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1. Reserved Personality Type in Demanding Career

   wishfulthinking21059 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm an INFP according to the Jung - Myers-Briggs typological approach to personality. It may seem silly, but if you find one that fits you, it's amazing how much you can learn about yourself. I think...

2. What size scrub pants do you wear and what size jeans?

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I was SO wrong about what to get, I read great reviews on Urbane and was going to order 5 pairs of larges. I tried them on and I'm so glad I did. That style doesn't suit my shape, but somehow I'm a...

3. What size scrub pants do you wear and what size jeans?

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Anyone know if Koi and other brands can be found in store and not just online? The only store around me is SuperShoes but I dont know if they have many

4. What size scrub pants do you wear and what size jeans?

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I only wish that was my

5. What size scrub pants do you wear and what size jeans?

   wishfulthinking21059 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I wear a 12-14 in jeans...I usually wear a large in say, misses yoga pants from Target. I'm thinking a stretch scrub pants would be best. I don't know what size to order. My hips are 43 (yikes) but I...

6. Are colors consistant across all brands of scrubs?

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Then again...I guess no one's going to be like... *points in disgust* "For the love of God, your pants are darker than your shirt" I'm ordering all dark colors though...except for the brown which...

7. Are colors consistant across all brands of scrubs?

   wishfulthinking21059 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I'm ordering off of Lydia's uniforms and I don't want to order Wine pants of one brand and have a Wine top in Cherokee and have it be two different shades. But Cherokee doesnt make the pants I like....

8. Feeling bad, like I "ratted out" a nurse

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

   Don't feel bad....you did the right thing. It doesn't mean you "ratted her out," it means you were looking out for the well-being of the patients, AKA doing your job! It doesn't mean you were...

9. Before you had ANY type of nursing training/education, did you know anything?

   wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in General Nursing

   My mom was a nurse but died way too young! How frusterating!! She was an LPN so I feel like I could have asked her SO many questions and would turn out a better nurse. I don't know what I was...

10. Before you had ANY type of nursing training/education, did you know anything?

    wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in General Nursing

    **preceptor....I can spell, but I sent this from a

11. Before you had ANY type of nursing training/education, did you know anything?

    wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in General Nursing

    thanks... that's so reassuring :)on a different note...i didnt want to start a new thread... would it be hard for me to switch from day to second shift? I mean, skills-wise. I'm being trained for a...

12. Before you had ANY type of nursing training/education, did you know anything?

    wishfulthinking21059 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am starting CNA training right at the hospital and I keep thinking, "What am I already supposed to know...I am so behind everyone else" ...it hasnt even started yet but I have watched many CNA...

13. How Does Training Usually Work?

    wishfulthinking21059 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in General Nursing

    The job just fell upon my shoulders--otherwise I would have never even thought to apply but I couldn't turn down the opportunity for experience....I think I'm going to need the luck. I mean, I'm a...

14. How Does Training Usually Work?

    wishfulthinking21059 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For a Nursing Tech (CNA with more duties??) at your workplace (my case is at an acute rehab hospital)..... Is it learning in books, then demonstration, then on your own? Are there tests involved? What...