cherubhipster

cherubhipster

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  1. "Performance" Anxiety?

    Wow thanks so much for that post. I feel a lot better already. I'll have to remind myself of your story when I start getting nervous. I hope I laugh at myself one day
  2. The Wait is over!!!

    Yay
  3. nursing school schedule

    Congrats on beginning the adventure! As everyone says here, it totally depends on what school you go to. I am starting in September, and my schedule will be 1 day a week nursing lecture from...
  4. Hello my friends! Here is my situation. I am starting nursing school in the end of August (this will be my second degree). I am 25 years old, and I have been living with my boyfriend happily for the...
  5. Moving home with the parents for school- better than debt?

    I thought I should share with everyone on this post what is going to happen to me. After telling my parents that I would be moving home, and starting to get everything ready, my boyfriend realized...
  6. Hi everyone! I am a pre-nursing student, with just the summer left before I begin my newest adventure. I am 25, and I have a BA in a field that is completely unrelated to healthcare. I alternate...
  7. Hi Everyone! I just wanted to share my happy news- I have been accepted to the Holy Name Hospital School of Nursing in NJ, and I couldn't be happier! Thank you to all the people out there who have...
  8. Moving home with the parents for school- better than debt?

    I really appreciate everybody's avdice. I realized, once I began reading responses, that it was probably silly of me to open up this very personal, and difficult decision to people who don't know the...
  9. What would you do? Resident assaulted me.

    Document EVERYTHING! The times, dates, events that happened, comments made to you, and by whom. You will possibly need these things when you go to anyone outside of your facility- the police, a...
  10. Do all nurses get assaulted by patients?

    You can get assaulted in jobs that aren't in the medical field! I used to be an art teacher at a special ed school. We had one 300LB fellow who was....very very touched. Besides making sexual...
  11. converse?

    Hi everyone, I don't know what requirements my nursing school has yet, but I would love to get a pair of converse for clinicals. I used to wear them all the time, and I am confident they won't hurt...
  12. converse?

    I think I will wait, yes. But I need to entertain myself at my current job
  13. converse?

    OMG! Where did you find
  14. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    I wanted to, but this school is part of a hospital program and does not have any such classes. AND right after I was accepted and inquired about taking A&P or micro, the school told me that if I...
  15. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    I really relate to this!! I too, am just too nice for my own good. In some ways though this job has helped me learn the valuable lesson of not allowing others to walk all over me- which is something...
  16. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    Ugh, that is horrible!! That is exaclty what I am afraid of! I plan on my last day being July 31st. I was thinking about giving notice right after the 4th of July weekend. This gives them almost a...
  17. converse?

    thank you! Not having the time to clean the mess up isn't a bad
  18. Give advice for new nursing students!!

    This is very inspiring! Thank
  19. career question

    You could always be a school
  20. I know the title is a little dramatic but.. Here I am, totally excited to start school in the fall, having lunch with my friend today. Friend: Hey, be careful, I know so and so who works at [future...
  21. Convince me I won't get MRSA? Pre-nursing school student!

    Hmm.. I guess because I haven't had all the isntructions on proper safety precautions when I am working, that is why I freaked out. When everyone says "well they will teach you that." I am like...
  22. Convince me I won't get MRSA? Pre-nursing school student!

    You guys are so awesome! I feel so much better now. I love this website.
  23. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    The cosmetics business you say? You aren't in NY by any chance are you? I happen to currently work as a sales assistant for a company that makes bags for the cosmetic and fragrance industry. Huh!...
  24. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    Good for you for not giving up!! I understand the waiting...waiting for everything. I feel the same way- but I try (sometimes in vain) to remind myself of what John Lennon said: Life is what happens...
  25. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    Heh, thanks! I can understand what you mean. Since I graduated college, I worked in an office, then as a teacher in a special ed school, and now in an office again. While I was a teacher I felt...