BSNtobe2009

I don't know if it will work or not, but speak to the head of Admissions and see if they would be willing to take a high school transcript that was received by the college where you were first enrolled. Some colleges will accept that, some won't, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Then that makes sense...so obviously the staff doesn't have to worry about their privacy...you would think they would comply to protect the children.

I was so emotional to the point of complete detachment from my child...I highly suspect that it was because she was a preemie born by c-section. I felt like I had surgery, but I had an overwhelming feeling that I didn't really have a baby and they just rolled up an isolette and said, "Oh, this one...belongs to you." The day I left the hospital, I felt like I could just go home and not go back and that sounds HORRIBLE...that is a hard thing to admit. I really think I was afraid to get attached to her because I was so scared she was going to die. However, I now understand that post-traumatic stress syndrome is most-likely what I was going through and it lasted for MONTHS. I cried at everything...when I couldn't find a sock that matched, over things I saw on TV...even a dead rabbit on the side of the road...I was constantly overwhelmed with emotion. My daughter and I have since bonded but it took almost 1 1/2 years before that happened. I felt so incredibly robbed of the entire birthing process..very jealous of two close friends that had babies while mine was in the hospital and got to bring their babies straight home. The only "remnant" that is left is now I can't watch a baby being born, whether real or fictional, on TV without welling up in tears. I'm not much on celebrity books, but "Down Came The Rain" by Brooke Shields was about the only account of PPD that I had ever read that was EXACTLY what I was feeling....and very, very afraid to admit to anyone. Everyone keeps telling you how lucky you are...but it's sad when all you can focus on was what went wrong. I now realize, from reading other stories on preemies, how lucky my daughter was...and that is the driving force to my choosing to be a nurse and working with preemies for a career. I want to focus that energy into something positive.

I'm curious as to why an adult can't keep track of their own meds. Is it because children might get ahold of them? If that is the case, then I agree. However, if that isn't the reason for the policy, they are adults, and camp is like any other job....adults should be able to maintain this level of privacy and administer their own meds...just like any other job.

From what I understand, the vaccine will not necessarily prevent you from getting chicken pox, however, it does prevent you from getting the "full dose" of the disease. It used to scar horribly...not unlike smallpox...it wasn't a death sentence like smallpox was...but it was up there. We had a huge outbreak in the school system amoung young children of Chicken Pox and when they went through school records...something like over 90% of the children either weren't vaccinated themselves, or had a sibling that wasn't that also had the chicken pox. I don't know why so many people are "anti-immunization". Immunizations are not for an individual person...they are to protect society. While I respect people making those choices for themselves as adults, I feel that parents who refuse to immunize their children are not giving their child the best shot at a healthy life. I strongly feel, as illegal immigration increases, both with adults and children...I fully support laws where you can't seek employment, education, etc..unless you can show you are immunized. If someone doesn't want to immunize their child, then they should homeschool them too.

I really think that nurse needs to get out of the NICU. That area is hard enough on the parents without someone like her with a horrible attitude towards parents trying to do the right thing.

The girls that work in those places probably got rejected at Hooters.

I don't like male doctors or a male nurse for intimate things like pelvic exams, but speaking from a legal protection only....if I was a guy, this is what I would do... If the examining physician was a female, and the nurse was a male assist, then I think that is fine. If the examining physician was a female, and the nurse is a female, this is done all the time so no problem. However, if the physician is a male and the nurse is a male...I think this is a combination that should be avoided at all costs...if a female is "off her rocker" and makes an accusation...it doesn't look good if it's two males in the room. I think one member or both needs to be a female for the protection of EVERYONE involved.

Yup, they are supposed to make an adjustment. I made $56,000 in 2005 and qualified for maxed out subsidized Stafford loans for 2006/2007 for $10,500. Had I not had a degree already, I would have also qualified for Pell Grants. It was at a public college and the tuition for a full year was HALF that figure. I wasn't interested in private money. My only change: I wasn't going to be working during school so they made the adjustment of my income to $0.00 I cannot emphasize enough that you have to speak with the lending officer...there is usually only one or two per college that is authorized to make adjustments. Anyone else and you are just talking to a secretary/employee that isn't authorized to do ANYTHING nor has the training to do so. Don't try to determine your own aid after you complete the FAFSA...that is never the end of the story. Also, you can file for independent status after the first full year that your parents DO NOT claim you as a dependent on their tax returns. I have run into some students who didn't have a good relationship with their parents, and their parents claimed them as a dependent and they weren't giving them any money on top of it. In those cases...that requires a special form. You have to prove that you have been living on your own, paying all your bills, working, etc in order to be treated as an independent. It used to be that you couldn't until you were 23 years old, but that changed b/c there were two many parents that were scamming their own kids.

BLACKBERRIES! My Mom and Grandma were both nurses and they SWORE that blackberries killed the runnies after they had been through every med in the hospital. When I was in college, I had one of those 24-hour stomach flu's, and I was working in a restaurant at the time. I called one of the female managers (this was a Saturday night shift...and we were always slammed), she said, "If you don't have a fever you need to come in."...she said I could take as many bathroom breaks as I needed to. Ok...FINE! I took a bottle of hand sanitizer with me to put in my apron...and within two days....half our staff was out sick...including MY BOSS! I never had problems calling in after that. :rotfl:

No, there is no Federal Law on what a company has to pay you for working a particular day, regardless of what day it is, or that they even have to give you time off for any particular holiday, religious event, or anything like that. Overtime is the only thing mandated by Federal Law, and that is only if your company qualifies under US Department of Labor.

At a company I worked for at the Christmas party, they gave away TWO $55,000 BMW's.

You are very welcome. The majority of my experience is in home lending, and you won't be in the USA to know that the vast majority of loans for homes are invested with Fannie Mae and Freddic Mac, so no matter what bank you go to, it is their guidelines that are used for the best interest rates on mortgages. I have just seen so many times people having to go through subprime lenders (which is mostly for people that have bad credit, but people that hve no credit go through them as well) to get money for homes and get taken to the cleaners in their rate. Fannie and Freddie always requires at least 4 lines of credit, open for a minimum of a two year history, one must have a high credit line of at least $5,000 (that is where the major credit card comes in), and have been active for at least the last six months. There are thousands of variables in-between, but if you follow along those, you should never have a problem getting a loan at the very best interest rates once you get here. I also, cannot emphasize enough, that once you "mess up" your credit, it literally takes years to correct. There are tons of scams here in the USA that offers to "wipe your credit clean", etc...they are ALL scams. They will tell you that they are based on such and such law, but in the end, they don't work, and they charge a hefty fee for the service as well. Bankruptcy used to be a relatively easy thing to file here, but not anymore. You generally will not lose your home and one vehicle if you ever have to file, but just be very careful, deal with names that you recognize (many of the major lenders have banks in Europe as well), so you know you are dealing with a reputable lender until you learn our economic system. All of the banks are required to be what is called "FDIC Insured"...if you don't see that posted on the front door, you might be dealing with a finance company that isn't a bank. There are so many Americans that get taken advantage of every year, so I can hardly imagine how hard it must be when someone is a newcomer. If anyone has any questions, I'll always be more than happy to help. I do maintain a state license in my field.

I just wanted to post that when coming to the USA, you need to establish at minimum, 4 lines of credit as soon as possible. I worked in lending for 10 years before quitting my job and trying for nursing school. I always recommend two major credit cards, a gas, and a store card. You need to use the cards every month, with the exception of the store card, and pay them off each month...no matter how small of the amount. Try everything to open the four in the smallest time-frame possible, and for the first two years, try to not open new lines of credit unless you absolutely have to finance a car, etc. Each time you open a new line of credit, the bureau regrades it according to age. Old credit cards should never be closed out if you are trying to get your score up....that is the biggest myth in the lending industry. It will actually cause your score to go down. To make sure your credit balances do not hurt your score, keep them to less than 50% of the high credit line. If your high credit line is $1000, never put more than $499.00 on the card. Making payments on a credit card doesn't increase your credit score any faster than charging each month and paying it off. I don't know how it is "over the pond" but here in the states, just about anytime you go to any clothing store they will offer you a discount if you open up a new line of credit...ALWAYS decline these if you already have a store card until your credit is well-established, and never open up more than two lines of credit in any calender year....any more and you are hurting your score.

It is so, so sad that it is a stereotype of male nurses, and I wouldn't blame any guy for being upset about that. There are so few male nurses, and it's hard to figure out where it came from. I don't think that male nurses should be forced to wear "girlie" colors. THAT is unprofessional. A guy is a guy and they need to come up with a male-oriented uniform if they want to have "pink" as the primary color in a department.

The next time you ask the secretary to do something and she doesn't follow through, look her dead in the eye and say, "So what you are telling me is that you are refusing to put the orders in? Just let me know so I can inform the charge nurse, and I repeat the question back to her if she starts to give you any lip."

I read the link that you posted, and it was very clear...you have to APPLY for legal status to stay in this country before you are eligible for the tuition benefits it describes. The reason it doesn't say anything about a working student is because it appears that the link you posted refers to getting an education and that is not associated in any way with working. You need to be legally working in the USA to make sure that anything you pay into social security is accounted for lifetime earnings, and any rights you may have in regards to unemployment should you lose your job. Getting paid "off the books" does have disadvantages. You are not going to be able to work in the USA legally until you get the proper paperwork to do so, and because of the nature of hospital work, background checks , etc...there may or may not be more stringent requirements for those that are majoring in the healthcare fields. The college would best be able to answer those questions. My advice is to find an immigration lawyer and start the process immediately to becoming a legal resident. Hospitals will not under any circumstance, hire anyone without the proper legal authority to do so.

I never said that. The sentence above the one that you copied are directly related. If a family member CHOOSES to die at home...then SOMEONE has to take care of them, they can't just be left alone all day, especially if they cannot get up to go to the bathroom, etc....not every family is going to be financially able to do that, not every patient is financially able to hire someone to come in to help. not every family is going to have the emotional capacity to tend to someone day-in, day out. The sentence above it said EXACTLY what you said....that some patients PREFER to be in a hospital/assisted living/nursing home because that is where they are comfortable. The sentence AFTER it, referred to family members who can't, or won't take care of a loved one. Not everyone has the option of living in an assisted living facility because of the expense involved, regardless of their personal wishes. Nursing homes are also not of equal quality every where you go. My parents lived in an extremely rural area and there were only two nursing homes, and the odor would knock you down upon entering either one, and it was well-known that families didn't send their loved ones there....the residents that ended up there usually had no family to stop the process of them getting sent there. My father is still alive and my mother died unexpectedly at home. I have no idea of what I would do if his health ever failed because I am the only person he has to care for him, and I am also the only financial supporter of my family. If he fell ill I would bring him to live with me and hopefully there would be enough funds in his accounts to hire someone to come in during the day...but if he required a skilled medical professional for an extensive period of time, there is not enough money there to sustain that for very long and no money to pay for a private nursing facility. Not everyone has the same choices or same QUALITY of choices.

Hey guys, I'm a female, and came across this thread in the 24/hr post listing. Of my two grandmothers, one was a nurse and the other one was ultra-conservative. The one that was ultra-conservative, as she got older and it became easier to find female doctors, she never went back to a male, and the few times she was in a hospital, she refused to allow a male nurse in the room, if there was one on duty. She wasn't ignorant by any means...she understood that times have changed, male nurses are fully capable of doing their jobs, that they didn't look at women sexually, etc....however, she never could get past it. It was just "her thing". Now, coming back two generations, I'm a female of 37...still fairly young. As a personal choice, I won't go to a male doctor, it just makes me uncomfortable, unless it's a bona fide emergency or I'm in pain. When I was in the hospital giving birth to my child I had a male nurse one day, and I was extremely uncomfortable with it. Having a baby was just too personal a thing for me, and I wouldn't even allow my own father to come and see me. The entire shift I just sat and prayed that I wouldn't need to be examined for anything. I have no idea of where I got these "hang ups". It has nothing to do with being against male nurses (I would be very, very angry if I was working with one and found out they were treated differently by other staff). It's just my being extremely self-conscious, and I'm sure there are other women that are the same way, regardless of age.

Pay grade is used at hospitals and many different businesses to standardized the pay scale according to whatever criteria they set for themselves. The Human Resources department or payroll may or may not give you that information, as pay scale for different positions is sometimes confidential in nature and is for internal use only. In other words, they don't make it available to current or perspective employees. If you are a perspective employee, that isn't an appropriate question to ask at an interview. If you are a current employee, I would contact the HR department or Payroll to even see if company policy allows you to have it.

When you say "they", who is it? That is what you need to get to the bottom of. The FAFSA is a Federal, standardized form and the form you are speaking of, to my knowledge, doesn't exist. That is why your booklet is missing it. The only other forms they may ask for is your tax returns. Schedule an appointment with the FA Officer, and when someone else is trying to answer your question be very firm in saying, "I want to schedule an appointment with the financial aid officer" You need to schedule this with the school you are planning on ATTENDING. One school cannot answer financial aid questions for another school....that is unfair to them. Anyone else is just guessing. There are too many workers in those offices that feel like they have "seen it all". That is the only way you are going to get to the bottom of it.

I think it depends on the person and the situation. Some people just get worn down with the illness and just want to go home, get on meds, and visit with family and friends until the end. Some people have a huge fear that something might happen to them and if they were in the hospital, it might buy them a few more days, weeks, etc. Even worse, they worry about being in extreme pain and relief not being close by. It also depends on the family....how dedicated are they? Have they been worn down as well? Does the family really and truly care? That is a hard, hard question.

It is very, very ridiculously rare for a judge to not go with a social worker's recommendation when an infant is in a present state of injury from shaken baby syndrome. There is usually substantial evidence presented to the judge that NO ABUSE AT ALL had taken place before a baby is readily returned to the parents. I seriously doubt that happened in this case. It doesn't matter if the parents lied to the police about what the other did, that isn't a determination for the social worker to make. Parents lying to the police to cover up the other is hugely common. If both parents had access to the child, children are usually removed until a full investigation can take place, and I guarantee you with the backlog of social workers, that didn't take place during the hospital stay of that baby....they take several weeks to complete. The last people to be with the child is always at the top of the suspect list. Usually someone at the hospital is called to court in these cases because you can't cross-examine a medical report, so if there was a formal court hearing, the OP probaby would have at least heard about it...but I also will take into consideration and respect the fact that the OP may have chosen to leave that fact out due to privacy reasons, as you never know who is reading the board. I didn't stereotype any social workers, I gave a single true scenerio. Sweetie, please try to remember this is a message board...we are all entitled to our opinion...and it's very rude to bash someone else for having one. The OP's cannot always give all facts to a case due to privacy reasons, and if we waited for every detail the board would come to a standstill and turn into a major research project for every post.

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On the East coast I think it's October to March. My daughter was a preemie and was born in July , went home in September, and they started her shots in late September. I am forever suprised at the number of Moms of newborns that were not told of RSV if their babies were born at the start of the RSV season, preemie or not. My daughter was in direct contact with TWO RSV babies (unknowingly), only a couple of days before both babies were admitted to the hospital. One was in for a few days, the other was in NICU for 4 weeks. When both parents called to warn me they started to explain to me what RSV was, and they were shocked to learn that I was already well-versed...not because I was smart because that's all I heard about the entire time she was in the hospital. This lead to alot of anger on the mother's part because they felt they should have been told it was a risk. In both cases, my daughter did not fall ill, and I swear by the synergis (sp), and I breastfed her too. It's just a horrible tragedy that all parents of newborns in the RSV season are not warned of this possibly deadly disease.