Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you mean like this? He: "Hi! What's your name?" She: "What?!" He:"I said Hello!" She: "No, I don't do jello shots!" He: "Uh, okay, I'm Kevin!" She: "Hi Devin! I'm Candace!" He: "Yeah, I'd love to...

  2. Applying to nursing school this year... is a baby a terrible idea?

    Horseshoe replied to Chrisley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Calling every woman who has had to utilize day care "selfish," predicting doom for their children, then holding yourself up as the standard for great mothering IS insulting. There is no concept of...

  3. Applying to nursing school this year... is a baby a terrible idea?

    Horseshoe replied to Chrisley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Actually you might want to re-read the Terms of service here, as you are really walking the line with your angry, insulting posts. This site is not here to serve as platform for personal attacks on a...

  4. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's a great thing to give to charity when you can. If not money, then with time. That was a very good point someone made. Throughout the years, I've given money to my alma mater for scholarships, to...

  5. Applying to nursing school this year... is a baby a terrible idea?

    Horseshoe replied to Chrisley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had my second child during Christmas break of nursing school. I did stay home with her during the spring semester and summer, but returned to finish school in the fall. It was never a full time...

  6. Applying to nursing school this year... is a baby a terrible idea?

    Horseshoe replied to Chrisley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Many nurses work three 12s a week. That is a HUGE difference from a mother spending "less than two hours a day" with her children. A mother who is home 4 days a week is not a mother who is not...

  7. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, you do need to start saving. You may live well past 75 even you don't plan on it. And then what? Nurses should be the last ones to practice poor retirement planning, both in terms of...

  8. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe that's because you abused your body so badly when you were young with all that partying and designer drugs. People who take good care of themselves when they are young tend to be in pretty good...

  9. End stage glioblastoma

    Horseshoe replied to Horseshoe's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    He wasn't alone. We were all there with him, holding his hand at times. His nurse would talk to him before she would do things for him. I noticed that OFTEN patients would die as soon as their loved...

  10. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One is never to old to enjoy life. Most of it is about attitude. Every decade I've lived has been my "favorite." My Dad is 79 and he enjoys the hell out of life. He saved well, and guess what he...

  11. advice on what to do or say to a friend from church

    Horseshoe replied to nurse~in~the~making's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just nod and smile... Then get on with the business of achieving your

  12. Decided to continue going back after giving birth

    Horseshoe replied to allykimpton's topic in General Students

    Well, there you have it. You have the critical ingredients for a successful run at a nursing degree. You are lucky to have that kind of support. Good

  13. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have read some very sad posts from nurses who have NO retirement funds to speak of and are in their late 50s or early 60's. Retirement can seem very far off, but the time to start saving is NOT...

  14. Divorced due to nursing career?

    Horseshoe replied to seahawksgirlie's topic in General Nursing

    BULL. A good marriage is one in which the husband and wife are equal partners. This takes compromise, sometimes on the part of the husband, sometimes on the part of the wife, and at times, both have...

  15. Divorced due to nursing career?

    Horseshoe replied to seahawksgirlie's topic in General Nursing

    The only way this marriage can be saved long term is if you get some counseling. Both of you together and both of you separately. I wish you good

  16. ER pain treatment after accident without ID on the person?

    Horseshoe replied to aquestionhere's topic in Emergency

    Really? I've picked up narcotics for my husband and daughters many times. And my name certainly doesn't match the name on the

  17. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Horseshoe replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's highly likely that your disposable income will be far less than you think. That said, as Texas residents, we can be grateful that we don't have state income tax on top of federal. You've gotten...

  18. End stage glioblastoma

    Horseshoe replied to Horseshoe's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    BerryHappyRN, thank you. That makes me feel a lot better. When I was in nursing school, I worked a big trauma ICU as a tech. One patient I'll never forget: a 20 y/o man who was close to brain...

  19. Is it possible to get out of a signed contract if a nurse doesn't like her job.

    Horseshoe replied to VKALA's topic in General Nursing

    One was provided for you right here: Obviously he is not going to provide a name to an internet site, so there is no way to validate his claim, but it's not true that no one addressed your

  20. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Horseshoe replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    If anything needs to be put out of its misery, it is the mountain of posts from a non health care poster which have zero basis in science whatsoever. Unless one wants to continue to perpetuate the...

  21. Baby Fever

    Horseshoe replied to lynka1414's topic in General Students

    Is there something in the water? We've had a ton of these threads recently! The short answer is that many women have given birth at various times during nursing school or right as they are trying to...

  22. Should I take a leave of absence/withdraw/drop out?

    Horseshoe replied to sneezingpanda's topic in General Students

    Good luck, OP. Check in later and give us an

  23. JOB SEARCH

    Horseshoe replied to kaysleek's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Well, that's pretty ambitious. You plan on working in the ICU of NYU right out of school, do you? Do they offer a new grad residency program? Have you gone to their web site and researched...

  24. Is this a *really* BIG problem?

    Horseshoe replied to willegan's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that YES, strong leadership can go a long way towards nipping this kind of crap. In my unit, we NEVER had that kind of thing going on, either the experienced harassing the new nurses, or...

  25. Is it possible to get out of a signed contract if a nurse doesn't like her job.

    Horseshoe replied to VKALA's topic in General Nursing

    Signing a contract agreeing to work a certain job for a certain length of time and for a certain salary is not remotely comparable to slavery and indentured servitude. That's such a ridiculous...