gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    gauge14iv replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    1. Sunday am - walked off the ambulance with the medic - she was pulling her hair and crying and acting as if something was really wrong - "I have dandruff and the flakes are really killing me!!!!"...

  2. Work while in school for NP?? Possible??

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

    I did an RN to BSN to MS progression (still in the M part!) I was in for a shocker when I hit the MS level courses - MUCH harder, MUCH more reading, MUCH more work, MUCH higher expectations. Just be...

  3. Work while in school for NP?? Possible??

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

    Oh - as for waht you have when you finsish school - that depends on the school, in some places it is MS, some it is MSN, but then you take a specialty exam in the specialty you took in school to be...

  4. Work while in school for NP?? Possible??

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

    If you are planning fulltime credit hours, I would suggest NOT working. Strongly...more than strongly. Many people who started out working have scaled back or quit altogether and taken out student...

  5. Lots of kids, a husband, nursing school AND working as a CNA?

    gauge14iv replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in General Students

    I made it through nursing school with 4 kids under the age of 10, 1 alcoholic husband who started a fight the night before every exam and working 36 hours a week on nights at the hoispital as an ICU...

  6. Digital Recorders for class! Help me pick one.

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

    I got a sony that records 16 or 17 hours - LOVE it - I use it for dictation in clinicals too if I am in a setting where I am unable to use my PDA/keyboard or laptop. Now if I could just get my pharm...

  7. Question...do you ever see family nurse practitioners in the NICU?

    gauge14iv replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually - it sounds more like CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) is more along the lines of what you are talking

  8. Question...do you ever see family nurse practitioners in the NICU?

    gauge14iv replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NNP is a whole different education, clinical and certification exam than FNP - FNP does not have the training to do NNP role, NNP does not have the training to do FNP role. If you want to do both you...

  9. Possible to Pump Breastmilk at school/clinicals?

    gauge14iv replied to peds4now's topic in General Students

    1. Don't bet the farm that any nurse thinks breastfeeding is important or knows anything accurate about it - you'd be very SHOCKED to hear some of things I have heard come from the mouths of nurses...

  10. ER Nurses in Parkland/Dallas area

    gauge14iv replied to Csunkis's topic in Texas Nursing

    Going the LVN route is no guarantee of admission to an RN program. Your GPA still needs to be pretty high. The biggest thing is your classes like micro, A&P, stats - some schools (not TWU tho)...

  11. When to apply for a job if not available till Sept?

    gauge14iv replied to moliuchick's topic in Texas Nursing

    If you are a new grad, you may not actually be able to get an internship until January. Some hospitals might hire you for an orientation period and then have you do the internship in January. Now is...

  12. The Know-It-All nurse

    gauge14iv replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The more I go to school, the more training I get the more I realize I DONT know.... I was hoping one of these days I'd feel SMARTER - not

  13. Birkenstocks turning yellow!

    gauge14iv replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Call birkenstock, tell them the issue and have them tell you what to do, then tell them how you were treated by their authorized dealer. End of

  14. Texas Nursing School

    gauge14iv replied to Princess_WannaBe's topic in Texas Nursing

    Just remember - your classmates will become your biggest support group and your family will become your biggest cheerleaders! Fear and excitement are the same thing - fear is the unknown and...

  15. Cheapest place to find scrubs?

    gauge14iv replied to studentnurse74's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had no problem with allheart when I have ordered from them several times. If they backorder anything they tell you at the time you order it and you can choose whether to continue the order or not....

  16. Lack of Confidence/Self esteem. I cried at Clinicals tonight

    gauge14iv replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is absolutely a socialization process as well as an educational one. Nursing is an odd band of brothers and sisters because we have shared experiences that are exclusionary of the rest of...

  17. How much debt would/did you incur for school?

    gauge14iv replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps because it is one of the biggest investments you will ever make? Think of it this way - you will get out of school 7 mos earlier - at 35k per year, that is about 2900 per month - multiply...

  18. How much debt would/did you incur for school?

    gauge14iv replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

    Figure that if you come out in debt that is less than what you will earn your first 12 mos out of school, you will be doing FINE!!!!! It's hard to suck it up and take out those loans, but they are...

  19. Lack of Confidence/Self esteem. I cried at Clinicals tonight

    gauge14iv replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Also remember - most patients LOVE to help students out!!! THEY want you to learn too! Here they are feeling crummy and some smiling, kind caring person comes in and talks with them, spends a little...

  20. Cured my PMS headaches,ect

    gauge14iv replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    So you are saying that in the that for the third week of your cycle (if week 4 is your menses) you are using half the dose of hormone? If it stops the PMS symptoms I say go for it - however, the drop...

  21. Cured my PMS headaches,ect

    gauge14iv replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah!!! What Kind of patch??? Im right there with ya

  22. I just got my TWU acceptance letter today!!!

    gauge14iv replied to nanali's topic in Texas Nursing

    Oh - I was just looking at Allheart.Com They have the Littmann Lightweights for

  23. I just got my TWU acceptance letter today!!!

    gauge14iv replied to nanali's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would STRONGLY advise against buying the cheapest steth you can get. (IE the double tube model with the metal bell/diapraghm that the TWU bookstore sells) Instead I would buy the BEST ONE YOU CAN...

  24. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    gauge14iv replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    I had PLENTY of other multicultural courses - I was an Art major for awhile at a school that specialized in hispanic art in particular. I also had courses in philosophy, sociology and art history, as...

  25. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    gauge14iv replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    so they SAY...but they even counted that religion class in my GPA when I applied for graduate school....and I had other multicultural classes so it wasn't like I needed it for that. It depends on who...