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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry, remind me where I said they were the same. Oh wait, I didn't. Not debating that there are benefits to BF, I'm only stating that it's a personal choice that every mother should be able to...
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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow , you took it to a whole other level. I have nothing to say other than you make me sad. People like you are why people like me "do our research" and make a choice that's best for us and our...
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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't need a background in lactation to recognize that your comments are ugly and judgmental; exactly why I will chose to bottle feed my 4th child. It is a personal decision that no one should ever...
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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Reduces ear infections??? I have friends who exclusively BF and both their children are under 5 and have
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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's ugly and
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    A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

    rachel0609 replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I forced myself to breast-feed my 3 children and I was miserable, but I was made to feel like a bad mother if I didn't. I now wish I had never tried at all, I feel like I missed out on so much and...
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    Applying for Frontier Nursing University FNP MSN+DNP Class 128 or 130

    rachel0609 replied to Burnmurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Medictechie, I was accepted to Simmons, my advisor was great. I've already had my welcome call and I'm just waiting to register for classes for September. I'm still not sure if I would consider FNU...
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    Which online FNP program is the best?

    rachel0609 replied to t.victoria18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Since you are currently at Frontier, I was wondering how the practicums are set up? Do they assist or are you required to locate them? I've applied for the 130 cohort, just wondering how this
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    On call issues

    rachel0609 replied to Holisticlifern's topic in Home Health

    Does your agency not have computer records? I don't understand how someone with no access to patient information be expected to take call
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    Simmons University School of Nursing FNP online program

    rachel0609 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for sharing, it's funny just this morning I was talking to my husband about how I'm going to fit in clinicals. I work Monday-Friday 8-5 as an RN CM, I guess I will also worry about it as it...
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    Simmons University School of Nursing FNP online program

    rachel0609 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I can't wait to get started, come on
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    Simmons College Admission Fee

    rachel0609 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So I'm having a little trouble getting a straight answer on when the $650 admission fee is due for Simmons College. I was told by the admissions rep that it was due two weeks after receiving...
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    Simmons College Admission Fee

    rachel0609 replied to rachel0609's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    How many students did they take for each
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    Simmons College Admission Fee

    rachel0609 replied to rachel0609's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for the answers, contacted my advisors and I got sort of an evasive answer. Went ahead and paid the fee, didn't want to mess anything
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    Dealing with calls from work

    rachel0609 replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotten to where I turn my cell off during the days I'm off. I'm a HH CM and I will get calls constantly from my LPNs, other CM, even patients. You have to have downtime even from people you work...
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    Thinking about buying an Accuvein 300...responses?

    rachel0609 replied to XY_RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We had a couple of these at the hospital I worked at, felt they were pretty useless. Did use an ultrasound machine with success though
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    Should Nurses help Doctors in Physician assisted suicide (euthanasia)

    rachel0609 replied to Caleb12's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I may have agreed somewhat to what the OP stated, or maybe to what he thought he was saying, while in nursing school. Now , after working in the ICU I see what "no matter what the costs" looks like....
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    Simmons College FNP September 2014

    rachel0609 replied to lecolourfiend's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh I see, sorry your having so much trouble . I thought I had it rough just coming up with the
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    Simmons College FNP September 2014

    rachel0609 replied to lecolourfiend's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can you take a class at your local CC usually couple hundred dollars during the summer to satisfy the requirement, or a class online through a different
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    Simmons College FNP September 2014

    rachel0609 replied to lecolourfiend's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't understand what the biology bridge course is for anyway? How do they decide who needs it and what kind of biology course is it
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    Nursing@Simmons Science Pre-reqs

    rachel0609 replied to Jennibear08's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just submitted my ITE
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    Simmons College FNP September 2014

    rachel0609 replied to lecolourfiend's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No Jennibear, thankfully I don't have to take anything . I finished my BSN in December. I will start in
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    Nursing@Simmons Science Pre-reqs

    rachel0609 replied to Jennibear08's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was told 2 weeks from acceptance, financial aid told me July, but when I spoke to my admissions rep she said that's only for people who wait and apply
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    disconnecting i.v. for a shower

    rachel0609 replied to tinasuojoki's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Does your facility have infusion caps? As long as a cap is secured on the infusion set and the pt iv cleaned with an alcohol pad before reconnecting there should not be a
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    South University

    rachel0609 replied to JennabeanRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I considered SU for all of 5 minutes. The rep was very nice at first but kept pressuring me to complete my FASFA and complete my app. She wanted me to get my stuff in in less than a week to start the...