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Hello everyone. I love nursing. I love helping people get better. I love learning new things. I want to keep doing this. But I've hit a serious mental roadblock that I can't get over. I've been nursing for 8 years, and I would like to do 30 mor...

I have. They say no. They keep at it. They're clever. Also, I'm wanting to stop using the old standby of directly confronting the issue, cause life is full of issues and if I spent all my time addressing the crazy things you see in the hospital ...

The only place I've ever heard the term is here on this message board.

If anything passes, it will be more health insurance reform than healthcare reform. Health insurance companies might be told they can't just drop clients anymore when they get sick. And everyone will be expected to maintain health insurance. Anythi...

I didn't expect everyone to be so thankful and appreciative and kind to me. For reasons that are totally unfair, I think being a male is a large part of that.

I did various computer, network and sys admin jobs for 21 years, then went into nursing school. I graduate in May. -Quite a change in careers, it's scary!! I was scared during my first semester, when so many people were failing out of the program. ...

Others will tell you how great the ER is. They are right, since it's a personal opinion kind of thing. So I'll give you the opposite view as a person who has worked both. ER nursing can't compare to med/surg. 1. Patients are angry in the ER. That'...

New Balance with a high number stamped on them.

How hard is it to get into a field you want to...(I would like to work in ICU or ER or Surgery...although I know this might change after nursing school and being exposed to different areas)? In my experience (all following opinions are in my experien...

I had problems with my feet. Our rooms are small, with patients hooked up to IV's, foleys, telemetry and chest tubes, blakes and JP's, and sometimes epidurals, PCA's rectal tubes, SCD's, wound vacs, external pacers...and all of them absolutely MUST g...

So far, so good. Can't last forever though.

Quietly observe. You will notice periods of time where all the pinheads wander off together. Staying behind will be a few students keeping to themselves. They are the real adults.

What I do that helps: 1. Count your blessings. 2. Help someone. 3. Let all snide comments and rudeness slide, except those that will keep you up at night. Then speak your mind quickly and move on.

Yes. Simple truth - you don't have enough money to afford old age. God willing, you will grow old. Then, sure enough, you will have some chronic illness. Maybe only diabetes, maybe cancer, maybe a hip replacement. You can't afford it. And when yo...

God bless you all, who work to take care of our elderly. We will be in the same boat some day. It's the way our western world is structured. The problem, as stated above, is the lack of meaningful government regulation enforcement. If that doesn't ...

It wasn't nearly as bad as I feared it would be. As a matter of fact it wasn't bad at all. It's still not the job for me though.

Dogs are great. They are wonderful listeners and love to go for long walks. Very therapeutic. I know the concept of long walks isn't that appealing after 13 hours of work, but you can do it, and it beats laying there awake for hours.

I really do. There's so many people out there who are so very sick, and you are there for them. I mean, every imaginable illness, mental or emotional or physical, lands at your feet, and you are there for them. You're not perfect, because none of ...

Life is what you make of it. Happiness is a choice.

I don't get it. Why can't a nurse tell a surgeon to wash his hands? What will he do? Eat your dog?

Probably within your town are at least 2 or 3 colleges that exist so you can achieve your goals. They are called community colleges and technical schools, and they are there to show you that you can do anything you want. It's their whole purpose in...

I was taking home $5000 a month. But I had to quit that job to enter nursing school. I now make $1900 a month. I consider that a sacrifice. Excuse me, I have to go warm up some gruel.

This is a period of evaluation. New. Nurse. Student. That's triple evaluation. Certain aspects of military life are a tremendous advantage in nursing school. Namely accountability and maturity. Instructors love accountability and maturity. Othe...

Someone I know had gastric bypass - Roux-en-Y, where they actually set the biggest part of the stomach off to the side, out of the main route of the digestive tract. Here's how it all went. She lost weight very rapidly over the first six months, and...

>>I was absolutely floored by your post....very appalled. I can just about bet you that that statement concerning job difficulty just insulted every former teacher, current teacher, and future teacher on this board. So...you're saying that teac...