Dixiecup

Dixiecup

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  1. How is school going so far?

    Dixiecup replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I go to SLU in Missouri. You can make a C in the core classes but have to have a B in the clinical classes. But you have to maintain a 3.0 GPA which I am barely doing! I have three classes left to go...

  2. Online Study

    Dixiecup replied to boohoo's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Just a little tid bit about Graceland. It was my first choice but found out it is not structured but go at your own pace and did not accept student loans. So if you need financial aid, Graceland won't...

  3. How are you paying for your MSN?

    Dixiecup replied to MommyandRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    you must be a half time student to recieve student loans. three credit hous is considered half time at the masters level, so yes, 6 hours would be the equivalent of 12 hours in

  4. How to fund a RN-MSN education

    Dixiecup replied to mazzini148's topic in Post Graduate Students

    A couple of medical emergencies with no insurance, need a tooth pulled, son totals your vehicle with $4000 left to pay that insurance won't cover, end up with a judgement on your credit report, even a...

  5. MOMS out there--help!

    Dixiecup replied to Blessedx3's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Everything else goes on he back burner, literally. You might as well move out because it will be as if you're not there or you're not going to pass. School has to come

  6. How is school going so far?

    Dixiecup replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The rule of thumb for the masters level is for every credit hour taken you need 4 hours a week of study time. that's absolutely impossible! I'm two years into the NP program now and I'm really...

  7. I Want to Quit Smoking

    Dixiecup replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've smoked for a long time and believe it or not, never did acquire the actual addiction. I could stop right now and never look back. I just don't want to! I like to smoke! I wish they would invent...

  8. Ethical Issues

    Dixiecup replied to supertrooper8900's topic in General Nursing

    Spending a half million dollars keeping a death row inmate alive long enough to be executed. I wrote a big paper on it for my ethics class in BSN

  9. Prescriptive license....now what

    Dixiecup replied to JEKA's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in a long term care facility. Our medical director does not have a practice anymore, he mostly just does nursing homes. He is all the time writing scripts for employees (as well as other...

  10. Having major concerns going the FNP route....

    Dixiecup replied to jlcole45's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am currently an assistant director of nurses at a long term care facility. I absolutely love my job! Love it! I feel it is a role I was born to be in. I would work this job for the rest of my...

  11. Primary Care or Family NPs: How many pt so you typically see a day or hour?

    Dixiecup replied to ANPNY's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am in the FNP program now. The clinic I did my preceptorship in last semester, everything was done on computer. They did all the charting, dictating, etc. right then, while the pt was in the room,...

  12. FNP @ St. Louis University

    Dixiecup replied to RockyCreek's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    PM me and I'll tell you all about it. In short, it's a great program and worth every

  13. Where is the best online NP program

    Dixiecup replied to n4dcb's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I attend St. Louis University in Missouri (SLU). I have posted this before, but my program is exactly opposite of what you described. The instructers bend over backwards to make sure you succeed....

  14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Dixiecup replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Zinc for sink. Drives me

  15. Help

    Dixiecup replied to pegleg2000's topic in Nurses Recovery

    AT the risk of repeating myself, how can you do even one day at a time if you are hurting and in pain? Do you just suffer with the pain, then at the end of the day say, well, I've made it through one...

  16. My name is Sheilagh and I am an addict

    Dixiecup replied to sheilagh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    It's sad that so many addicts started out with a legitamate medical problem that led to the addiction. So what is a person supposed to do about real pain? Is everyone supposed to live in fear of...

  17. Rural Midlevel Abuse

    Dixiecup replied to cgfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That sounds good in theory, but some of us actually have to eat and pay our

  18. I don't think I can handle this!

    Dixiecup replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gee, I am so sorry for you. I'm glad you're getting out. I feel so lucky, I work in a great facility, plenty of staff, everyone works as a team and we actually have fun at work. Thank goodness we...

  19. Preceptor

    Dixiecup replied to pedirn57's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Are you referring to school clinicals or your actual first job? I'm in my second semester of school clinicals and so far I have just shadowed and took

  20. Peeves at work

    Dixiecup replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    amen, to the trying to sell you stuff. Especially when all the school kids are trying to sell stuff at the same time. I cannot afford to buy something from each and everyone of your children who are...

  21. Ugh---I have to fire an employee tomorrow.

    Dixiecup replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    You have to set policies in place and follow them to the letter. In my facility, everyone knows that only ONE no call/no show and you're terminated. Don't even try to come back and plea your

  22. Monthly summaries

    Dixiecup replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Wow, that sucks your state still requires it. I live in Missouri and it's no longer a reg.,we stopped doing them a long time ago. The nurses all did the happy

  23. Nurses Smoking

    Dixiecup replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    If you're really interested, I think there's about 50 more threads on this subject. ( I didn't mean that to be sarcastic, I just meant, really, there are several other threads on this

  24. New and hoping for some advice!!

    Dixiecup replied to a123688's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about the being quiet and not talking much. Believe me, there's always plenty of people willing to take up the slack in that

  25. Rotating shifts

    Dixiecup replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    When you work night shift (at least for me) it doesn't matter how much or when you get to sleep, the only thing you ever think about is when is the next time I'm going to get to sleep. It seems like...