Lisa From Maui

i am asking for light-hearted conversation & warm-fuzzy postings. a "bucket list" is a list of things you would like to do before you leave this earth... before you kick the bucket. things you keep putting off because you never have enough tim...

Wondering how much groceries cost? Here is a page from another website. Someone went in and took alot of photos inside a supermarket. Will give you mainlanders a taste of cost of living. http://www.city-data.com/forum/hawaii/511114-grocery-prices-...

Anyone else wanna comment on island fever? Wanna share your thoughts, perspective, etc? - Lisa ;-) For those of you on the mainland, who are thinking about moving here, here's a post for you! We live on the island of Maui. My husband is working ...

Does anyone know... Are any of the universities, community colleges, or nursing departments doing anything to help new grad nursing students get jobs here on the islands? Is anyone addressing this issue? Lisa ;-) P.S. If you're new to this forum, and...

A friends sent this email to me. I hope it doesn't offend anyone. You might laugh at a few of them. If you laugh, mission accomplished. Again, I don't mean to offend. Aloha! You know you're a nurse when.. 1) The front of your uniform reads...

Nevermind. Lisa ;-)

Just went food shopping today. 16 oz strawberries. $5.00 at the farmer's market. It's more expensive at the supermarket. But... stuff from the supermarket often tastes.... yucky! No flavor. Goes bad quickly. We live in an 800 sq foot condo. ...

So, you (a husband) are gonna work on live in Honolulu. You're gonna leave your wife and kids back on the mainland. You plan to visit them only on holidays. Correct?

Windward: THANK YOU for the link! I found this link on the ANA website: http://www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/MediaResources/PressReleases/2010-PR/ANA-on-HCR-Vote.aspx Does anyone know WHY the American Nurses Association support the bi...

I wonder if this will be one of those moments I remember. Remember where you were when... they announced the gulf war? When you heard that Princess Diana was killed? When you heard about the first plane crashing into the twin towers? When you heard t...

jessicadawn, if you want to know why we moved here in the first place, read my previous posts. if you want to know why we don’t move back to the mainland this week, read my previous posts. i’ve answered all of that already. jessicadawn, if you don’t ...

Petunia, I do think, in many ways, the locals get the short end of the stick. And that's putting it mildly. I'm being sincere when I write this next part... one thing locals don't think about is... the "white man" hasn't done this just to Hawaiians...

Petunia, please clarify. Was your last post from Petunia to Lisa, OR from Petunia to Jessica Dawn? Or both? Thank you for being clear. Lisa ;-)

jessicadawn, let me make sure i understand where you're coming from... you haven't started nursing school yet. you haven't been through nursing school. you haven't tried to find a job as an lpn or rn - in any state. you wrote: i would never e...

Hmmm...reminds me of that classic... something about Debbie and Dallas. It's not snob gob. It's SLOB gob. And it's kane, NOT wahine. I would suggest names like: tell-it-like-it-is Tom or no-need-to-sugar-coat-it Nick realistic Robert (Can't write re...

i am asking for light-hearted conversation & warm-fuzzy postings. a "bucket list" is a list of things you would like to do before you leave this earth... before you kick the bucket. things you keep putting off because you never have enough time a...

this is lisa, the lady who started the thread. thank you, everyone, for replying to this thread. thank you for sharing your experience & your perspective. mahalo for helping me realize that it's not just me, that other people are in the same b...

dear mg9004: windward is actually one of the most knowledgable most helpful people on this board. she tells it like it is. she is trying to be helpful. you may not see that right now, but really, she is trying to be helpful. you may not like the way ...

i would strongly suggest you do not rush and get your rn in hawai'i. huge mistake!!! pass your nclex -rn. get it done & over with. maybe get your rn license in the state you live in now. (double-check this one thing - i think you will need a...

i start nursing school - again - january 11, 2010. yipee! so, i doubt i'll have time to look at these boards for awhile. i want to take a minute and say thank you to every nurse - who now works (or recently has worked) in hawai'i - who has posted...

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I took the NLN at Maui Community College. On the day of the exam, the person giving the test told us - to tell the computer - to send a copy to Maui Comm Coll, which is where I wanted to go to nursing school. A few days after I took the exam, the...

this might help you if you're sending out resumes. you can send your resume to facilities listed on craigslist, or azcentral.com, or arizona republic, or monster.com, or jobing.com, etc. however, there are many facilities that do not advertise on th...

multicoll wrote: as a new grad... you muddle through and survive as tens of thousands of new grad nurses have before you. no, that's not always the case. some facilities set you up for failure. sometimes you take a job, and try your hardest to l...

chocolateskye wrote in another post... i need a little advice from some more experienced nurses... so i called her (the don) back and i was told that... they rarely hire new grad nurses... they could only offer me two weeks (6 days of orientation) ...