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  1. looking for different options in nursing

    TMnurse replied to shawnalj's topic in General Nursing

    LPN might make you less marketable than ADN or BSN. Take a look on the internet for companies looking for a onsite nurse i.e. factory or business also, school nurse or community nurse are other...

  2. NP owning their own practice?

    TMnurse replied to erilynn17's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In peroria Illinois, I bumped into a Family Nurse Practitioner. She had been working as a FNP at a large urology for sometime but decided to open her own clinic. She also had a strong background in...

  3. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

    TMnurse replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    A GI doc mentionrf that contraidication sometime ago to me. I confirmed it with a Nurses Drug Guide 1998. However, I spoke with one of our MDAs today. He mentioned that those concerns have since...

  4. Bowel Obstruction & Ca. of Bladder

    TMnurse replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Oncology

    Very,very sorry to hear of your challenging situation. Stay strong as your husband needs you now more than ever. I was reading this thread and noticed that you mentioned that the urologist was out...

  5. suprapubic catheter

    TMnurse replied to bubbacat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wouldn't worry about it. You did the right thing. Don't feel bad as changing an SP isn't life or death as long it's flowing correctly. Talk to your manager about changing the written

  6. Average doseage of conscious sedation while doing endoscopy's

    TMnurse replied to lmbv55's topic in Gastroenterology

    I have heard Brevital "brief if used at all" is good for short operative stuff but the solution is not suppose to be used with or come in contact with rubber stoppers or parts of syringes treated with...

  7. Online Masters programs

    TMnurse replied to Pronurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey, Seems you got a lot of responses for MSN programs and not NP. I am trying to enroll in an NP program this year and have thougth a lot about which way to go. Having met NPs who have done both I...

  8. New Nurse Salary

    TMnurse replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Regarding BUSH and overtime pay... here's some information. When my union in Chicago heard of this proposition there was petitions and STAT lobbying. However, the union (as well as AORN) have taken...

  9. Using PDA's in practice.

    TMnurse replied to Finally2003NP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey, Not an NP but I have had a PDAs of one kind or another for sometime. I was really excited to see that you can compliment your practice with them. The one thing I can say about MOST PDAs is that...

  10. Is the degree worth the loans?

    TMnurse replied to liz steinmetz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow that is a lot of debt for anyone to come out of school with! I would rethink this process. Here's my input... I live in Chicago. Someone above posted that NPs have little autonomy which I would...

  11. confused about what kind of program is best for me, please help

    TMnurse replied to volsgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    On a weirder side note... remember... a BSN is a bachelors of SCIENCE conc nursing... meaning compaines like medical/drug/device/implant/consultant USUALLY only higher people who are college educated...

  12. confused about what kind of program is best for me, please help

    TMnurse replied to volsgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    Go for your BSN. You are NOT a little older at all! Where I got my BSN the average age for a student was closer to 30 than 20 meaning we even had plenty of 50 something. After working for a few...

  13. RNFA 'S

    TMnurse replied to CATHY RNFA's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, I agree the is too much back stabbing. As for trouble with techs that do too much. If you are an RNFA, all those cases should be yours don't let a a CST steal your "Thunder". I am not an RNFA...

  14. perioperative nurses, do you like your job? (vent)

    TMnurse replied to kyti's topic in Operating Room

    Here's the funniest thing. After three years, I hadn't realized how "immune" to surgeons in the OR i had become. I love the OR but just to change things up a little I am starting to work in a...

  15. perioperative nurses, do you like your job? (vent)

    TMnurse replied to kyti's topic in Operating Room

    Hey, I was part of a team trasferring a patient to ICU from the OR. After things settled, one of the ICU nurses asked me "how can you work in an area that all you do is hand instruments to doctors."...

  16. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    TMnurse replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    If you circulate... you will not be in one spot for long. So don't worry too much about that. Here's a funny thing. I have found about nursing. There is this certain population that seems to think...

  17. Gre Scores

    TMnurse replied to fotografe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just a thought... before you go into this "Harrison" poll of GRE scores or GPA scores call the schools you are interested in. I have found at 2 major schools in my area that although they have...

  18. Education on becoming a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.

    TMnurse replied to WalkingInTheRain's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry, (again won't comment on duties) however, the WHNP I spoke with finished her program in 12 months full time while working full time (3 12hour shifts a

  19. New Nurse Salary

    TMnurse replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds to me like your afraid to let your boy "fly from the nest"... yes, I imagine NYC is very pricey and the blue grass state so cozy. I myself will probably end up in "cow town USA" but I won't...

  20. New Nurse Salary

    TMnurse replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    University of Chicago Hospitals... as I understand it you Rush... Northwestern... University of IL hospital (all of these in or near downtown) should be right around the same as U of

  21. What is the difference?

    TMnurse replied to AliciaB's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I was always under the impression that CNS focus a lot of time on patient education and research. Where NPs are more clinical in pt care. Check around the web... I did read a reference on the...

  22. 2nd career nurses: Are you glad you switched to nursing?

    TMnurse replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Stick with it. Your first year or so is by far the hardest and I thought least rewarding. Your current combination of work and shift are the hardest you'll ever have to deal with. If things don't...

  23. New Nurse Salary

    TMnurse replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think someone wrote 42K... I would think that is the least you'd make unless your in cow town USA where 42K might be a lot. Check out salary.com it is pretty accurate in my exp. In Chicago you...

  24. On-Call Pay

    TMnurse replied to nellie_nurse812's topic in Operating Room

    Chicagoland area university hospital and union...$6.00 bucks an hour pager call.... if your called in your get paided for 3 hours even if you only work 20 minutes at 1.7 pay rate. We have lots of...

  25. Medical School after NP?

    TMnurse replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are very much the voice of reason. It good to have a PA on this board who isn't looking for a fight. Good luck with your future career path. Don't be hell bent on being a surgeon. Gastro docs...