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  1. Money $ or Happiness :-) Please OR Nurses. I need advice. Should I Leave the ED?

    LevitateMe replied to vblaides's topic in Operating Room

    I would take the OR job if your interested in it. I am facing the same kind of choice. Money, Better hours, more experience, drive time, more time for my personal life...... lol how do you decide??...

  2. which direction to go???

    LevitateMe replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    mine is too : ) I am thinking I'd like to do clinic for now and apply for the hospital once I get my BSN, I want to lose weight and get that degree finished first or i'm afraid I'll never get it all...

  3. anyone choosing or chose NOT to go into the HOSPITAL??

    LevitateMe replied to LevitateMe's topic in Nursing Career

    I think I agree. I am just kind of wondering if it would be just as reasonable to get on someplace I can get my life back together and work on my BSN before I start in a busy hospital. I feel like...

  4. which direction to go???

    LevitateMe replied to LevitateMe's topic in General Nursing

    Nice name lol Unfortunately I have always had a job a ways away cause i've always lived outside of downtown. This clinic would be in my neighborhood like so close, I wouldn't know what to do if I...

  5. New Grad RN: Home Health or Hold Out?

    LevitateMe replied to MBrickle's topic in Private Duty

    I say take it, just make sure your comfortable with what your doing, the new cpr measures and what to do in an emergency. you dont want to lose your license before you get it. i went into PDN as an...

  6. Maxin nsg per diem

    LevitateMe replied to rdsxfnrn's topic in Private Duty

    ive never heard anything good about them but if its not your primary job then it probably wouldnt make a big

  7. Finding RNs

    LevitateMe replied to WI_home_RN's topic in Private Duty

    there's also craigslist but obviously be careful there : ) good luck! also could you try going through a staffing agency to get someone in? like a dr.'s office would if they were looking to hire...

  8. Finding RNs

    LevitateMe replied to WI_home_RN's topic in Private Duty

    Im a LVN and just took my RN boards a couple days ago (live in texas sorry) but I have worked with a kiddo on a vent for a year now. i dont know the rules in your state but maybe looking for an LVN...

  9. malpractice insurance

    LevitateMe replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    ok I'll add a question: does just a regular LVN Rn need malpractice insurance? I am in a clinic now going thru an agency for pdn pedi soon, and in rn school. so im just curious which nurses need it,...

  10. A day in the life of a nurse....

    LevitateMe replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently in a clinic, mon-fri 8-5. And I've grown to hate the monotony. (so i leave for private duty pedi's in 3 weeks!) so... 8 am I print todays schedule and hand them out to my doc and nurse...

  11. Pain Scale

    LevitateMe replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    We just talked about this in class a few weeks ago, my teacher says 1-10 is the norm but since some facilities use 1-5, you do have to be consistent. One way she said to document to avoid forgetting...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    LevitateMe replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    i am an lvn in a rn mobility program and a few weeks ago i was helping another lvn with her blood draw, and right after she drew the blood she pulled the butterfly closed and dropped it right in the...

  13. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    LevitateMe replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    *explicit* never... pack your lady parts with makeup pads so you can continue "working" on your period. (hooker) never... refuse to amputate your leg when it is gangrene and has an infestation of...

  14. Traveling Nurses?

    LevitateMe replied to MaggieMai's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with gonzo, get some experience and money saved up 1st. i have seen other posts about contracts cancelled or not having a new one to sign and being stuck somewhere, so having the cash to fly...

  15. NO jobs for new nurses, I may quit school.

    LevitateMe replied to oceanbaby's topic in General Nursing

    if your real worried, and really want to be a nurse, and nothing else appeals to you, you could always try volunteering at a local hospital while your in school, get your foot and smiling helpful face...

  16. sumitting resignation letter via email?

    LevitateMe replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    as much as i would like to do it in an email, in person is the more professional way to go, but like L&D said if you work nights and never see them, email may be a good heads up before you drop it...

  17. humerous, yet a little scary story

    LevitateMe replied to fhockeychick504's topic in General Nursing

    this is my theory *most of the time*: the more education and information people (usually doctors) take in the less room they have up there for common sense! eventually it just starts dripping

  18. I need some Advice... and quick!

    LevitateMe replied to Noel1221's topic in General Nursing

    good

  19. I need some Advice... and quick!

    LevitateMe replied to Noel1221's topic in General Nursing

    is it going to be hard and cost you alot to move there by yourself? can you tell them you'd like to stay with in the spring class since you've already made arrangments? will your fiance be done with...

  20. Highly disturbed today at Clinical...

    LevitateMe replied to cookiesandcream22's topic in General Students

    This is really sad. I am an LVN in an RN program and I have seen things like this working and in clinical. It is horrible. But my advice to anyone in this situation (assuming your clinical instructor...

  21. First year RN Flops. Does it get better?

    LevitateMe replied to newone09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in a transition from LVN to RN program, first semester, and i have a really good teacher, she has us do these care maps for each diagnosis our patients have, and that helps things click, however...