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I am doing a presentation on case management, HMO's and PPO's for a group of nurse practitioner students (I am also a student). What would be most important to include in your opinion? I have the...

Revealing that we'd require a stranger to undergo stringent disease testing, but not feel the need do the same for ourselves before breastfeeding our infants. Most donors have already had routine...

FROM TIME: Move Over, Milk Banks: Facebook and Milk Sharing JENNIFER BLOCK NOV 22, 2010 Thoughts?

Women have been sharing breast milk for eons (remember wet nurses?), but the practice has been stigmatized in modern society, especially in the age of HIV. Milk banks screen and pasteurize donated...

We are not allowed to have toasters or even lights on our Christmas tree (not even LED ones). "Accidently" burn the toast a few times, when the fire alarm goes off, they will take notice!

I am an agnostic leaning towards atheism. I grew up a in a church with cultish tendencies like JW and I can attest to the psychological damage such an organization can leave esp. on the minds of the...

How did you go about selecting an clinical site? My school emailed me a long list of "approved" clinics but I have no idea how I'm supposed to go about picking one, what is the procedure for this at...

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Thanks for the kind replies everyone. I have lots to think about. Raising my children is my #1 passion and commitment. I don't want them to suffer so I can further my education. I guess I can try it...

It's not that I don't love nursing. It's the fact that I have 2 toddlers and a young son at home whom I am currently home-schooling. I work part-time as a hospital RN and I'm taking MSN classes...

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Does your school offer a part-time option? I'm doing part-time and will probably finish in 4-5 years instead of 2. My school allows up to 6 years to finish the program. I'm doing FNP. I was able to...

Both years I took the flu shot, I got horribly sick with a respiratory illness afterwards. The second time I had bronchitis for weeks and my doctor ended up putting me on steriods and an inhaler....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Doctorate_in_Nursing great discussion of it here. Love to hear your thoughts on this.

Please, I need an IRB member to do a short online interview for graduate nursing research class. Please send me a private message if you can help. Thanks

Thanks to everyone who replied - very helpful information all around! I really appreciate it. I'm planning on finishing my FNP program and when my kids are older I'm going to look into going to the...

I'm an RN currently in school for family nurse practitioner. I'm also enrolled in a direct-entry nurse midwifery program. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I get out of school. The midwifery...

Glad to know I'm not the only one! Good luck to you, I hope you find what you're looking for. (And me too.)

I started nursing school and got my BSN with the intention of getting my family nurse practitioner degree. The idea of working with people of different ages and getting to know them while diagnosing...

Diet, heavy metal poisoning, vaccines, seizures .. they could all contribute to the diagnosis of autism. TV now ..... I seriously doubt that one.

I'm on maternity leave. When I went on maternity leave I was full-time. I am now getting paid from my accrued sick time. I just talked to my boss about coming back on either a part-time or prn status...

we also have problems when housekeeping does the floors it is very strong smelling and many staff and patients complain of headaches.

When do you draw your peak and troughs for vanc and gent ivpb? I have heard 30 min after infusion is through, or 1 hour after or 2 hours after. Seren

i am trying to find out more about what nursing is like as a career, and if it's for me. here are some questions: a. what is your title (rn. lpn etc) rn b. what setting do you work in (hospital,...

I need help putting together a pro's and con's of nursing list for my sister. She is thinking about becoming a nurse and I don't know what to say to her ... I am a new nurse myself and having a hard...