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  1. Trying to avoid being disabled, career advice.

    damrcngrl95 replied to dthfytr's topic in General Nursing

    You can also look on this website. http://www.ratracerebellion.com It is a reputable website for work at home professionals. I have used it to find good paying work at home jobs for myself. If you...

  2. Something is wrong with me help

    damrcngrl95 replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't realize it caused you to stutter and that you were not having fluid speech due to your thought process. If it were me I would talk to my doctor and see if a speech therapist is recommended....

  3. Something is wrong with me help

    damrcngrl95 replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You sound like you are a visual learner. I'm not a doctor or even in that field, but I have taught for 10 years. When I was learning another language a lot of times I would visualize the noun before...

  4. Insurance Reimbursement Cuts

    damrcngrl95 replied to drmorton2b's topic in General Nursing

    That is so scary that insurance companies can do that. My husband is military and we have Tricare. I have not had nonmilitary insurance for so long that I have no concept of what civilian families...

  5. Lupus (SLE) and Nursing

    damrcngrl95 replied to Jmira.BSN.RN's topic in General Nursing

    My mom has Lupus and has had Lupus since I was a baby.(I'm 42) She is not a nurse though. I do know that her Lupus was in remission for many years and then as she has become older she has had more...

  6. A question for career changers.

    damrcngrl95 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm coming from a teaching environment. The medical field and the teaching field are a lot alike in many ways. We want to help people even when they don't want help. We have gossiping and...

  7. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    damrcngrl95 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was told tickling my son's feet when he was a baby will make him stutter. I have tickled the feet of all 3 of my boys and their speech is

  8. What is your definition of a good manager?

    damrcngrl95 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that is what I was trying to say. If you want my best work then treat me like I know how to do a good job. I work so hard to do my best work because my boss isn't checking up behind me and...

  9. radiography,radiation therapy vs nursing

    damrcngrl95 replied to roso614's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think you should go for whichever you think you will really love, but the Rad Tech jobs are kind of hard to come by right now. They are over saturated at this moment, but if it was something that...

  10. What is your definition of a good manager?

    damrcngrl95 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    A good manager doesn't micromanage a person as they are trying to do their job. There is more than one right way to do things. A good manager uses good common sense when making decisions. A good...

  11. Disappointing news, what can I do?

    damrcngrl95 replied to WannabeNurse(:'s topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear that you didn't make it into your school of choice. Does the school that you are going to have a HOSA club or some kind of medical/science driven club? The Red Cross may let you...

  12. School parents want girl with peanut allergy sent home

    damrcngrl95 replied to safarirn's topic in School

    As a school I would worry about the liability. Mistakes happen and I don't know if I would want my one mistake to cost the life of a child. I don't know what the answer is to this. On one hand I do...

  13. Ive decided not to go ahead with nursing school...(Rad tech or RT)

    damrcngrl95 replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    jrt71 It was really close on choosing between Rad tech and Respiratory. I guess the tipping point was that there was less of a demand for Rad techs than Respiratory and I felt the future demand...

  14. Ive decided not to go ahead with nursing school...(Rad tech or RT)

    damrcngrl95 replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    I have decided to go into Respiratory Therapy. The advise that you are being given is true from the 2 years of researching and the one year of volunteering I have done. I did 6 months of...

  15. How to pay for Nursing school: Student Nursing Scholarship + Financial Aid Links

    damrcngrl95 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Students

    I haven't been through nursing school, but I got a degree as teacher. I received pell grants and some loans. I was able to use any of the remaining for my children's child care and living expenses....

  16. what does the 0.2 mean when it says 12 hour shift 0.2

    damrcngrl95 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The title pretty much says it. I was looking at jobs on Indeed and I noticed that some of the hospital jobs will say things like "Part-time 12 hour shift 0.2 or 0.?." Some say full-time 12 hour...

  17. what does the 0.2 mean when it says 12 hour shift 0.2

    damrcngrl95 replied to damrcngrl95's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for clearing this up. I was thinking that it could be a percentage of a 40 hour week, but the 12 hour part of the post threw me off. I appreciate that you have taken the time to...

  18. High debt but want to change careers

    damrcngrl95 replied to mmoton's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    hi, i have 4 links for you. the first 3 jobs are from a website called rat race rebellion. they have more professional job offers. the first two jobs are praxis (ets). then i found one from...

  19. High debt but want to change careers

    damrcngrl95 replied to mmoton's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I haven't read all of the posts so if this idea is a repeat please disreguard. I was a teacher for 10 years. I had had enough of the craziness. I came to grips that it just isn't a good fit for me....

  20. Where do I begin?

    damrcngrl95 replied to InfantrySPC's topic in LPN to RN

    Retake your ASFAB (I don't know if I spelled that correctly) if your score wasn't high enough for the Army nursing program. You will owe the military more time, but they will send you to San Antonio...

  21. How are you going to pay for school??? I'm really worried...

    damrcngrl95 replied to Calbrunette's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You can also plead your case to the school because I know that some schools will waive the out of state tuition and charge you at an in state price. They are not going to offer it to you, but you can...

  22. MRSA.... VERY WORRIED!!!!

    damrcngrl95 replied to undecidedjp's topic in General Nursing

    When my son was 2 he had an open sore that was MRSA. My 6 month old never suffered from MRSA despite the fact that I was changing both of them and had a 6 month old crawling all over his big brother....

  23. Horrible in Algebra

    damrcngrl95 replied to my4helpers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I tutor students in Algebra up to precalculus. There are many great sites to help tutor you with Algebra. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Sparks Notes is also a good resource. You can also find math...

  24. I feel like crawling under a rock....

    damrcngrl95 replied to adruiz01's topic in General Nursing

    Everything the previous posters said is true. I used to teach 4th grade. My son had these "boils" show up on his bottom and thigh. One would show up and I would treat it. It would go away and then...

  25. "My child won't eat"- documentary

    damrcngrl95 replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Thank you for this video. My 5 year old is like these children. I have heard and said some of the things you are saying. My child had a lot of food allergies. When he was being introduced to...