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About englishgeek

I come from a very educational family. My mother is a teacher, her father was a teacher, her sister is a principal and her brother a superintendent. So naturally, I became a teacher. The first time I ever had any inkling that I might have a future in nursing was when my son was born and I cried almost non-stop the entire time I was in the hospital. As those wonderful women helped me through a terrible bout of post-partum depression, I thought, "I wouldn't mind doing this." I enjoy teaching. That has never been the issue. But of course, I enjoyed waiting tables just as much. I just like working. So when it became obvious that my family needed a little something extra, I remembered that time in the hospital and my stirring for the nursing field. I mentioned it to my husband and he agreed. I took longer to agree, waring with myself. Was this really the right answer? Should I really just give up on one life to start another? Months later I realize that the answer is "yes!" So here I am with an acceptance letter in my hand and excitement for my future. I can't wait!

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  1. Wait staff and flight attendant c/o customers

    englishgeek replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, I'm surprised you haven't witnessed this. I wish I was in your shoes. Seriously, my nursing class voted on a class shirt: nursing: gave up my life to save yours. Ick, really?! Sounds good,...

  2. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    englishgeek replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I worried, too. And worried and worried and worried. Like you, I'd read posts on here and think, "Have I made the biggest mistake of my life?!" But then I got into it and I really like

  3. teacher to nurse transition

    englishgeek replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I love that if you've got a little snot of a patient, you see that annoying face a few days instead of ALL YEAR! Haha. Seriously, though. I loved teaching and I also love nursing. What I like about...

  4. Media a bit too invasive of nurse's personal info following her catching Ebola?

    englishgeek replied to Blue Roses's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yahoo news stated something to the effect of, "She was keeping her identity private, but we have exclusively learned who she was through her home location and nurse's license." Um....

  5. Easy to get a job

    englishgeek replied to englishgeek's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. Mystery solved! I'm Okie to the core, but my goodness are we backwards on way too many

  6. Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

    englishgeek replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    When this started I totally thought you were going to talk about

  7. Easy to get a job

    englishgeek posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've seen plenty of posts about how hard it was for people on here to get a job out of school. I'm wondering if anyone lives in an area like where I am, where the jobs are many and the nurses are few....

  8. Well, I didn't expect THAT answer...

    englishgeek replied to jadelpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A guy came up to the nurse's station on the med-surg unit. The charge nurse asked, "Can we help you?" "Yeah," He replied, "my back is really hurting and I think I need to be admitted. I need some of...

  9. Nurse Staffing Costs

    englishgeek replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think it's awesome that you've come to get ideas from people you know probably have good ideas. I've been a nurse for about 2 seconds, so I have no good ideas for you. Just wanted you to know I...

  10. Things you tell newbies

    englishgeek replied to JBudd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm still the months new. Went to a patient's room with an experienced nurse to start her mediport IV, my first. She asked, "Are you learning, or do you know what you're doing?" I looked her in the...

  11. Love working in an area that needs nurses

    englishgeek posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I now have two jobs two months post grad: Med/Surg the local hospital and PRN home health. The first job interview went like this: "You've worked here as an aid so we saved you a spot as an RN....

  12. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    englishgeek replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My dad kept telling people he was getting colostrum on his wound instead of collagen. We finally convinced him that the first was breast milk, but then he couldn't remember the real word. He would...

  13. teacher to nursing?

    englishgeek replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

    You have to decide for yourself. But I do know that a background in teaching would be applicable to nursing. Good nurses ate

  14. Abuse at school

    englishgeek replied to jdoezer's topic in General Students

    You should go into politics. You're AMAZING at using tons of words to say absolutely nothing. Those Senators and Congressmen who think they know how to pull off a good phillibuster or throw some...

  15. child safety

    englishgeek replied to amoLucia's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes they