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nursing=stress. why do you think they teach us body mechanics, stress management, and all those nursing ethics but for our own survival? :deadhorse

ABSOLUTELY! :offtopic:

ABSOLUTELY! :offtopic:

" when the going gets tough, the tough gets going"... always remember that. Like you, I criticize myself too much whenever I make mistakes. It's a never ending struggle to make nurses perfect. One thing though, do not repeat a mistake. that's when we...

It made me value my existence even more... A dying client of mine says " man can predict the day a new life can be born, but no one could ever predict a man's day of death"... I'm still young, I haven't reached the Integrity vs Despair stage of my l...

It's a good thing that you joined allnurses. This is your breathing room now! (so I may say!) With regards to your problem, please don't lose hope. Like they said it's not all bad. Remember, you have the same education and training like the rest of ...

Hello everyone, I just don't get it! The TSE (Test for Spoken English) and/or IELTS is required for foreign nurses and other professionals who wish to work in the US. Okay, I understand that for us nurses, one of our invaluable tools in dealing with...

:kiss exactly! thanks for the vote of confidence...

Yeah, I think so. Good for you because you're from Canada. It's different for us here. It may be possible, but rare. If they would petition an employee by direct hiring, processing might be a lot easier. They would go through all the trouble (an agen...

hi neriners, i had the same problems as you do. i also took and passed the cgfns july 2003, passed the toefl on october 2003, waiting for my tse result i took last june 4, and waiting for my att for nclex. it's gruesome, isn't it? i don't have much e...

why not? i am a foreign nurse ( soon to work in a dialysis center somewhere in tx), and it's a great opportunity for us to be recognized as globally competitive nurses. please don't look at us like we're stealing somebody else's careers. it's sad...

If most of the items you encountered are difficult, chances are you'll gonna pass. Difficult nclex questions are noted to be a progressing line on your graph. That means the computer is throwing you a more difficult question after you adequately answ...

OMG! Never knew there were a lot of us. It's alright to cry dear:crying2: ! Who hasn't? For me it's healthy. After I had crying spells, that's the time my concentration and focus comes to work.:roll

Please don't quit! Being fired twice in a row won't make you less of an efficient nurse. You would'nt be a nurse right now if nothing from it interests you, am I correct? Try to figure out what you can do best as a nurse and start from it. Do'nt be a...

:angryfire It's sacrilege!:angryfire

hey freeflo, just like you, I'm a foreign nurse wanting to work not in Australia but in the US. We can choose either IELTS or TSE for the required english language test. I haven't taken any of it yet, but to prepare myself with these exams, I speak e...

It's med-surg dear. I just don't have enough of what I learned in college. I'm already preparing for nclex and still, MS Nursing is on top of my priorities. I think it has the most extensive scope. Contrary to those who said pharmacology is the harde...

hi caroladybelle, Thank you for this information. I understand that these problems has made us foreign medical proffesionals a little bit pushy. We know we are capable of our responsibilities and being able to communicate well in english as our secon...

hello heart queen, TRUE! Thanks for making me understand. I don't feel threatened anymore because I'm very much willing to learn. I had an english instructor for this test (who's from Alabama) who said that himself. I'm glad it's not just us. I just ...

Dear users: I understand that PRIORITIZATION MEASURES are imperative in our practice. Much more, it is often asked in examinations. I'm about to take the NCLEX by July of 2004 and I'm really in urgent need of some information about this. Please shar...

Thanks for the concern. I'm learning so much from the replies on this website. I sure won't forget what you shared today!

Hardly. I work in the operating room for an 8-hour shift and the length of time a major or a minor surgery is completed are unpredictable. Most of the time, I get off about an hour or two beyond my time. It's not even about extra pay. We just get 30%...

Hey suzanne, learning has never been this fun! Thanks so much for the tips... Hope to hear more from you soon...

Helps a lot steel, I really appreciate it!:)

this post is just for your view on this issue, and i am a neutral. i have been a smoker for several years, and i will be graduating from nursing school in the spring. many people including my instructors have been so negative towards my smoking, i ju...