nurseunderwater

Where I work (hospital) if you choose to go back to school for your RN, they offer a work 24 get payed for 36...they also pay for tuition and books. I am currently working 20 hours, weekends only and get paid well I think, for PRN/Supp.

ahem...like you leslie :kiss:

There is a CRNA that works at my hospital...same deal, tall, athletic and strong in appearance and smart as h***. I sometimes wonder about natural selection and the end of the weeding out of the gene pool. Though I have to say...I'm not chopped liv...

Just wanted to add... Many and I mean MANY discussions have taken place on this board re: scope of practice = difference in jobs....You may want to try a search and see what comes up. good luck in your quest :) Kate

Nurse turned pre-med student..... Polarization doesn't help anyone. There are always a**h**** in every postion and every level. On the up side, there are those of us who "ROCK" and are fun to be around in general.... From the let's play nice togeth...

Take a deep breath :) One thing that I learned from a preceptor just last month (i was refreshing my license after not working for 8 years) was to make a chart with Pt names across the top and times along the sides....in each block she wrote meds/tes...

ear wax..............make me gag a little even thinking about it....

ear wax..............make me gag a little even thinking about it....

um...sounds like your friends need to re-evaluate their value systems..(not to be snide but come on...) Nursing not respectable? hmm. I just can't make that connection. On this site you can find numerous threads containing the pros and cons of nurs...

um...sounds like your friends need to re-evaluate their value systems..(not to be snide but come on...) Nursing not respectable? hmm. I just can't make that connection. On this site you can find numerous threads containing the pros and cons of nurs...

I was reading somewhere...i'll find it and post it....about cancer having a difficult time replicating in muscle cells because of their unique composition. ...searching... here's one.... http://www.emedicine.com/med/byname/cardiac-sarcoma.htm if you...

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{leslie}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} I am so sorry my friend. I wish I had some wisedom for you. Will send you love and prayers in its' sted. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Kate

I know what you mean.... Truely though, I don't have the time of day for people w/ such attitudes. I mean, if they are so "self-absorbed" and coming from such an egotistical place...they have a problem not me. There have been so many discussions on...

when I lived in Colorado we had a really dry season with a lot of fires...wouldn't you know that a bear decided to come into our house?!? no kidding...they said he was after the cat food. that was the summer of the mountain lion on the road also. ...

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation it's when your blood stops clotting....bad news. here's a link....http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic150.htm

nice post dayray :)

Your concern for your pts feelings shows that you are compassionate. YET, when it comes to potential for exposure to body fluids....you come first...always. XXOO Kate

:balloons: WHOO HOO! :balloons: YOU DID IT!...ok? YOU DID IT! yes it's real...now give yourself a pat on the back..LOL. :) :chuckle

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

Both.....I wonder though how long the "just in it for the money" contingent lasts doing floor nursing....

http://www.nflpn.org/ Here is a link to our national organization.....I am almost done refreshing my license and am in clinicals....was LPN...now.....LVN. Just one shining example of what I see wrong with vocational/practical nursing. We don't even...

it is my understanding that rns have to do the initial admit assessment...after that an lpn can complete qshift assessments...Kate

olive oyl v. wonder woman

::applause::

Me... I am first. With my family, my friends and my pts. If mamas good then everyone gets what they need. I don't mean this in a selfish..me me me way. Just in the "I don't have any need to be a martyr" kind of way. Life is a marathon not a sprin...