Gennaver MSN

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    NAI descent: Roll Call

    Gennaver replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Hello NWPAnurse, An incredibly easy way is to talk to your family, your aunts grandparents, your second cousins or their parents. You might be surprised to find out that some second cousin somewhere...
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    Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    Gennaver replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I can only offer the experience that my mother and grandmother had. In her 40's my grandmother decided to have a spinal fusion, (rods, possibly like your doc suggested?) My entire life I never...
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    When do you plan to retire?

    Gennaver replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I turn 40 next month but, I have not intention of retiring. Most likely I would just try to find a more sutiable position for myself. I am still not an RN yet. After having worked with a...
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    NAI descent: Roll Call

    Gennaver replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Tanzanite, My identification is the opposite: I consider that my Anishinaabe ancestry goes back until time immemorial yet that my European ancestry came in around the 1500's or so, (that is...
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    Cranky feet....better shoes?

    Gennaver replied to BethyC123's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Bethy, First it really depends on your foot! Personally I have wasted hundreds of dollars buying shoes that other folks recommended! Pity. I though Danskos were great, then found out I couldn't make...
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    Direct Entry MSN program 2

    Gennaver replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yikes mssmith, First, I am glad to re-introduce myself on this forum in our new thread, :) I have just completed my second quarter at DePaul and while I do agree that there are issues, I love it....
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    ADN required for BSN?

    Gennaver replied to portsmom's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hello there, Just want to clarify that UIC does actually have a well reknowned BSN program as I recall. Unless they dropped it in the last year? I am in the DePaul Masters entry to nursing program...
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    Stiff Person Syndrome

    Gennaver replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    hello, thanks, i see that it is auto-immune, pasting: a definitive diagnosis can be made with a blood test that measures the level of glutamic acid decarboxylase (gad) antibodies in the blood. people...
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    Will things get better as I get educated?

    Gennaver replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

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    Stiff Person Syndrome

    Gennaver replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi DutchgirlRN, Any updates? I am late reading this post. As a student nurse I am also very curious. Is stiff person related to calcium not being utilized, (as being more like rigor mortis than...
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    Nursing is taking over my life!!!!

    Gennaver replied to Samantha2000's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I would like to share that from what I read of the poster suggesting this she was clearly talking about diagnostic treatment and not willy nilly enhancement. I agree with her. If someone is...
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    NCLEX is Killing ME! 265 times two!

    Gennaver replied to nate2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hello, Prayers going your way!! Good thing is that the test felt "harder", it would imply that you scored higher in the intial questions where the test took you to more difficult territory, (thus...
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    Is it true?!?! Say it aint so...

    Gennaver replied to lovingpecola's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi, Everyone has varying levels of comfort. For my group our breast exams were not problem at all. The prof did give us the option of having the male student use the prostethic type ones but, my...
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    Direct-entry MSN programs

    Gennaver replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Loving pecola, I recall about a year ago there was a long thread about this, started as a misinformed rant by someone who didn't know how people could go from "having a degree in basket weaving" to...
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    RN Scrubs

    Gennaver replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    i have experienced less than stellar service from them 75% of my 4 orders. bummer. after waiting for over a month for my dickies small talls i wore them and washed them and realized that they were as...
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    Nurse Practioner without any clinical experience?

    Gennaver replied to Blee O'Myacin's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Your friend is sadly mistaken if he thinks that he is going to just go straight through without clinical hours for the NP. I am in a graduate entry to master's program and have all kinds of...
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    Already Have a BA, do I need to get a BSN?

    Gennaver replied to Newbie Nurse SMP's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have seen several RN to MSN programs and it is a possibility, there are all sorts of routes to getting your RN and if you currently plenty of University BA credits they are in your favor,...
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    Tips for new grad working Neuro ICU

    Gennaver replied to oldnurse newnurse's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hello, A little while ago I scanned the whole Neuro ccu forums and found a couple of threads with similar starting questions. In case you do not get too many replies quickly maybe you would like to...
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    OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    Gennaver replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, The quickest and smoothest crush I ever saw was when a co worker said, "now don't do like I do" and held the eveloped pill up to a wardrobe in a pt's room and opened the door. The pill was...
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    Cultural question please

    Gennaver replied to Achoo!'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, I am stuck between B and D but, the way it is written I think I would choose D to be safe, figuring that there is always time to reasses. Maybe I am naive. Gen p.s. I will continue reading to see...
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    US nurses moving/moved to Canada

    Gennaver replied to ghostcat's topic in Canada

    Thank you for this, It looks to me now that I had better be prepared for it to take another year upon completion of my RN program before I can work in Canada. So, since I will have that extra year I...
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    I love nursing in Canada because...

    Gennaver replied to bizzymum919's topic in Canada

    Hello Lizzypooh, I some hospitals in Chicago, (county) the lvns are called the med nurses and really all they do IS pass meds. At one hospital where I worked the LVNs were teamed with an RN and...
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    I love nursing in Canada because...

    Gennaver replied to bizzymum919's topic in Canada

    Fergus, Even though I am from Chicago I have heard -several- friends and associates relate this type of information to me. What they say is that once they moved to the south or the west that they...
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    Old nurses dont want to learn new tricks?

    Gennaver replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Gosh, maybe she misheard Levofloxacin or misremembered it? Hmm, looking at my pharm book the only close similar name for anti-depression that I see is loxapine, (or loxitan)-a dibenzoxazepine-...
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    Old nurses dont want to learn new tricks?

    Gennaver replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I concur. Gen p.s. at the very least an acknowledgment of