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Thanks to all of you for your responses. I have some of the books from the second semester left, but most from the 1st I've sold already. I'd say that Shadyside's the same deal book-wise as what people have said on this thread: don't worry about bu...

DonK/others: I'm looking for info about the flexibility of the program. I dropped out of Shadyside because I am a VERY single parent (no shared custody/visitation, no family in the area), and things really just were not working out for me there as ...

If any of you want to buy my SSON uniforms, XS petite, PM me. I only wore them for one semester. I have 2 tops, I pair of pants, and a lab coat. I also have a not-as-nice S top and S regular pair of pants that I would sell cheaper or give to the pe...

That is ridiculous advice. She already has a bachelors degree; if she goes on to get an RN through any route she can go on to get a Masters without even obtaining a BSN. That said, I don't know that any of the city programs are "quicker" than any o...

I think one aspect of this conversation that's being overlooked is the comparison to med school. Well, this ISN'T med school. Along that vein: I plan to practice in a rural area where there is a great need for family clinicians, and there certainl...

Also, this is not to say that the patient must file a police report; if they choose not to cooperate/press charges, they certainly have the right not to deal with the criminal justice system.

It depends on your state. In Illinois, where I worked as a Rape Crisis Counselor, if a patient presents in an ER as a sexual assault victim the staff were required to report to the police (who rarely came in Chicago) and to a Rape Crisis agency to h...

Public Health, which I may end up doing. . . As for something I won't end up doing: I always said I should've been a Pharmacist.

One of the reasons I'm looking into Drexel is because I have a bachelors in non-nursing. I believe Frontier will accept this as well. I haven't finished wading through all of the other programs yet. . .I'm not sure how many others are in this boat ...

Notice how it goes down the line in hospitals: Nurse aides become jealous/judgmental when another aide decides to pursue nursing school, RNs are unsupportive of each other when another pursues a master's level career, and so on. . .

Is anyone here familiar with Drexel's online program?

At any rate. . .does any one know if there's any progress being made on this???

I didn't say homebirth was illegal; she asked why CNMs didn't do homebirths. It's illegal for CNMs attend homebirths in PA. I assume it's considered "practicing medicine" stepping-on-toes nonsense. At any rate, I know there are D.L. midwives that ...

I live in Pittsburgh.

You said you worked in rural PA. . .Is there any progress toward legalizing homebirth at this point?

Is it my job to educate NURSES on the Regan-era "War on Drugs" propaganda of "instantaneous addiction"? The SMOKE CRACK ONCE AND YOU'LL BE ADDICTED AND DIE theory?

This logic is asinine. Comparing BREAKING THE LAW to smoke pot to diverting a patients meds is not even comparable. How many nurses break other laws every day? How many nurses drive over the speed limit or have run a damn red light? The point is,...

Really? REALLY? You obviously don't have a lot of personal experience with cocaine, lol.

I'm not about to say that every hospital or agency is like this, BUT. . .my father was a manager at a facility (home health, which was owned by a larger hospital) where he knew that the level of THC that was tested for in their drug tests was very hi...

Pitt's anesthesia program has their own website (I'm not going into anesthesia nor interested in it AT ALL. . .chem is about at the bottom of my list of interests). There's a FAQ section as well. http://www.pitt.edu/~napcrna/frameset.htm Might be ...

Discrimination against smokers: cry me a river. We're employed at will, and we're employed as advocates of health. I agree with the other non-smokers above. I don't get to leave the unit (unless I go to "smoke") while all the cancer-promoting nurs...

I will give you all one piece of advice that you can either heed or ignore, if you'd like: if they have you buy a "med term" book for Nursing 101, we brought it to class once. And the Relationship Based Care book you could do without as well for 10...

IKEA!

Don't buy a bus pass; you can ride the bus for free once you get your Chatham ID.

I'm not really sure what I want to do. I float right now as a Tech, and I tend to really like: - transplant units, ICU/stepdown units (esp trauma stepdown, Neurotrauma stepdown, etc), ED. We don't have L&D or peds at the hospital where I'm wor...