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  1. Don't want a full time job, but wait..,

    ceccia replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    fwiw i think you definitely made the right choice! 24 hours on call? "this job is more important than your family?" what?! no. & imho you actually have MORE security and stability when you have...

  2. quitting your job on good terms

    ceccia posted a topic in General Nursing

    it may come as no surprise to anyone who's read my posts on here - most of them are negative and b*tchy and they're an accurate reflection of how i am at work in real life - i am burnt out to a crisp,...

  3. I was fired from previous job

    ceccia replied to nursepenelope's topic in General Nursing

    if you want to know what former employers and/or references will say about you to a prospective employer, get someone to call them and pretend to be checking you refs for a job. If you don't have...

  4. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    ceccia posted a topic in General Nursing

    just what the title asks. if you don't want to continue working in the nursing/healthcare field at all, what's your plan? what do you want to do instead? and if you hate nursing and have another idea...

  5. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    "who am i" to give advice on an internet message board? um, wow. OK everyone, you heard the lady/gentleman/whatever - everyone stop giving advice on here! This isn't the place for

  6. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    rofl yourself! i've been working as a nurse for nearly four years, so quit being lazy and insulting and use your critical thinking skills -you tell me, did i "give up" or drop out of school? (btw -...

  7. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    or drop out and do something else! :) it's not too late, and changing courses is NOT a failure or a

  8. what do you say to patients...

    ceccia posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ...to alleviate their embarrassment after a 'code brown'? most people that have accidents are mortified about it; I reassure them that this happens all the time and i don't mind cleaning it up at all....

  9. New Direction

    ceccia replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think any healthcare profession pays well enough for what it

  10. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    i've been late for work (once) when i got into a minor accident. i had the police report and was prepared to show it to my boss, but she said that wasn't necessary and there was no punitive nonsense....

  11. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    ceccia replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Whether something costs 20x as much as an individual could afford or "only" twice as much, it's still too much. You well understand what affordable means. if you insist on going the way of Clinton's...

  12. Advice on making the most of my nursing career (financially)

    ceccia replied to richardgecko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    get a casual/part time side gig that pays cash. i got a job bartending in an upscale restaurant and it pays MORE per hour than my nursing day job. read and study- you can learn everything you need to...

  13. RANT: Fed up with nursing!

    ceccia replied to shellebelle212's topic in General Students

    do something else. seriously. it's NOT wrong at all to value job security, or to want to have an easy time finding a job. it's NOT wrong to not want to leave your home and everything you value and...

  14. Gaining weight in nursing school

    ceccia replied to freckles23's topic in General Students

    i hear you. i was out of shape my first semester of nursing school. and horribly depressed. i was furious at myself for allowing nursing school to turn me into a version of myself that i hated. over...

  15. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    nevermind, it's not worth

  16. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    ceccia replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sub-acute rehab 16:1 (8 rooms per nurse, 2 pts per room) and we have an RN whose only job is to pass meds - i think that makes all the difference. There are also single rooms around the nurse station...

  17. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    ceccia replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If insurance was unaffordable before and it's still unaffordable now, that's not really progress. I could manage to afford the catastrophic plan, which would be fine as I don't rely on western...

  18. When You Request I Switch Shifts with You

    ceccia replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    oh i HATE that! especially if its for a holiday shift. i am usually always working holidays for people because what do i care, its just another day. but come at me with an overblown sense of...

  19. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    it's happened (where i was the one staying late and picking up the slack for someone else). i was tired, yes, but i did just shrug it off and say "oh well". because people (yes, even nurses!) are...

  20. One thing I learned today is that honesty will get you nowhere in Nursing School.

    ceccia replied to guest08/05/2014's topic in General Students

    why? when i was a CNA everyone joked about being glorified butt wipers. if a mild bit of self-deprecating humor helps you and your coworkers get through what is often a stressful, physically...

  21. Working crazy hours

    ceccia replied to francoml's topic in General Nursing

    thank

  22. Working crazy hours

    ceccia replied to francoml's topic in General Nursing

    i'm working crazy hours because my goal is to GET OUT of nursing/healthcare by the end of the year. Next year I'll be running a hostel in a popular tourist city in my home country. :) I'd rather work...

  23. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    ceccia replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree we should have a single-payer healthcare system. Unfortunately that isn't what we're getting with the ACA. I voted for Obama both times, and I was a vocal supporter of healthcare reform. What...

  24. leaving nursing to become a speech therapist

    ceccia replied to blueindigo79's topic in Nursing Career

    good plan as long as you're not planning on ever working for the public school system. the bad news is that this is where over half of the jobs are. The good news is, there are other possibilities -...

  25. For Those Considering A Career In Nursing

    ceccia replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Career

    this should be required reading for anyone thinking about going to nursing school. i wish i would have known about allnurses when i was applying to school - if i had known the reality it, i would...