nurseqt77 ASN, RN

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About nurseqt77

nurseqt77 has 21 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Home Health.

I have been in nursing for 21 years. I started out at 18 as a CNA. I became an LPN when I was 23, then went straight through the pre-req's for the RN Bridge, and graduated when I was 25. I was a single mom at the time with at least one full time job, if not 2 during those 3 very tough years. I am almost 15 years older now, and I have a crazy ambition to go back for my NP. By my reckoning that is another 3 years. My husband, children and boss have been duly warned. The pharmacy is on standby for ready dispensing of meds!

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    Where are my peeps today?

    nurseqt77 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    Oh, cmon, Ima, home care nurses got it easy...what's a little bit of documentation in the grand scheme of driving around all day in a air conditioned (fl) or heated (pa) car jamming out to the latest tunes?!? JK, I took a break from my 5 admits in 3 ...
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    Get CNA cert? Before NP?

    nurseqt77 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in NP Students

    I would get any hands on training you can. I went from CNA to LPN to RN, and am hoping to get into FNP school here soon. I cannot stress how important every step was. I get a TON of street cred, for having "gotten my hands dirty", plus I learned SO m...
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    MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    nurseqt77 replied to Sspino's topic in General Nursing

    I do home health. You cannot possibly be a case manager in the office or a patient care manager in the field without several years of experience. Talk about in the trenches, you are out there all by yourself, with your only resource being Google (whe...
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    WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

    nurseqt77 replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

    Are people expressing a hate for nursing, or are other nurses expressing a hate for nursing? If nurses are expressing the hate, do not be discouraged...those are people who obviously should have chosen another profession, and they are bitter about it...
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    Customer Service Surveys Have Run Amok

    nurseqt77 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am a survey hypocrite. I read all of them before I purchase a bobby pin, but I buy a Microsoft Surface, which I adore, but I can't be bothered with answering the feedback email. I hope my patients are more considerate when Medicare send them their ...
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    Should I "waste" my time getting an ADN?

    nurseqt77 replied to misskayy's topic in General Students

    No education is a waste of time. I got my LPN, cuz it only took 1 year, then I earned LPN wages while working on my ADN, instead of CNA wages. Either way it was 3 years to ADN, if you counted the year of pre-reqs. Now I am going from ADN to FNP, the ...
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    Accepted to Frontier Nursing University....WHOOO HOOO

    nurseqt77 replied to TonieRN's topic in NP Students

    Does anyone know how many applicants are accepted per class? Has anybody done this with a "buddy"?