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    new grad: cant find a job

    springchick1 replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hospitals do hire new grads but a lot of them hire them into residency programs. Yes, a clinic job is a job and therefore you will have "experience" but it won't be acute care experience. There is a...
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    Want to quit after 3 months!

    springchick1 replied to abnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you are having a hard time. I wouldn't quit until you have another job lined
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    Nursing Clogs

    springchick1 replied to Kelley-RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I work in the OR as well and I LOVE my Danskos. I wear shoe covers over them but sometimes they do get gross stuff on them. When that happens, I just wipe them down. I also NEVER wear them home. I...
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    In serious need of advice

    springchick1 replied to rainln86's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a girl who is an even 5 feet (I'm 5'3 so she isn't that much shorter) and she uses her height as an excuse for everything! It gets kind of old listening to people talk about their...
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    Foley Catheters

    springchick1 replied to EssaQ502's topic in General Students

    Your view may also be different because of your experience. All of your post (every singe line of them) are about foleys. I'm sorry you had a bad experience but not all experiences are like that. Like...
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    springchick1 replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was in an ADN at a community college and we had a stand alone pharm class. All the community colleges and BSN programs in my area have a stand alone pharmacy
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    springchick1 replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or just suck it up and pay the $200. It will be worth it in the long run if that's what you really
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    springchick1 replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Because it was seven years ago. She probably doesn't have a syllabus that old
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    Scrub Tech Week

    springchick1 replied to springchick1's topic in Operating Room

    Ours doesn't either so a bunch of us nurses ended up doing something for them this week. Also, a few of our doctors went in together and bought lunch one day. It really is sad they aren't
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    Go into a specialty area right after nursing school?

    springchick1 replied to amandaslagel's topic in General Nursing

    I went straight to the OR when I
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    Trivial Question: What do you usually bring for lunch?

    springchick1 replied to justmehappy's topic in Nurses Rock

    I pack lunch the night before and it is usually leftovers from dinner or a sandwich with veggies and humus. I also keep an emergency stash in my locker. (A freak snow storm two years ago taught me...
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    I Want To Support My Pre-Nursing Student Girlfriend. Please Help!

    springchick1 replied to Fredled's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nope! And like someone else said, it's probably the
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    I Want To Support My Pre-Nursing Student Girlfriend. Please Help!

    springchick1 replied to Fredled's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I was the OP, I wouldn't want this guy on my side.
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    Apothecary measures in medicine

    springchick1 replied to comocean's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    [quote=comocean;8695043 Again, if you have nothing positive to contribute please find something more constructive to do rather than voice your unsupporting opinion to something that others may well...
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    My school is a joke

    springchick1 replied to mcm336's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I went to one of the top schools in my state. But instructors don't have time to teach you every little thing that may possible be on a test. All I meant by my comment was that a lot of hard work and...
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    My school is a joke

    springchick1 replied to mcm336's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Welcome to nursing
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    New Stethoscope

    springchick1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is great! Littmann to Produce Separate Doctor and Nurse Stethoscopes Thanks to The View” |
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    New Stethoscope

    springchick1 replied to springchick1's topic in General Nursing

    Dang! 30 seconds too late. I can't wait for someone to read it and be offended by it thinking it's
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    HELP! Failed NCLEX before, out of school for 7 years, wanting to try again

    springchick1 replied to clancaster0729's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This may sound harsh, but if you failed multiple times right out of school, why do you think you will be able to pass seven years later? Studying a book or doing a review isn't going to help you. You...
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    Pearson Vue Trick

    springchick1 replied to MsNicksRN15's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you go to the NCLEX discussion forum, you will find hundreds of post on this very topic. They all have varying
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    9/5 What I learned this week.....

    springchick1 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Watching college football from the beach is the best vacation ever!! That's pretty much all I
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    Supervisior causing problems, what should I do?

    springchick1 replied to sunshiny1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They are probably also trying to see how much of a "team player" you are. Take the assignments you are given. Don't be the one always having to have their
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    Pt diverting pain meds, managers aware, nothing is done!

    springchick1 replied to Peppermint_RN's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know they are diverting them and just not taking them? There is a
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    Alabama new grad pay

    springchick1 replied to Optimistic_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    It really just depends on the hospital that you will be working at. You can always call and ask what base pay would
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    Nurse Slang Yo!

    springchick1 replied to ladysushi's topic in General Nursing

    When the circulating nurse brings the patient in the OR and says, How about a "high five", it means the patient has