PennyLane

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  1. Shock Trauma hiring?

    PennyLane replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Maryland Nursing

    In case anyone's interested, for the next three Sundays in a row, 'The Critical Hour' on Discovery Health will feature Shock Trauma. I saw this on a poster at my

  2. I need supplies!!!

    PennyLane replied to checkers's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I ordered my stuff through Redding Medical, as well. They even threw in the scissors, penlight, &

  3. Accelerated BSN at UMB

    PennyLane replied to vtcaroline's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Jennifer, This past spring they took 13 out of 85 total students into the accelerated program. But my class of 180-190 is 1/2 accelerated. Since they only took 55 accelerated this fall, my guess is...

  4. Accelerated BSN at UMB

    PennyLane replied to vtcaroline's topic in Maryland Nursing

    A few people I know took the graduate level Research class instead of 320. But in general you won't have much time to take extra classes. You'll be taking 18 credits 1st semester and 22 2nd

  5. Accelerated BSN at UMB

    PennyLane replied to vtcaroline's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Caroline, Your grades are great! I also had 4.0 in my prereqs, but I was NOT a very good student during my first degree!! But I'm making up for it now. First semester was hard, mainly b/c you're...

  6. Accelerated BSN at UMB

    PennyLane replied to vtcaroline's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Good luck to those who are waiting. I don't think they let everyone know all at once. Unfortunately the bar has been raised quite a bit, even from a year ago when I started. I know someone who started...

  7. Accelerated BSN at UMB

    PennyLane replied to vtcaroline's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Ian, the accelerated programs are more competitive than the 2 year ones. But at UMB each program is pretty comparable. The traditional students get time to take an elective (a requirement, actually)...

  8. Old abbreviations now passe?

    PennyLane replied to stevierae's topic in Medical-Surgical

    They're still teaching those abbreviations at my school, although I have seen the notices not to use them at

  9. Moving to DC/Maryland area?

    PennyLane replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Maryland Nursing

    This is a helpful site:

  10. Moving to DC/Maryland area?

    PennyLane replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I live in Hampden. It's safe and relatively affordable, although I could probably sell my house for almost twice as much now as when I bought it in 2002. Housing costs are really going sky-high...

  11. Boring Part Of BSN

    PennyLane replied to freelancer's topic in General Students

    I'm kind of looking forward to my community class since I've been placed in a NP-run clinic in the

  12. Moving to DC/Maryland area?

    PennyLane replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I live in Baltimore, and while it's not the greatest city in America (one of the mayor's slogans), it is a nice place to live. I bought a house in a safe working-class neighborhood 2.5 years ago for...

  13. at school and need answer for question

    PennyLane replied to 46yrsbacktoschool's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with Leslie and EMSboss. Each med has a brand name, a generic name, and a chemical

  14. Can I afford Colorado?

    PennyLane replied to debralynn's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I've been tossing around the idea of moving to Colorado too, and coming from the East Coast, a 3 br, 2 bath house for $200,000 sounds pretty good to me!!!! You can't get a whole lot for that around...

  15. First Day Of Clinical - What to Do / What to Bring?

    PennyLane replied to SirJohnny's topic in General Students

    Wow, that seems like a strange way to start off your first clinical. We met with our instructor before each clinical and he/she went over exactly what we would be doing our first day, had a tour of...

  16. feeling like there's a lump in my troat

    PennyLane replied to rica75's topic in General Nursing

    Apples are bad news for me, too. BTW if you do have GERD, there's a great product that you can put in coffee to decrease the acids. PM me if you want more info--don't want to be seen as pushing a...

  17. being pregnant and hair..........

    PennyLane replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's been implicated. From the American Cancer Society Website: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Study_Finds_Possible_Link_Between_Hair_Dye_and_Bladder_Cancer_.asp Study Finds...

  18. feeling like there's a lump in my troat

    PennyLane replied to rica75's topic in General Nursing

    Zach--the pain was intense, substernal agony. I was literally writhing in pain. It radiated to my back. Of course, with any chest pain they work you up to r/o an MI. My GERD was so severe that...

  19. dansko nursing shoes

    PennyLane replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Nursing

    I wear a 7.5-8 and wear a Euro size 38. I'd suggest 37 for you. BTW, they should not be snug. You should have room behind your

  20. being pregnant and hair..........

    PennyLane replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hair dye does lead to bladder cancer. If it were me, I'd skip the dye. But as others have said, nothing bad is likely to happen. There are soooo many toxins in our environment anyway, from pesticides...

  21. feeling like there's a lump in my troat

    PennyLane replied to rica75's topic in General Nursing

    I had this for many months before I was diagnosed with GERD. I saw a GP and an ENT who told me nothing was wrong. Then I started having severe heartburn and ended up in the ED getting shot of Demerol...

  22. Curious-why not another helping profession?

    PennyLane replied to Chevelle's topic in Nursing Career

    I wanted to be in a science-based profession. No other "helping professions" appeal to me AT ALL. I loooooove science and learning how the body works, have always been fascinated by medicine, and...

  23. Stupid healthcare...add your own

    PennyLane replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I've heard of this. And I actually know somone who was a Breatharian for a (short) while. She went back to eating and

  24. "How old are you?"

    PennyLane replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also don't plan on having children, but I'm not married yet. I'm sure I'll be dodging this question in a few years...my parents are already on my case, since it's up to me to provide grand-kids....

  25. "How old are you?"

    PennyLane replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love when people ask me how old I am so I can tell them I'm 29 and then see the look on their face. I had a patient tell me I couldn't be older than 13 the other day. I also get questions from...