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  1. Finding a job as a new grad

    feralnostalgia posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi there - I'm just now starting an ADN program here in Arkansas, and I'm wondering what you guys can tell me about job outlook. I have my heart set on moving to the pacific northwest. I'm not an...

  2. Best nursing specialty for overseas volunteering?

    feralnostalgia posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey all, I'm curious. a big part of why I want to be a nurse is that I want to be able to work for someone like doctors without borders or partners in health or something like that. what kind of...

  3. Hang in there new and recent grads! Nine months and 286 applications.

    feralnostalgia replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    good lord, I'd have packed up and moved way before that many applications. congrats. I never want to play tug-of-war with

  4. Sexual Misconduct at work

    feralnostalgia replied to evilolive's topic in General Nursing

    if the spankee wasn't very clear about her dislike for being touched, and has heretofore gone along with jokes, the male CNA might be confused...he's still wrong and should definitely be repremanded,...

  5. Unemployment in Michigan and college

    feralnostalgia replied to MandyinMichigan's topic in General Nursing

    I got a GED and worked in a hotel for several years, now I'm in nursing school =) a lot of my coworkers were moms and dads in a similar position to yours. down here in arkansas, a LOT of community...

  6. Dead Babies...To Get It Off My Chest

    feralnostalgia replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    my state is like this, yet they just passed a big gay adoption ban. except, to make it constitutional they couldn't just pass a gay adoption ban, so they passed an everyone-not-married adoption ban....

  7. Tattoos on patients

    feralnostalgia replied to Duckyaryj's topic in General Nursing

    aw that's awesome! me too

  8. Wage Freeze

    feralnostalgia replied to dabowhunter's topic in General Nursing

    they probably said 18 months instead of "indefinitely" so that they could budget. makes it easier to promise the money will go to other places if you know for sure where it's not going for a set...

  9. Dead Babies...To Get It Off My Chest

    feralnostalgia replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    =/ a sick world is a good reason to be a

  10. Undecided... and need moral support

    feralnostalgia replied to tj_Medic_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    good luck sticking with it and trying to make your hometown hospital a better place =) I'd have already high-tailed it out of there, so I respect you for

  11. Need Honest Opinion -- Would You Recommend Nursing?

    feralnostalgia replied to djc1981's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any nursing experience here...but if the other choice is an MBA? definitely nursing. if you have a choice between actually helping people and just manipulating other people's money for...

  12. Gay Nurses... help!

    feralnostalgia replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    one of my close friends is a CNA (and a damn good one) who was doing home care working for a family with an adult with Cerebral Palsy and some developmental issues. the patient got to talking to her,...

  13. Finding a job as a new grad

    feralnostalgia replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    haha, completely OT but I read Odd Thomas a few years ago and loved it. I second the recommendation =)good luck Sunrise! I hope you find an opening somewhere and don't have to relocate (unless you...

  14. Finding a job as a new grad

    feralnostalgia replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    awesome yeah, I drive by a gigantic sign for travel nurses every day after school. it'll be a long while before I'm graduated, but it's encouraging. of course, most of the places I'd travel to in...

  15. Finding a job as a new grad

    feralnostalgia replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    cool. out of curiosity, is the recession doing especially nasty things in WA? a few months ago it seemed like nursing was the only thing you could get a job doing...or leastwise 1/2 of the...

  16. Does nursing have to be your "calling" for you to be a great nurse?

    feralnostalgia replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd majored in three other programs at two entirely different schools before I switched to nursing. frankly, I plan on back to school for whatever I feel like, probably not related to medicine, and...

  17. Gay Nurses... help!

    feralnostalgia replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    here's hopin'. as far as presidential aid...I'm reminded of the old Russian proverb "Pray to God, but row for

  18. Gay Nurses... help!

    feralnostalgia replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a gay nursing student...and its been kind of bothering me the way that the literature on male nurses keeps aggressively asserting things like "people may assume we're gay, but we're not! very...

  19. Death of a pt

    feralnostalgia replied to LVN2010M's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    wow, I didn't realized CNAs did this. I guess it makes sense...washing the body used to be a really big deal spiritually, something the family did...hmmm. my mom's dad died of COPD this summer and...

  20. Nursing and belief in the supernatural

    feralnostalgia replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    cool thanks, I'll check it out.and to everybody above - I definitely know not to bring it up or to push anything on patients, just

  21. Nursing and belief in the supernatural

    feralnostalgia posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey guys, not trying to be controversial or off topic here, but what role do supernatural experiences, or even just patients beliefs therein, play in your nursing? I know it has no role in medical...

  22. Nurses are oppressed?! Do we oppress others?

    feralnostalgia replied to alex_hamilton18's topic in General Nursing

    the strongest case I can think of is if you talked about how importing lots and lots of nurses from places like the philipines to alleviate shortages in the US is making shortages worse in less...

  23. Can I get your opinion??

    feralnostalgia replied to OzarksgalCNA's topic in General Nursing

    (I'm not a nurse yet, this is just my personal experience talking) I had surgery for an anal fissure back in august, (which didn't help...oh well, there are worse problems to have) and a bit...

  24. What nursing preprequisite(s) did you struggle in the most?

    feralnostalgia replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    oh god...I hated statistics. I'm in an ADN program that doesn't require it (just college algebra), but back when I still thought I wanted to be a social worker it was required. (since you totally...

  25. wondering about my chances of getting in

    feralnostalgia posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey there - I've been at UCA studying Sociology for the last 4 semesters, but since the summer I've been thinking about doing nursing instead. I think I'm going to apply to UALR's ADN program here in...