Hello - My name is Gina and I am a second semester nursing student. I also work as a nursing assistant on a cardiac floor. I stay very busy with school these days but am addicted to the blogging community. I use it as an excuse to learn. Yesterday I had my first OR orientation and it was incredible. The patient had a thoracotomy and ended up with a lobectomy. I actually saw her heart beating inside her chest. It was so cool. I think this site is a great idea and I will check it out daily.

Howdy, I'm geena. I work in CCU and have been a nurse for 10 years. I write a blog (http://www.codeblog.com) and have had that since 2002. Nice site, Beth :-)

Hi, I'm Alison. I just graduated with my BN and am starting my first full time real nursing job this week!

Hi all! Nurse Sean here!

I'm a med/surg nurse specializing in surgical oncology. I have my Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, and am currently working toward my Advanced Critical Care Nursing certificate. I maintain a blog called Nurse Sean over here

I hope everyone stops by to say hello! :)

Hey there. I'm kate and i met Beth in the nursing blogosphere, and consider her one of my blogging mentors (as well as responsible for bringing me over here). I'm a trauma nurse in the Midwest and i blog over at www.nursaminor.com . I think NursingLink is pretty cool and i'm excited that it's up and running. (:

Hei, I`m Synnøve, from Norway. I`m working offshore for time beeing. On boats:)
Been a nurs for 4 years, have worked nights in an old peoples home, and on the lokal ambulance.
This looks like a good place for nurses too meet.

Hi, my name is Marieke. I live in Montreal, QC, Canada. I am a 3rd yr RN student and can't wait to graduate in less than a year now. I plan on working on a neuro/neurosurge floor when I am done. I have a blog too. http://nurse-to-be08.blogspot.com.

Thanks, yes I've been told the same. The 2nd yr is the hardest and the 3rd is the easiest, we'll see!

Hi! I'm a nurse fan. I never could have gone through the training that you all did. I don't deal well with blood. In fact I was looking at an art show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artemisia Gentileschi from the 16th century was the artist. She painted a lot of paintings with the subject matter of a woman cutting off the head of a man (from the Bible, yes she had some issues). I was admiring her skill in using the paint and how the shear sheets of the bed and folds of clothes looked so real, soaked and splattered in blood. It was really exquisitely beautiful, then I suddenly felt really sick and almost lost my cookies!

I guess I'm just now making it to this room. I'm Tony. I've been in the Trauma Emergency Dept of our hospital for nearly 13 years now. The last 8 as a nurse. I've spent the past year and a half as the Clinical instructor for the ER. Glad to meet all of you.

Thanks, Beth. I am enjoying the site. Nice work.

That's great, cappy, we need more nurses! Hopefully you will find the resources you need here at NursingLink to get you back on track.

hey everyone. i actually found this site completely on accident somehow, but im glad i did! i live in arkansas and i am a patient care tech in med surge at one of our local hospitals and before that i was a cna at a nursing home. i am workin on my LPN then my RN.

HI everyone, I am Kaycee. I have about 6 Mos left in school to get my LPN. I have plans to get my Rn also, but my husband is active duty AF so it just depends where the military sends us. I have two children and my grown child (my husband). We are currently stationed in Oklahoma. I would love to go to OU for my Rn, but like I said it just depends on the military. I am excited to have found this. I am sure I will get good use of this through th rest of school and in my career. Thanks Beth, This looks great.

Hi! My name is Laurinda and I am a new grad from Arizona State University. My husband and I are awaiting orders to be restationed at Camp Pendleton, CA. Once in CA, I will be taking my boards and, hopefully, starting my career as an RN working with neonates. I am nervous and anxious to get out on the floor and put my nursing skills to the test. I'm so happy to have found this site. From what I have seen so far, it looks incredible! I'm looking forward to making some great friends on this site.