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  1. Don't think I can keep writing these papers!

    That's hardly fair. Whatever earlier disputes you guys have had here, I wasn't part of that. I just did a ten page concept analysis of the concept (apparently it's just a nursing concept) of independence. I had to define it, then identify antecedents...
  2. Giving serious thought to switching to a PA program. They seriously cannot be as bad as this, can they? I feel being part of a medical program they just can't be as bad as a graduate level nursing program. I'm in the throes of Nursing Theory and it's...
  3. FNP Graduate from Chamberlain College of Nursing Dec 2015

    Thanks for all the helpful info, this is great. My question is do you foresee being able to work in an inpatient or hospital clinic setting? I was told our heart failure clinic (which is in our outpatient center, but on the hospital campus, and staff...
  4. Chamberlain FNP program

    I too am curious about the Chicagoland area. Can we just use any family doctor? They said we could use MD or NP centers. My family doc had a NP student with him once, so I'm thinking of asking him.
  5. I think I'm going to ride it out, evaluate other BSN programs, and evaluate other ways of paying. Even if I take out a small Stafford loan it wouldn't bankrupt me I guess. Of course taking out a loan for no financial compensation whatsoever stings a ...
  6. I'm writing here seeking advice. I work for a large teaching Magnet facility which I really love. It used to (I'm sure still claims to) strongly encourage nursing education. I am an ADN RN who is in an RN to BSN program already. Recently I wrote abou...
  7. I've been reading many of the threads here re: tuition debt load, but I still feel compelled to ask - is anyone else in this situation? I'm speculating about CRNA school. I'm an ICU nurse with four years' experience. I have a mortgage (not much equit...
  8. 0.9 is not full time?!

    Our hospital just quietly transitioned to a new policy, wherein 0.9 FTE nurses (3 12 hour shifts) are not considered full-time. They reassure us that this policy only affects new nurses, and old 0.9ers will be grandfathered into full time. Of course,...
  9. Do you guys find you have to work out just to stay fit enough to work? I'm finding work so much easier now that I've lost 25 pounds (due to other reasons - found out I had super high cholesterol). The lack of strain on my back is amazing. Now I find...
  10. 25 pushups

    Yeah, I jog the stairs at work sometimes if I'm bored or need a pick-me-up. Sometimes with push-ups at the top and bottom flights.
  11. Student nurse extern/internship in chicagoland/quad cities?

    Christ still takes 50 externs a summer as far as I know.
  12. scrubs in chicago

    Working Class is expensive IMHO. Does anyone have any experience with Chicago Scrubs Outlet? http://www.chicagoscrubsoutlet.com/ Saw their good reviews on Yelp. Speaking of which, here's a Yelp search for ya: http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=scru...
  13. Illinois Masonic RN residency

    One of Masonic's sister Advocate hospitals has serial residency programs, like two a year. It's a new thing but I think Masonic's doing the same thing.
  14. checking NG tube placement

    We insufflate just to have an idea, and then x-ray. Incidentally I have heard a wet gurgle on auscultation, only to have it in the bronchus apparently! So insufflation really isn't totally accurate, just mostly accurate.
  15. I'm pretty sure when I was inserviced by the Roche Accuchek folks about using their machine, they said that one of the benefits was that I could use blood from any source, not just capillary (a fingerstick). So I can use blood from anywhere, right? I...