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  1. working as GN vs. waiting to your RN license

    tyloo replied to justchill's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh good to hear that! Yes I understand you completely! There is a lot of pressure with your first RN job. I can see why you want to wait and there is nothing wrong with that. It is a major relief...

  2. working as GN vs. waiting to your RN license

    tyloo replied to justchill's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How long are you planning to wait to get your license? I took the NCLEX about two months after graduation. That gave me enough time to brush up on the old material that I haven't seen in a while and...

  3. Will I have to cut my hair at training? what about after when I'm at the hospital

    tyloo replied to sabby17's topic in Government, Military

    http://www.allmilitary.com/tips/basictraining/tenthingstoexpect.html yeah the navy makes females cut their hair at basic training. long hair is allowed in the regulations but for some unknown reason...

  4. Should I get my CCRN before my FNP? Opinions please...

    tyloo replied to Pachinko's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Consider these questions. 1.) How far along are you in the CEUs? How many CEUs do you need and how much does it cost? 2.) How much does the test cost? 3.) How much of a raise will you get at work?...

  5. Will I have to cut my hair at training? what about after when I'm at the hospital

    tyloo replied to sabby17's topic in Government, Military

    Here is the regulations 2011 NSCC/NLCC Uniform Regulations: Chapter 2 I was not in the Navy but in the AF. I went to basic training then a few years after that I went to OTS. The AF allows long hair...

  6. Waitlisted at Frontier Univ...in shock, any advice?

    tyloo replied to Jory's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Jory if you are still bothered I would call the admissions department and ask them what would make you a more competitive candidate for their school. You may get a specific response or you may get a...

  7. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    tyloo replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sense some arrogance on this thread. I don't get why there is bashing of the vet tech especially someone who is not here to defend himself/herself. Humans usually don't bite back and if you...

  8. Soul searching (pardon my rambling)

    tyloo replied to ixchel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am not an FNP but wanted to tell you to just relax and enjoy the nursing journey. I wanted to share my brief nursing career and what I initially thought I wanted before school, during school, and...

  9. Patient's question put me on the spot!

    tyloo replied to ICAN!'s topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    BFR is the blood flow rate per minute. It is the amount of blood being pulled into the machine and circulating through the dialyzer per minute. The higher the blood flow rate the more blood is being...

  10. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    tyloo replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well I did a two hour long research through my online biomedical university library last night trying to find a research article that indicated poor nursing education through online teaching methods....

  11. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    tyloo replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just a little humor to lighten up this thread! Learning can only occur in a brick and mortar college where one has to listen to a lecture live and in person. Reading a textbook is like a riddle. I...

  12. CNS! Is this a Dying Specialty!?

    tyloo replied to Visuals's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    enoRN- I just started CNS school. I am not worried about job opportunities. I may have to relocate or just be patient however there is going to be a need. I frequent the wanted ads and see CNS jobs...

  13. What do you think?

    tyloo replied to Decemberblues's topic in General Nursing

    What about all those liberal art degrees that most people can do nothing with besides framing the degree in nice frame and hang it in their office? Colleges and universities make money offering many...

  14. Personality Typing...

    tyloo replied to Purple93's topic in Nursing Career

    INTJ here. Introversion is not a problem. I talk to family or patients about health and nursing aspects in my job. I am fine with conversing related to nursing but personal conversations- yikes!...

  15. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    tyloo replied to studentCL2009's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I would tell your friend that if she wants to keep her job she needs to eliminate the facebook posts involving patient stories. All it takes is one person who is a, "FB friend," to relay the message...

  16. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    tyloo replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Med surg is TOUGH. It was the hardest and most challenging job I have ever had. The most challenging aspect of the job is the patients are NOT monitored. The toolbox is your assessment and your gut...

  17. The Oversensitive... Vent!

    tyloo replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    Some wildlife Allnurse sensitivity etiquette......... PREDATOR If you find your fangs are coming out because you see a fallen prey (helpless poster) and you are about to go for the jugular because...

  18. Becoming a Nurse with an Arrest Record then rehabilitation

    tyloo replied to DD214's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Thanks for your service! Military is always a BIG booster when it comes to finding a job in healthcare. I always found it beneficial in most instances. I would perform a criminal background check...

  19. What do you see?

    tyloo replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have never imagined what the poster would look like. I'm not a visual person but I like descriptions. You get the cool posters, the wise posters, the naive posters, the judgmental posters, the...

  20. Convicted felons and nursing

    tyloo replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly, if you read through the Original post without bias, my issue is with convicted felons taking care of vulnerable members of society. It matters not (to me anyway) whether or not they are a...

  21. hourly rounding

    tyloo replied to pmary45's topic in General Nursing

    Hourly rounding is a good idea only if it can actually be

  22. Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

    tyloo replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Now that we are on the customer service kick maybe we could put a tip jar on the nurse's

  23. Scheduling expectations

    tyloo replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    A couple places I worked at stated no vacation requests from Mid December through first week of January. It works out nice. Another hospital I worked out had vacation book and it was planned almost...

  24. USA Fall 2011 MSN/FNP program

    tyloo replied to ousooner's topic in Post Graduate Students

    i am starting in the fall and taking the same classes as you all- patho and theory. my concentration will be adult/gero cns. i applied to uab but am going with usa- so far i have been happy with all...

  25. Fall 2011 Graduate School ROLL CALL

    tyloo replied to missvictoriat's topic in Post Graduate Students

    1.) USA 2.) CNS Adult/Gero 3.) Working Full Time 4.) School Full Time 5.) I have wanted to get my MSN since the days of my BSN! It took me a few years to figure out what direction to go in but happy...