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  1. Want to be a nurse

    Freedom42 replied to hope2beanurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't know where you are in Maine, but you might consider finding out whether your local hospital will pay for your CNA training. I believe Maine Med and at least one of the Lewiston hospitals pays...

  2. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    Freedom42 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I find this extremely hard to believe. What hospital, or more specifically, what hospital's lawyer, would allow this to happen? I'm surprised the paper would even publish this; either the hospital's...

  3. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    Freedom42 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree. It was this disparity that first got me interested in this thread. I wondered what burden if any these wealthy women posed to health departments, and therefore taxpayers, as one poster...

  4. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    Freedom42 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I understand why women from central American would go to California or Texas. But you say that women from South America come to the East Coast, often flying first-class, and that they pose problems...

  5. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

    Freedom42 replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hadn't heard of this trend on the East Coast. Where are these women coming from, and what problem do they pose for health departments? Can you elaborate or point me to a source of information?...

  6. What anatomy book are you using for Spring 2007?

    Freedom42 replied to marlonspoon's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We use the latest edition of Martini, and I have to say it is not well-edited. It was clearly hacked down to minimize pages. Sentences are sometimes cut off, with words missing. Or you'll read about a...

  7. Where does Chem come in?

    Freedom42 replied to EthnicBeauty's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're taking A&P I, you'll use chemistry when you study the physiology of cells. If you haven't taken college-level chemistry, I wouldn't worry about it; in my course, it was only covered on...

  8. A&P 1 Fall '06 Club!

    Freedom42 replied to matsgrl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congrats to all who've put A 'n P to rest until January. I hope to join you right after my final on Thursday night. Can anyone help me with one of my essay questions? Here it is: "Outline the events...

  9. Shaken Baby

    Freedom42 replied to royr's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt social workers like being stereotyped any more than nurses do. How do you know the social worker wasn't overruled by a judge? How do you know one parent didn't lie to police about what the...

  10. Favorite thing about living in Maine?

    Freedom42 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many things. Since you're headed to BNAS, here are some of my favorite things about Brunswick and environs: Beautiful old sea captains' homes. Wild Oats and the Eveningstar Cinema --...

  11. Living off student loans smart idea or not?

    Freedom42 replied to rkim525's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same boat as Quickbeam. The opportunity cost is nine to ten times my tuition, given that I've quit my job, will not contribute to 401(k) (nor will an employer) and have to shell out for...

  12. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Freedom42 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the health-care industry is allowed to rely on foreign countries to supply nurses in large numbers, nurses' wages will remain suppressed and working conditions will not improve. Hospitals...

  13. Should I hold my toungue or speak up

    Freedom42 replied to Balder_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    It's also interesting to see what Johns Hopkins has to say about the matter. While the school does say that it was not the source of these Internet rumors, a school spokesman stops far short of saying...

  14. Should I hold my toungue or speak up

    Freedom42 replied to Balder_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to show your instructor what the Food and Drug Administration says about this issue on its website. The FDA says it knows of no evidence that plastic food containers carry dioxin. But...

  15. Questions for new nurses about school.

    Freedom42 replied to emotional_she's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How about taking some adult ed courses in basic algebra and high school chemistry before you go to nursing school? You'll get the refresher you need without having to worry about grades, ease your...

  16. Nursing schools around Brunswick/Portland area?

    Freedom42 replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    By any chance, are you referring to University College at Bath-Brunswick? I don't think they offer much there in the way of nursing courses. A classmate of mine says she was told by the University of...

  17. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Freedom42 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be so sure about that stream of new grads. Even if people "seriously consider" careers in nursing, they've still got to be educated, and with the faculty shortage as bad as it is, programs...

  18. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Freedom42 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Right on, Ingelein. There's no shortage of nurses. There's a shortage of nursing jobs in good working conditions. If you haven't already seen it, you might find this report from the Institute for...

  19. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    Freedom42 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I did note your earlier post regarding continuing ed credits. I was curious to see if other nurses might describe different scenarios. Frankly, it sounds as if there's no standard for...

  20. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    Freedom42 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Another question from a student: How are preceptors chosen? It seems to me that a hospital that's truly interested in retaining good people would make only its very best nurses preceptors -- and of...

  21. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    Freedom42 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Mobbing: another good theory. I've seen that behavior, and that's hardly limited to nurses or hospitals. What's really at issue here is why women of any kind, regardless of profession, feel the need...

  22. Watch a webcast of an entire semester of A&P, Chemistry, or Biology from UC Berkeley.

    Freedom42 replied to blueyesue's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is great information. Thanks very much for posting it. I've just added it to my

  23. No Holiday Pay?

    Freedom42 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student; I do not yet work in health care. I left a union job three months ago. We received double time and a half for the first eight hours of work on any holiday; any hours worked after that...

  24. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    Freedom42 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    Ingelein: I find your Stockholm Syndrome theory at once hilarious and totally plausible. It's the best answer yet that I've seen on this board to the question of why nurses eat their young (if, in...

  25. My first anatomy class.... help

    Freedom42 replied to ljohnsonjr's topic in General Students

    I'd get a hold of a syllabus and a text book and start reading now. Even if you don't take detailed notes, you'll be familiar with concepts and terms when January roles around. Text books usually come...