Diva Nurse Dani

Diva Nurse Dani

Oncology, Home Health, Psychiatry

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  1. full time vs. adjunct

    Ok,
  2. full time vs. adjunct

    Hi everyone. I have applied for full time and have been turned down each time due to limited experience :-(. I've been working as adjunct 1.5 years, almost straight thru due to one school going year...
  3. full time vs. adjunct

    MSN, plan to go back for my
  4. full time vs. adjunct

    I've been working in community colleges and private university online
  5. New to Education

    Hello All! I recently graduated with my MSN (yay!!) and I have been offered 3 adjunct clinical positions. 2 are close to home and are with ADN programs, and one is with a BSN program but far from...
  6. Time is winding down

    Well, I am an oncology nurse who has worked on the Med-surg-Onc floor for 3 years now and I am moving to the home health division. I am scared to death (but change makes most of us nervous). I keep...
  7. Time is winding down

    Thanks Ellie. I guess that is it. I know change is good, and I need this change for many reasons. Whew...but good to know I'm not the only
  8. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

    Wow...this has been helpful!! I am considering moving from a Med-Surg floor (with almost 4 years experience) to HH. My fear is I am also working on my Masters with the intent to teach, and afraid of...
  9. Epocretes

    Wow, that is good to know about the claiming on income taxes. I wouldn't have remembered that!
  10. Back for BSN and hate it!

    I went back to complete my BSN and I am ready to throw the towel in! I completed 2 semesters, this is my third, and I am crying my eyes out because I can't do this anymore! I know critical thinking...
  11. Back for BSN and hate it!

    BamaRN1990, No I'm not married, nor do I have any children (to my grandmothers dismay) I live at home with my mom and 94 year old grandmother (moved home when I went back for ADN) I am currently...
  12. Back for BSN and hate it!

    Thanks everyone!! I really do ant to do this, and maybe I have too much on my plate this semester. I wanted to go full time this semester so that I can hurry up and get this over with. Maybe that...
  13. What do you love about working in oncology?

    You ask what I love most??? MY PATIENTS!!! Some days I wouldn't go to work if it weren't for the people I care for. I mean, these are people who have a totally different perspective on life!! I love...
  14. Hi all! I am looking for a class (or classes) to be certified as a wound care nurse. I'm taking the ACLS class in July, I am attending a radiation class next Friday, and who knows when my job will...
  15. Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!

    Ok, so I just got home from work and I am ready to scream!!!:angryfire Yes, another "Evil PCA/PCT" story. There is this one who has been a thorn in my side from day one!! I ask her to do something,...
  16. Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!

    Thanks for your support. Fortunately, on this shift I can avoid her. We are assigned a PCA every day, there are 2 on this shift everyday. I can request the other one. And since one of the Charge...
  17. so our 1st year is almost up: what are your plans

    Well, I went back to school in January, and my 1st year is up in July!! I'm pretty sure bedside won't be where I end my career, but I'm not sure about specialty...I'm in Oncology now, but Psych and...
  18. Ok, so here it is...AGAIN!!! (I say again because so many of us have posted a message about feeling inadequate and not getting what we think we should from our 1st positions. So, here's another. Since...
  19. New Nurse needing support, or I'll quit!!

    Thanks Kidznurse!! Its not that I don't love what I do, I guess maybe it is just everything. I can't leave "Nurse" at work because I come home to sick people. I moved home when I went to nursing...
  20. New Nurse needing support, or I'll quit!!

    Thanks Cali! I just wish I could feel better about what I'm doing. I have had to use most of my PTO days for the illnesses of my mom and my grandmother, and one for me being sick, and one today...
  21. New Nurse needing support, or I'll quit!!

    I work on an Oncology floor at a large hospital. Its a good hospital. I've had some say that maybe it's the unit, som say its the
  22. Lunch and Dinner Breaks

    I bring either Lean Cuisine or Smart Ones (both have WW points on them :chuckle ), a naturals fruit cup, a Yoplait Whips Yogurt (chocolate whips are the best...keep me from devouring a candy bar...
  23. Have you ever had to give bad news?

    I deal with death of patients quite often on my floor and I can say you did what any reasonable person would have done in your position. We will always have the "not so perfect" situation and we do...
  24. Hate Hospital - Do I have to do this ??

    blueiwahine....man are we lucky to have others to cry with!!! I guess we need to stick together to survive this!! How did nurses before us do it?? I mean when they didn't have as many choices as we...
  25. Books? Journals? Etc...

    I am hugely fond of Nursing 2007 and Nursing made Incredibly