pumpkinpatchquilter

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1. Help..fellow RN breaking into co-workers E mail

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to iluvivt's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, I'm amazed as well that this person still has a job. Does his superior realize that it is illegal to break into someone's email? This is an act that has and could be taken to court. Especially...

2. H1N1 will you be giving the vaccine?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to darla09's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Exactly my point Tweedles. Thank you for your kind response. I have been to the WHO's website, and didn't they begin making the vaccine in something like, May of this year? My child's school has...

3. H1N1 will you be giving the vaccine?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to darla09's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   I think the issue is, that there HASN'T been any study that links this vaccine to complications, because it's only been in existence for something like six months. You're right, the vaccine is said...

4. How to Study?

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

   I do the flashcard thing too - I'm taking a general biology class right now as a prerequisite to Anatomy, and the actual act of writing the terms down on the flash cards helps me tremendously. I have...

5. Need some encouragement, I can do this, right?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to pumpkinpatchquilter's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Thank you all so much for all of the advice and really motivating words! You have truly helped. Things are going well so far and I'm gaining some confidence. I'm only spending about an hour,...

6. No Waiting List And No Entrance Exam RN

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to Dionyonce's topic in New York Nursing

   Kent State Ashtabula branch in Ohio has no waiting list, because they accept students twice a year. Students are accepted based on GPA first though, so you gotta keep those grades up. As far as an...

7. Need some encouragement, I can do this, right?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to pumpkinpatchquilter's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Thank you so much for the encouraging words. I really needed them. I'm all up in it at school now! Stressing a little about the GPA thing but I'm just going to study until I can't study anymore....

8. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

   Just another note about getting into the classes - don't forget that some of the prerequisites are not only for Nursing but other health fields like Radiologic Technology or Respiratory Therapy as...

9. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

   pumpkinpatchquilter replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

   To be quite blunt, which nurse would you like assisting your Doc during surgery? The one making $32 an hour or the one making $8? Have you noticed the trend with jobs where you make only a few...

10. The haunting scream of a mother

    pumpkinpatchquilter replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Oh how awful. I'm a pre-nursing student as well and I do not look forward to witnessing this kind of pain. I have two daughters, and there is NOTHING that I fear more, than something happening to...

11. Open mouth; Insert foot

    pumpkinpatchquilter replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! I'll tell ya what, I think everyone has spoken their mind and regretted it instantly...or soon after. I am a pre-nursing student but I can attest that this kind of workplace politics happens...

12. Need some encouragement, I can do this, right?

    pumpkinpatchquilter posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am starting prereque's on Tuesday, and I can't say that I'm not getting a little nervous! I have two daughters, one 7 and the other will be 4 in December. I've been a SAHM to them for the past 5...

13. Professors who grade based on 'looks'

    pumpkinpatchquilter replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm sure it happens but Lord I hope not in any of my classes, or else I'm in big trouble! Not that I'm a slob or anything, but I've got two school age kids and now am attempting school full time, I...

14. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    pumpkinpatchquilter replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work at a hospital - yet - but something tells me that vomit and other bodily fluids aren't a turn on. Maybe that's just

15. ICU nurses attitude toward med-surg nurses

    pumpkinpatchquilter replied to smallboat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't answer this question as it pertains to your particular situation, as I'm beginning school this fall as a pre-nursing student. But what I can share with you, is that my experience has been, no...