ammonthenephite

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1. I'm failing out of nursing school

   ammonthenephite replied to BusyMan's topic in General Students

   I agree with a couple of others: The class with the lower grade you are going to completely abandon, and place all your time and effort in passing the class with the higher grade. Then you retake the other. During the two quarters/semesters yo...

2. Loan forgiveness options? Help!

   ammonthenephite replied to kaimkaim's topic in General Nursing

   Are you both working? Knuckle down for a year and a half, live only on your partner's salary, and dedicate yours entirely to your student loans (average RN salary in Seattle is about 60-65k). Just live like misers for a year in cheap, small, remote...

3. RNs!!!! Did you fail Any classes???

   ammonthenephite replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

   Failed the second quarter of our 6 quarter program. Mentally I was in a fog, couldn't concentrate, etc. Went to my doc, turned out I had sleep apnea with anxiety (I had gained a good 15-20 pounds since starting my pre-requs part time while working ...

4. is LITTMANN still the best brand when it comes to stethoscopes??

   ammonthenephite replied to monkago2009's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Older thread, but the for cardiology purposes I've read really good things about the Welch Allyn Elite and DLX. In one comparison they rated as having about the same loudness as the Littmann cardiology and master cardiology, but with much less disto...

5. Best men's watch for male nurses

   ammonthenephite replied to binggrad's topic in Male Students

   Along the same lines of the luminox, I went with the Seiko 5 sport Monster. They have the same level of brightness as the luminox, but at a much more affordable price (for me at least:). I like them because, as with the luminox, you get constant...

6. Is bringing dougnuts for my clinical unit o.k.?

   ammonthenephite replied to ammonthenephite's topic in General Nursing

   Cool. Excellent ideas all, thank you! I've picked up a couple containers of those costco mini brownie things, very dense, very chocolaty, but nice and clean! I'll be doing surgery center and a few others for just one day each, but I thoutht it woul...

7. Is bringing dougnuts for my clinical unit o.k.?

   ammonthenephite replied to ammonthenephite's topic in General Nursing

   Excellent. Doughnuts are good, but can be sticky......cookies are good, but are crumbly. As nurses, what are your preferred snacks?

8. Is bringing dougnuts for my clinical unit o.k.?

   ammonthenephite posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is it ok to bring something like a box of doughnuts for the unit I'll be in, as a thank you? I know their day would be a lot easier if I weren't there poking my head in everything they do and grilling them with questions all day. If not doughnuts, ...

9. I got in to nursing school! Now overwhelmed with stress

   ammonthenephite replied to such_sweet_sorrow's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Though I'm not yet in the nursing program, I too have had money issues. However, it was a great opportunity to pear down all the unecessary from my life and keep only the essential things I needed. At 32 I swallowed my pride and now "rent" for 200 ...

10. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    I heard a congressman (or senator) had come up with an idea that would allow people not to have to buy insurance, but would force them to agree, in exchange, to accept complete and full financial liability, regardless of how much it is, and said debt...

11. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    So what if they are trust fund babies? The fact they have money does not mean that you cannot make money yourself. Sounds like jealousy and envy to me. Apparently you didn't follow the youtube link where a member of the board of trustees of social ...

12. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    "This obligation is related to the fact most of us recieved public education and accepted , that with that education we would then pay to educate the next generation by paying the taxes necessary to educate them". Wrong. It sounds good, but its wr...

13. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    Public education is socialized education, i.e. everyone is obligated to pay for it, even if you don't have any kids or were educated in a privately funded school. And thats the lie of social security. People who are paying into it now are NOT creat...

14. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    I can't for the life of me understand why someone would want to be completely dependent on the government (i.e. other working people that pay taxes) for the essentials in life, why people delegate away their personal responsibilities. The very once ...

15. Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    ammonthenephite replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism

    Oh, I know your not. But some of the reply posts did, mentioning wanting to recall the Gov. and such. It was posts in the thread i was referring to, not you directly. Sorry, sometimes what I type isn't what i was thinking and I'm not as clear as i...