Top Gun is one of my all time favorite movies. Up until a few years ago I had no idea who directed that movie because my 16 or 17 year old brain didn’t care about such details. This is truly sad. Apparently he committed suicide this past Sunday. He was a jumper. Messed up, …
Marie
Stuck in the 80’s
If you were a teenager in the 80’s or even if you were a young adult you know that the 80’s was a great time for music, movies and TV. The guys who write the Stuck in the 80’s Blog on Tampa Bay.com think so too. In fact, they love the 80’s so much they …
Memories of the Futurecast
I discovered this podcast today quite by accident. I had heard on the “picture-in-picture commentary” for Stand By Me that Will Wheaton had a podcast called “Radio Free Burrito” while listening to one of those I heard about or read on one of his blogs about the “Memories of the Futurecast” that he also did. …
Florence Nightingale died 102 years ago today
Apparently Floe died 102 years ago today. Her cause of death: Heart failure. read on
10 tips on your first day
As I Sit here on the side of a busy highway waiting for AAA to tow my car I am reading articles I thought this one was nice. It’s about what do do on your first day as a new nurse. http://scrubsmag.com/10-tips-for-your-first-week-on-the-job/
Would I discourage??
I read this article today and I liked it. When I was a respiratory student someone once tried to discourage me from becoming an RT. http://scrubsmag.com/would-you-ever-discourage-someone-from-becoming-a-nurse/ Now some of the people who know that I am now an RN as well as an RRT, discourage me from working in a certain unit or hospital but …
An interview!
I got a call for an interview today. It is for a stress lab and working in the nuclear med area. It’s a part time position but it’s an interview and a possible start. So I’m psyched. My interview is next Wednesday at 2 pm. It’s about an hour away but I can deal with …
Hello, jobs? Jobs?
I still haven’t found a job in nursing. I’m not giving up yet but it is a bit disheartening still to not have a job. I’ve been turned down for at least 15-20 jobs and have heard nothing from any GN residency programs from any of the hospitals to which I have applied. Who are …
Little did I know….
We last saw our heroine fretting over the lack of nursing jobs for those with little to no experience….. I hadn’t been in my “professional” email box for days because I generally do not “log on” while in a string of shifts just because I am generally tired and don’t want to look at yet …
Can facebook get you fired?
What you post on Facebook can get you fired. It seems that the constitution only protects your free speech from governmental interference but in the private sector however it is management discretion of what is protected. Which means next to nothing. Read this article. Slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/07/getting_fired_for_what_you_post_on_facebook.html Even just “liking” the wrong thing can get u fired …