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  1. Young/New NYC nurses

    tinderbox replied to NPAlby's topic in New York Nursing

    I just came back from NYC, visited for 4 days. I LOVED it and want to move there badly. I've been a nurse since last summer, so travel nursing isn't a viable option for me yet. I've thought of...

  2. NP w/no desire for RN?

    tinderbox replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow. Your tone sounds a lot like those guys/gals over on the SDN

  3. What do patients say that irks you?

    tinderbox replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What irks me? When patients ask, "So, when are you going to medical school?" AGHH!! Enough already ! I'm a nurse and damn proud of it! After the first few times, I now reply, "Now why would I want to...

  4. How often do you play hooky?

    tinderbox replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! Being good to yourself and taking care of yourself, which means knowing when you're maxed out too much to be at work, is essential to maintaining your sanity . I don't see a thing wrong with...

  5. MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

    tinderbox replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    Sheesh. How arrogant of her! I seriously would've just said pleasantly, "Oh it's right there" pointing towards the chart and then gone on with whatever I was doing. We're all professionals, doing...

  6. doesn't like being a cna

    tinderbox replied to nursewannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I felt exactly the same way, too. I also had a BA when starting CNA school. I wanted to start at the bottom and work my way up, I guess, and also to go into nursing with some on-hands patient...

  7. doesn't like being a cna

    tinderbox replied to nursewannabee's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely!!! Being a cna (let alone, being one at a nursing home) is hard labor with squat pay. Think about it-- ALL you do is empty bedpans, measure output, take vitals... I was a CNA for 4 long...

  8. NP w/no desire for RN?

    tinderbox replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    WOW!! Talk about judgmental and bitter! I am a new grad nurse, very SLIM (not that it matters), healthy, non-smoker, workout--- and I, personally, would never want to go to an NP who had no bedside...

  9. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    Was it through Cross Country? Sorry if I've asked you that before.. I'm having trouble keeping all the posts and posters straight! Haha. Were long-term contracts

  10. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    Thanks Cammy! I have heard excellent things about NY Presbyterian. I am considering all my options right now. The only thing that I am sure of is that one way or another, I want very badly to have the...

  11. Would you have a child because you thought you would regret it later on if you didn't

    tinderbox replied to smack050505's topic in General Nursing

    No, I would not. Bringing another human being into this world is a gigantic undertaking. NOt just giving birth but raising the kid, instilling values/morals, teaching life lessons, and making sure...

  12. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    tinderbox replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Geez lighten up a little.. this is supposed to be a NON-judgmental thread. We're supposed to be honest here,

  13. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    tinderbox replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses getting only 1-3 hours of sleep before going to work??? You guys, this is

  14. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    tinderbox replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Floated to bone marrow transplant floor, 2 pts, IVIG gtt- VS every 15 minutes for 2 hours then every half hour. Other pt had platelet infusion, rigors, HR 160s, SOB, high fever, my first time...

  15. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    Hey OPS here- just had to say: I can't believe how much this post has grown!! WOW thanks you guys! Anyway for those already working as RNs in NYC, which hospitals have the best reputations as far as...

  16. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    I know! I want to move there, too, but the hardest thing for me would be to leave my incredibly wonderful girlfriends behind in Portland! I love them so much, I wish that they'd move to New York with...

  17. Why can't you go straight to CRNA School from BSN?

    tinderbox replied to KVYEng's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    OH man! I respect that you already have an advanced degree in another field but that really is absolutely no subsitute for real-life experience actually working with patients, on your own, without...

  18. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    Yikes. Well, I am living in OR and don't like the dating scene here either. The men here are pretty passive. Portland, surprisingly, is one of the worst cities for singles. I heard that a couple...

  19. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    tinderbox replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    I usually work 2-3 twelves in a row (7p-7a). The night before my first noc on, I try to stay up till 4am, so that I will wake around noon or so the next day. To prepare for my first noc on, I get up...

  20. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    I wouldn't wait for travel nursing, esp since you already know people there. YOu're still in school and then after school, you'd have to work AT LEAST 2 yrs before a travel agency would take you on....

  21. Real Life in NYC

    tinderbox replied to tinderbox's topic in New York Nursing

    YOu may have it a bit easier than I would. I'd be making the move alone, and I know no one in the city, except for a brother of a friend that I've met only once.

  22. wanting to travel to NYC

    tinderbox replied to jellie22's topic in Travel

    I would never think of taking my car to NYC. People who do are asking for

  23. wanting to travel to NYC

    tinderbox replied to jellie22's topic in Travel

    Thank you for your reply! I was wondering, though, which hospital is HSS? Forgive me, but I don't recognize that abbreviation. Thanks

  24. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    tinderbox replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Being taught to refer to the patients as not patients but as "clients". Young rich girls who never had to work a day in their lives (I went to an expensive private school) complaining about how little...

  25. wanting to travel to NYC

    tinderbox replied to jellie22's topic in Travel

    I want to go to NYC and only NYC. I don't necessarily want to do "travel nursing" but want to use it just as the most convenient way to get myself to NYC in the first place. I know that most...