NurseNic2012 replied to Divalish918's topic in Pre-Nursing
Never too old to do anything! Too tired, maybe! :) I'm in my 30s and had similiar thoughts, but then realized...who cares how old the people you work with are as long as you're working too! Maybe where you work has an Education Assistance program wh...
NurseNic2012 replied to Bobbkat's topic in New Nurse
Sign on bonuses? 15k!!! 3k?! Holy man I'm glad I chose nursing! It takes years and years of experience to be offered a bonus of any kind in the corporate world, let alone decent pay. And the "other duties as assigned" always looms, often bringin...
experienced nurses...please don't go away!! i'm someone who's posted a lot recently who probably shouldn't. you are all very correct, i simply can not begin to have a valuable opinion on this profession yet, plus i talk a lot, and for that i apolo...
My aunt said one Christmas years ago, the gift all the nurses received was a plastic bag to roast their turkeys in...no turkey, just the bag. Guess this is the same manager?
NurseNic2012 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing
SO many ads, allllllll the time. I was just at the doctors office and in one commerical block, 5 out of 7 ads were for meds. The side effect list takes up the majority of the screen time, but I agree is a unique opportunity for nurses to brush up on...
Love that you posted this question because I've been curious about this well. In our school orientation, our instructor indicated tattoos would need to be covered with band-aids. However I thought that was super gross...not sure about anyone else, ...
I am switching from entertainment production to RN through my local hospital's program. I can't quite pin down the exact moment I knew, more like momentum had been building...and then it came time to apply or wait 2 more years, and the timing seemed ...