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  1. Can an RN work as a sitter?

    misplaced1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Several of my non nurse friends are working as overnight sitters. IT is a low stress job. I am wondering if I can do this even though I have an RN license? The companies aroung here also hire CNAs....

  2. I hate nursing..

    misplaced1 replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks to Porridge for reminding me that I was lucky enough to get injured while in the last semester of school. I say lucky because that really helped to open my eyes! I could work but was slow. I...

  3. I hate nursing..

    misplaced1 replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is the problem. You are mistaken, your life should not be all about "the patient" Doctors are not taught this. Paramedics are not taught this. Xray techs are not taught this. You get the...

  4. The nursing shortage is nonexistent

    misplaced1 replied to pnmia10's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the most likely scenario. I already worked in one field where a similar thing happened. We are becoming a global economy and that is not going to stop. Just having and education in...

  5. I hate nursing..

    misplaced1 replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with Eyeball. Ruby Vees post is just plain nasty. If the things she has posted here are truely how she feels I suspect the respect she believes she is getting from new nurses is just plain...

  6. Young single mom who's desparate to be a nurse but have financial concerns

    misplaced1 replied to mzinri2's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure that the recent RN grads are getting jobs in your area prior to going through all of this. Remember that you need to get a job failry quickly a a nurse or your skills will get old and no...

  7. addvise for high school senior.

    misplaced1 replied to sparkles61593's topic in General Nursing

    Do not get into nursing because of the "shortage" hype. There is no shortage of nurses only a shortage of jobs for them. A job in pediatrics will be especiallly hard to get. Getting a job in peds...

  8. What's wrong with seeking stability & security?

    misplaced1 replied to oneflyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. And this is my problem. While nurses do a VERY important job it is not the ONLY important

  9. What's wrong with seeking stability & security?

    misplaced1 replied to oneflyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    The reason so many nurses have a problem with people wanting to do nursing "as a job" instead of as their "purpose in life" is because they themselves have low self esteem and need to believe they are...

  10. Am I approaching this in the wrong way?

    misplaced1 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Get used to it, this happens a lot in

  11. Spouse Turning Nonsupportive During NP School

    misplaced1 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Often people change completely AFTER you marry them or have a baby, once they feel "safe." This is a known fact in the area of domestic abuse although I am not saying that is what she is experiencing...

  12. Spouse Turning Nonsupportive During NP School

    misplaced1 replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed! Devoting yourself to people who might not even spit on you if you were on fire and to an employer that would lay you off in a minute if they had to shave 100$ off their 100 thou plus a year...

  13. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    misplaced1 replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    If you were in another profession no one would probably raise an eyebrow about this. In my old field people did it all the time. IT is because is is NURSING and in nursing everything any nurse does...

  14. What are the advantages of getting my MSN if I already have a MPH degree?

    misplaced1 replied to New601RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am from a pharmaceutics background. The pharm industry is changing but the medical industry overall is still in pretty good shape. You could look into pharm companies, bio companies all kinds of...

  15. New grad, No Job

    misplaced1 replied to vayala3's topic in General Nursing

    There is no nursing shortage there WAS a shortage of nurses that want to work as nurses because its a stressful job but now it seems like in most places there is a shortage of

  16. Successful unconventional RN positions with less than yr exp

    misplaced1 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    I know lots of people that never did work in a hosptial and are educators in different capacity, many working for health depts. Yo could always pick up a few shifts with the hospice. If they think...

  17. Thinking about switching career paths.

    misplaced1 replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    I have a PhD in pharmaceutical science and an RN. I also have a hidden disablity. I had the same kind of idea you did to do nursing research and in fact I am extremely marketable, once I get some...

  18. How do you stay proud of the job despite some things...

    misplaced1 replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    Dude Why dont you post a few of these non butt wiping

  19. Nursing or Speech Language Pathology??

    misplaced1 replied to Marcyb291's topic in General Nursing

    My aunt is a speech language path and loves it. Everyone I know thta does it loves it. Most people seems to be trying to escape nursing, at least bedside nursing. The ones that love it are the...

  20. are we human .. really ??

    misplaced1 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly,I did not realize until my last year of school that nurses got "written up" I have never worked any professional job before where i got "written up" Why can't we just be told things, why...

  21. X-Ray Tech..know anyone?

    misplaced1 replied to NurseToBe20100102's topic in General Nursing

    If you believe there is a nursing shortage you have been misinformed but, sadly you are not

  22. Nursing

    misplaced1 replied to sunrock's topic in General Nursing

    The reason the "shortage" thing is being touted is meerly to keep salaries low, glutting the market does this. Moreover, keeping the salary low gets rid of the people that can do something else and...

  23. Ideas for Gift for nursing instructors??

    misplaced1 replied to NC29mom's topic in General Students

    Honestly we did that too in nursing school, gave the instructors gifts. I think it is completely inappropriate that they accept gifts if you ask me. And yes I have taught at the college levels. I...

  24. Can an RN work as a sitter?

    misplaced1 replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    Nicole, Why all the anger? No one said you would not do you best in ANY situation., The question here is CAN an RN legally work as a sitter. Thats it, thats the question. You pit bull response is...

  25. Paraplegia and nursing

    misplaced1 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I appreciate so much your posts. I have a disability also but it is invisible so I do not have to deal with the overt discrimination as the OP does. I do not ask for any accomidations when I work ,...