ChrisA

ChrisA

Member

  • Content

    143

  • Visitors

    3,956

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by ChrisA

  1. Religion's Place in Nursing

    ChrisA replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    More power to ya. Like I said before, people who think they have a monopoly on the truth are usually just not seeing the full picture. Certainly the important things are helping those who need to be...

  2. What is the difference?

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

    Almost all of the direct entry MS/MSN programs I've been looking at provide concentrations in both NP and CNS areas. So will CNSs typically, for instance, work the whole hospital on "rounds" stopping...

  3. New ....

    ChrisA replied to RobbieAllee's topic in General Nursing

    Chicago's great. It's much the same as New York, and it lacks some of the big hassles of the Big Apple. You can actually find a halfway decent apartment in Chitown for one thing. The winters are a bit...

  4. Religion's Place in Nursing

    ChrisA replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're so very right. And a lot of the public voice of Christianity here sounds like so much sales talk. I suppose it's not that strange that my distaste for the "no, but have you been born again"...

  5. Religion's Place in Nursing

    ChrisA replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    There, I attached one to this

  6. Religion's Place in Nursing

    ChrisA replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly how is nursing supposed to be a way of "increasing the Kingdom of God"? I thought the idea was to, you know, help people get through illnesses. People aren't actually proselytizing to...

  7. Which watch?

    ChrisA replied to ChrisA's topic in General Nursing

    Alright! Thanks, ladies, for bumping me on the forehead lightly about the "gender doesn't have anything to do with the watch I wear" issue. Thanks for the feedback. That's an interesting point,...

  8. What does a positive TB test look like?

    ChrisA replied to Purple Princess's topic in General Nursing

    Good Lord, elkpark, thanks for the info. I'll have to check in on

  9. Religion's Place in Nursing

    ChrisA replied to CHIRN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, my deepening religious (and spiritual) life is part of what is propelling me towards nursing. I've essentially been becoming more and more active the Episcopal Church over the last two...

  10. What does a positive TB test look like?

    ChrisA replied to Purple Princess's topic in General Nursing

    I just went through two Mantoux sticks for my volunteer assignment here in the hospital. I had a positive stick back in my teens, so I talked quite a bit with the nurse who was administering the...

  11. The WAR between days and nights!

    ChrisA replied to stretch thin's topic in General Nursing

    An actually quite serious question: Is there really so much frustration in nursing? Between nurses and MDs, nurses and nursing admin, between men and women, between women and women, between days and...

  12. From Computer Science to Nursing.. need help!

    ChrisA replied to chiliwings's topic in Nursing Career

    Yup, it occurred to me: I've I'm going to be working long hours and getting little respect for it, I'd better at least be saving a life once in a

  13. From Computer Science to Nursing.. need help!

    ChrisA replied to chiliwings's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello. Chiliwings just directed me over here from another thread. Yup, I'm another IT guy on his way towards nursing. I got in to Java programming at the start of the bubble, in '95, fresh out of...

  14. Accelerated BSN or BSN/MSN?

    ChrisA replied to Annabelle57's topic in Nursing Career

    So, what I've seen about the GRE is that it's actually easier than I thought. It looks about the same as the SAT, but we haven't been in school in ages. Also, the other thing that I've seen is that,...

  15. Accelerated Nursing programs

    ChrisA replied to Greatfaith_2004's topic in Nursing Career

    Thanks, jzprple, I'll give it a

  16. Question about a medical condition

    ChrisA replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    TAH/BSO? Help me

  17. Accelerated BSN or BSN/MSN?

    ChrisA replied to Annabelle57's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, I sort of had a flash about this back in February, so I've *just* gone back to school for the first time in 9 years to take Biology 101 so I can get into A&P. I'm going to have to crank...

  18. ABG's

    ChrisA replied to tsgarman's topic in General Nursing

    Good sites! Thanks. Not even a proper nursing student yet and I think I start to get

  19. Male L&D nurses

    ChrisA replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me there's good male nurses and bad male nurses, and good female nurses and bad female nurses, and patients who wouldn't want a male around and patients who don't care so much. How can you...

  20. Accelerated BSN or BSN/MSN?

    ChrisA replied to Annabelle57's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Chilliwings, I was looking at Loyola too (although I'm in Seattle). Maybe I'll see ya in

  21. Volunteering at UWMC. Care to chat?

    ChrisA replied to ChrisA's topic in Washington Nursing

    There seem to be a couple of similarities. The primary qualities of a good software engineer are assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Sound familiar? :) I'm writing software for a...

  22. Accelerated BSN or BSN/MSN?

    ChrisA replied to Annabelle57's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, TopCat! That's incredibly helpful. Thanks. Fortunately I didn't have to take out loans for my first Bachelors (parents planned very carefully for our educations, thanks be to God) so that's all...

  23. Volunteering at UWMC. Care to chat?

    ChrisA replied to ChrisA's topic in Washington Nursing

    so far i'm really liking it. i wish i could get a volunteer coat that actually fit me, but i guess volunteer services has to do laundry first. i feel like i've already learned a ton of things, both...

  24. Accelerated BSN or BSN/MSN?

    ChrisA replied to Annabelle57's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been looking around at accel. and direct entry programs, both BSN and MSN. I already have a degree (in History, '95, University of California - Santa Cruz). I'm living in Seattle, but I don't...

  25. Male L&D nurses

    ChrisA replied to Cadeyl's topic in General Nursing

    I assume it has something to do with a long history and perception of men's sexism and abuse of women. Perhaps. Either way, it just occurred to me there have been several North African Muslim women on...