canchaser

canchaser BSN, RN

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  1. ADIOS ANESTHESIA

    canchaser replied to Spode's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yes it's the one. Very reasonable compared to others I've looked

  2. ADIOS ANESTHESIA

    canchaser replied to Spode's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Have u looked into university of so Indiana at Evansville. They offer some different np programs. For about 320 a credit Hr. They will take 12 credits putting us down to 30 needed. It's all online no...

  3. ADIOS ANESTHESIA

    canchaser replied to Spode's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Give thanks hit the nail on the head! It is very difficult without family support. I had support but the month I started my program, my husband lost his job. He was supposed to be the one carrying us...

  4. Nurses working without health insurance

    canchaser replied to linguine's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow, Jenin. U r lucky. I have a employer ppo. I use them for everything. Hospitalization is free. Dr appt is30. But I had my husbands insurance. 2500 family deductible. Then 80/ 20 which was still...

  5. Jobs not being advertised?

    canchaser replied to ConsideringNursing79's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, got family in Keokuk area. I know the area is very hard hit, most of my family gave up on health care and went into quarry and construction work. Try the hospitals, look for telehealth and...

  6. Student Loan Defaulters ONLY

    canchaser replied to Spode's topic in General Nursing

    This got my husband and I talking, Suzie Orman wants to see private loans treated like credit card loans. There is protection for the school and the loan agencies but not us the student. I've got huge...

  7. Intubation Question

    canchaser replied to RN015's topic in Emergency

    THings you will need are 1.suction equipment ie yankeur,tubing to go to wall suction and WORKING suction machine. I check these at the start of the day dont wanna be in an emergrncy and the suction...

  8. Experienced nurses who didn't start in their field of choice

    canchaser replied to JenniferSews's topic in General Nursing

    How soon do you get one year experience?? Have you tried getting thru the back door?? As in a temp agency??? U could start temping at LTC facility and then work into hospitals when you wow the agency...

  9. Experienced nurses who didn't start in their field of choice

    canchaser replied to JenniferSews's topic in General Nursing

    Your LTC experience is teaching you a lot. Time management, organization, exposure to multiple drugs, ect. Keep blooming. I took this path and would do it in a heartbeat!! The next place I landed was...

  10. Of need of moral support!

    canchaser replied to buster4's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hang in there.. U r so close. Count down the weeks till the light brightens at the end of the tunnel. The final semester has got to be the hardest cause the itch to be done comes in so

  11. Working 3 12hr shifts in a room, yay or nay?

    canchaser replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

    The most I ever did was 8 days in a row. Three twelves used to be easy but as I get older I dont like the long

  12. Full-time weekend shifts - LPN

    canchaser replied to Graduate-PN's topic in General Nursing

    3- 12 hour shifts is one idea as long as 36 hours is full time. When I was a LPN, I worked 16 hours on sat and Sunday, then an 8 Hr on Monday. This equaled 40 hours. See what your new employer

  13. Army CRNA Program

    canchaser replied to jls189's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So a civilian can go to the army school?? Then the civilian joins the army after school to repay the debt, is this

  14. Nursing salary

    canchaser replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    Downstate Illinois I make 31. 3 years cna, 13 lpn and5 rn. We get no bonuses and ot is becoming very scarce. Full time benefits. New grads make

  15. Can't prove it! Very frustrating.

    canchaser replied to LatinGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Is this facility a nursing home?? If so, what about going the administrator of the home with your

  16. "Good for nothing student"

    canchaser replied to Sarah010101's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing does NOT have to be this way... We experienced nurses need to stop accepting this bowel movement!!!! I always make sure my students get break and lunch even if I don't. And I'm cognizant of...

  17. Frontier FNP program

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

    Linearthinker, What school did u choose to go

  18. Networked with Former Classmate, Got Per Diem Job, and Now She's Ignoring Me

    canchaser replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Nursing

    Probably management requires her to not be friends with u on fb. This protects her as well as u. If u posted something on fb about a bad day at work or something about pt x and their behavior that...

  19. refused to dose patients with used bottles

    canchaser replied to pn5437's topic in Public, Community Health

    Uuggh, they dug in the trash??? May I refer u to the propofol scandal in Colorado. CRNA's were using propofol and somehow cross contaminated the vials with Hepatits. Big law suit. R these vials...

  20. Any NPs ever been paid this way?

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

    Wow, u r describing a holistic doctor. Imagine someone using honey for coughs ect. I am hoping to practice like him some day. I agree to practice with him for x amount of time. I can understand the...

  21. Is acute care CNS the right decision?

    canchaser replied to stacy9998's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Does Missouri recognize the Cns role as np role??? Do they make as much as np?? I know in education u can get msn in education but if u r np u get paid better that education masters.

  22. ADIOS ANESTHESIA

    canchaser replied to Spode's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I will hold your hand we will get through this!!!! I was wondering what's up hadn't heard from you!!! Time to change direction??? That's NOT the only school! Or the last graduating

  23. How Much Nursing School Debt Are You In?

    canchaser replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    $20000 for bsn. $ 30000 for anesthesia school. I'm changing majors to np so more debt to

  24. Telephonic Case Management

    canchaser replied to surfchic's topic in Case Management

    Can an icy nurse get into this?? I've applied and cant seem to get into st louis market. Would love to work from home in this icy

  25. New NP practice questions...

    canchaser replied to penniv's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thank u for letting us know the INS and outs of the np job, i've been deliberating about np school. As a bedside rn I'm making 35 hourly but wasn't sure np would benefit