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  1. I would like to write about the Jewish nurse that cared for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter for my ethics course and would like your opinions. What is the best nursing theory that the compassionate...
  2. Hello everyone! I just completed orientation for an LPN program, and I would like to be ahead of the game by studying pharmacology. Any suggestions of how I should study? I have a ton of index cards...
  3. Saint Xavier Chicago FNP Program

    Hello gmhrn, I just applied to SXU''s fnp program on March 01st. How do you like it so far? What do you find most challenging? Were you interviewed after being accepted? How were you notified of your...
  4. hello everyone! [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i am hoping that this thread becomes a success for all dialysis techs -experienced and new, to come together and just discuss the field, such as your...
  5. Hello everyone! I am currently finishing up my BSN program with leadership, and my leadership preceptor is my unit nurse manager. We work in a small community hospital on a med-surg unit. I am stuck...
  6. Hello EVERYONE! I hope that I'm in the right spot to post this but, has anyone heard of the CAAN Academy of Nursing in Matteson, IL.? Also called The Coalition of African American Nurses. It's an LPN...
  7. Hello my fellow nurses! It's great to be a part of such a wonderful online nursing community full of support. I am from Chicago, IL and currently looking into enrolling at Western Governors...
  8. Hello meanmaryjean! Thank you so much for replying! Why is your enrollment on
  9. Thank you so much for your reply Murse901! I assume the MSN/FNP program at University of Memphis was all online? How long ago were you accepted in UoM? May I ask, why you didn't take the MSN program...
  10. I'm a new nurse, just started my current and first position on a medsurg unit a few months ago. I work 3 to 11pm and usually have 5-6 patients. When I come in, I get report, which seems like forever,...
  11. Today, I actually clocked out at 11:28pm! And I got everything done. Six patients, two discharges to nursing homes. I came in, did my daily assessments, and just as I was about to check on my third...
  12. Hello everyone! I am a new nurse and just started my first position as such on a MedSurg/Tele unit. Recently, I had encountered patients of other nurses that have either been having a HR of 40, or one...
  13. Nursing Interventions for Abnormal Situations

    Great! I appreciate it
  14. Nursing Interventions for Abnormal Situations

    Thank you all for your responses! I appreciate them, please keep them coming! Brownbook, you had me chuckling. What's on your cheat sheet for low and high BPs? C'mon, share the love
  15. IV I&O Help

    Hello fellow nurses, I am a new nurse, barely began my first nursing job last month. and today I had a patient that had half a bag of 0.9 NS infusing at 75 mL/hr when I had arrived on the unit at...
  16. Hello everyone! I'm a new RN, well, I just passed NCLEX today. :) If you're from Illinois and know the starting hourly pay for new grad RNs at a specific hospital or other medical facility, could you...
  17. Hi martina238612, for the most part, there are lots of nursing positions out there, it's the qualifications that must be met that make it seem so scarce, such as an ADN grad needing a BSN and just the...
  18. New Grad Nurse in Hem/Onc, Stem Cell Transplant

    Hi! Will NMH hire an ADN that will be starting a BSN program? I know some Magnet hospitals will hire ADNs as long as they complete their BSN in a certain timeframe. What do you
  19. Catch 22 to get certified or get a job in Oncology

    Thank you for responding RainieRN! Is this the book I need to obtain a chemo provider card? Would it be possible for me to obtain one before I get hired anywhere? This way I can add it to my
  20. Catch 22 to get certified or get a job in Oncology

    Hi OCNRN63, I am a new RN, still waiting for my license and seeking an oncology position in or near Chicago. Do I need to be employed for six months to obtain a chemo provider card? Do you know how...
  21. I worked as a collegiate nurse at another hospital for over a year. No BSN
  22. Hourly Pay Rate / Wage for New RNs in Illinois

    Thank you for responding schnookimz! Is this for all Advocate hospitals? Do you know if Advocate is
  23. Hourly Pay Rate / Wage for New RNs in Illinois

    Hi, I'm actually near I-55 and I-290. I'm about 15-20 minutes away from Downtown Chicago. I'm really interested in Advocate
  24. Does anyone know the starting hourly pay for a new RN grad at Advocate Trinity? Are they union? Thank you
  25. hello everyone, i am waiting to be accepted into at least one nursing program for spring or fall of 2011. i am quite confident that i will get in (i know, how cocky of me ), so i would like to know...