gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. Can they really be serious???

    gauge14iv replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in General Nursing

    Actually - I leave my child in the cart while I unload - carjackings with the child being taken along with the car are not uncommon around these parts - happened to a friend of mine while she was...

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

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Post Graduate Students

    1 word for all you paper writing souls out there... endnote pricey (the student price is about 100 bucks) but best money I EVER spent It downloaded the refs, inserted them where I told it told it to,...

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

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I will say this - it was a LOT more papers than I had EVER thought I would EVER write! I got really really good at writing

  4. Can they really be serious???

    gauge14iv replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in General Nursing

    Target has carts that put the kids in chair type things down lower - very nice for

  5. Can they really be serious???

    gauge14iv replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in General Nursing

    Wait! I know! Let's license parents to have kids! (I'm being sarcastic - but in some cases I have to

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

    gauge14iv replied to dmoorer76's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Actually - many schools in which there are more seats than applicants do take students with lower GPA's - epecially if it has been more than a few years since that GPA was earned. They may admit you...

  7. Can't do nightshift

    gauge14iv replied to Pitbullgirl's topic in General Nursing

    sucking it up is one thing - that is until you are actually sucking back vomit and trying to see through daily migraines which can now no longer be controlled with any form of medication which allows...

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

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

    Not to burst your bubble - but RN's do just as much of the physical labor as any other role - I STRONGLY suggest you go shadow a few! Nursing is a very physically demanding job no matter what your...

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

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

    NP's are not usually admins in hospitals - that role is filled by nursing admins or health care administrators. NP is a clinical practice role which involves hands on patient care. If you don't like...

  10. UT-Houston applicant consideration

    gauge14iv replied to KenPen's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would call the advisors at UT-Houston and ask, that way you get accurate information and can ask them any other questions you might have. I'm sure they are more than happy to answer questions like...

  11. Byetta

    gauge14iv replied to dory2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Supposedly they will come and do very in depth training for you at your office. They will also provide DE's and classes for your

  12. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would highly suggest categories first - then individual drugs - as well. It is much easier to remember what certain classes or categories of drugs do and then memorize which drugs belong in which...

  13. Fort Worth nursing school

    gauge14iv replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    TCU actually has more grant and scholarship funding available - you may come out ahead on the financial aid end at TCU than you would at UTA or TCC. I have kids at both private and public Universities...

  14. Fort Worth nursing school

    gauge14iv replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    TCU and TWU both have them

  15. CNA's: allowed to do _WHAT_ by law?

    gauge14iv replied to Yarra's topic in Texas Nursing

    In the ER's I worked in, ER techs could only start IV's if they were paramedics, EMT-P certified. As a tech - pre nursing school with a CNA certificate - in the ICU and ER though, I did EKG's,...

  16. Fort Worth nursing school

    gauge14iv replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    Oh - and I hear TWU's accelerated program is now in place in

  17. Fort Worth nursing school

    gauge14iv replied to mama_flora's topic in Texas Nursing

    And if you have a prior degree from UTA, and take your pre-reqs there, that carries some weight as

  18. Nursing Information and Nursing Research - Essential Sources

    gauge14iv replied to VickyRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    And something to download all this great research into so you can catalog it, database it, keyword search it and make *IT* do your bibliography FOR you...perfectly APA formatted - you just point and...

  19. Difficulty finding clinical sites for online students?

    gauge14iv replied to moonshadeau's topic in Post Graduate Students

    We thought we had it tough in our program! Sounds like you guys have had more trouble than we did. We had to line up our own preceptors, but we also had sites available through hospitals that were...

  20. Dallas area Trauma ICU pay?

    gauge14iv replied to Dallas_RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Parkland is presently at about par with other hospitals since the raises. (if not a little above actually) The paramedic license probably wont mean anything pay wise, but if you already have ACLS and...

  21. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    gauge14iv replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    ABSOLUTELY!!!

  22. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    gauge14iv replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It does goes both (and many more) ways doesn't it? Excellent

  23. Was it tougher?

    gauge14iv replied to RNsoon!'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Honestly - both were equally challenging in my opinion, just in different ways. Anytime you are learning new ways of thinking, ways of applying learned material to real life situations and...

  24. Group One Nursing Report

    gauge14iv replied to nurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    You also do not need to worry about it unless you quit without proper notice, were fired for patient care issues, job abandonment etc in most cases. On occasion a vindictive manager or HR person...

  25. Nursing Student Divorce Rate?

    gauge14iv replied to ibmaryann's topic in General Students

    I don't know that it isnt as dedicated as much as it is not willing to suffer. 100 years ago a woman with 4 kids stayed with an alcoholic abusive husband no matter what. Now she doesn't have