gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    gauge14iv replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    When I see grunge lodged into the O2 outlets in the walls, tile in the bathrooms that has not been stripped in YEARS and blood spatters on baseboards... Oh you are SO right on! The last hospital I...

  2. Texas Woman's U - FNP program 08/05???

    gauge14iv replied to 1701valerie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am TWU student. Sure there are issues, but I don't think they can all be attributed to TWU, there are students who complain...my thought is A) There are students who would complain no matter where...

  3. Dell Axim x50 or Tungsten T5? Handhelds, PDA's

    gauge14iv replied to skislalom's topic in General Nursing

    VERY good idea - especially if you want to try one so to speak to see if you will like it. You can always resell it on ebay if you don't and try something

  4. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are only a zealot if you fail to provide complete information based on evidence. If you withhold information, you are functioning under a paternalistic model - and that is not patient advocacy...

  5. Dell Axim x50 or Tungsten T5? Handhelds, PDA's

    gauge14iv replied to skislalom's topic in General Nursing

    what do you get for the difference in money? More memory More room to load prgrams SD card slot - important if you plan on putting electronic books on your device Wireless access so you can download...

  6. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some mothers with a history of sexual abuse in their past have problems with this - understandably so. No they shouldn't be pushed, but they should be referred to the appropriate counselor to work...

  7. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The story you tell is one I hear a lot - it also means that the proper help has not been gotten! Sorry to hear you had such a rotten experience and I'm glad some solution was finally resolved, there...

  8. Dell Axim x50 or Tungsten T5? Handhelds, PDA's

    gauge14iv replied to skislalom's topic in General Nursing

    If hubby has a pocket pc and can help you with yours a little, I'd stick with the pocket pc. It's ALL PERSONAL PREFERENCE! No one is better than the other. I will say that I LOVE my Dell

  9. APA Paper Formatting - Anyone using commercial templates?

    gauge14iv replied to rosendalemj's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The first couple times I used EndNote, it was so easy I felt like I was cheating. here are a few settings you have to check, but after that you are pretty much home free. By the way, endnote offers...

  10. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I posted a link to all of the studies in my earlier post..... Furthermore there are SEVERAL journals completely dedicated to JUST breast milk and breastfeeding. Know who funds most of the research?...

  11. does working in ER make you want motorcylehelmets mandatory

    gauge14iv replied to chicagrl72's topic in Emergency

    Even if a guy who is privately insured gets injured without a helmet, it's still on my dime, afterall I pay insurance premiums don't I? We call em Donorcycles in these parts. Ya don't have to wear a...

  12. New fall grad entry students

    gauge14iv replied to LilPeanut's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Urp! Answered my own question by reading another thread! I wonder if there are any of those programs in Texas? I have a friend who would do great in that kind of program. Yeah I would imagine you...

  13. New fall grad entry students

    gauge14iv replied to LilPeanut's topic in Post Graduate Students

    By grad entry... I am not sure what you mean by that. The Undergraduate students wear scrubs, but the grad students are expected to dress in regular street clothes with a white

  14. New fall grad entry students

    gauge14iv replied to LilPeanut's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Street clothes, white coat, my friendly 15 year old black master cardio, and uhm...we don't have to buy a blood pressure cuff - we did however have to buy a diagnostic

  15. Share Your Saying

    gauge14iv replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    You should have heard all the nurses laugh at me when I was visiting someone in the hospital in Maine and went to the nurses station to report that her IV bag was "Dry as a bone" - We say that all the...

  16. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ?????? huh ??????? :uhoh21: Even WHO recognizes that formula feeding is the WORST thing to do in the case of a disaster. (contamination of water supplies and risk of infant death from cholera and...

  17. Watch Your Language - Breast Isn't Best!

    gauge14iv replied to FrumDoula's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The issue I have with all of this is that breastfeeding is NOT just about the feeding the baby. Nor is it just about all the touchy feely stuff.... What if there was a vaccine available that would...

  18. HELP!! Time to choose: GRE, MAT, GMAT?!

    gauge14iv replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Most of the nursing grad programs I have seen want the GRE, but you should DEFINATELY check with the school before you take ANY of

  19. Is this going to be doable re: work,home,etc.

    gauge14iv replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Right there with ya on the grades! B's get degrees! An A means perfect, but B still means Excellent - as my hubby says "Nothing needs to be perfect, just

  20. Good idea!

    gauge14iv replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in Post Graduate Students

    PNP =

  21. Good idea!

    gauge14iv replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Ah! Around these parts they are called ACNP, and the adult practitioners are ANP. I'm doing a semester of ER rotations this Fall - Can't wait! A lot of FNP's in this area work in more acute settings,...

  22. Good idea!

    gauge14iv replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My question is - why would you want to add ANP to FNP? I could see adding family to adult so that you could take care of kids too if you wanted to, but as an FNP, you are already prepared to treat...

  23. Professor shortage

    gauge14iv replied to 1Tulip's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Looking at most of these programs - they are STILL more management and leadership or academic in focus than I would like to see a clinical Doctorate

  24. APA Paper Formatting - Anyone using commercial templates?

    gauge14iv replied to rosendalemj's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The templates ARE a pain, one more reason why EndNote rocks - by the time you finsih writing your paper, your refs are DONE and you dont have to do a thing. All you have to do is just click on the one...

  25. How should I go about going to job interviews having two little kids?

    gauge14iv replied to estrogen's topic in Nursing Career

    As for being a being victims... I have been a mother since 1982 - I was a single mother of 4 kids for 9 years - my 5 kids range in age from 2 to 23. I NEVER - NOT ONCE - pulled the "But I'm a single...