I went to Southern Connecticut State University where I achieved my BSN. I had to move 300 miles away from my home a year after I graduated to get my first nursing job because there just wasn't anything available for new grads at the time. I have recently been able to move back to my hometown and will be starting my new job soon!
Outside of nursing, I enjoy gardening, volleyball, fishing, going to the ocean, taking walks in the woods, and spending time with my family and friends.
SlumberingCub replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor
I recently had a patient going for a kyphoplasty, and she was convinced the doctors were going to inject seamen into her spine. She completely misunderstood when the doctor said "cement" and heard...
SlumberingCub replied to EMEddie's topic in Men in Nursing
I've got plantar faciitis as well, and I just bought some Danskos a few months ago, and I absolutely recommend them. They are very supportive, and they have never hurt my feet. They have wide sizes as...
SlumberingCub replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor
You know you're a nurse when you find stashes of band-aids and sterile gauze in purses you aren't using "just in case" anything were to happen. (I made this discovery the other day.
I graduated in May 2009, and I just FINALLY got a nursing job. I had to move to another state and 5 and 1/2 hours away from home to get a job, but at least it's a foot in the door. Before that I was...
SlumberingCub replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing
I hear you. I graduated in May 2009 and passed the NCLEX in September 2009, and I still have not been hired. Every interview I have gone too, another "more qualified" person has been hired over me. It...