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shelly304

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  1. NOT BASHING M.A.'s!!!!

    Ask your MD to speak with her. This is similiar to the thread about the CNA who calls herself a nurses-lots of good posts in that recent thread. My hospital clinic has added several CMAs to our staff....
  2. What area of Ga. are you looking into? I lived there for many
  3. Thank you!! We nurses are a pretty awesome group of
  4. I think you should go to the California nurse forum. Probably already a lot of threads to read thru and connect with nurses in her area! Raises, sign-on bonus etc. all depend on the hospital system...
  5. Sounds
  6. She can "lurk" here for free..and we won't even know it!! Seriously, the info gained from the different forums here is knowledge that can't be found anywhere else! Tell her to give it a try, we would...
  7. What was your wife planning on earning as a new grad? Just
  8. Challenging boards?

    Thanks Russ! Medics I understand. A CNA with 12 months experience... no way! I learn something new each day. I just cannot fathom this is acceptable. Licensed professionals are so up in arms about...
  9. Challenging boards?

    I was too busy doing my job as a CNA to gain the knowledge of an LPN! Good Lord, this scares me. So...you can take a position as a CNA, work and be paid for 12 months and then sit for the boards.
  10. I was slapped by a doctor!

    Over the past 15 years and in four different states that I have lived in, I have volunteered at battered womans shelters. I can't begin to count the number of times a woman has told me this exact...
  11. We often work an extra 8 hr for shift OT. I will fill in for people who have kids-sports, Boy Scouts and many holidays. Can make for a loooong week but when I want to take time off to get out of town...
  12. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    I love stuff like this...and You have an awesome
  13. I am pathetic.

    That is just so very
  14. Our friends daughter died tonight. Five year old McKenzie passed away at 7:30pm. She had a rare form of cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma. We are so very heartbroken. Please pray for her parents. What a long...
  15. I am pathetic.

    A baby bird (barn swallow) fell out of the nest today in our horse barn. I saw it happen.....SPLAT! I was traumatized. The mommy and daddy were just having fits, swooping in and out of the barn. I was...
  16. Biopsy negative! Update to prayer request

    :yeah:oh, happy day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yeah: many blessings,
  17. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    When I first moved to the south someone told me "they fell out"........ They
  18. McKenzie's funeral

    We attended the funeral today for McKenzie. Over two hundred people came to show their love for this family. They had a wonderful video duing the service that started with her parents in a picture...
  19. P.A. vs FNP

    The way I see it PA and FNP are two different animals. An FNP can work alone, free-standing clinic etc., PA cannot. At least not in my state. Since you are already an RN, the logical next step to me...
  20. Am I to old?

    Awesome...Enjoy the ride:yeah:. And we ,here at allnurses, will be with you for the duration. Many blessings to you and your wife:redpinkhe
  21. McKenzie's funeral

    I spent time with Mckenzie's parents today. We read many of the cards that have been given in honor of her and I told them I had let my nursing community at allnurses share in the life and death of...
  22. How do you waste medications?

    I work in a hospital clinic. In march our new policy went into effect. All meds are sent back to the pharma. company. We have so many reps in the clinic each day, we box up the expired (or...
  23. McKenzie's funeral

    Pagandeva, Our little friend died on thursday. See page 4 of this forum. Thank you for your kind words.
  24. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    I grew up in Ohio and moved to Ga. right after college. (The first time!) A friend invited me over to her home saying she was "fixing to order a pizza". "Are you making a pizza?" I asked. "I am fixing...
  25. Proud Moms

    Well, I think this is quite an accomplishment! You should be proud. ....those fireman get all the