Allison S.

Allison S.

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  1. Question re: Grad School Admission

    Thanks for your comments, Suzanne. I suppose it's good to know that this is not an isolated situation. I am wondering how they justify being the only department in a large multi-campus academic system to do it this way, however. Don't all other dep...
  2. Has anyone gone directly from a BSN to MSN program? While I have been an RN for several years, I am only now finishing my BSN. The problem is that the MSN program that interests me won't consider my application at all this year, because I will not ...
  3. Nursing Uniform-Solved Here?

    I don't care for white tops because of the tendency to stain, and my own propensity for yellow armpits. What about something that said NURSE on it. We have had trouble identifying our unity, which belongs to one hospital but is housed in another. ...
  4. Views About Advanced Nurse Practitioners

    Yup, I'm all for more education.
  5. Pocket Reference

    I used Nurses Guide to Clinical Procedures by Jean Smith-Temple and Joyce Young Johnson. When I say "used", I used it mostly as a comfort to have if I needed it. Each facility should have its own policy for most procedures, and it is probably wiser ...
  6. Best places to receive health care (USA)?

    Hmmm. We're always ranked in the top ten, and, uh, . . . . Hmmm.
  7. Do Acuities Work At Your Hospital?

    I work in rehab, and our acuity measure fails to capture ambulatory status and continence. These are time-consuming issues in rehab, and can make or break the staffing level.
  8. This is a vent so hold on to your keyboards!

    I was told that perhaps I should reconsider becoming a nurse. I was upset about it for a while, but then I heard that one of my friends had been told the same thing by the same person. And then that several of my friends had gotten the same message...
  9. Are you impulsive?

    3 pedi rehab
  10. Pharmaceutical shortages

    Narcan is a national shortage right now. Not sure about the details, but I know that some of the shortages have to do with meds being stockpiled for the war.
  11. Nurse Doctorate degree

    My program was advertised as haing more clinical hours than others, but I found that other schools in town had as many or more clinical hours, and more diversity of placements for their RN programs. Make sure that the numbers measure up. Good luck...
  12. Nurse Doctorate degree

    I would not recomend a program like this. I started with two Bachelors degrees (one art one science), and professional experience in medical research and writing, and entered a direct entry MS-NP program. I quit after the RN portion because I did n...
  13. Help! Dilemma (regarding 12 hour shift)

    Can't say enough about water. I think that after all of the running around and lifting, and of course, the talking, the caffeine, the short if any breaks, that we are probably alwyas dehydrated. It's also good for splashing on your face. You may no...
  14. Young guy in need of advice.

    If you are a high school grad, I think you need to apply to nursing school. There are lots of programs: public, private, two-year, four-year, part-time, full-time. One thing that you might look into is whether your employer, or any in your area, ha...
  15. making your own scrubs- patterns?

    I like Simplicity 9896 because it has a top with a neck that is somewhere between crew and boat. That is, it is not Vee, and I don't so often flash my patients. It also has a stethascope cover, but I think that if I had to match my stethocope to m...