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  1. I'M SO EXCITED. YET SO INCREDIBLY NERVOUS! I got an interview, it was a weird ticketing system to give out interviews that I've never gone through before. They send you an email letting you know to...
  2. Hey all, I've applied to both of these traditional MSN/FNP programs as I am already a BSN, RN. I just got accepted to Depaul's program. I am having trouble finding a lot of good information on the...
  3. Maybe its just the floor but...

    I take it you are in Chicago? I'm scared to ask what hospital you work but this management and all the missed interventions are FRIGHTENING! I used to work in private community hospital in Chicago as...
  4. Please help, call in sick for morning or go in?

    Good now just rest up and hope you feel
  5. My Nursing Career In Six Words

    stress anxiety task oriented real nurse? sometimes confident i do my
  6. RN hourly salary in Illinois

    Cedars Sinai? Lets trade
  7. Please help, call in sick for morning or go in?

    Um are you really that sick here you feel like you absolutely can't work, or you just don't feel good? If you are really that sick, it is a no-brainer, CALL IN! :) I wonder if any other professionals...
  8. Best part of Chicago -moving from NY

    Are you looking to work/live in the suburbs or city? If you have a child I would suggest suburbia - there are some good suburbs that are close to the city but still pretty suburban, best of both...
  9. Catholic Hospitals

    I work at a Catholic Hospital and although I do not have much other to compare it to, it is a nice place to work. I am NOT Catholic but I do appreciate all that the hospital does, it is a spiritual...
  10. Pradaxa

    Same
  11. Can a RN...

    dont do
  12. Sexist Comment by Unit Director

    ^I agree with the above. And the OP. That's ********. If he is praising the dudes for something they are supposed to be doing then I want to be recognized for something I'm supposed to be doing too. I...
  13. Hospital Innovations

    I like the tube systems. I also very much like computerized charting, moving from a hospital with computerized charting to a better hospital that is still STUCK on paper orders makes me have to do 5...
  14. GN starting rate?

    Suburbs of Chicago $24 for new grad at my current hospital, however I had 9 months of experience (and I still consider this being a new grad) but since they didn't give me the new grad residency which...
  15. Falling short

    Sounds like you are a fabulous nurse to me. God Bless
  16. Cosmetic procedures office RN

    Lucky.
  17. This could be a foreign student who has worked their ass off to try and perfect our language, which let me tell you makes little sense in the grammar department. She may have just as well obtained her...
  18. Getting a job without connections

    ^ Yes. He was legitimately scary. I'm sure we're talking about the same
  19. Refusing Patients' Requests: Can it be done?

    The answer is NO. You cannot *ignore* a patient's request because to administration the patient=God. The patient gets a survey after their stay and will fill it out if they are ******, for any...
  20. potential future nurse seeking wisdom from current nurses

    I like your style of thinking. I don't see any problem with going this route IF you don't mind the enormous time it will take. In order to get your RN you definitely should get a BSN, at least you...
  21. Grey's Anatomy? Scrubs too?

    i used to watch the show but stopped, i liked it when i watched it. obviously its inaccurate there is no sense in even complaining about that. but the scrubs are awesome, very comfy, good material,...
  22. Getting a job without connections

    I was also hired without connections and I also graduated that dreadful year when NO ONE was hiring - May of 2009. I had classmates that accelerated to graduate just one semester before me (December...
  23. UIC MSN-FNP - Anyone else get an interview?

    Hmm me neither and orientation is coming up soon! I'm doing 4 even though it seems like an eternity away, I kinda was choosy between 3 and 4 but considering I'll be working full time and i don't like...
  24. UIC MSN-FNP - Anyone else get an interview?

    Me too!! Did you get you admission packet and "official" letter yet or just the unofficial letter from
  25. Orientation time

    With about 8 months previous experience, i moved to a different hospital , same specialty and they gave me 6 weeks orientation - 2 weeks of class and 4 weeks on the