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1. compensation for taking call

   dacryocystitis posted a topic in NP

   Hello everyone, I have recently started interviewing for NP jobs, as a graduate this May. My most recent offer was to work part-time in an internal med clinic (26 to 30 hours per week) and take call every 3rd weekend. Call would consist of taking a...

2. UIC waiting! GAH!

   dacryocystitis replied to dinah77's topic in Post Graduate

   I know the feeling of waiting! I got accepted to UIC (adult/geriatric NP program) and started last January and will be done one year from now. It's a tough program, but we all get through it! Good luck!

3. Does anyone have a reliable source for national hospital acquired infection rates?

   dacryocystitis replied to grannyNan's topic in Disease

   I would try these sites for starters: http://www.cdc.gov http://www.niaid.nih.gov http://www.shea-online.org http://www.idsociety.org I'm not an infection control nurse....sorry I can't help you out more. You can probably contact the National Instit...

4. Care Plan/Nursing Dx assistance please!!

   dacryocystitis replied to MizDnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   I always thought of the ABC's first and Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. Physiological needs always come first: breathing, food, water, sleep, excretion. Think of things needed for survival. Everything else comes after that....safety, love/belo...

5. help! My g/f stuck herself...

   dacryocystitis replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

   sorry i misspoke. the 0.03% chance is for mucocutaneous transmission risk. (when i replied before, I thought this was the percutaneous risk). Percutaneous expsoures to blood contaminated sharp objects is 0.32%. for hepatitis C: "most studies pl...

6. help! My g/f stuck herself...

   dacryocystitis replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the chance of getting HIV from a needle stick (with a patient who actually has been confirmed HIV+) is 0.03%. I think the change of getting Hepatitis C from a needle stick (again from a patient who has been dx'd with Hep C) is 3%. I could...

7. Anthropology and Nursing?

   dacryocystitis replied to bel613's topic in General Students

   I don't know of any specific schools with that focus BUT there is an "up and coming" field in nursing--transcultural nursing. Dr. Madeleine Leininger is a nurse-anthropologist who proposed similarities between nursing and anthropology. She is famou...

8. Help!!!! Nursing Essay?

   dacryocystitis replied to SimbaCat's topic in Student Assist

   I also agree with the above poster. The essay sounds more like a cover letter for a job to which you are applying. The section where you discuss all the tasks you have completed in the ICU (reformating flow sheets, reformatting insulin drip protoco...

9. How do you pass patho/pharmacology?!

   dacryocystitis replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

   i agree with nursecherlove. If you are taking the classes concurrently, bring out both books when you start to study. When you read about the pathophysiology of HTN, look up the drugs that are used to treat it (diuretics, beta blockers, ace inhibit...

10. Can someone proofread my personal essay?

    dacryocystitis replied to SimplyMeL3's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I see you are applying to the nursing program at UIC!!?? I applied to the grad school at UIC (Adult Nurse Practioner program), and I was formally invited to an interview this Thursday!! With that being said, I want to offer some suggestions that hel...

11. nurses at clinicals, how to deal?

    dacryocystitis replied to Purple Princess's topic in General Nursing

    Is your clinical instructor around during clinicals? If something needs immediate attention and the nurse will not listen to you, then you should direct your concerns to the instructor. If the matter is not urgent and could possibly wait 5 minutes...

12. Care plan HELP!

    dacryocystitis replied to busybusybusy's topic in Student Assist

    I agree that we need a bit more information. What exactly was she admitted for? the constipation? did she have an obstruction? or was she admitted for the bipolar disorder being out of control? or was it because of the low sodium? labs (anemia)...

13. Delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel (long...)

    dacryocystitis replied to dacryocystitis's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the replies. Yes, miko014, the reason they do not want to hire another nurse is because they don't want to pay a nurse's wages! They feel they can get by how they are. I've also been telling my mom she should resign if they are not willi...

14. RUSH university in Chicago?

    dacryocystitis replied to gfokkerRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Rush is an excellent school for both undergrad and grad school!! Most of the professors have doctorates (either PhD's, DNSc's, DNPs many of them are fellows of the american academy of nurses as well. Some of the prof's don't have doctorates, but t...

15. Delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel (long...)

    dacryocystitis posted a topic in General Nursing

    I would love to hear all of your opinions on this issue.... My mom has been a nurse for 25+ years and has worked in a very busy family practice office for the past 12-13 years. For the majority of this time the office has had two full time nurses, h...