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  1. Decreased surgical cases @ outpatient surgery center

    Pinkster replied to severett's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    now that I have been there a while I have heard that they used to have double the staff they have now, so yes it has like everything else been feeling the

  2. What to do after graduation- I really want to be an OR nurse

    Pinkster replied to kfarinato's topic in Operating Room

    If you know OR is where you will be happy ,why not try and be there. That is what I am going to

  3. Becoming a nurse for the money...

    Pinkster replied to Marc86's topic in General Students

    THis made me think of a totally non-factual reference: the man in Hostel who claims he would LOVE to be a surgeon but can't because of his unsteady hands and then proceeds to pay money to kill and cut...

  4. clip board with or without calculator attached...which is better?

    Pinkster replied to JBGC4's topic in General Students

    go ahead and get the one with the calculator and the one where you can open and store stuff in. Mine doesn't have the calculator and its horrible trying to do a basic calculation with out a calculator...

  5. All white uniforms? Eek...help!!

    Pinkster replied to Always_Learning's topic in General Students

    I have already been through two semesters of nursing school with al white uniforms, and not even scubs, uniform thick white button down tops, uck. I wear white tank tops under the tops, because the V...

  6. Free boob job hiring perk for nurses

    Pinkster replied to treetop2's topic in General Nursing

    I would consider it for

  7. Decreased surgical cases @ outpatient surgery center

    Pinkster replied to severett's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I just started working at a Surgery center and noticed a Notice in on of the nurses offices that addressed this, no they were not going to fire anyone at our facility, I mean they were hiring...

  8. Good jobs for Nursing Students

    Pinkster replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Students

    PTC is sort of like a CNA. Depending on where you work, you can do basic nursing skills like take vitals, change linens, empty drains, D/C IVs, dress patients, help patients with non invasive things,...

  9. Denied employement d/t Adderall????????

    Pinkster replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel, I took my urine drug screen while I had a cold, so I had OTC cold medicine in my system and OTC allergy relief and I though that was reason to worry because their was no where to...

  10. Good jobs for Nursing Students

    Pinkster replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Students

    It depends on what you can do, are you already in school, if so maybe you can be a Patient care tech or Nursing tech at a hospital, if you are not in school yet, get your CNA it will be well worth it....

  11. Am I Being Unrealistic?

    Pinkster replied to pcbnurse's topic in PACU

    I live in a rural area, and our hospital (the one I am doing clinicals at) even has transporters for PACU, and all units I believe. Yes, the nurses in PACU have to answer the phones and receptionist...

  12. What Is Your Opinion?

    Pinkster replied to tishirajan's topic in General Nursing

    hi there, Im a youngster in nursing school and let me tell you we have a wide range of ages in our class, but it doesn't matter, we all have at least one thing in common, we want to be nurses. We all...

  13. What kind of interview questions might they ask?

    Pinkster replied to Pinkster's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks! ls113, that is a great site. just waiting on the background check for the job, woot! I can't wait to get my foot in the door to becoming an OR nurse

  14. What kind of interview questions might they ask?

    Pinkster replied to Pinkster's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for the response. I was expecting some questions like those, but they were very informal and down to earth, just wanting to know what I was interested in and where I was in my clinicals, I...

  15. Offered a position in the OR after graduation!

    Pinkster replied to shoegalRN's topic in Operating Room

    I'm still in nursing school, but here's my two cents on what you have said. Your goal is to be an OR nurse, and now you are offered a job in the OR, that may not be there later. If I were you I would...

  16. How far should the gossip go?

    Pinkster replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    There is always going to be someone or something to gossip about. I wouldn't get involved in any of

  17. Info On LPN to Rn schools in Ocala or around

    Pinkster replied to bigmac's topic in Florida Nursing

    You are welcome! Good

  18. Any CFCC students?

    Pinkster replied to BellaRosey's topic in Florida Nursing

    Final for Intro, I studied my butt off I was hovering around a 77. It is hard but not any harder than the other tests, so don't put so much anxiety on

  19. Info On LPN to Rn schools in Ocala or around

    Pinkster replied to bigmac's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't know all the answers to your questions, but I will give you a start. CFCC (Central Florida Community College) located in Ocala has a LPN-RN Bridge program. I do not believe they have a wait...

  20. Any CFCC students?

    Pinkster replied to BellaRosey's topic in Florida Nursing

    I agree that that (fluid electrolytes) one was the hardest test, I did the worst on it out of all my other tests. But some people who had not done as well as others seemed to to better on this one for...

  21. Nursing or radiography?

    Pinkster replied to FLFutureNurse18's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was teetering on this issue as well. I scoped out both nursing and Radiology boards. some could say being a rad tech is less stressful, which was appealing to me but WHat really sold me to put my...

  22. work at the hospital while in nursing school

    Pinkster replied to Qka's topic in Florida Nursing

    My friend is going to try and work nights on the weekends now that we are in second semester. She called the hospital recruiter and explained that she is a student and would like a job for more...

  23. Any CFCC students?

    Pinkster replied to BellaRosey's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hey there, sorry for the delay, I took a break and then Second Semester hit me head on lol. First Semester was so different than regualr classes, you are in a program and not just a class....

  24. Female nurses have more advantage over male nurses?

    Pinkster replied to u2me's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the only advantage Females have over males that can be generalized is that it is more accepted that a nurse be female to the majority of the population. Ex: check out children book, N for...

  25. Female nurses have more advantage over male nurses?

    Pinkster replied to u2me's topic in Men in Nursing

    I would have to say that is quite the advantage for the males I agree