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What do you all do?

Nessa38

By Nessa38, in The Gals' Room

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peggy n    20

peggy n
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i am a registered nurse,case manager in cincinnati,part time.

i also am a full time mom and wife, 15 and 21 yo girls.

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BeckyinTn    0

BeckyinTn
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I am a Work at Home Customer Service Rep for HSN.( love my job most of the time ). Full time student with Capella

University. I hope to finish the drgree in Human Resource Management that I started years ago!

Full time wife of 26 years and mother of 3 (21,13,11)

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LMarie_MD2b    0

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I'm currently a second-year medical student here in STL MO; almost halfway done!! :party:

I'm hoping to take a year between classroom science classes and my clinical years to do a fellowship with the Pathology department. I'm hoping to do an Anatomical/Clinical Pathology residency once I (finally) finish my MD in 2011 or 2012.

Edited by LMarie_MD2b
TINY text!

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cookienay    0

cookienay
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First of all, I am a wife and a mommy to two beautiful children- though somedays it feels like I have 3 children if you know what I mean.

Secondly, I am a part time Emergency RN and I LOVE it. Insane, I know.

:thumbup:

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Oregondaisy    2,021

Oregondaisy
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We seem to have a lot of nurses here!

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MustangGirlRN    0

MustangGirlRN
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We seem to have a lot of nurses here!

I think that says tons about the lapband surgery! If so many nurses have chosen it for themselves, it has to be good :cursing: Us nurses are usually very picky about having medical procedures done on ourselves.

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FabBy50    0

FabBy50
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I work in a tire store!! I know that sounds kindof off the wall, I stand at the counter and sell tires, brakes, shocks etc. I also pay the bills for the store and do the accounts receivable. I love it!! Working with men is the best no PMS issues LOL. This is a great thread.

Bernadette

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NurseMelly    0

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I too am a Registered Nurse. I work in Healthy Start. We do home visits to at risk pregnant moms and educate them about taking care of themselves and their newborns. It's a pretty awesome gig :rolleyes:

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kcmagu    3

kcmagu
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Just another nurse - I'm an ICU nurse in a high acuity urban hospital.

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Carrie_C    9

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Wow, there are a lot of nurses! I am a medical assistant, but I hope to join all of you in the nursing profession in 2 years when I finish my degree!

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redrum602    2

redrum602
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This thread is pretty interesting! I work at a major credit card company as a project manager in the IT department.

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zukagirl22    1

zukagirl22
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i am a LVN and currently in school to become an RN.

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sexylips    1

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i am a mother of 3 beautifull children,happily married.....so far hahaha.i am a mortgage broker for the past 7 years wich with this bad economy it had ben bad for all of us in the mortgage field. hopefully things get back on track so we can make lots of money..LOL

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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