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Just smile very sweetly at her and say "I love you too."

Yes, I would say your friend maybe doesn't quite have all the details straight. I worked as an RN in a very busy outpatient surgery center and Dr's office in Columbus Ohio and I also know what pay rate was offered at another office in Columbus when I called about a possible position. I can't tell you exactly what the other RN's made, but somewhere in the $15-$20 range seemed about the norm. I suppose some could have been somewhat higher, but I would be suprised. If the RN's are truly getting $33/hr it is quite possible that they aren't getting any other benefits---in other words, they may be paying for their own insurance.

I agree. Unfortunately this is true for any profession where your main duties consist of providing acts of service to the public. For example, cops, firemen,those in the armed forces, nurses...etc. These are just a few examples of extremely high stress jobs where the pay doesn't even come close to compensating these people for what they do. In my opinion you can't really put a price on what these people do. They virtually put their own lives at risk to care for the lives of others. And yes, I think nurses (most anyway) put their lives at risk. Think of all the diseases we are exposed to continually. Then you have the people who entertain for a living.... and they get paid millions and demand more....and they get more!!! What a crazy messed up world. But, if you think about it, If the people I listed above got paid millions for what they do (which they certainly deserve it. Especially the first three I listed) you would have all the wrong kind of people in these professions because they'd only be doing it for the money. So I don't have the answers, but I do think it is obvious something is not quite right. Anyway, I kind of got off the subject, so I'll quit rambling now.

:lol2: That is EXTREMELY inconsiderate of you to be SO tall!! I am suprised they didn't fire you immediately!!!

Having worked in Plastic Surgery, I wanted to comment on this thread. (I am posting under my husbands screen name--we are both nurses) I started out in med surg and when I moved to the city after marrying my husband, got a job in a Plastic Surgery Center. I worked on the office side and they had an OR suite in the other half of the building. Because they had an OR they were pretty much only interested in RN's. They wanted nurses who could help on the surgery side if the need arose. And they preferred experiend, ACLS certified RNS. ALSO, with plastic surgery you are dealing with an ENTIRELY different type of patient than your typical "sick hospital patient". These are patients with ALOT of money ( alot of times, not always) and they can have VERY demanding personalities. You have to have Excellent customer service skills, and be able to schmooze. And it can be very difficult and exhausting to cater to their every whim. Now, to be fair, I also had patients who were very sweet and pleasant to be around. But the sweet ones weren't the ones who drained me;) So, if the nurse doesn't have a super pleasant attitude regardless of how demanding the patient is, I can gaurantee that there probably won't be any plastic surgeon around who will hire her. AND, if she does get hired, she'll quickly get fired if the Surgeon finds out she isn't schmoozing with his/her patients. If the Surgeon's entire staff don't have the right personalities, the surgeon quickly loses business to the Surgoen down the street or even the one in another state (we had patients coming to have plastic surgery in Ohio, from places like California for various different reasons. Remember, these people have money and they'll go where they are treated the best) As for the "icky" stuff, I saw Plenty!! And the surgeons I worked for didn't even do burn patients. If the nurse wants to go into plastic surgery to get away from wounds, drainage, blood, barf etc... she better do a little more research.

Actually, my roomate worked as a nanny afterwards. Then got married and had kids and stays home with them. I am not criticizing staying home with the kids, because I do that now too, and I love it. But like someone else on this thread stated, you would think that even if you decided after graduating that you didn't really want to be an RN the rest of your life, you'd at least sit for the test and get your license!!

Nope, don't know anyone like that. However, my roomate (I am writing this using my husband's sign in name...we are both RN's) went all the way through Nursing school and never even took the NCLEX!!!! That was back in 1996 that she graduated. To this day, she has never even attempted to take the test, and thus has never become an RN. This has always bugged me. Why would anyone go completely through nursing school, and then never even attempt to get their RN license?

Just wanted to share the good news with everyone!! I just got my acceptance letter from Youngstown today!! Thanks everyone for all of your replies! Jason

Thanks for the info, businessman! I will definitly contact vinnysca for more information on their program.

Has anyone out there applied to St. Elizabeth's Crna program in Youngstown Ohio? I applied to four different schools and was granted an interview to 3 of the 4 and have had the most frustrating time with Youngstown. It has been like pulling teeth to get any information out of them and they are SO far behind all the other schools in their interview process, yet they start at the end of August. Anytime I have asked them anything through out this whole application/interview process they have always been nice, but Very evasive. At the interview they told me, "Well, if you don't hear from us, that means we are still considering you!" (WHAAAT??) and then they told me that if it gets to be too long and I haven't heard from them to go ahead and call them. Seeing as how I interviewed in March, I have recently called them. They just say, "Oh, we are still interviewing and have filled some of the positions!" If any of you have heard from them at all (whether it was an acceptance or a rejection) I would love to know about it!! Seeing as how their school starts in a little over three months, I would LOVE to know where I stand!! I am assuming I am not getting in there, BUT, if I am, I need some time to move the family and make other adjustments!!! Thanks! Jason

Both of my daughters had the same thing. They were born in different hospitals and had different doctors, and both times the doctors were not at all concerned and the dimples turned out to be nothing. In fact as they grew and filled out, they eventually disappeared. With my second daughter, I expressed concern at the hospital and then again at her first check up with the family doctor. The famliy doctor said the only thing that could be a problem is that it was a possible infection risk, but if it was anything else (like spina bifida or something) that we would already be seeing symptoms of that and of course we weren't seeing any symptoms of anything. They were both perfectly healthy. I am glad your doctor is going a head with a U/S. It will definitely put your mind at ease, and I hope and pray that everything turns out well for your baby!!

I really don't think I would worry about that at all. You'd be surprised at how many nurses who are holding jobs have some little "blip" on their record from the past. I am sure that nurses with really messed up records and major offenses (felonies..) have a lot of trouble getting jobs. That's not what you are dealing with though. They will see that it happened 14 years ago and probably won't even ask you about it. However if they do, just be very open and honest about it. They will appreciate a genuine remorseful attitude. Don't let this scare you away from nursing. Keep at it!!! I honestly don't think you need to worry about this at all. If every single nurse that ever did anything wrong in their past was not able to get a job, there would be an even greater nursing shortage than there already is.

You definitely need a break. Please get help from someone!! Another nurse, or other healthcare professional. Someone you can talk to about your situation. I will be praying for you!!

So sorry to hear that you have to decided to leave nursing altogether. I understand the horrible feeling you have and am upset that you were treated the way you were. I have definitely made my share of mistakes as a nurse and was always treated fairly and kindly. And each mistake has only made me that much better as a nurse. I too, would be absolutely devastated if your situation had happened to me. But please reconsider your decision to leave nursing. Leave that place of employment? Absolutely, But I assure you that the way that particular institution treated you is not the norm. I wish you well.