Darjeeling22

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1. Is nursing your second career?

   Darjeeling22 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

   BA in theatre, three years working in professional theatre and then six years working in adult literacy and ESL -- started as an educator, moved into administration. Now in second year of an ADN...

2. Going by your middle name -- problematic?

   Darjeeling22 replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks all, I appreciate the

3. Going by your middle name -- problematic?

   Darjeeling22 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, Looking for licensed nurses in a similar situation. My parents decided, for whatever reason, to bring me up using my middle name instead of my first. I can't think of any time in 30+...

4. Nursing Student Assessment Worksheet

   Darjeeling22 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Students

   This is fantastic! I'm going to point the others in my class towards this post, and I'll definitely be downloading any others you come up with. Thank you VERY

5. Losing motivation to study, any tips??

   Darjeeling22 replied to Newbiestudent18's topic in General Nursing

   I'm about to start my second semester as well. Coming from an education background, I've found that it helps me to absorb material if I explain it to someone else. I have two other people in my class...

6. How to ace an interview and get hired if you're a new graduate with no experience?

   Darjeeling22 replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was a recruiter and assistant hiring manager for several years. This was a non-medical company, but much of what advice I'd give is universal when trying to get a job. I second, third, and...

7. How to find volunteer work on Christmas Day

   Darjeeling22 replied to GoodNP's topic in General Nursing

   Very hard to find volunteer things on Christmas Eve/Day here as well. The closest soup kitchen open then is over 300 miles away. The local Hospice organization has been the only place so far that has...

8. Patients and the race card

   Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I didn't particularly get "anti-white" as a subtext in the first replies, either. I had to ask for clarification myself because I've heard the term "play the race card" used in a second sense: When...

9. Patients and the race card

   Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Gracious, I explained about

10. Patients and the race card

    Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not sure who Kanye is, so the comparison's unfortunately lost. I really don't, however, see a line between a long-weary struggle with racial identity and whether people are stupid or not. I'm in...

11. Patients and the race card

    Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Most

12. Patients and the race card

    Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To highlight that racial back-and-forth isn't solely a black and white (pardon the pun)

13. Patients and the race card

    Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If that is what the OP means, I've got this to say -- and I say it not as a nurse (I'm a student), but as a human being. I live in an area whose population has shocked me at times with blatantly...

14. Patients and the race card

    Darjeeling22 replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What exactly do you mean by the 'race card'? Call me obtuse. But as a "minority" (I detest that term) myself, I don't want to assume that I know what this means to someone

15. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Darjeeling22 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ah, thank you for the