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choclablover

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  1. Work shoes! Please help

    I have tried every kind of tennis shoe and crocs. I do like crocs and will sometimes wear them on a night shift when I know I am not going to be running around as much. For a regular day when I know...
  2. Very Strange Question

  3. How far would you drive to work?

    I too live in a small rural town. I was able to get a job in the community hospital, 3 miles from home, but I hated it and after a year just couldn't do it anymore. I now drive 72 miles each way to...
  4. What color do you wear?

    Our hospital wears whatever color they want. However, for some reason, radiology wears
  5. SWIC

    The highest level of points you have ever needed for SWIC is 17, they have never had to go higher than that, so far. As for SIUE, I would pass, they are on and off of probation on a regular basis and...
  6. Who pinned you?

    The nursing instructors do it at our
  7. Changing careers at 31

    I am 42 and just finished my first year of a 2 year program. I was in commercial banking prior to this so it is quite a career change. Trust me, you are NOT too old, the oldest person in our class...
  8. How old were you when you began nursing school?

    41 when started and will be 43 when graduate. Second career, here I
  9. A bedbath NIGHTMARE!

    I always keep a couple of masks in my pocket. I don't like Vick's and Altoid's work wonders and help your breath. If a patient asks me about the mask (which has never happened) I plan on saying...
  10. Where Did you Work While in School? Pay & Hours.

    I am currently in nursing school and managing to work 32 hours per week as a medical assistant in doctor's office. I work 3 days a week so that I can keep my insurance. I support myself and my...
  11. Preparing For The Teas

    I took the TEAS test. I purchased the study guide from their website and spent about two weeks going through the book in the evening hours and took all of the practice tests. I did surprisingly...
  12. I don't think this is a silly thing to be nervous about. I have been a medical assistant for quite a long time so I have drawn blood. My nursing school has a check off on blood draws but it is not...