AWESOME and KUDOS to you!!! I'm still not having any luck getting a job. I've tried applying for open RN positions only to get the same responses indicating I had to have 1+ yrs experience or...
Hi! You know what, I can't seem to remember the application. I filled it out around the end of August to early September. Our director of nursing had us all fill it out at the same time to assure it...
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Believe me, I know exactly what you meant about being your own worst enemy. I attended a local community college in North Texas and graduated last month and passed the NCLEX earlier this month. All...
Hang in there. You can do it! First of all, I find it odd that they'd say they can not approve your application for certification by examination because of your deafness. Wouldn't that be considered...
KUDOS to you!!! I, too, lipread, know sign-language and have been told I have good speech. Unfortunately, I've been unlucky in getting an internship or a job. Now that there aren't any internships...
Hi - you say you work in the OR? Can you explain how you manage if all are wearing surgical masks considering lip-reading may be a challenge then? I'm a deaf RN (although people think I'm hard of...
Hello! I just graduated from nursing school. I used CART services, which I'll tell you was awesome because I was able to follow what was going on and take my own notes from it. I did not use an...
Hello! I was introduced to this great forum by a friend and fellow nurse M. Hui. Thanks to her! I became profound deaf at approximately 12 months old and wore hearing aids until I got my cochlear...