, learn, and develop as the nurse I'm meant to be. ICU just wasnt the setting for...

  6. Being out of work for year, need confidence

    shoegalRN replied to meandmymen's topic in General Nursing

    Can you try applying to a clinic or doctor's

  7. A Nurses Life

    shoegalRN replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I work 2 days a week (Sat and Sun nights) and get paid for 3. I have M-F off every week. On my off days, I tend to my teenaged son, I cook, I go to the gym, I dance, I shop, I do "lunch" with the...

  8. Is This Normal? (Long Post)

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

    Your orientation sounds like what I went through in the ICU. I, too, had a preceptor that I couldnt please no matter waht. She would often leave me alone with two critically ill sick pts who were...

  9. help! want to quit....how long do i have to stay to avoid looking bad?

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

    Have you considered Psych

  10. Interview help - "What do you know about us?"

    shoegalRN replied to carebearsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would research the mission statement and know if the hospital is magnet status or not. Also it don't hurt to know the hospital's pt population (teaching hospital, community, chest pain center,...

  11. Clinicals

    shoegalRN replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you can "breeze though" a nursing program, especially without having to do clinicals. You simply can not equate being a MA to being a RN. You can't. Those are two different things...

  12. Help for this new grad in the ED??

    shoegalRN replied to QueensNurseNY's topic in Emergency

    I started off in the ICU as a new grad and then transferred to the ER. Best advice has already been stated here. Realize you know what you don't know. Also, this is the real world of nursing, not...

  13. Ideal Places to Live and Work as Nurses

    shoegalRN replied to brown eyed girl's topic in General Nursing

    I love Dallas TX. I will be looking for a travel assignment there within the next couple of years. I am visiting Houston TX sometime this year and will probably be looking around down there for...

  14. Getting really concerned about going into nursing...

    shoegalRN replied to mfrancisco's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new RN and I had a rude awakening when I started my career off in the ICU. I went into it so excited, so green, so full of compassion, only to be eaten alive by a couple of miserable nurses...

  15. Part time Nurse?

    shoegalRN replied to Jeffreyj's topic in General Nursing

    I work weekends only (Sat and Sun) nights. I am a new grad. I started off full time in the ICU and then transferred to the ER for the weekend alt option. I work 2 days and get paid for 3 and I...

  16. Rising Above It All.....

    shoegalRN replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    I think it comes with experience and confidence. I work with a really well respected nurse who nobody knows not to mess with. She is a very good preceptor, and a very strong nurse. She is also very...

  17. Reflections on being an older nurse

    shoegalRN replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in General Nursing

    As a second career changer into nursing, I'll be so glad when I find my nitche in nursing. I am currently working a weekend alt program where I work Sat and Sun nights and get paid for a third day. I...

  18. Need some advice

    shoegalRN replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, to answer your question, I started off in ICU now I'm in ER. In both areas, I had to learn Cardiac drugs, EKG interuptation, how to read strips, dysrhythimas, and ACLS. While in the ICU, I had...

  19. Need some advice

    shoegalRN replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldnt worry about specializing until you graduate and pass boards. And hopefully, the economy will turn around and you will be able to land your first RN job in a hospital on a Med-Surg floor....

  20. working with an incompetent nurse.. need advice!

    shoegalRN replied to owenlevi2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It would be best to try to get the aides who actually witnessed the incidents to report

  21. working with an incompetent nurse.. need advice!

    shoegalRN replied to owenlevi2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would like to add I would report this nurse in a heartbeat if *I* was the one who witnessed such things. But if I wasnt there and only got the story after it's been going around for a minute and is...

  22. working with an incompetent nurse.. need advice!

    shoegalRN replied to owenlevi2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Let me get this straight: Both of these incidents is second hand info you were given by other aides? And YOU, yourself, did not witness either event? Unless, you were the aide in BOTH situations, you...

  23. So frustrated and depressed

    shoegalRN replied to deftonez188's topic in General Nursing

    Did you get a pop up? From my understanding, as long as you got a pop up, you passed. As long as you are not redirected to the credit card page, you are

  24. Nobody Likes A Tattle Tail

    shoegalRN replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

    Oh give me a break! Now, why couldnt that nurse just have changed the leads herself? And if she had to say something, why couldnt she have told you the next night you came on. She could have said...

  25. So frustrated and depressed

    shoegalRN replied to deftonez188's topic in General Nursing

    Did you atleast try the