Beautiful Mind RN

Beautiful Mind RN

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  1. rant

    "Oh, honey, I have to sleep in order to work hard! I mean...some of that hard work is parked outside in our garage, after all..."(Insert sarcastic tone here). But in seriousness, just brush it off,...
  2. New Grads!!! There IS a way to SURVIVE!!

    :) Don't worry new grads, we will survive this tough economy and get a job that we strived for! Just remember, your first job might not be your ideal job at first (or may it will turn out to be!)...
  3. NURSE work schedule

    I have a question for some that recently graduated here. Since this is the topic to ask, are some of you able to pay your regular bills (car, rent, cellphone, etc..) and your student loans and still...
  4. CNN article on nurses and job growth

    As a few have stated as well in this forum, the shortage is just not limited to the nurses and doctors in the health care world. It also is impacting other places, like pharmacies. Pharmacy techs...
  5. CNN article on nurses and job growth

    I'll take it once I am done graduating! I worked for a home health agency as a pharmacy tech. It's a great experience and you learn a lot. I think even more so than hospitals because of the one on...
  6. CNN article on nurses and job growth

    This article, for the most part, is wonderfully written and I like how the author brought to light that it is a very competitive world for new grads, considering the limitation on job opportunities....
  7. Hilarious maternity nursing sayings/pics

    Oh boy, these made me crack up so hard to the point I couldn't stop having giggle fits even a few hours after the initial
  8. Cost of BSN

    I am currently attending a for-profit, private college. I am taking the BSN program and I will more than likely walk out with 54K-67K in debt, depending on how much I can pay towards the school/loans...
  9. SICK of BSN Pedestal

    Do fitness class and karate class count?! If so, put that together with my BSN degree, both my brain and body got a work out! That means, I am truly going to be a 'fit' nurse
  10. SICK of BSN Pedestal

    Hello OP, So sorry you feel that way. However, I am wondering what BSN program you are looking at? My BSN program includes plenty of critical thinking, communication, psych, and science classes....
  11. Interesting point of view. I am interested as to why you think this might happen. Any articles you read as to why you think this or was this just your own opinion from experience? (No sarcasm...
  12. Good point of view, but...here is my opinion: The media will always be the media. They tend to exaggerate about a lot of things. However, there is always a need for nurses, especially with the baby...
  13. Win CASH! New Year Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    RIP 2012.
  14. Win CASH! New Year Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    Finally, he can retire! I knew my nursing degree would come in
  15. Win CASH! New Year Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    First New Year's resolution: Save the previous year from an apocalypse.
  16. Win CASH! New Year Nursing Caption Contest - $100

    This is my good deed before the new
  17. Angry Nurse here!

    That is my one pet peeve, stealing other people's food. Not only is it immoral, but it is disrespectful. Plus, you stated that this person had done it several times before. It is a pattern...it...
  18. You Know You're A *Pediatric* Nurse When

    Nurses like you inspire me to want to be a pediatrics nurse. :) Beautifully
  19. Advice Please :)

    I worked with a Regional Sales Director who travelled to San Diego, he said to me that the Scripps hospital network is a good place to start applying, since I too, dream of living in SoCal....
  20. Who Cares About Us

    I don't think you should feel guilty about calling in...not one bit. Good attempt at trying to work under such horrible conditions, but it was the right thing to do by staying at home. I am sure...
  21. Triage complaints- the good, the bad, and the shocking.

    When I was a pharmacy tech for the hospital, when I was restocking meds for that floor I (and the rest of the people on that floor) heard a pt scream "Theres an alien coming out of my
  22. Never Interrupt Mom While She's On allnurses.com

    Ha ha, they should have one also with the cat draped across the lap...like mine ..
  23. How to avoid the 'waitlist' in a nursing program?

    Unfortunately, some wait lists are unavoidable. For instance, here in Arizona at the community colleges, they pick people like a lottery out of a certain pool with a certain number of slots to be...
  24. Never Interrupt Mom While She's On allnurses.com

    I just tend to go into my own world when I am on AN...so I am completely oblivious to my family when they try and talk to
  25. People think I am stupid

    Hi OP, I am not a nurse yet, so I cannot help you in the area of giving you advice about your mistakes. I'll leave that to the other nurses in here, even though, I do believe we're being a little...