Icare4u2

Icare4u2

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  1. TB-PPD info/HELP please

    Icare4u2 replied to Houstonnurse's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    interesting you ask because i just realized that at my new job we give tb tests all the time and never ask any questions!! you're right-i do remember asking: have you ever had a positive tb test? did...

  2. applying online, very frustrating!

    Icare4u2 replied to Pie'nthesky's topic in General Nursing

    hey, i just moved across the country and believe me, i know the frustrations!! it was very demeaning to me also because, if there is so much demand in health care, where are all the people that want...

  3. Mask problem

    Icare4u2 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    you will get used to them. make sure you don't have a latex allergy, though, because some masks have latex in them. if you do they can get you non latex masks. good luck with the rest of

  4. Nursing with a major disability

    Icare4u2 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    i have a disability (i am severly hearing impaired) and i have been a nurse for over 20 years. i did not have the disability when i became a nurse, but, trust me, i found ways to work around it. if...

  5. 12 Hour Shifts ?

    Icare4u2 replied to Lightning Bug RN's topic in General Nursing

    i now work in area that is 8 hour shifts only and thank god because i just got too old and too tired to do 12 hour shifts. my step-mom, who has been a nurse for almost 40 years, can still pull the 12...

  6. First Nursing Evaluation

    Icare4u2 replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    i have been in nursing for over 20 years. generally speaking, all evaluations i have had consist of several different things: how you function as a team player, work attendence, long term goals, short...

  7. Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

    Icare4u2 replied to kenny b's topic in General Nursing

    nurse run hospitals-i think they are a great idea! i know nurses who have started their own hospices, home health agencies, etc; there is no reason why it would not work. i also know several nurses...

  8. shoes and uniform question

    Icare4u2 replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    i do not wear a traditional uniform to work (i am female) but neither do any of the male nurses i work with. we wear professional attire (no jeans) and i wear comfortable shoes i can walk in. this may...

  9. Time expired at 220 Questions. I'M ASHAMED

    Icare4u2 replied to younge1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    congrats!!! i am sooo happy for u!!! i am also happy that when i took boards, it was paper, pencil, whole test and 2 days!! i would have freaked with the computer thing. hats off to those of u who are...

  10. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Icare4u2 replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't know about you but somehow I am not shocked we would be considered "unskilled." My husband (also a nurse) and I have over 18 years of secondary education, which WE had to PAY FOR, yet...

  11. nurses with disabilities

    Icare4u2 replied to nurseash2's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I know your dilema!! I lost much of my hearing due to a catastrophic illness and now have to wear hearing aids. I was an ICU nurse and thought my career was over. NO!!! Get out there and tell...