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  1. Not prepared for clinical!

    ellymay replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I would have had that problem when I was in school. Except very rarely, we had to go the day before to choose our patients. Then there was a mountain of paperwork to complete before morning,...

  2. Does anyone else find nursing school... easy?

    ellymay replied to Guerilla04's topic in General Students

    no worries....you did not offend me at all. i only wish i had gone to nursing school before i had so many responsibilities. i envy your situation really. in my situation, it was all i could do to...

  3. advice for highschool student

    ellymay replied to future_nurse_parent's topic in General Students

    i don't know exactly what advice to offer. he is only 15 after all. if he thinks he may want to be a nurse, however, starting as a cna would give him an opportunity to see what nurses do. rn's are...

  4. Does anyone else find nursing school... easy?

    ellymay replied to Guerilla04's topic in General Students

    i have already graduated and i thought the first semester was ok but it only got harder from there. most of the difficulty i had was just that it was so extremely time consuming. i spent many nights...

  5. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ellymay replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    :hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp::hpygrp:

  6. You know that you are dating/married to a nurse

    ellymay replied to mydee's topic in Nursing Humor

    i do that to my husband to.....i can't tell if he thinks it's funny or just tolerates me doing

  7. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    i also applyed for the nicu at woman's and would be more than happy to be your classmate:d. i have tried calling but always get voice mail. hermann is my first choice but i would be more than happy...

  8. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    congratulations on your new job!! i guess now instead of worrying about whether my packet was received, i can start worrying about the fact that they haven't called me yet.:chuckle is your new job...

  9. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    after the application deadline passed, they later opened it again until sept 25. i am assuming they did not have enough applicants or at least not enough of the kind of applicants they were looking...

  10. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    i have called a few times in the last couple of weeks but always have to leave a message. i then called human resources and was told that if i leave a message that they should return my call within...

  11. Graduated tonight!

    ellymay replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Congratulations to you!!!! Now that it's over, don't you feel like you have NO idea how you ever made it

  12. Do you practice your skills on dummies/mannequins

    ellymay replied to AusNurse2B's topic in General Students

    We practiced on mannequins. I guess it was not good to not go out and torture real people until we had some clue what we were doing but the mannequins are way different than the real

  13. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    ellymay replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Embarrassing maybe but she has probably repeated that story and gotten many

  14. they see dead people

    ellymay replied to tatara's topic in General Nursing

    I am a firm believer that you can see someone who has passed on. When I was a teenager I saw my great grandmother who had been dead for several years. It scared me to death but I know what I

  15. What would make you say "I could never do that"

    ellymay replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the sound of suctioning but I can do it. But I know I could never work with an eye surgeon who does surgeries while the patient is awake....gives me chills just thinking about

  16. Just graduated. Waitin to be approved for the Nclex-RN...HELP!!!

    ellymay replied to Kambili's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congrats on passing!!!! I took the Kaplan course and am using the Kaplan book to study. I take my test in 3 weeks. Good luck with your studying and your

  17. Flu shot policy at your hospital....(m)

    ellymay replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    we had the choice of either taking the flu shot (and the h1n1 when it is available) or wearing a surgical mask during our entire shift until flu season is over. anyone coming into er with flulike...

  18. Over Confident GN's

    ellymay replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    i have had the misfortune of working with someone just like this, except she had already passed nclex and so was working under her own license. she was an er nurse and i came into contact with her as...

  19. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    did you graduate in may then? have you worked anywhere as a nurse since then? i ask because i have already graduated as well and am still working at the job i have had for years (not a nurse tech or...

  20. Why "assuming" doesnt work--- funny

    ellymay replied to MELY13's topic in General Nursing

    :hpygrp: omg....that was too funny. at least he had a good sense of humor. and i was picturing you half sliding through the door (i'm a huge seinfeld

  21. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    so would i. it's very frustrating. when they extended the application period, i wondered if it was because they received too few applications. maybe they now have so many it is taking a while to...

  22. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    just wondering if anyone who applied for the january internships had heard anything yet. or even gotten confirmation that their application was received. i thought i was a patient person but this is...

  23. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    i have no idea why but the time on my post is 5 hours ahead of the real time. my email is doing the same thing. i'll have to check that

  24. Memorial Hermann GN Internship

    ellymay replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Texas Nursing

    i have the same problem. it's good to hear i am not the only one. i desperately want this internship. i hope we will hear something soon. they could save themselves some of the phone calls if they...