woody436

woody436 specializes in ER, Pre-Hospital.

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1. City Colleges of Chicago and HESI exit exam

   woody436 replied to 2btmanrn's topic in Illinois

   Something like this happens EVERY year with the City Colleges of Chicago...and nothing ever changes. It's nice to vent, but in the end nothing will change.

2. Moraine Valley College

   woody436 replied to teacher08's topic in Illinois

   I took the four week course with Timmons...it's great as long as you don't have any distractions like work. Kamal stood in for Timmons for a few class sessions and he was fine, but has a strong Indian accent that can be difficult to understand at tim...

3. Moraine Valley College

   woody436 replied to teacher08's topic in Illinois

   Professor Timmons is THE best! It seems as though that the negative ratings on ratemyprofessors.com simply didn't feel like putting in the effort. If you read what they say, it's easy to pick up on the fact that they just wanted to "skate" by and not...

4. help !i'm a foreign MD and i want to practice nursing in IL....

   woody436 replied to cesbee's topic in Illinois

   Oh man..how did it end up at the top of the topic list?!?!?!

5. help !i'm a foreign MD and i want to practice nursing in IL....

   woody436 replied to cesbee's topic in Illinois

   You'll have to go to nursing school...reviewing for NCLEX, while helpful when you graduate nursing school, will do no good until you graduate. You'll have to have your foreign credits evaluated..(your undergraduate courses) for possibility of having ...

6. Should Doctors Have Guns?

   woody436 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

   I think ER docs should carry pre-filled syringes of potassium chloride holstered like a bandolier around their chests! Ready to go at a moment's notice

7. Medical school vs Nursing School

   woody436 replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

   Doctors treat diseases...nurses treat patients. Nursing is a better fit..for me at least. For me it wasn't a decision that nursing is the "low" road versus medical school. I don't think a doctor is anymore higher or lower than a nurse in terms of sta...

8. HELP... what is the meaning of LYING-IN CLINIC..

   woody436 replied to chamisrielkat's topic in Student Assist

   Northwestern Memorial Hospital here in Chicago used to have a facility attached to their Prentiss Women's Hospital called Chicago Lying-In..was strictly for L&D...

9. ACLS Classes In or Near Chicago?

   woody436 replied to loryces's topic in Illinois

   Oh..and at cprassociates, she feeds you...WELL! :)

10. Largest ED in the US

    woody436 replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    OMG! 150 beds...just in the ED?!?!?!!? 100-150k visits/year?!?!?! --Dear God...I promise with all my heart never, ever, ever, will I complain about patient volumes again...AMEN!--

11. Bachelor's to ADN or BSN bridge programs

    woody436 replied to gamelas's topic in Illinois

    Many, if not most, programs that offer a masters degree offer an advanced entry program of some sort. If you have an undergrad degree in any field, you can attend one of these programs as a graduate student, end up with your RN as well as a masters d...

12. An Online MSN -NP program?

    woody436 replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate

    this is on their nursing dept's website (which is good enough for me :) ): [color=#0000a0]the master of science in nursing program is accredited by the commission on collegiate nursing education (ccne). accreditation is an indication of public appr...

13. An Online MSN -NP program?

    woody436 replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate

    I have to ask...but how exactly does on "online" NP program work? It doesn't seem, to me at least, that it's even possible...doesn't one need to perform a specific number of clinical hours? How are those coordinated? The reason I ask is that an onlin...

14. NCLEX RN result, how soon did you find out and how did you

    woody436 replied to exairex's topic in Illinois

    One can take the NCLEX at any testing faciltiy for any state...I tested in Chicago with people that were applying to be licensed in Massachusetts, New York, Indiana. PearsonVue happens to be the exclusive vendor it would seem. As this is the Illinois...

15. Largest ED in the US

    woody436 replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    Ohhh....I LOVE the idea of the "pod" set up...it's like having a handful of mini-ed's in one large ED...very nice idea indeed! Does each resource nurse report to the charge nurse on a given shift? Are those positions perm. or ad-hoc? Do you have a fa...