RDH2001

RDH2001 has 13 years experience.

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1. RDH to BSN (anyone??)

   RDH2001 replied to RDH2001's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The advanced dental hygiene practitioner is still a very foreign concept in all but about 2 or 3 states. Hopefully the field will one day get there, but I'm currently living in one of the several states that still do not even allow hygienists to admi...

2. RN thinking of going back to school for dental hygeine?

   RDH2001 replied to msrosebud28's topic in Career Support

   Really?! I've been an RDH 13 years and I'm thinking about getting a BSN through an academic partnership program. That is music to my ears. I'm so burnt out from hygiene. Even working more than 2 days a week throws my shoulder out of whack and I can't...

3. MI Dental Hygienist Turning Nurse...the right decision?

   RDH2001 replied to nerdymama's topic in Michigan

   Hello, fellow RDH! How are you finding the transition? It seems like I am exactly in the same shoes that you were in a year or so ago. I would love some words of wisdom.

4. RDH to BSN (anyone??)

   RDH2001 replied to RDH2001's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hygiene school is very competitive to get in to, as is nursing, so I'm familiar with the process and the rigid requirements that each individual school holds to their applicants. I have done my research. I'm local to UTA, which has an academic partne...

5. RDH to BSN (anyone??)

   RDH2001 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi Everyone, It's very hard to find Registered Dental Hygienists that have jumped ship into the field of nursing, but I have found some closed threads on the topic. I have been an RDH since 2001 and have gradually hit the burn-out phase. Doing the sa...