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1. Don't think I can keep writing these papers!

   simvee replied to simvee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   That's hardly fair. Whatever earlier disputes you guys have had here, I wasn't part of that. I just did a ten page concept analysis of the concept (apparently it's just a nursing concept) of...

2. Don't think I can keep writing these papers!

   simvee posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Giving serious thought to switching to a PA program. They seriously cannot be as bad as this, can they? I feel being part of a medical program they just can't be as bad as a graduate level nursing...

3. FNP Graduate from Chamberlain College of Nursing Dec 2015

   simvee replied to chamberlainFNP2015's topic in Chamberlain College

   Thanks for all the helpful info, this is great. My question is do you foresee being able to work in an inpatient or hospital clinic setting? I was told our heart failure clinic (which is in our...

4. Chamberlain FNP program

   simvee replied to Lonlai84's topic in Chamberlain College

   I too am curious about the Chicagoland area. Can we just use any family doctor? They said we could use MD or NP centers. My family doc had a NP student with him once, so I'm thinking of asking

5. Our hospital just gutted educational benefits

   simvee replied to simvee's topic in Nursing Career

   I think I'm going to ride it out, evaluate other BSN programs, and evaluate other ways of paying. Even if I take out a small Stafford loan it wouldn't bankrupt me I guess. Of course taking out a loan...

6. Our hospital just gutted educational benefits

   simvee posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I'm writing here seeking advice. I work for a large teaching Magnet facility which I really love. It used to (I'm sure still claims to) strongly encourage nursing education. I am an ADN RN who is in...

7. CRNA debt load, plus mortgage, kids, single income

   simvee posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I've been reading many of the threads here re: tuition debt load, but I still feel compelled to ask - is anyone else in this situation? I'm speculating about CRNA school. I'm an ICU nurse with four...

8. 0.9 is not full time?!

   simvee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital just quietly transitioned to a new policy, wherein 0.9 FTE nurses (3 12 hour shifts) are not considered full-time. They reassure us that this policy only affects new nurses, and old...

9. Do you keep in shape just to keep up at work?

   simvee posted a topic in Men in Nursing

   Do you guys find you have to work out just to stay fit enough to work? I'm finding work so much easier now that I've lost 25 pounds (due to other reasons - found out I had super high cholesterol). The...

10. 25 pushups

    simvee replied to nurse2033's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yeah, I jog the stairs at work sometimes if I'm bored or need a pick-me-up. Sometimes with push-ups at the top and bottom

11. Student nurse extern/internship in chicagoland/quad cities?

    simvee replied to Freakoutgirl16's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Christ still takes 50 externs a summer as far as I

12. scrubs in chicago

    simvee replied to cookielady,rn's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Working Class is expensive IMHO. Does anyone have any experience with Chicago Scrubs Outlet? http://www.chicagoscrubsoutlet.com/ Saw their good reviews on Yelp. Speaking of which, here's a Yelp search...

13. Illinois Masonic RN residency

    simvee replied to BelleP's topic in Illinois Nursing

    One of Masonic's sister Advocate hospitals has serial residency programs, like two a year. It's a new thing but I think Masonic's doing the same

14. checking NG tube placement

    simvee replied to Lorus's topic in MICU, SICU

    We insufflate just to have an idea, and then x-ray. Incidentally I have heard a wet gurgle on auscultation, only to have it in the bronchus apparently! So insufflation really isn't totally accurate,...

15. Does it have to be a fingerstick? (accucheck question)

    simvee posted a topic in Critical Care

    I'm pretty sure when I was inserviced by the Roche Accuchek folks about using their machine, they said that one of the benefits was that I could use blood from any source, not just capillary (a...