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  1. artificial nails vs bloody bitten nails

    grentea replied to midwest40's topic in General Nursing

    midwest40- I PM'ed you with some suggestions. I'm a former nail-biter, and I totally understand where you're coming from. Thank you for sharing what you're going through with this. I know from...

  2. Given a job offer after interview, should I wait?

    grentea replied to county162's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's totally, completely ok to ask for more time to make your decision. I was quite surprised when the floor on wanted to work on the most offered me a job pretty much on the spot. I had another...

  3. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    grentea replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I'm agreeing with llg here. We really do need to pick our battles. His comment may or may not have pissed me off if I heard it. Maybe I would have stewed for about one minute and then continued...

  4. lung and heart sounds, labs, ABG'S?

    grentea replied to Corrin1RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks Jen! i recently sold my computer, wiped off all of my favorites, and forgot to store them somehwere. I thought I'd never see Auscultation Assistant again!

  5. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    grentea replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I whole-heartedly agree with CRNASOMEDAY. It sounds like the whole situation got blown out of proportion. I think that sometimes when family members are upset they express alot of anger about things...

  6. Should i mmove to California

    grentea replied to tatty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was pondering moving to CA, and I wish I had. Even though I haven't started my new job yet, it's too late to move to CA now. Maybe some day, I'll spend some time there. San Francisco is heavenly,...

  7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grentea replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you LPNtoRN, I still laugh myself silly every time I read this. So funny!!!

  8. Holidays

    grentea replied to Sweetiepie1497's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting orientation in two weeks and my new nurse manager told me straight up that I should plan on working Christmas. I suspect I'll be working Thanksgiving or New Year's as well, but I...

  9. Week 2 of orientation over...

    grentea replied to NurCrystal22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm happy to hear that your orientation is going well! I start my orientation in about two weeks and I'm a little nervous about it but it makes me feel better when people talk about having good...

  10. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    grentea replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Haha! I bought a few camisole-type undershirts for the occasion of such labs and they served me well because I somehow felt less

  11. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    grentea replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I'm quite sure people have commented about stethoscopes but I just wanted to say that getting a good stethoscope is important, especially when you're learning. I got a free one at school, but the...

  12. "why not medical school?"

    grentea replied to janony's topic in General Nursing

    Wanting more patient interaction is a really good, solid reason for wanting to be an NP. Back in the day when I was little tyke in college (the first time around) I thought that I wanted to be a...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    grentea replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    jillie bean-you're sure right about the "mother" thing. i've seen it before and even the first time i saw it with a patient it freaked me out a little because i knew what was going on. i've also...

  14. Nasty medical students

    grentea replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Tony-Sorry about your awful experience. I have met many med students in my clinicals and thus far, I've found them to be nice, normal human beings. On occasion, one of them will even help me to read...

  15. Stupid Things that get you kicked out of nursing school

    grentea replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    Mandrews-Your list is astounding for the stuff people got kicked out for and in some cases the fact that some people (ie. the gal who was with the doc in the starwell) thought they could get away with...

  16. I got a job on a Neuro unit!

    grentea posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Everybody! I'm so exicted! I just accepted a position on a Neuro unit at a really awesome hospital. I'm excited about everything I'm going to learn, but I'm a little nervous too. I guess I've...

  17. I got a job on a Neuro unit!

    grentea replied to grentea's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! I'm starting around the end of October and I can't

  18. Pros/Cons of working on a transplant floor!

    grentea replied to lousue369's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think that if it interests you, it would be a great place to start. I recently interviewed on an organ transplant floor and it was a wonderful unit. They had a low turn-over for RNs there and the...

  19. 12 hr shifts- a thing of the past?

    grentea replied to SeekUrBliss's topic in General Nursing

    I'm graduating in about a week from nursing school and I've been applying for jobs. I applied to one unit where all they offered me were 12 hour shifts, and I wasn't exactly jumping for joy over it....

  20. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    grentea replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    i started doing some serious yoga about one month ago. it's called bikram yoga and at my yoga place the room is heated even when it's already pretty darn hot outside. anyways, i don't know much...

  21. After graduation present.......

    grentea replied to gasgiver's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Once I'm done with my big HESI at the end, I think I will go to the beach for a week or so, sleep continuously for a few days, and spend some quality time with my boyfriend and with some of my other...

  22. Paying back student loans...

    grentea replied to AdamRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    AdamRN- I'm in the same boat with amount of loans I have out and all. I'm going to try to get my loans paid off ASAP but I know I'm going to be living rather simply. I have no aspirations to buy a...

  23. Weeding out of nursing students

    grentea replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I'm in the middle of my last semester of an accelerated degree program, and it's quite apparent that my professors are still weeding people out. I don't mind that, but I do mind it if my professors...

  24. Anyone thinking about med-school?

    grentea replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

    My roommates who are in med school sometimes lament that they wish they were in nursing school. I on the other hand often wish I had just gone to med school and settled for being a doctor. :) I'm...

  25. Paying for Accelerated BSN?

    grentea replied to Hannahhmc's topic in General Students

    I have lots of loans out so I'm looking for some good loan repayment programs. The hospital that adjoins to our school loves students from my accelerated program and they're practically throwing...