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  1. Hi All, Just as a quick FYI, I asked about this post and a forums administrator told me it would be OK because I really am looking more for viability information than work. I have just pulled off one...
  2. LPN Program in Illinois

    hey everyone, just got the best news from the illinois department of professional regulation - nursing board they passed my curriculum for a lpn program!!! i never really knew exactly how hard this is...
  3. Mandatory CNA!!!!

    Hey All,Long time since I checked in last, it's good to be back!!! Want to know what I think, I'd love to believe it was for experience or time or any of the more idealistic reasons I can think of,...
  4. To BBQvegan and Everyone Else Here, I love what you're saying and completely agree. Generally, I love a great political debate just for the fun of it. Some here are taking it very seriously and...
  5. We have to stop with Bush has taken away everyone's liberty's, really. Why doesn't anyone remember Bill Clinton taking away liberties. Those where OK, I guess. Remember, it was his Justice...
  6. Spacenurse, That is actually a pretty funny come back, and I am the first to admit my sarcastic tongue has done more to get me into a world of hurt than it has to get me out of it. But what fun I...
  7. Wasn't it the French that let over 10,000 older people die from heat stroke because they were on vacation that month??? Yep, I want to be just like them. How much history about the French does...
  8. Mean nurses

    I have been a nurse for 25 plus years and worked with handicapped kids before that. And, I am still amazed at nurses who hate people. I have always wanted to ask them, "if you hate people so much,...
  9. RN Coder/Auditor

    Hey, I sent you a messsage but realized that's what you were asking about. Click on "my account" and it will let you access what is available to your level of usership (not really sure that's a word,...
  10. St. Joseph Hospital Chicago

    Hi, I had my CNA studentshave some clinical experiences there. Overall, it was a wonderful experience. Of course you'll get a few people here and there who don't seem to 'play well with others' -...
  11. Interview Questions?

    Check out career builders, they have a whole section on interview tips with what you should do and/or don't. They even have some pretty funny stories on it, like you shouldn't show up to the...
  12. RN Coder/Auditor

    Definitely a great idea. The more skills you have the better you'll do. Understanding billing and coding and being a nurse puts you in a unique position to assist physician offices, especially those...
  13. Vocational Nurse/Medical Assistant (Soon)

    Hi Bettyfavis, First congratulations, any graduation from any school after high school deserves a pat on the back. So from me to you, I give you one big pat on the back! First as a Medical Assistant...
  14. I think I've heard it all

    Jobs in Nursing - My Thought Has Always Been ALL THIS FUN, AND A PAYCHECK, TOO? Most people have to pay to get into comedy clubs, buy a minimum amount of drinks, and always run the risk that the...
  15. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Hey Woody, I am in no way diminishing the effects of PTSD on people and as a parent of a child who returned after 15 months in Iraq, I am fully aware of the cost our military is paying. My suggestion...
  16. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Hey All, I have thought about this for a very long time and these are just my own thoughts but...Most of us get out of nursing school somewhere between 20-22y/o and then we're thrust into life and...
  17. I think we need to clarify a couple of things. First, the evil corporate insurance companies, they don't set the cost of health care. We use Medicare as the "Gold Standard" and insurance companies...
  18. Feel like quitting

    Hi Tigress 8207, I feel so bad for you. After many years in Nursing I figured out that it doesn't make what company or facility, etc...you work for but rather it's the people you work with on a daily...
  19. Please Please explain!!

    Hi, I just wrote and got passed a LPN program in the Chicago-land area and the school doesn't have to be NLN or CCNE. The MOST important thing is the state nursing board approval. So you won't have...
  20. Know it all classmates

    When will nurses stop this, "I know more than you do" These are also the people who as CNA's tell the nurses on the floors what to do and as a nursing instructor seem to have no problem correcting...
  21. my classmates HATE me

    Someone once told me that the best way to stop playing the game was to stop playing the game. I didn't get it for awhile, all I thought I wanted was to be a part of what looked like friends. Really,...
  22. Is a Nursing Dept mission statement important?

    The real question is; Is a Nursing Dept mission statement important? plink In just one word; a sad reality begins sure, it's slow and the clearing does not come com-quickly. But degradation of...
  23. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    Hey Vickie RN, This must be the year of the East Coast. My niece who is specialized speech path and I'm not clear exactly from where in Indianapolis. Either way, she is moving with her husband and...
  24. LPN Program in Illinois

    Of Course, If you live in near the downtown area, or near Oak Brook Mall, neither site should be bad for you for both attend classes and labs. However, each student is accepted to attend their...
  25. Hi, I actually started at a local junior college, and I am not sure how much input you have had in one, but I was the proverbial cog in the wheel. I was a unionized professional at the junior...