cuba757

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1. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

   cuba757 replied to fangirl's topic in Relations

   As a new nurse on a dementia unit, I had a resident tell me "you don't know your a** from your elbow" lol. In hindsight I agree with her!

2. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   cuba757 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't read through all the comments so I'm not sure if this word has been mentioned. It silently drives me crazy when people mispronounce "peripheral" by saying "per-ri-fe-al".

3. New grad RN salary in Florida 2014

   cuba757 replied to Crystal360's topic in Career Support

   South Fl....I was just hired in a hospital for a peds specialty unit on nights. The pay is a little over $30, which includes the night differential 😊

4. HCA New Grad Program (StaRN) at Kendall Regional (Miami, FL)

   cuba757 replied to RNMPCR's topic in Florida

   Hello everyone! I was wondering how to go about applying for the Kendall regional and Aventura nurse residency? I've already looked on the website and don't see a posting, am I missing something? Thanks in advance!

5. Patient Death Notice BOMBSHELL! HELP!

   cuba757 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric

   When I worked in LTC, there was no policy in place to notify staff of a patients death on their days off. However, I would sometimes find out from other staff that I kept in contact with outside of work. With that said, when I came back to work from ...

6. CT Technical LPN/Financial Aid

   cuba757 replied to HartfordSPN's topic in Connecticut

   Ok so now i'm getting nervous too. I was just accepted into eli whitney on wednesday and I just turned in my financial aid info friday, which was the deadline date so I haven't heard anything yet. I'm pretty sure I will get the max pell grant, so eve...

7. Eli Whitney Tech

   cuba757 replied to cuba757's topic in Connecticut

   Hello everybody...I'm happy to say that I was called off the waiting list today for Eli Whitney and I was asked did I still want to be in the program!!!:yeah:So I'm in the program starting 2008, I'm so nervous, excited, and happy! Is there any one el...

8. Eli Whitney Tech

   cuba757 replied to cuba757's topic in Connecticut

   well my other choice was st. vincent's but I didn't get into the program...but maybe that was for the best because I would have to travel from new haven to bridgeport everyday and I don't have my own transportation yet. So I was counting on getting i...

9. Eli Whitney Tech

   cuba757 posted a topic in Connecticut

   Hello everyone, my name is Ashley. I was wondering if anybody on here applied to eli whitney and were accepted or not accepted. I wasn't accepted but was put on a waiting list, and i'm number 7 or 8 . I'm really hoping that I can get in there or some...