Nightshade202

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1. CNA - priorities need checking? Or is it the field?

   Nightshade202 replied to Nightshade202's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I am not the only aide on the unit (There’s three, all with the same amount of patients, but I know we’re all just about in the same boat. I was talking with another aide earlier and she spoke of...

2. CNA - priorities need checking? Or is it the field?

   Nightshade202 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   I am a CNA at my local hospital. I have been just so overwhelmed lately, and I just have to know - am I doing something wrong? Or is this just not for me? I work on the cardiac/ step down unit, so our...

3. Are UK nurses underpaid and overworked?

   Nightshade202 replied to Unreliable's topic in United Kingdom

   Well, that most certainly has endeared me to the UK. Mom works at the hospital and has 2 days a month off, and it accumulative. So if she used none for a year, she would get maximum of five weeks of...

4. US NP moving to England

   Nightshade202 replied to danceluver's topic in United Kingdom

   I was looking at going to college in the UK, and they didn't accept international students. Their nursing programs were divided into specialities, such as peds, mental, and adult, which the US courses...

5. Hawaii - land of unfriendly nursing job opportunities for new grads

   Nightshade202 replied to TheGoodRN2015's topic in General Nursing

   What I've seen most people doing is taking an aide or tech job somewhere to get their name in the system and apply and reapply for new grad programs. Nursing in Hawaii is hard. It's certainly biased,...