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  1. I would like a nurses opinion

    TDCHIM replied to honeycakes55's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, if the lease is still through the college, I'd argue it based on the rather misleading description and your medical history and needs. Particularly if the school is a public one, in my...

  2. Shy new grad at work

    TDCHIM replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    I loved this response. Absolutely, completely, totally loved it. Yes, I laughed a lot over it, but I completely know what you mean; I had to do something fairly similar in order to be brash enough to...

  3. Can anyone give me an idea of how much financial aid I can receive?

    TDCHIM replied to leslie27's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it depends on your school and your state. I can tell you the maximum Pell Grant, for which it sounds like you'll be eligible, is $5,550 for the 2010-2011 academic year. Many states have grants...

  4. New Thread Idea

    TDCHIM replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't offend me in the least! I just worry about the impact on the useful posters who don't happen to be fully accredited nurses. I tread pretty carefully because I don't want to overstep my...

  5. New Thread Idea

    TDCHIM replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I said it on the other thread, and I'll reiterate a slightly condensed version here: while I certainly understand the frustration with 70,000 versions of the same 20 or so questions (NCLEX, homework...

  6. patient friend request on Facebook

    TDCHIM replied to birdwalk33's topic in General Nursing

    I'll play Cassandra one last time and then let it go. I'm disturbed by many posters' emphasis on just relying on Facebook's privacy settings to resolve the issue of whether to friend patients. Look,...

  7. Public Health and birth control

    TDCHIM replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    i had the same problem at a wal mart and a rite aid here in a boonieville area of ohio. neither one stocked plan b when i (as a happily married woman!) had need of it following an incident with a...

  8. patient friend request on Facebook

    TDCHIM replied to birdwalk33's topic in General Nursing

    Given the arguments over privacy settings on Facebook, I thought this might be germane to the discussion: http://www.newsweek.com/id/237993 The entire column is better, but this gives you a decent...

  9. Where are the professionals?

    TDCHIM replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say I disagree with the idea that anytime you get women together, the middle school clique/gossip junk starts. It isn't exactly exclusive to women! Men do this all the time as well, in...

  10. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    TDCHIM replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    As much as poor grammar drives me wild, I'm going to have to take issue with the premise of your post. Yes, there are frequent posts to this board that feature less than adequate spelling,...

  11. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    TDCHIM replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    There were a couple of PAs in the comments section who made remarks to the effect that PAs are a part of the existing structure which values doctors in the lead role. Therefore they are very different...

  12. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    TDCHIM replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse or doctor, nor am I studying to be either one, but a big part of what I am studying involves understanding the role, background, and training of various patient care providers. I have...

  13. patient friend request on Facebook

    TDCHIM replied to birdwalk33's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I don't buy it being a "generational" thing. It's a preference issue and a situational thing, certainly, but to call it "generational" is just dismissive of the supposed old fogies who are...

  14. Where are the professionals?

    TDCHIM replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone intended to compare the duty level or required skill involved in nursing to that necessary for front-line retail or restaurant jobs. However, there are some issues that are...

  15. Where are the professionals?

    TDCHIM replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with CamaroNurse and 50caliber. The same problem existed in my previous, non-health-related profession, and during the time that I waitressed and worked at a bank in college - wow, it was...

  16. Patients Making Up Lies

    TDCHIM replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, people do get free things when errors happen in other service situations (mind you, I'm not comparing nursing to retail or anything like that, but many people seem to think service is service,...

  17. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    TDCHIM replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Oh jeez, I'd probably go in wearing a Mission: Impossible-esque disguise! I embarrass fairly easily when it comes to my own errors, klutziness, or nudity, though. Go to it, tough

  18. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

    TDCHIM replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    Holy jumping cats, CrazierThanYou! If I'd fallen into a bunch of metal equipment and in doing so unintentionally exposed my nether regions to the entire staff of my OB/GYN's office, I might have...

  19. Are for-profit nursing schools(U of Phoenix, Chamberlain)good or bad?

    TDCHIM replied to CNL2B's topic in General Students

    There are some excellent, in-depth news stories/reports about for-profit schools, in addition to the Good Housekeeping article. Frontline did a wonderful piece about this recently, and a couple of...

  20. HealthCare Administration Anyone?????

    TDCHIM replied to josinda421's topic in General Nursing

    There are a great many state schools that have programs in health care administration, HIM/HIA, etc. that aren't going to charge you an insane amount of money for a degree; some respectable private...

  21. giving your email to a patient, yes or no?

    TDCHIM replied to Sterren's topic in General Nursing

    @livealaughlove29: You said you'd read an article about following up w/discharged patients. I'm wondering if the article was perhaps referring to maintaining contact in a professional sense (if in a...

  22. HealthCare Administration Anyone?????

    TDCHIM replied to josinda421's topic in General Nursing

    It deals with a lot of different areas, including policy research, data analysis, coding, risk management, quality improvement, privacy issues, EHR implementation, and healthcare...

  23. Do LTC nurse-resident ratios reflect how society feels about the elderly?

    TDCHIM replied to ehooper80's topic in General Nursing

    This is an excellent question! I guess I have a follow-up to it: do you think there will be a big push to improve staffing/resident ratios as the boomers age and become candidates for LTC facilities?...

  24. I am planning on moving from upstate NY to NW Oh (wauseon) to be closer to my family

    TDCHIM replied to nurse_ashell's topic in General Nursing

    My part of Ohio is boonieville too, so I say that in affectionate mockery. We're in the same boat in my current section of Ohio; my husband drives 30 miles one way to his job and if we stay here I'll...

  25. I am planning on moving from upstate NY to NW Oh (wauseon) to be closer to my family

    TDCHIM replied to nurse_ashell's topic in General Nursing

    Wauseon is total boonieville; I used to live in that area of the state, and there just isn't a lot around there. You're going to have to resign yourself to the likelihood of driving a fair distance to...