lulu88

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1. UT vs TSU

   lulu88 replied to tshadwick's topic in General Nursing

   I have a friend who graduated from TSU and LOVED it! She still can't stop singing the school's praises to this day! I also attended UT-Austin for my graduate degree. For my undergraduate degree I went to a very small state school in northern Missouri...

2. Occupational Therapy in the NICU

   lulu88 replied to lulu88's topic in NICU

   Thanks everyone for all of your helpful advice! Do they allow students to shadow a nurse in the NICU? I just assumed outsiders were not allowed for the good of the babies. Who should I contact about this? Also, one hospital near me has a level 3 ...

3. Occupational Therapy in the NICU

   lulu88 replied to lulu88's topic in NICU

   Thanks Tiki! That was very helpful! One quick question- on an average day, how much time did the OT's spend working with the babies? How long were their sessions? Thanks again!!

4. Does anyone NOT like working in OB?

   lulu88 replied to lulu88's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks DayRay! That was very helpful! Anyone else have any comments??

5. Any Agency CNA's?

   lulu88 replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as a CNA in both a hospital (permanant job) and in an agency, and I must say there are pros and cons of both. Definitely in the agency, you will make more money, in my case it was about $2-3 extra than it was in the hospital. I personally ...

6. The most heartbreaking thing ive ever had to do :(

   lulu88 replied to *Peanut*Vennie*'s topic in General Nursing

   I lost my dad four years ago when I was 19. I just wanted to say that the nurses who did mouth to mouth CPR on him (he had just been discharged from the hospital and was at a ceremony honoring him for 35 years of being a college professor), I am ete...

7. Occupational Therapy in the NICU

   lulu88 posted a topic in NICU

   HI everyone. I am trying to decide if I should go into Occupational Therapy or nursing. If I choose OT, I am very interested in working in the NICU. Do any of the hospitals you work at have a full time NICU OT? Do you think the role of an OT in t...

8. Does anyone NOT like working in OB?

   lulu88 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   HI everyone. I am trying to decide if I want to go into Occupational Therapy (and work in the NICU) or go into nursing and work in OB. After reading many of these posts, it just seems like a lot of people are burned out and sick of nursing-however,...

9. Confused about Careers! Please Help!

   lulu88 replied to lulu88's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your message! I worked in a hospital on the telemetry floor as a patient care tech for 6 months during the one semeser of nursing school. I loved working there at first, but then I became severely burned out because the management treate...

10. Confused about Careers! Please Help!

    lulu88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    HI everyone. I am so confused about what field I should go into. I have a B.S. in Physiology, and have been planning on entering graduate school in the summer for Occupational Therapy. The problem is, I have always been drawn to nursing, and even ...