untamable07

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  1. Are There Any Sorority Women Here?

    Alright already,:0) so I want to pledge Delta Sigma Theta but I'm currently at a community college in an ADN program but plan to transfer to a university to work on my BSN and adventually my MSN. Does...
  2. Short Cervix

    So it means the cervix starts to thin out from the inside out, instead of from the outside in,
  3. Florida Nurse Loan Forgiveness

    One other question, does it matter that some of loans are consolidated? And what if you have multiple loans but they are from the same
  4. Florida Nurse Loan Forgiveness

    So your employer verified employment when you first signed up for the program and then again at the end of the year? Well I graduate in May and have student loans so hopefully I can reap the benefits...
  5. Hiring freeze at Orlando Health?

    This is terrrible!!! You always hear about the nursing shortage in Florida but WHERE IS IT?!!! Nursing use to be acareer where you knew you would always have a job, now I'm starting to
  6. Blood draws and Starting IVs

    I will be graduating in May 09 and have only done one or two blood draws and I've never started an IV. Do nurses not do this in the field the reason its not emphasized? Does anyone have any advice on...
  7. Blood draws and Starting IVs

    Ok thanks for all your advice. I guess I'm worried because I work as an extern on L&D and want to work there when I graduate and the nurses do their own blood draws and IVs. I'm not sure if they...
  8. Florida cuts nursing school budgets

    It's sad to say but when it comes to education, Florida always seems to lack. Look at our public school system. Every time you turn on the TV or read the paper another school program is being cut due...
  9. I Contracted HIV

    I'm so sorry to hear this. I was thinking this could be me, as I will graduate this May 2009 and I am also 23. That's my biggest fear as a nurse working and contracting some sort of incurable disease....
  10. Good Hospitals in Tallahassee?

    BTW my brother and his family stay out your way, in Navarre!!
  11. Good Hospitals in Tallahassee?

    I currently work at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital as a nurse extern in the L&D and yes they will hire you straight out of school The starting rate is like 18.42. I graduate in May and plan to work...
  12. Need advice regarding Nurse Techs

    I work as a nurse extern which is the same as a tech, expect it means you're in nursing school and finished 1-2 semesters, we are not allowed to give medications. But we can insert foleys. I don't...
  13. Orlando Area Hospitals

    Yes all that information was great. Has anyone ever declined benefits because they were covered by their spouse? How much more did the employer
  14. Orlando Area Hospitals

    I am interested in moving to Orlando once I graduate this coming May. Does anyone have information on new grad. pay rates, hospitals with good L&D or ER, family friendly neighborhoods, traffic,...
  15. Orlando Area Hospitals

    Does anyone know the details of ORMC or FLA Hospital's benefits: health insurance, vacation, 401k, etc. Also, do they pay you for 40 hours or 36
  16. Orlando Area Hospitals

    ok thanks for all your advice!! I don't graduate until May but I'm considering all my
  17. Orlando Area Hospitals

    Does anyone know the shift differential for Winnie Palmer/Orlando Health? Also how many hospitals do they run? What are the working conditions and do they have supporitive staff? Any tuition...
  18. Question about hours - 36 for 40?

    That was a good question. For some reason I thought you worked 36 but automatically got paid fro 40. Boy, what was I
  19. Questionable parameters?

    Sorry I thought you meant
  20. Questionable parameters?

    I am a student, graduating May 2009, but no I wouldn't. We are taught it has to be over 90. 85 is close but not close enough to medicate. Hope this
  21. I guess I need to talk with the nurse manager. But it seems its alwasy been this way according to the nurses I've talked with. I guess I'll try my luck and see what they say. I love the job so far but...
  22. I was wondering what's the difference on your floor between the nurse extern and the tech. I just started on a L&D floor as a extern but I'm not really getting the experience I thought I would....
  23. Yea I do work at TMH. How did you guess? I talked to numerous nurses and they told me that yea they say you will work with a nurse but you're really a tech. I'm just like if you're going to work me as...
  24. Florida Hospital in Orlando

    Does 20.82 sound like a comparable rate for new graduates in the Orlando area at Florida Hospital( Winnie Palmer). Is this salary sufficient for the cost of living in the
  25. Florida Hospital in Orlando

    Do you enjoy med-surg? What about it do you