chicago bsn 2005 replied to bstrongrn's topic in Nursing Career
hi, i was just wondering how this worked out for you. i'm in an icu. i'm about 6 weeks pregnant now. i told my boss last week, thinking i could use whatever support she has to offer throughout my...
i said this: they do encourage us to be politically active and they do keep us up to date on what unions are up to around the countryyou replied: i'm going to suggest we agree to disagree,...
first of all, i wanted to link this to threads for another. another student's quest for the questions i have second. anything is researchable. i am in the information gathering stage here. third....
i'm writing a paper on unions for my "issues" class. it's titled "Should Nurses Unionize?" what i seek is anything evidenced based that might support either side of the issue. i can't find...
chicago bsn 2005 replied to GlowBear500's topic in General Nursing
i think of physicians as specializing in diagnostics. it's a different job. they figure out what's the most likely medical diagnosis and best treatment regimen based on test results and research in...
i'm not a crna, but i worked as a tech for a while. i can tell you they sprayed cetacaine, warning them it smelled like bananas, and asked them to swallow. then i'd stick a glob of xylocaine on a...
chicago bsn 2005 replied to MyBlueSky's topic in General Nursing
do what you want and stop worrying about what everyone else will think. my class is around 11% men. but i'm not one of them. we've talked about this in class though. it honestly bothers me to even...
chicago bsn 2005 replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing
i think my nurses thought i was a bad patient. i got defensive and asked if she thought i'd be bugging them to help me go to the bathroom if i didn't actually have to? i felt it was a sad state of...
this is a belated response, but i worked as an anesthesia tech for four years, and we would clean all the monitoring equipment as needed throughout the day and a good wipe down with disinfectant at...
also, if you're planning on moving to chicago for nursing school and a BSN is your goal, there's northeastern illinois, rush, loyola, and if you have a previous degree, depaul has some master's track...