chicago bsn 2005

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  1. Help

    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 pregnancy. are you back to work? just wondering.
  2. Union

    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, because i'm frustrated and i don't think we have a point...
  3. I need opinions from practicing RN's for school project

    i thought this allnurse/com thread about unions might help you. i just turned in my paper on a similar topic yesterday.
  4. Union

    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 didn't say anything like "ADN nurses are a bunch...
  5. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    i'm from chicago
  6. ? re: icu's in chicago and science requiremts

    i didn't know how else to subsrcibe to the thread without posting. sorry.
  7. Union

    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 anything. does anybody know of any research showing effic...
  8. Why did you become a nurse instead of a doctor?

    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 this area. nurses manage patient care. they are diff...
  9. Multiple morphine orders for pain

    this pdf might help http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/education/gme/pdf/ACGME%20Pain%20Mgt%20Readings%209-17-04.pdf
  10. local anesthesia used in fiber optic intubations

    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 tongue depressor, making sure it got all over the ba...
  11. Thinking about nursing... Is it worth it?

    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 hear the term "male nursing." what am i doing? "...
  12. What kind of patient would you make????!!!

    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 things. the person who had answered the call light...
  13. ethics lecture rant (sensitive topic)

    i just wanted to comment: this too is my philosophy, pertaining to any patient, not just abortion patients...although i've never participated in such a thing and don't plan on it. i plan on going somewhere else with my career. i am very new to the ...
  14. Do you clean B/P cuffs between pts???

    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 least every night. i found the best way to clean bp...
  15. any tips on giving an inservice?

    thank you for the reply :yelclap:
  16. any tips on giving an inservice?

    if you were to have to sit through an in-service, provided by a student nurse (me), what would you be really glad i knew ahead of time? for my leadership and management class, i will need to do an in-service in a couple of weeks. i've never done an...
  17. Help with BSN Admission @ UIC

    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 thing going on. i didn't know about this until to...
  18. Help with BSN Admission @ UIC

    there is a wide variety of people in the program at this time. this is not my first time 'round in college, so i felt old when i started. as i met people in the classes, i found that not everyone is still under the legal drinking age. many are doi...
  19. Help with BSN Admission @ UIC

    so what happened? did you get everything in on time? your gpa sounds fine to me. i'm not sure how they choose the students though. let me know if you have questions. if you go there, i'm sure you will have many, and there is no forum like this t...