Candidnt

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1. Who's leaving nursing?

   Candidnt replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

   I am, at present, making plans to retire from nursing within two years, assuming other options come forth. My "career" has been an absolute disappointment, and going from an LPN to being an RN with a...

2. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

   oops, I looked at the last reply date before mine, and looked at it wrong...hasn't been a year after all...scuse

3. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

   Wow, nobody has posted in here in over a year...it's been two years since I posted in this particular thread, and probably about that long since I posted on the site at all... I have since moved out...

4. Providence Alaska and Alaska Regional

   Candidnt posted a topic in General Nursing

   Anybody work in either place? What are they

5. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

   Candidnt replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

   currently neuroscience intermediate care...meanng neuro, plus some trauma/ortho and dumpover from the surgical intermediate care unit...plus people who start going downhill on the neuro/ortho floor or...

6. Where do you buy your scrubs?

   Candidnt replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

   I once (way back in 1998) bought some items with the S.C.R.U.B.S. brand name. NEVER again. They all started falling apart and/or developed holes during washing and drying. I usually get my scrubs...

7. Susquehanna Health, Williamsport, PA? Any good (hopefully not bad) advice?

   Candidnt replied to Brad_RN_Student_PA's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Did you ever take the job at Williamsport Hospital? What's the word there on their planned expansion? What are they planning, what new services? Any new units or beds being added? Just curious....

8. Anybody from Hamot in Erie?

   Candidnt replied to Candidnt's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Wow... I haven't been here probably since I made that post, over two years ago. I didn't go to Hamot...I didn't even finish the application process. I did leave my old job at Pinnacle Hell er...

9. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   Candidnt replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   I've got tons to tell, having been in nursing since 1990. As of late, I'd have to say the most recent most gross, yucky, disgusting nursing experience I have had, was being hurled on from head to toe...

10. Anybody from Hamot in Erie?

    Candidnt posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hamot responded to my resume submission. I'm looking for people who work/have worked there, who can tell me in their own words how things are there, etc. I'm going to return the call from the...

11. Can CNAs work in hospitals with no experience?

    Candidnt replied to Chopchop11's topic in General Nursing

    I went into the hospital setting as a nursing assistant (this was back before certification was a requirement) several months after I finished the program, with no practical work experience as a...

12. Would this be considered Critical Care Nursing?

    Candidnt replied to krob0729's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds like an LTAC (long-term acute care) facility that specializes in pediatric care. I know of critical care nurses who go to work in places like that (and they do appreciate getting nurses...

13. Nursing student with migraines, HELP!

    Candidnt replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I empathize...I've been dealing with migranes since 1997 (the year I took a break from nursing, incidentally). That first migrane was a godawful experience; I basically had a headache for a whole...

14. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    Candidnt replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    It varies for me...I graduated from 100 mg Benadryl to Ambien....that helped some, but after two back injuries, I graduated to Valium. So that, with a little Xanax on board, helps me get some sleep,...

15. Not a real nurse??

    Candidnt replied to xmaxiex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I did my time as an LPN, in North Carolina. From what I remember, though the larger facilities said the state board determined what an LPN could or could not do (and that was true only in a few...