gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    gauge14iv replied to Fun2's topic in General Students

    TERRIFIC suggestions Jaime!!!! I would also sugget the following http://www.supersuppers.com http://www.endnote.com (student version gets you the software at halfprice) Make a standing "Date Night"...

  2. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    gauge14iv replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    50. When the server goes down for 24 hours, you discover that you have a spouse, 3 kids you didn't know you had and that you can actually cook AND clean! In the SAME

  3. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    gauge14iv replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    :yeahthat: 42. You can pretty much create an entire post in smileys without typing a

  4. 501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    gauge14iv replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    39. You occasionally find yourself posting on a topic you have no real interest in whatsoever just because you happen to know a little something about it and you are bored/not asleep when you should...

  5. Sometimes I hate being the nurse in the family

    gauge14iv replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a mom before I became a nurse, and honestly it was the same way for

  6. Wanting to Move to Dallas

    gauge14iv replied to fssmith's topic in Texas Nursing

    From Parkland/Childrens - to East Irving about 10 min, to West Irving about 15 min. You get off the train and cross the street and you are there! Medical/Market Center is the apx stop - although I'm...

  7. Fort Worth nursing school

    gauge14iv replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    There also "loans" available though for nursing that are not available to other students and as I recall, they are available to second degree students. Check with the US department of health and human...

  8. Want to become A NP but have to Go the BSN route!

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are a number of programs who say their minimum requirements for entrance are certain numbers of hours in certain subjects - they do not specify that a BS in necessary. HOWEVER - good luck...

  9. Retaliation for voicing concern over unsafe pratices

    gauge14iv replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Id say she needs to take the advice of her attorney on that - not ours

  10. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    I hope she isn't having to give any meds during those shifts, or make any life altering

  11. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    As far as the credit checks go - a potential employer doesn't need permission from you to check this database anyway. They want a credit check for other reasons, not to see if you are in this...

  12. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    However - if your STATE suspends your license for non-payment of your Stafford or Perkins (some states do) then it could end up

  13. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Not just doctors no - but just certain types of loans AND loans that are used to help promote the practice of providers in high need (typically rural) areas. Your usual Stafford and Perkins loan will...

  14. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Brook - they really do know this - and poor credit will not keep you from getting hired unless you are applying for a position as a loan officer or financial manger of some sort. I don't think you...

  15. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Empress you are correct about that. What that site would do in the case of a HEAL loan is prevent a doctor who was not making his or her student loan payments from billing Medicare for services...

  16. Credit Check for employment???

    gauge14iv replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    That is the main reason they do it - after my divorce, I had terrible credit - yet I still got a very good job with a large corporation - and they checked my credit. When I asked about the credit...

  17. Can I apply to a Nurse Practitioner program with an R.N and only a B.S?

    gauge14iv replied to Etc1007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My APN program conferred an MS degree - not an MSN even though my major was in nursing - so many schools will not require a BSN - a BS will be fine, but they will likely want you to have the senior...

  18. Is there any nursing job that'll make $30,000+/yr for the FIRST job?

    gauge14iv replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly Tweety - let these folks spout "Higher calling" all they want, but you can BET the minute somebody cut their wages in half, they'd be looking for something NOT

  19. Help on RN-MSN process

    gauge14iv replied to LiLcBaBy154's topic in Texas Nursing

    it essentially lets you skip 2 or 3 classes - classes which those I know who skipped them, said later they wished they had

  20. Is there any nursing job that'll make $30,000+/yr for the FIRST job?

    gauge14iv replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    And there is nothing wrong with knowing what you are committing yourself to financially before you sign on the dotted line. Smart if you ask

  21. could use some advice

    gauge14iv replied to mingus_lost's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And - if you can't FIND a job - there is always the possiblitly of CREATING one. Surely some doctor in your area would like to partner up and make some

  22. NP Boards

    gauge14iv replied to imisscoco's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    [color=mediumturquoise]congrats!!!!!!! i thought the questions on the aanp were strange too - no big surprises - just weirdly

  23. Can they really be serious???

    gauge14iv replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in General Nursing

    As my husband says - It's a different world for women and children - he never thought about such things until we had a child and I had to point them out to him. He never thought of grocery carts as...

  24. Does all Grad schools require you to have a 3.0 GPA

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Post Graduate Students

    There are a few key things to setting it up - you have to select APA as your output style, Some databases are not as "compatible" (the ones who sell their own crummy bibwriter products - go figure)...

  25. Does all Grad schools require you to have a 3.0 GPA

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yes this one actually works - it's actually the oldest one out there, it is not web based, and it does thousands of other formats besides APA - very important if you ever plan on doing any writing for...