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Oh, one more thing - the best online source for local news, classifieds and activities in the area is: Knox County Village Soup.

I think coming from Wisconsin you'll do fine for winter! The coast is a little milder than inland. I love the 4 seasons. The nice part is summer - it's cooler right here on the coast, and breezy. I didn't even put in AC this past summer. There were a...

That's where I live! It's a beautiful town. I assume you have been here to interview for the job? Rockland is far enough in to Maine that you'll really hear the accent and see the culture. It is definitely a working fishing town. Plan on driving a wa...

Bring your camera, because it's beautiful - and bring your appetite, the seafood is fresh and delicious! What part of Maine are you coming to?

I like the solid color with contrasting trim from Urbane scrubs, they also have a nice cut to them, very slightly fitted and not too long.

Just because you're in the parking lot at 0700 does not mean you're "on time". Why do you insist on first lunch and then always leave late for it, resulting in e everyone's lunch starting late? In no setting is it okay to give a supp, put the pt on a...

I work in a fairly small town county jail. The provider and I don't see quite eye to eye on our policies for diabetics. What I would like to know is how are other facilities managing diabetics, specifically: 1. Does your facility go with carb control...

Neats, well said. I agree with you 100%.

I don't call out for weather. I plan ahead. The same ones call out, and the same ones show up. There is always people who come from farther away then the ones who call out. And if it happens to be my day off, don't even bother calling me - unless you...

Urbane scrubs - I like the cut and length of the tops. I believe they're made by Landau.

To be honest with you I knew when I was 5 yrs old. It was always what I wanted to do. In the '60's there was a show called "Dr.'s At Work", (I think that was the name), and I was fascinated with medical stuff. Then when I was maybe 10 or so I found t...

Wow! I can't believe they have you do these things w/o a C.O. present. I have 5 yrs working in county jails, this would be unheard of! Unsafe for you and a security risk for the facility. I'm curious - how big of a facility is it?

I was just thinking of you - today's your day! After you get all ready for day 1 of your first nurse job take a picture of yourself, 20 yrs from now you'll cherish that photo! Again, best of luck.

I'm excited for you! Don't be afraid to ask questions. I hope you get a good preceptor. Congratulations!

Best of luck to you! May this be the start of a long rewarding nursing career.

Best of luck to you! May this be the start of a long rewarding nursing career.

To Sarafina - if you do happen to pay that $10,000 deductible this year then the new year will roll in and you'll have to start over! Useless health insurance - I can't believe it's come to this!

It's becoming useless even when you have it - the new "high deductible" policies ensure you have to pay more and more out of pocket.

I work for a small correctional health care corp. They cancelled the employee health insurance in 10/08, in 3/09 I had to have a hip replacement - $40,000.

Nurse156, what you say is true. To me the very definition of nursing practice is a process of assessment and response - when it first became "policy" with nursing boards that LPN's don't assess I thought that seemed ridiculous. All day long I assesse...

I assume they replaced the LPN's with RN's. I have noticed some hospitals here in Maine use LPN's under the title "medical assistant", but I don't know the details of their job description - I assume they cannot refer to themselves as a nurse in that...

For as long as I can remember there has been talk of phasing out LPN's - I always thought that would never happen, but times have changed in the last 5 years. The areas of nursing that use LPN's has definitely narrowed. The local hospital in my area ...

Sometimes with older females it goes easier to have them lay on their side with the top leg bent up as far as they comfortably can and cath from behind.