diva rn

diva rn BSN, RN

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  1. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    WOW...I Love New York anyway....are they
  2. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Why no, actually, my great grandmother used to tell me all about it and we would laugh and laugh and laugh....then I remembered it when I saw Rainman......uh oh, time for Judge
  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Yeah, I was hesitant to post that b/c it certainly reveals my age...or should I say our
  4. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    The appropriate response is "and I don't know is on third"...it's that old, old Abbott and Costello bit about the baseball
  5. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    What's on second??
  6. Is side to side an
  7. That post was so over the wall I had to read it several times....not even because of the marijuana..but mainly b/c the poster is saying he is 16 and in nursing school, yeah right, and already knows he...
  8. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    OOOHHH, you just struck a nerve with me...I absolutely can not stand "me and him did anything"... I think every teenager in America uses this today...and I am on board with all of the others... Has...
  9. i just want to prepare you..the job market in south fl is very tight especially for new grads...be prepared to spend many months to find a job...also florida has very low wages compared to it's high...
  10. Look at the age and smile (if you can) and nod to yourself (I have shoes older than 29)....and this ground is not sacred...not yet anyway...:) like I said before, you already "get it"..so shake this...
  11. This is beyond rude and condecending. She was venting for the same reasons you have vented I am sure over the years...I wonder if anyone has ever answered any of your posts in this manner... Frankly,...
  12. NO you don't, let that one post go and read all of the other responses that said GO for it...it doesn't matter where you get the money from..it's none of anyone's business...don't even think about...
  13. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    Right, that's what I said, "I see you are not a nurse yet", yet if she is a CNA how can she make the statement that Florida needs so many nurses...believe me, where I live, Florida does not. I am just...
  14. No nursing shortage: roll call!

    And while that sounds true....the hospitals do not want to pay for any of that, so it may be a
  15. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    Hold on to your hats..South FLorida...RNs are making around $25.00/hr and they can get away with it b/c the market is so tight. I just ran into a recruiter from one of the biggest hospitals in the...
  16. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    UM, exactly where in Florida do you see a need for nurses??????????????? I have lived in Fl for many years. The area I live in is CRAWLING in nurses...also the Miami Dade area is as well.. I see you...
  17. Oh, ok, I was thinking that it was more of a year thingie...I didn't need the CNA thing for school, so that's sort of foreign to
  18. And that is certainly an option, but I knew at age 40 when I went to nursing school what I was getting into...I didn't have to be a CNA to understand what a nurse did. I think she does too. Also, as...
  19. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    Right, but as the boomers finally die off, they will be replaced by the overstaggering number of nurses that are being churned out now in record numbers...which will still ==no real shortage...at...
  20. I don't think she is looking for sympathy.. I think she is still just making sure she really wants to do this before she makes the investment. It doesn't really matter where you get the money does...
  21. photographic memory real??

    It's called an eidetic memory. I am not sure if your friend really has one or not. Google it to see what it is. Yes, it really exists. I don't think you can "get" one, you either have one or you...
  22. Like I said before...you already "get it"...you are an adult and if you want to be a damn nurse then be a damn nurse!!! I went to nursing school when I was 40:)..so this wasn't my first Rodeo...
  23. INTERVIEW tomorrow!

    Good LUCK.. I did PICU for 8 years on night and I LOVED IT...7p-7a it really was my niche...let us know:)
  24. Will the nursing shortage ever end?

    That's very nice. I didn't mean to sound so harsh before. It's just that the poor new grads who are being told that there is still a critical nursing shortage like there was 10 years ago are being...
  25. I was really laughing at this one......I don't think you left anything out.... I came across one recently that was great..."I'm 16 and I am in nursing school (really?) and I want to be a CRNA...but I...