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23 Ways to Drive Your Co-Works Insane 1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car and point a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down. 2) Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.) 3) Insist that your e-mail address be Xe...

Hey guys, I have a question, how do you think you can tell which sect of nursing you are made for? There are so many different jobs in nursing so how do you think you know when you have found the one for you?

Hi guys, I have been a registered nurse for 5 years now, usually CCU but alwats with PT or PRN jobs in SNFs, recently i took a job in management in a SNF, as ADON. At first i loved this position, i was getting perks of being management, while also ha...

I have been a nurse for a couple years now and have had the opportunity to work in many dofferent environments, and I LOVE MY JOB!!! Pay no mind to the ones complaining, everyone needs to vent sometimes, and sometomes yes it is hectic however it it ...

While working in an ECF I was helping the STNAs by taking Little sammy to the bathroom, she was an old school teacher with dementia, but funnier than you could know, while on the toilet the resident was unsure of wha she was supposed to be doing, so ...

A nurse will watch ER/Greys and pick apart exactly what everyone is doing wrong... A nurse will find noting wrong with turning a (unused) urinal into a cup in a pinch... Only a nurse can put thier lunch down, go change a bedpan and go back to eating ...

Hi I need some answers from some nurses. I am a future RN (june 6,2003- grad date !!!! ) For a paper I am writing i want to take a poll from real nurses about nursing. If you could please answer one or more of the questions. 1). Why are nurses so imp...

This was a long time ago but anyway, I was a stna at a LTCF and we had a lady who was first of all huge and second delightfully crazy. One night I was doing rounds and I hear her up and screaming "GERONIMO" "GERONIMO" .I went in and said can I help ...

Hello fellow students! Please let me use this thread to release my frustrations so I don't go crazy. ---Work---- Okay first of all, all of you CNA's that are almost nurses, you will feel me on this one. The other day I went into work (LTCF) and ther...

Hello All. I am preparing for my NCLEX-RN in June. I am so freaked out and stressed out about this stupid test. Honestly I know I can do a good job, I know I am still a student and that it will take me years to feel comfortable in all of my skills, b...

The main piece of advise I would give is that when you get into nursing school, learn all yor stuff and not just to pass the test. Even the little details. Everything you study or talk about will come back to you in future quarters. Everything, every...

At our school we have a 7 quarter rn program. We have to take the HESI at the end of our 4th quarter and again before we graduate. We also have to have an 85 to pass and get retrys if we don't. If we don't pass it the first time, you have to take a r...

I am starting my cardiac course on monday. I have been reading up on the heart in my A&P book but does anyone know any good cardiac weg sites or resources that will help me out??

:roll :chuckle This is so true. Ever since I have been in the medical field all of my friends have turned into STNA's or nurses and we have the grossest discussinons at dinner. It has gotten so bad that when we go out to eat no one else is in our co...

That is hilarious!!! One of the times that i have smoked we were driving on the interstate. After we were done my friend in the passenger seat said "I'm not trying to be mean or talk bad about your driving but if you want to do 35, maybe you should g...

I'm no expert, and i don't smoke, BUT my brother does. his nickname is actually weed!!! Anyway i know that he smokes all the time and has quit smoking for jobs and what not with no problems or withdrawal. However i do believe that there is an underly...

First of all, i think if you want to quit stay away from other smokers for a couple days, there is nothing worse than trying to quit smoking and watching someone else smoke in front of you. Second i really think that if you are going to quit you have...

okay this may not be urgent to you guys but i am in dire need of some answers. please help. i need to know why you want to be nurses. whatwas your inspiration? this is for a paper that is due like now so please help me asap!!! thanx a million

The largest managed-care business in the Washington area just installed voice mail on their psychiatric hotline. Callers are prompted as follows: "Welcome to the psychiatric hotline. If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly. If you ...

Michelle, Thats crazy!! I am currently an stna at a nh agency and a SN getting ready to grad. First of all let me say that if the hosp. told me to check BG at 5:30 and you said at 6:30, first thing i would do is ask why to cover myself. In this case...

YEAH!!!!!!!!! GOOD JOB RENA!!!!!!!!! My psych quarter is over next wednesday, I predict finishinf the quarter with a high B. Oh and thanx for your help with my paper, so far you are the only one who has replied. oh and yes i could probably be crowned...

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Oh my god I have no idea. I have had my heart set on like 15 diff areas! :chuckle Anyway i work very well with the elderly but i do not want ot work in a NH!? I geuss i will just have to try them out before i settle down.

Vsummer1 I totally agree with you. The students that i know that had to ratake the test said that they did not feel any better after the remedial course and that even though they passed the hesi the second time they did not feel any better about ther...

I drank the amp and i thought it was discusting. YUCK!! Myself i stick to good ole coffee. One thing i have taken though that did give me energy was xenedrine, it is a fat burner that i bought to lose weight it gave me more energy than i have ever ha...