DanChicagoRN

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1. interview w advocate!!

   DanChicagoRN replied to loyolagirl's topic in Illinois

   I got my BSN from Loyola in 2007. I've worked at Northwestern for 2 years, and they do offer tuition assistance to employees- $5,200 a year, with no commitments to work for the hospital afterward so it's actually a pretty good deal.

2. interview w advocate!!

   DanChicagoRN replied to loyolagirl's topic in Illinois

   Hey, Many years ago, while in high school I started volunteering at Lutheran General on the pediatric unit. It was a great experience, it's actually one of the reasons I decided to go into nursing instead of medicine. I was a pre med student or th...

3. Does becoming a male nurse mean that you have to change your friends also?

   DanChicagoRN replied to hyalophora09's topic in Men

   No offense but as many others highlighted here your "friends" sound like douchebags- I'm sorry for the blunt language. The fact that they aren't supportive of you clearly says something about their character and their "friendship" Perhaps many of th...

4. continuing education points in IL

   DanChicagoRN replied to EzraRn's topic in Illinois

   Hi All While the new nurse practice act states that CE's are necessary, the state of Illinois, and Illinois Department of Professional Regulation have not yet created the administrative rules for CEU's. Therefore, it is not likely that the state wi...

5. ANA membership?

   DanChicagoRN replied to firstyearRN's topic in Activism

   Hello Everyone, I feel the need to provide my two cents and interject among the numerous negative comments about INA / ANA here- this is a long post but addresses numerous issues brought up. I joined INA/ANA upon graduation from nursing school. Th...

6. Med-Surg Nurses, questions about staffing/ratios/CNA's???

   DanChicagoRN replied to pink2blue1's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm working on a med/surg floor where we typically have 6 nurses (always RN's) when we have a full floor of 23 patients, with 3 CNA's and a unit secretary. Unit secretary coverage occurs from about 6am- 10pm, although on weekends we only have a unit...

7. Entry Into Practice- A Lack of Willpower

   DanChicagoRN posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   We've created many threads before about the challenges of entry into practice, and Nursing's inability to really set a standard for RN's. I'll throw more fuel into the fire with a post. Every teacher in America, at least in public schools, has to ha...

8. Please Help can CNA pass medication in IL

   DanChicagoRN replied to mydee's topic in Illinois

   Hi With the exception of a few mental health facilities in the state of Illinois, CNAs are not legally authorized to pass medications. That is a nursing responsibility, the responsibility of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (R...

9. CNA's passing meds in Long Term Care

   DanChicagoRN posted a topic in Illinois

   For many years the long term care industry has been trying to allow CNA's to pass medications in long term care facilities. Often these have been led through legislative efforts. Now, they've created a website to back up their efforts. http://ww...

10. Illinois Nurses for Obama???

    DanChicagoRN replied to Pretty in Ink's topic in Illinois

    WOW All this anger toward Barack Obama. Good point one person made, Senator Obama is serving in the US Senate- he is working on and voting on federal legislation, not state legislation. While he served in the IL legislature, Barack Obama was sup...