pecas

Awww, thank you!

Pecas is a nickname that was given to me years ago. It means freckles in Spanish.

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We love you and have missed you so much! It's really not the same without you here. I'm so sorry you've had to go through such a hard time, and I am so glad you are feeling better!

Pensacola and the tri-cities area (Crestview, Destin, Fort Walton Beach) are the lowest paid areas in the state of Florida. It is not uncommon for new grad RNs to make less than $20/hr. Because it is a tourist area, the cost of living is pretty high while the rate of pay remains poor. The market is over saturated as there are several nursing schools in the area. Twin Cities Hospital in Niceville is usually pretty new grad friendly. I haven't heard much lately about North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, so I can't be of any help there, and hiring at Sacred Heart in Pensacola is pretty competitive. I'm considering moving back to Atlanta after my LPN to RN bridge program because the job market here is so bad.

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Welcome back, OC!!

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I've got a coworker who always seems to be walking around with bats in the cave. I'm going to have to figure out a polite way to convince her to try it out!

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None of my ebooks are compatible with iPad or iPhone. I ended up getting a little 2 in 1 so I wouldn't have to lug my big laptop around. I really dislike the ebooks but for some of my classes it was the only option. I order loose leaf copies of the books in addition to the ebooks when possible.

Not trying to be argumentative, but we give Librium for ETOH withdrawal, and a lot of places give Ativan. Some patients coming off benzos get a taper. Tramadol is also given to opiate withdrawal patients. But I work at a rehab with medical detox. I'm sure it would be different in a rehab that doesn't offer that. Several LTC facilities in my area are willing to hire nurses with restrictions.

CIWA with Librium.

After being told for so long that everything is your fault, you start to believe it. Your judgement skewed. Everything you do turns to crap because nothing you do is good enough. They've isolated you until there's no one left on your side. You look for the good in the abuser, because if you see them for who they truly are, you have to accept the fact that you have completely ruined your life in a futile attempt to make them happy. I was also afraid of saying anything bad about him, or agreeing with anyone else because, if it got back to him, there'd be hell to pay. It was easier to defend him to other people than to defend myself against him. They didn't have to go home with me. Also, if I confirmed what a horrible person he was, the next question, without fail, was "Why don't you just leave?" Even after I left, it took two more years and moving to another state to truly be free of him. I'll actually never be truly free. My close friends know not to hug me without warning me first. My husband knows that, no matter how angry he might be, "stupid" is a word that will forever be off limits. Everyone that knows me well knows that I have to be in control, because for so long, I controlled absolutely nothing. The controlling part bothers me, because I don't ever want to become like him.

Haha! I don't put an "s" on the end of words, but I hear it every day!

OP, I've found that the more time I spend on a question, the more likely I am to get it wrong, and the easier it is for my mind to wander. If I spend too long on a question, I will second guess myself until I've found a way to make all the choices right in some way or other. I agree with Cani, try picking your first answer and see how that goes while practicing. Also, it seems to help my mind stay more focused if I go quickly from one question to the next. Don't try to think of scenarios where questions other than the one you pick could be right, as that gives your mind a chance to wander too. I know this is not the way we are taught to take tests, but it works better for me.

This is the story of my life. My husband can clean the entire house in a half hour and can't understand why it takes me all day (on a good day).

Cani, you changed my life when you posted this the first time. I was diagnosed with "hyperactivity" as a child, but ADHD wasn't a thing 30-something years ago. I wasn't even allowed to have fruit punch or anything with red dye until I was a teenager because the red dye used back then had me practically climbing the walls. I have a near genius IQ and I could barely pass high school. I went to several doctors who couldn't figure out why my hearing was perfect, but I couldn't distinguish words if there was background noise. I just thought I was awkward and weird for so many years. Because of your post I started researching ADHD, and it all made sense. I finally know why I am the way I am. A huge weight was lifted from my shoulders. I've learned a lot of tools to help mange it. It's getting worse as I get older, and I'll probably end up medicated at some point, but for now, I'm getting through it. Anyway, sorry to the OP for the derail, but had to thank you for putting your story out there, Cani. You really did change my life.

Omg, I'm from the south and I just realized that my A's are not very long, and somehow I manage to make two syllables out sale.

I'm all about helping people out, but this student seems unwilling to help herself. She's not asking you to help her take better notes, or to help her understand her recordings. She's asking for your recordings and your notes. She's not taking advantage of the help the school offers. I don't see how some of these "help her" posters think you can dig her out of the hole she has dug for herself. A 44/100 on a test is not indicative of someone who needs a little help from a study group. She either needs serious help or she needs to take the class seriously, both IMO. You can't give her the help she needs while concentrating on your own studies. All you can do is try to help, and you did. Now concentrate on you.

I think her attitude would make me want to help her even less. It sucks because you don't want feel like you're being unkind, but I doubt she would be appreciative your efforts to help her anyway.

Not horrible at all. Maybe you could explain to her that you each take your own notes and recordings and get together afterwards to compare and assist one another, and when she's prepared to get her own information together in the same way, you could try it and see how it works out. Let her know that the three of you have your own system that works for you, and when she's able to conform to that, maybe you can give it a try. Considering her past performance she's unlikely to be able to get to that point, so you wouldn't exactly have to tell her no.

I'm sorry, Far. I'm glad they have you to go to.

One of my friends worked in the pica/Prader-Willi house of an inpatient psych facility. Everything in their rooms was edible including their gowns and linens. Someone forgot to lock the freezer, and one of the patients ate 4 frozen turkeys. He perfed and died.