Gennaver MSN

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    "YOU'RE my Nurse?!?!?"

    Gennaver replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Nurse to be, Well, I really know what you are going through as i went through it until just recently when I turned 40! Yep, if you also have a young looking face and demeaner people will ask...
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    Abandoning babies at Hospitals LEGAL?!?!

    Gennaver replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do, especially when the other option is to discover the baby in a garbage dumpster the next day because the parent felt no other options were available.
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    Living in Hyde Park???

    Gennaver replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hello, From what I know it is "NOT" necessarily an unsafe place to live, it can be downright posh. However there is a clear dividing line someplace between where the university cops con't peruse and...
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    where is a good online advanced stats?

    Gennaver replied to Gennaver's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hello and thank you!
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    Are there any Illinois hospitals I should avoid?

    Gennaver replied to raindrop's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hi there, Just a head's up...please do not mistake NMH's HR for your manager. Please understand that NMH's HR is NOTORIOUS. edited to add: Sorry that you didn't know to call the manager first and...
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    Pubic hair

    Gennaver replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Ah, yeah, I would help with those. So what, its a body piercing, not a sex toy. There is a body piercer here who actually gives presentations at local hospitals to instruct staff on the...
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    Pubic hair

    Gennaver replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    What about trimming with an electric trimmor, (or scissor and comb) then again there is always and electric shaver which she might better manage with a little help. I DO believe that helping a patient...
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    Wearing scrubs home??

    Gennaver replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, Since its hard for me to find pants that fit, sometimes I will buy multiple pairs. Currently I have FOUR of the same pants, (same co., same size, same color same everything). To top it off,...
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    If you own Danskos did you...

    Gennaver replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, First I sized up, problem remained, next I tried the model that was just like the professional model but, made to help with the snuggness on top, it helped a little. Yet after my first 12 hour...
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    Putting RN on license plate???

    Gennaver replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I agree with what you have said and have also been told not to leave "girlie" things around in your car such as hair clips, make-up or so on. Hey,why give an opportunistic predator or...
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    Getting bad assignments every shift!

    Gennaver replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    hi, i would indeed suggest talking to the manager! if after two years you are getting trouble case after trouble case something is wrong. howeve, since you have never spoken up against it could (and...
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    How often do you draw blood?

    Gennaver replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Just want to say congrats on choosing to maintain your blood draw skills. I a student nurse and have been a phlebotomist for over 5 years and also work as a pct. Where I work though, sadly, many...
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    UIC direct entry program-regional sites for clinicals

    Gennaver replied to Gennaver's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hello Romie, Hiya, my post was from Feb 2005. Congrats to you. I was passed over by UIC, (thankfully for me though) and I heard through the grapevine that it was due to my mentioning and eventual...
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    UIC direct entry program-regional sites for clinicals

    Gennaver posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hi, I am applying to UIC's program for January 2006. I may have asked this quesiton somehow somewhere else but, want to try here. At our information session we were told there are almost 300...
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    UIC & DePaul GEPs-who applied, any info, ect?

    Gennaver replied to romie's topic in Illinois Nursing

    hiya, Don't forget to read in the students forum, graduate/phd/so on as they have a pretty detailed thread about direct entry pre and post start! Gen p.s. I am just about to complete year one of...
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    1 year FNP program--does it exist?

    Gennaver replied to brownrice's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, If you already have your generalist MSN then yeah, my school has a three full time quarter FNP, (however, it is not likely that anyone does it full time). Gen p.s. working on my two year...
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    Extra-long scrubs - know of any online vendors?

    Gennaver replied to homesteadlite's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    HelloHomesteadlite, I feel you "non" freak pain too. I am just under 5'10" and finding clothes that fit for a size 4-6 can be a challange. My most comfortable are my Landau tall small or my Cherokee...
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    Does anyone sew their own uniforms?

    Gennaver replied to DirtRoads's topic in General Nursing

    Hiya, A couple of my former coworkers have sewn thier own and other's scrubs. There are patterns you can buy or create your own from a pair of scrubs that fit you just right. As a person with a...
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    Tattoo's on Nurses

    Gennaver replied to gentlemother's topic in General Nursing

    Hello MLNurse, Mine is not visible but is large, (was the start of a full back in progress but put on hold). Next is going to be my right near full leg from waist to calf. These may be eventually...
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    How narrow is the path?

    Gennaver replied to zaggar's topic in General Nursing

    Pelsmith, This is a precarious way to consider it. Not everyone has the same motivations, support, (emotional and financial), nor the same abiltities and the same current life situation as each...
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    Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

    Gennaver replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    :) Hello Jess, So good to read you, and back in the humongo thread of all things. Hope all is going well with your program, things are going just fine with mine. Coming up the to close of year one,...
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    Direct Entry Programs- How hard to get in?

    Gennaver replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi Anc33, I think that the "not that difficult to get into" statement might need a qualifyer before it, such as: "if you have managed to put yourself through a four year univeristy while working and...
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    Question of ethic: applying the rule or doing what you feel is right?

    Gennaver replied to zoprack's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Zoprak, Just FYI there are two super long threads in the student forums, (graduate/phd/master and so on one) by students who were applying, got accepted and are in their programs. Hopefully...
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    kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    Gennaver replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, The examples I left in your post above are highly relevant IF 1-your questioning of the nurse in clinicals was done in front of patients, then it is not questioning but, "challanging" that RNs...
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    kicked out of school- failed professionalism!

    Gennaver replied to m_lanham's topic in General Nursing

    Yeowch and darn, Ten weeks away in both!! Then they dropped you?? Gosh, they must've really felt interrogated, were you aware before hand that they were becoming uncomfortable to being challanged?...