midido80

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1. CNN - DaVita Medicare Fraud

   midido80 replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Urology

   Davita was my livelyhood for many years before I got tired of the horribly understaffed, dangerous working conditions and "number crunching". And when I say understaffed I don't mean short on hired employees, I'm referring to workers getting cut earl...

2. CNN - DaVita Medicare Fraud

   midido80 replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Urology

   I just quit Davita a couple months ago after 5 years, this doesn't surprise me one bit. Kudos for that doc and rn for taking a stand.

3. Need advice/insight please about my education path!

   midido80 replied to midido80's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks! I would like to eventually get my BSN, it would be great if I could do RN to BSN right after getting my ASN.

4. opportunity to become a hemodialysis tech

   midido80 replied to dedicated_2b_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hello Dedicated! I've been a dialysis tech for 5 years, and am a pre-nursing student also. I would recommend you go for it! Yes it is very fast-paced, the days are long, and dialysis is definitely not for everyone, but the experience you'll gain will...

5. Need advice/insight please about my education path!

   midido80 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hello all! Advice from other students or nurses would greatly be appreciated! Here's my situation; I currently work part-time as a dialysis tech, and am attending a local university in hopes of applying to their BSN program... I am now REALLY second ...

6. 2013 Wayne State

   midido80 replied to jelson's topic in Michigan

   Thanks! Good luck to you too!

7. 2013 Wayne State

   midido80 replied to jelson's topic in Michigan

   I'm taking chem I&II, and micro. Yeah I haven't seen to many other Wayne students on here, seems they come out of the woodwork around the time admission decisions are being made. :)

8. Why I became a nurse, the down and dirty

   midido80 replied to libran1984's topic in General Nursing

   ......and yes, I'll be happy to get the pay increase and solely support my family.

9. Why I became a nurse, the down and dirty

   midido80 replied to libran1984's topic in General Nursing

   I've been in patient care for almost a decade now, I've progressed from a phleb, to M.A., to PCT.... finally becoming a nurse seems like the logical next step for me. I never had a "calling", nor do I have a strong desire to save the world. I just lo...

10. 2013 Wayne State

    midido80 replied to jelson's topic in Michigan

    I've found a lot of info about Wayne State on here, the admissions staff at the CON are very helpful too. Jelson, have you been to an info session yet? I missed the last one because I was out of town, but plan on going to the next one in September. W...

11. 2013 Wayne State

    midido80 replied to jelson's topic in Michigan

    Hello! I'm planning on applying for the traditional BSN. I've taken a lot of my pre-reqs already at HFCC, and will be starting at WSU in a couple weeks!

12. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    midido80 replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism

    There's a volunteer clinic in my area that treats the working uninsured, which is ran by a local (but large) health system, which gets it's funding from various sources (private and GOVT grants). The docs and MA's all work voluntarily, most hold full...

13. LPN Programs in Southeast Mi

    midido80 replied to littl's topic in Michigan

    Hello! Monroe County CC has an LPN program, so does Schoolcraft but I think they have a long wait. Also there's the Riverview Institute LPN program through Oakland U.... Good luck!

14. Davita vs. Fresenius

    midido80 posted a topic in Technicians

    Hello all! I've been working as a PCT for Davita for 3 years, and am curious about working for Fresenius... Anyone on here ever work for, or are currently working for, this company? If so, how do you like it? Or better yet, has anyone here worked for...

15. Recent Madonna University accepted Nursing students...

    midido80 replied to Rinabby's topic in Michigan

    Hello! Chiming in here..... Do you know what the cutoff GPA is?