SillyLilly

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  1. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

    SillyLilly replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    I sweat when i get nervous. I dont really feel nervous, but i know thats what its got to be because it only happens when i start a new job, and i am moving around. It happened big time when i...

  2. I feel like such an idiot

    SillyLilly replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    that sounds like a panic attack of a sort! before you start school or any other stuff, think of doing some soul searching. some comfidence searching. gain some new insight on yourself and your...

  3. ACLS Certified!!

    SillyLilly replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Adam, your post is inspirational!. I am going to start as a brand new nurse as soon as i can. I am nervous because i am still young (mid 20s) and lack a level of maturity that i know will come with...

  4. Venting...

    SillyLilly posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so psyched to start my first days as a NURSE. I was supposed to start Mid July, but during the begining of my long overdue vacation to California to celebrate passing nursing school I broke my...

  5. Olympics

    SillyLilly posted a topic in Travel

    Does anyone know about nursing at the olympics in 2008 China? In 2004, for Athens, a nursing friend of mine mentioned that nurses we very much needed to travel to the olympics and work there. Now that...

  6. will somone enlighten me?

    SillyLilly replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing

    I am from chicago and there is a law suit being filed for many of the large companies and smaller hospitals saying that there is some sort of unwritten agreement between hospitals to not compete with...

  7. Paying for vs county

    SillyLilly posted a topic in Emergency

    LONGGG Story short as i can: I broke and dislocated my ankle while on vacation and had to have it surgically fixed. I do not have insurance (only 8 damn months out of my entire life was i not to have...

  8. Why are others nurses rude to agency nurses?

    SillyLilly replied to doodles's topic in Agency Nurses

    My manager calls agency a 4 letter word. Most of the agency nurses, and CNAs that we get are not up to standard. We had a CNA from agency who just up and left the unit 2 hours before her shift...

  9. Ok, I got the interview

    SillyLilly posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I currently work at a community hospital who is part of a one of those big names in the chicagoland area. I am a nurse extern. I am extremely interested in an ICU postition. I have one foot in the...

  10. Ok, I got the interview

    SillyLilly replied to SillyLilly's topic in MICU, SICU

    Its not a year old ! Interview is this thursday! Do you have any advice for me for interviewing? How did your interview go? What were some of the questions? I am very excited. And happy for...

  11. In Over My Head????

    SillyLilly replied to TJRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    All i know, and what i fear, is that people's LIVES are on the line. And secondly, your license. IF you make a mistake because you were not sure of something, because you do not have the proper...

  12. How do I overcome shyness?

    SillyLilly replied to benette's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Like said above, be yourself! if you are happy with yourself inside, that is what matters.... If you are not happy with the way you are, go on a womans retreat, a self powering retreat, or...

  13. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    SillyLilly replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, I was born in 1982 and dont have cable. But i learned about this stuff in my history classes hehe.... yet alot of it is true, including no clue about typewriters and alwasys knowing how to use a...

  14. advice on hospital TRAINING

    SillyLilly posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am currently working as an Xtern for a hospital, which is part of a larger health care system in the north side of chicago. I am close to graduating, and pretty confident that i will graduate, and...

  15. Does or did anyone feel like this about clinicals?

    SillyLilly replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    I feel you pain too! this sounds like me in my first year of clinical! my teacher was intimidating to me, but every day, since i feel so passionate about nursing, i told myself that she will not...

  16. Angry at the Lazy Respiratory Therapists

    SillyLilly replied to sockov's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work as an nurse extern-so i float as an aid pretty much. And all i can say is that the respiratory therapists at my hospital have been called lazy too. Only a few individuals. But I have heard...

  17. Do you use chemistry in nursing?

    SillyLilly replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have similar issues. I am still a student (second year starting monday) but i know that time + practice = more understanding. If you still have time before nursing school begins, take another...

  18. No She/he Did Not!!!

    SillyLilly replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    no she did not.... while taking a weak, discharged patient down to the taxi.... the patient had to use the washroom....quickly... since he could not ambulate well at all on his own, the nurse took him...

  19. Youngest labor patient?

    SillyLilly replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i feel sick after reading all of these previous posts......it hurts my heart I am 22 years old, and i remember sex ed in hs and in grammar school clearly. and i went to Catholic schools... and only 1...

  20. Cutters

    SillyLilly replied to wannabepsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    i actually used to cut myself for years. i live with the scars now...... no one was there for me. my parents actually grounded me for it! i almost got kicked out of school, and since my mom...