mvanz9999 RN

Oh....a word of advice to those just starting the program....my comments only pertain to the graduate portion of the program. With the exception of the whole "BSN" issue, the first 15 months does a fantastic job of preparing you to be a nurse. No m...

I realize I am late to the party, but you are correct...I am disgruntled. 1. Almost NO hospital will offer you retroactive tuition reimbursement (well, the VA will), none will offer 100% reimbursement. And there certainly are strings attached when y...

Wow. The first person that states what I think! It makes no difference, in general, what order you connect your drips. People are fond of stating that the fastest fluid in the back of your other connections will make them flow faster and at a more...

I haven't quite finished my MS, but I went to UIC's GEP program (graduate in May). I can't speak about hiring problems because I know pretty much ANY NP has a difficult time finding work (average from license to job in Illinois is about 1 year). I ...

I, too, have heard this from UIC faculty. The DNP is no longer projected to be minimum education by 2015. My suggestion is that you go for M.S. (and I've been putting in my threads that you WILL be awarded an M.S. degree NOT an M.S.N.). You can al...

I don't know if AnneP is still checking this thread, but here's your answer. I graduate with my M.S. from UIC in May. Be warned, you are NOT getting M.S.N. You are legally getting a M.S. degree with a focus on nursing (can't explain why, them's th...

I would like to second the opinion that the Chicago job market sucks for new grads and experienced RNs as well. I have gotten my first year of experience (graduated in 2009) and finding another job is nearly impossible. I currently work at a small co...

Hello all: I've been mostly missing from the board during the past year due to being in nursing school and up to my eyeballs in work. I still have to make it until May, but I'm wondering what other peoples' plans are for working after graduation. As...

Joe: I'm currently in the midst of a direct-entry program at "the other school". The current program ends with a MSN. We have been offered the option to switch directly into the DNP program and at this time...no one has done it. I can see both "sid...

It's already been said, but I'm going to say it again anyway. By the time you get through nursing school, you'll have TONS of experience with poop and I suspect it won't bother you in the least. Or at least not as much as it does now.

Oops! Sorry for the confusion.

Ah! A nicely written post. And I see the confusion. I would then go with the idea that it is important for nurses of any level to be trained to "think like a nurse". I perhaps incorrectly associate those bedside nursing skills with training to thi...

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I am aware of direct-entry programs because I am in one. I'm not sure who all these "people" are that professing nursing is not about bedside care. I have not met a respectable nurse or nurse-educator that states this. Bedside care is the foundation...

I actually think I don't understand your point. You are suggesting that there should be a mid-level provider of some name that is not "nurse practitioner" and that does not contain nurse training that is not needed, such as bed-making and changing I...

Becoming a Nurse Practitioner without formal training as a nurse (and that means all of the skill sets) would be quite pointless. You are then not a "nurse" practitioner. You are a mid-level provider of some sort, but missing everything that makes ...

OK then. I guess we'll see you in January! Congratulations!

Yay! Something I'm good at! No they are not. Opiates refer to drugs that are derived from compounds present in opium (morphine, codiene, etc). Narcotic is an imprecise term related to analgesics, CNS depressants, or any drug capable of causing physi...

I use the term holistic in the same manner that you do. I'm not sure where this is going from the original question.... Sounds to me like what you are looking for is a PhD. I know a lot of people that do research as nurses, and they hold PhD's. The...

Hi dinah77. I went through this also (last year). It is horrible, horrible, horrible. I also know nothing I say can stop the anxiety. But, just know that others have suffered as well. Best of luck to you!

Why not go the ACNP route, then? Just curious....

Do APNs use nursing diagnosis, or do they simply use the standard (and more meaningful) medical diagnosis? Thanks!

Thanks! I threw away all of my original questions and started over with less specific ones. We have access to CINHAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Essential Evidence Plus, PIER You are right, CINHAL returns the most hits.

Bah! I'm stuck. Anyone have any suggestions for formulating evidence based nursing questions (I do not mean the PICO formatting, but the actual question)? Sounds like a dumb thing to ask, but after researching about 10 different questions, I am unab...

I'm wondering if there are any direct entry GRADUATES. There is some recent talk about where direct entry grads "go" after graduation. If you are a recent direct-entry graduate, please post some info about your job, how long it took to get and any o...