lesliee

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1. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

   lesliee replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

   Humbling, isn't it? I was shattered when I made my med error right after nursing school. Like you, I was always one consuling other students who had made mistakes. Nothing like a little smack of...

2. Power Trip!

   lesliee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok people...I need advice. What is one to do when a nurse that you've worked the floor with is promoted to a supervisory position and the power immediately goes to her head? For instance, she came...

3. Is it just me? Or is this the nursing school homework hotline?

   lesliee replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm less than a year into this profession myself, and just wanted to state for the record that during my last semester of nursing school, one of our assignments was to contact a nursing bulletin board...

4. What Freaks You Out?

   lesliee replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Nasty, nasty stuff! Ugh...I thought what freaked me out most was the sound of retching, but now reading all these posts I find myself lost for words..lol. Geez, it's critical that nurses have a...

5. BSN minimum requirement

   lesliee replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't read all the replies to this post, so maybe this issue has already been addressed. Why such aminosity towards nurses with BSN degrees? I really don't understand why people look down upon...

6. BSN minimum requirement

   lesliee replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't read all the replies to this post, so maybe this issue has already been addressed. Why such aminosity towards nurses with BSN degrees? I really don't understand why people look down upon...

7. CNA Wanna Be?

   lesliee replied to Born 2 B In OB's topic in General Nursing

   Born 2B: I would highly recommend working as a CNA before becoming a nurse. I did and believe me when I tell you that you have a better appreciation for the work that CNA's perform under your...

8. How do you work with a ***** ???

   lesliee replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

   You will let us know how your weekend went, won't you

9. Nurses who love their job.

   lesliee replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   I, too, love my job. I work in a SNF that is more like a 4-star hotel than a hospital. We are overstaffed most times (a census of 25 with 2 licensed nurses and 3-5 CNA's during day shift....

10. STRESSED OUT nursing student

    lesliee replied to NurseKrissy's topic in General Nursing

    Krissy: We've all been there. It's not easy, we know.. It can be frustrating. I'm a fairly new grad and I recall thinking that I couldn't wait to dive into "real" nursing and not "book" nursing....

11. New Grad Positions

    lesliee replied to TBurns's topic in General Nursing

    TBurns: It seems like all the big hospitals offer New Grad positions in specialized areas. Try UCSF, UCDMC, Stanford, etc. I'm sure you will have luck. The new grad programs are much desired - so be...