canchaser

canchaser BSN, RN

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  1. So I got rejected from NP school...

    canchaser replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Online or brick and mortar

  2. So I got rejected from NP school...

    canchaser replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Isn't the program only 5 semesters? U could be nearly done by the time umsl would start up again. Are u not wanting

  3. So I got rejected from NP school...

    canchaser replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you checked into southeast missouri state. It will be a drive from STL its a state school and reasonable but they only take 12 a year. Deadline is august

  4. St. Joseph's Maine FNP Schedule of Courses

    canchaser replied to morlanmom's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Trendz80, how many credits did they accept for

  5. Monitored nurse needs job choice advice, nursing home or drug research?

    canchaser replied to godiva's topic in Nurses Recovery

    The good news is you dont have to stay there! You can move up the ltc ladder as in care plan manager, education, wound care nurse

  6. Does the MD just say "Get the consent?"

    canchaser replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a newpolicy to do safe practice there must be an order in the chart clearly stating what the consent is to say ie obtain consent for..... I ask them has the doctor spoken toYou and do you...

  7. Monitored nurse needs job choice advice, nursing home or drug research?

    canchaser replied to godiva's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You could look into informatics in nursing. Although research is a place I wanted to break into and never could. So now I'm in informatics and love

  8. Average # of admissions and discharges per shift

    canchaser replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that sounds right. I work step down 24 beds in 24 hours I have seen 15 pts discharge and the beds refill, it can be very

  9. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Do u have any experience with any electronic charting? Use the name of the charting you use and see if any companies need help with this in chi town. Don't get discouraged, Hr works very slow so it...

  10. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Calling is hard to say. Some have the human resources off

  11. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Do u have experience with epic charting?? Look up epic analyst they need RNs to help in that field too. Go lives are fun to work and entail teaching nurses to use the program it's full time. Are u...

  12. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Go to indeed and type in clinical documentation in Chicago I found at least 4 jobs right off the bat. Where I work it's m- f full time. I seen one that was m- f with every 6th Saturday. So yes it's...

  13. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Lifes a journey: Those are great things to look case mgmnt. Have you got any experience with electronic records? The Midwest is getting heavy in electronic records. I have seen a lot of posts for...

  14. Cheap online MSN / FNP programs

    canchaser replied to RNbrent's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Van nurse is the George washinton tuition 691 dollars? Am I reading it

  15. Cheap online MSN / FNP programs

    canchaser replied to RNbrent's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Cassowary, each online school is different. I looked for schools that did not charge more for online. Some will not charge out of state fees but will charge a Internet

  16. I think my spirit is officially broken...

    canchaser replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I find this odd like you. It's not the Cna job to "assess" oxygen I can see that. But I would think they could chart it so doc's would know the flow rate. Why would the nurse be expected to go...

  17. Please help. I am so confused....

    canchaser replied to lifeisajourney06's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Did you try indeed.com and put chicago in? They should have a

  18. Salary for private practice

    canchaser replied to Gabster's topic in Advanced Practice

    Wow, im starting Fnp next spring I wanna do a business inm" my home town. Hoping to keep the overhead low like you have

  19. attending root cause analysis

    canchaser replied to nite-owl's topic in General Nursing

    This is not to find blame in a person. It's to find where the system failed the pt. I went thru one. I'm glad I did, all the rumors, hearsay around the unit, self doubt about what I could of done...

  20. Need encouragement please

    canchaser replied to LPNweezy's topic in LPN to RN

    I had 5 kids 13 to 18. a husband making money like yours. I had to work 1 full time job of 36 hrs a week and another 12 to 24 at agency. I worked around school hours. Mostly on

  21. need info on JA Thomas test for CDS position

    canchaser replied to HANS01's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I started yesterday. Loving it

  22. Quit nursing school, now what?

    canchaser replied to Wolfless's topic in General Students

    Well, it's a definite blessing. keep Your eyes and ears open, use Facebook to let friends/ family know you are looking so they can give u leads. I withdrew from CRNA school, it took me months to...

  23. Best St. Louis hospitals to work at?

    canchaser replied to BSNgrad2010's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a employee of Ssm for ten years and love it. Im sad to say that I'm leaving there and transferring to another Ssm facility. Leaving my work family to join another Ssm family. My husband...

  24. Hospital based NP--useless with image interpretation.

    canchaser replied to kanzi monkey's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So placement of what?? Lines or hardware? I work inICU, doctors are willing to teach us to read for lines. If it is lines, I start where it enters the body then trace the opaque line if it has one to...

  25. I notified the wrong family of a death

    canchaser replied to kcmRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up. I was doing a compassionate care case in the ICU. I wrote on the board "keep Martha comfortable". I was mortified when I discovered I wrote the wrong name cause "Martha" was my...