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  1. i hate my nursing job

    funinsun replied to Mylife's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Mylife, It seems that you hate your job and that you are confused about whether to continue in nursing. That you have been working for 6 months shows you must be a great nurse and doing a good job...

  2. LVN/LPN to RN versus directly to RN

    funinsun replied to ByTheLake's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi ByTheLake, I have just completed my RN but considered being an LPN first like your friend. The biggest factor in contributing to my decision is that my mom has been an LPN for 20 years and she...

  3. Do you run a primary with secondary??

    funinsun replied to LizRN626's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen all of the above mentioned scenarios.. If there was something like NS running and the patient could tolerate the fluid, we would run the secondary concurrently (on the pump that you were...

  4. opinions of young people as nurses

    funinsun replied to goober's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything that has been said so far, great advice! I started nursing school at 17 years old, so my 101 class and my first intermediate rotations were interesting because I myself felt...

  5. Feeling very anxious about new job...

    funinsun replied to leisa22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi leisa22 and everyone, I have just graduated nursing school so am not licensed yet but just finished up my ICU rotation in school which was very different from my other med/surg rotations. I...

  6. Presby vs. CMC in Charlotte

    funinsun replied to pristy's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi! CCHS's website is http://www.carolinascollege.edu (Carolinas College of Health Sciences) CMC is the hospital it is associated with and its website is http://www.carolinas.org I'm not sure about...

  7. Presby vs. CMC in Charlotte

    funinsun replied to pristy's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hi everyone and JSumich, I am graduating from CCHS on Thursday and have enjoyed my time there.. I started with a semester of Gen Ed classes in August '03 and have been going full-time ever since....

  8. St. Peter's hospital

    funinsun replied to mommy1strn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all.. Has anyone heard anything about St. Peter's or Shodair Hospital? I have sent my resume and application to both and they have both said that they are willing to interview me as soon as I get...

  9. (almost) new grad has question about device used at potential hospital..

    funinsun posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all! I am new to this forum as far as posting but have been reading for quite a while and thank you all for your great advice.. I am graduating on Thursday (hopefully after the final on Monday!=)...

  10. (almost) new grad has question about device used at potential hospital..

    funinsun replied to funinsun's topic in Nursing Career

    Now that I see what other people are saying about how they are used, it may just be to check the nurse's location.. But the nurse manager specifically said that they could 'pull up' where you have...

  11. (almost) new grad has question about device used at potential hospital..

    funinsun replied to funinsun's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks for your input everyone.. It's nice to see that someone else has actually seen them used.. The nurse manager specifically said that it was used as a record to show patients that over time you...

  12. Problems with Piedmont?

    funinsun replied to funinsun's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for directing me elkspark.. I wasn't sure on the significance of a Tenet Facility as opposed to another so I didn't even think of that.. I know directly that Piedmont in particular is very...