Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

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    ** Any Class of '09ers out there?? Post here!!!

    Joe NightingMale replied to kayel's topic in General Students

    Name: Alan School: DePaul University Program: direct-entry MSN Current area of interest: Palliative care/pain management, mabye teaching/research Biggest fear: Graduation; then I have to go out...
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    Do you think I have a chance?

    Joe NightingMale replied to squirt28's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You sound like me: MS molecular biology, 10 years in research, former teaching assistant, 3.0 undergrad GPA. I applied to two direct-entry MSN programs, and got into the less competitive one right...
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    Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Joe NightingMale replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    :thankya:Thanks Gen. I haven't even started yet and already I can tell that organizational skill is not one of their strengths! I'll be sure and keep copies of everything, just in case. It may be far...
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    Are your student loans freaking you out?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Men in Nursing

    You're also right about the floor experience. I certainly plan to get some before I go off in some other direction. I hope I didn't give the impression that I would consider such things beneath
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    Are your student loans freaking you out?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm in a direct-entry MSN program full time, and I'm looking at nearly 100K in loans, a fact that occaisionally freaks me out. I was wondering if anyone else out there is in a similar situation. Not...
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    Are your student loans freaking you out?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Men in Nursing

    [ If I had the same goals as you I would have spent the two years an ADN or one year of an accelerated BSN then done a direct RN to MSN program and chosen to work for a hospital that would help with...
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    Are your student loans freaking you out?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Men in Nursing

    I guess I should explain why I'm going for an MSN, since many of you think I'm nuts to do so. Well, first off, you're right about me being nuts :lol_hitti It's clearly not a good choice for many...
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    career change to nursing the right choice?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Dino's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Nursing is a demanding field; how you deal with those demands will determine whether or not you will experience burnout. And there is a shortage of nurses, and it's due to more than nurses leaving the...
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    Need some advice on student loans....

    Joe NightingMale replied to jnmoore02's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I agree that 10.5% seems high, although that's not unusual if you're talking about alternative loans from private vendors. Most government-type loans like Stafford or PLUS generally run between 4-8%...
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    How did you arrive in hospice?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks! I think I am called to do hospice/palliative care... although I know very well that after clinicals I may find my calling in some other field. But I hope it's
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    Where to Start??

    Joe NightingMale replied to tvergil's topic in Nursing Career

    There are a whole lot of potential paths into nursing. My brother-in-law is a CNA who became an LPN, and is now doing his RN online. I'm in a direct-entry MSN program. There are also traditional...
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    Need advice on CNA job for middle aged woman while in the nursing school, good idea?

    Joe NightingMale replied to peace07's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't offended, but I do agree that you're less likely to burn out if you see nursing as a calling rather than just a job. I will be subsisting on student loans. I will have both tuition and...
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    Differences between CNS and NP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I've been told that I'd probably be a better fit as a CNS than an NP. I'm a nursing student, so all I have to go on are job descriptions, but they really haven't cleared it up for me.
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    Need advice on nursing school/prgram for second career middle aged woman!!!

    Joe NightingMale replied to peace07's topic in General Nursing

    :welcome:My brother-in-law and I are both in our mid-30's and both going into nursing, but by very different routes: My brother-in-law is just completing a year-long LPN program at an Indiana...
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    Pre-nursing student needs your help please!

    Joe NightingMale replied to CaliGurl13's topic in General Nursing

    One book you might want to look as is called 101 Careers in Nursing (I think). It details nursing administration jobs as well as many other
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    Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Joe NightingMale replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm another one of the DePaul students. I'll be starting in the fall of 2007. I know there are varying opinions about the quality of the program. While I can't yet judge the program, I can tell you...
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    Migraines! How do you deal with this?

    Joe NightingMale replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

    I have migraines. I have a few ways of dealing with them. First, as was mentioned above, a naproxen sodium pain reliever like Aleve. This workds best in the earliest stages of a migraine. If that...
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    UIC req: Intro to Research Methods

    Joe NightingMale replied to shortcake15's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think graduate schools usually offer this sort of course. The one I had was just an overview of research people in the department were
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    Roll Call

    Joe NightingMale replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a male nursing student, direct-entry MSN. You may remember me from other post complainng about student loans. :roll I was inspired by my brother-in-law, who is completing his
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    How much did you take out in student loans?

    Joe NightingMale replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Nursing

    As I posted previously: 100K But that's for an MSN at a private university full-time. A part-time BSN at a state university will probably be considerably less. I figured that if I'm going to be a...
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    getting sick of it.

    Joe NightingMale replied to Buckyxj's topic in Men in Nursing

    Do you think television contributes to this perception? When I watch shows like "House" I notice that the doctors do everything, from starting an IV to performing an MRI. Nurses, CNAs, and allied...
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    Direct Entry GRADUATE NPs

    Joe NightingMale replied to mvanz9999's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just a minor correction: DePaul doesn't have a direct-entry NP program, they have a direct-entry MSN generalist
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    How did you arrive in hospice?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks---every bit of advice helps
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    Differences between CNS and NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    More good advice (and plenty to think about)! Thanks
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    Joe NightingMale replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    I think it helps to keep in mind that pain management has only been given priority fairly recently, and thus there still is a lot to learn about how to control a patient's