downthealley,BS

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1. Death of a Dream

   downthealley,BS replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

   You can get your money tree from taking out student loans like many, many people do in order to benefits themselves for later down the road. You could afford day care or a babysitter with your loans...

2. Nursing loans really that bad? 120K

   downthealley,BS replied to nursequery1's topic in General Students

   There's no way I would pay that much for a BSN.....CRNA school maybe or med school, but never to go work as a staff nurse. For 120K, it would be better to move to podunk middle America and go to a...

3. Open mouth, insert foot...

   downthealley,BS replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

   I went to a Christian school in high school and had to give a stand-up biology presentation in front of the whole school.....The word "orgasm" came out of my mouth instead of the word "organism". The...

4. Am I remotely qualified?

   downthealley,BS replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

   You are a doll! Thank you...That is along the lines of what I was thinking I needed to

5. Am I remotely qualified?

   downthealley,BS replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Thank you! I am continuing to read the other threads posted on here. I had no idea there is so much someone could do within this field! It's pretty exciting! My next question is for a resume - should...

6. You are not a nurse...

   downthealley,BS replied to TMT_P's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   A girl I know is a medical assistant and talks on facebook all the time about her life as a nurse. I just let it go. There's always those people who want to fluff themselves up. It's usually an...

7. Am I remotely qualified?

   downthealley,BS replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Thank you so much! I have seen job positions at our local hospitals that specifically require a BSN, but many others that don't. The ones that don't require nursing experience seem to rely heavily on...

8. Dilemma-need advice

   downthealley,BS replied to ruralnurse84's topic in General Nursing

   My advice would be not to tell anyone your pregnant until it becomes obvious. It's nobody's business and no good will possibly come out of telling them

9. Medical marijuana, role of the nurse, professional organization

   downthealley,BS replied to hotflashion's topic in Patient Medications

   Exactly....and alcohol is just a legal way to get drunk, yet nobody bats an eye at

10. Am I remotely qualified?

    downthealley,BS posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hello, I never knew anything about informatics until a few weeks ago, but I think it might be right up my alley. I have 15 years computer experience in web development, database design, various...