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  1. Would it kill you to say thank you?

    Sorry about that. Maybe I was being a bit obtuse. I'm just stuck on the doormat feeling but then again I've been around the block. I stand corrected. And to the point: over 800 posts, 1 thank you....
  2. Desperate need for preceptor!!

    Have you tried asking the Dept of Nursing for help? After all you are paying tuition or is this a tuition free
  3. Would it kill you to say thank you?

    OP: An ER doc once told me that when dealing with patients if you want gratitude and respect you're in the wrong business. But hope does reign
  4. Asa college or kingsborough

    OP: 7K per year including books at Kingsborough. ASA 20K per year excluding books. Kingsborough CC public school. ASA for profit. Your credits won't transfer from ASA to Kingsbrough. Try to tough it...
  5. This is great advice for the neophyte passionate student nurse and could be the first rudimentary step toward dealing with your first drug seeking patient. This way you'll be somewhat desensitized...
  6. New Flight Nurse

    Incorrect! If you read your LI policy that you obtained prior to your possible acceptance of the flight job you will see the exclusions to its payout in small print. (smoking crack, shooting someone...
  7. Is nursing the right path for me?

    OP: The answer to your question based of the information provided and with all due consideration is a definite
  8. New Flight Nurse

    Get a parachute and learn how to use it. Or else, ask for so much money that you'll be so busy counting it that you won't care. But really, don't fret those things hardly ever go down. (that much) But...
  9. Do you keep your school binders?

    Well, Ok Romney, but you know we got medicine for that kind of
  10. Yes, yes, yes. But you Must ensure you have this bridge program in whatever bohunk you live in. In reality, and ideally "The Commuter" has nailed it. You must obtain, if you must, The RN status as...
  11. Lvn to rn? A good path?

    This is great information if it is applicable to your particular set of circumstances. Otherwise, if this type program isn't available to you, work as a CNA go to a CC that has a nursing program and...
  12. College of Southern Idaho 2017

    collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/?name=College%20of%20Southern%20Idaho&sort=advantage:desc I have included a link from (collegescorecard.ed.gov). These Idaho schools are definitely priced right....
  13. Herzing MSN-FP 2017 Jan Start

  14. prep for kaplan nutrition

    I'm glad you got an A. But it's sad despite having teachers, I take it, you didn't feel taught. I suppose this is why many feel it's easier to do this way of learning in the convenience of one's...
  15. Experienced NPs

    Wow! I'm ready to pass out from all this honesty coming from practitioners that not even once used the words "passion", "dream" or "Crimean War." All of which have become prerequisite buzz words for...
  16. Student with Feelings!

    OP: You are human first. Everyone has this or that emotional trigger point. The folks that don't have one are called sociopaths. You will learn as our soldiers do in combat to put the dissonance...
  17. Non-medical staff giving injections?!!

    After hearing about this unorthodox administration of the SQ injection as we speak I am emailing the president of the AMA to express our heartfelt concerns. Maybe just maybe, a plenary gathing of all...
  18. New ER RN- Normal to feel this way?

    Yes, barking is just another way of saying I'm losing my marbles and because YOU pose no return threat BOW WOW. She needs to lighten up, take a deep breath. You all sound busy. Let me guess: Miami,...
  19. Paying for Pre-Reqs in Community College

    I'm not sure what's going on here. You speak of "your country." I'll assume that country isn't this country because if your country is this country unless you're the Al Capone of not paying your bills...
  20. Re: Chamberlain (DeVry). Well, some are prerequisites for others but some aren't. The Capstone, of course, is your last class so quite natually it makes sense when you have to take that baby. (last)...
  21. 10% off if you belong to the ANA? ( enroll today!) Why that sounds like a perfect synergy beween Christianity, Wall Street and the most vaunted Professional Nurses Association in America. Integrity at...
  22. LATCH Breastfeeding assessment tool

    Could you elaborate for the uniformed. Does "LATCH" have anything to do with "latch on to" because if it does,
  23. Gifts from families?

    Yes, I'm convinced that generosity is a primarily a genetic disposition as opposed to the grasping weaned on a lemon types. (I'm thinking of
  24. NDSU LPN-BSN Program

    North Dakota State University. (NDSU) This school's program LPN to RN is 15K per year. Ground has respectable GR rates. I hear there's a boom going on up yonder so the work is there. No doubt the...
  25. ADN to BS in healthcare management

    I'm somewhat reluctant to say this and say it so bluntly, but a BS in healthcare management is crap. It is really just an exaulted name for secretary. The for-profits push this nonsense and the...