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    Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    cocoa_puff replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    In high school, I wanted to be a pediatrician. But now, oh hell no! I don't want the debt, stress, liability, crazy hours, or insane amount of time spent in school (although I love school). The...
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    I hate nursing

    cocoa_puff replied to Neezy84's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you, OP. I also want to get out of nursing, although I've only been a nurse for 6mo. My advice is to first get treatment for your PTSD, being attacked by a patient or anyone else is...
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    Are There Jobs for Inexperienced RNs Besides Floor Nursing?

    cocoa_puff replied to jack1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse on a step-down floor with about 6mo of experience, and I absolutely HATE it. It's disappointing that I went through years of nursing school and hard work to get to this point. So...
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    Anxious about starting nursing school.

    cocoa_puff replied to makeuplover2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school isn't bad at all, wait until you're actually working as a nurse. Unfortunately that's when the real anxiety
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    Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    cocoa_puff replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had a full scholarship to pursue computer engineering..... Back to the original question, I wanted to be a peds nurse back when. Came to realize that kids make me nervous and the parents...
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    Do grades mean much?

    cocoa_puff replied to Zooey72's topic in General Students

    Why get a B when you can get an A? Also, scholarships look at
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    Why I'm leaving nursing

    cocoa_puff replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm relatively new to nursing, but I want to leave already. Nursing, and healthcare in general, is not what I thought it would
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone thought about or actually left nursing for another career? What non-nursing career would you be interested in? I would like to do something anatomy/lab/research related, with a predictable...
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    Nursing and Personality

    cocoa_puff replied to TuesdaysChild's topic in General Students

    INTJ here. I like solitude, order, and routine, so floor nursing is not the best fit for
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone who suggested clinical research, I'll definitely look into it after I have some more experience
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    First week- will I die of boredom?

    cocoa_puff replied to gypsierose's topic in General Students

    It's really boring in the beginning. Think of it as an easy A and start studying for pharmacology or med-surg in the meantime. Get an NCLEX review book and start reading
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    Honest question to working Nurses

    cocoa_puff replied to dedicated_2b_RN's topic in Nursing Career

    Because nursing in general is difficult, often frustrating and thankless, and allnurses is a place for us to vent and share our feelings with fellow nurses who understand and have been there. It's...
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    cocoa_puff replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    That would be the most stressful job imaginable to
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    Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    cocoa_puff replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

    Aww, thank you. I'm hoping it gets better
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    Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    cocoa_puff replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

    Because I was young and naive. I didn't fully research other careers or actually shadow a nurse until I was already in nursing school. I like science, medicine, and analyzing what the problem...
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    Giving report (just a little vent)

    cocoa_puff replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    Or when the on-coming nurse is getting vitals and not paying attention as I'm giving report, then asks questions that she/he would have known if they had listened to me in the first
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    The principal investigator, basically the lead
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking something along the lines of lab tech or medical laboratory technologist. I can see myself happy in that type of behind the scenes role. I'm the type who likes to "hide" in the lab....
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    I always said I wanted to be on Broadway, except I can't sing, dance, or
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    Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    cocoa_puff replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome!
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    Becoming a CRNA

    cocoa_puff replied to sasavivi's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Become involved on your unit, join hospital committees, become charge nurse, precept new nurses and students in the ICU, serve on the rapid response team, get CCRN, ACLS, PALS, and TNCC. Take the GRE...
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    College nursing program vs real world nursing

    cocoa_puff replied to alyssat1995's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I found nursing school to be fairly easy - graduated with a 4.0 at the top of my class while working 2 part-time PCT jobs. Real world nursing is unbelievably stressful for me. It's the...
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    Vascular/general surgical PCU nurses

    cocoa_puff replied to MSNAdvocate2008's topic in General Nursing

    1) I absolutely hate it, actually I don't like nursing much at all. 2) Extremely stressful for me, I don't cope very well (crying, not sleeping/eating, planning my exit strategy currently) 3) I do...
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    Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    cocoa_puff replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Once you have a job and know the color requirement, check out Goodwill or Amazon (natural uniforms brand seems to be inexpensive). You can often get a pair of scrubs for about $11
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    What was your hardest prerequisite course?

    cocoa_puff replied to Natasha_mer24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The hardest were Sociology, Art History, and Drawing 101. I loved A&P, Micro, Stats, Chem....should have majored in something science