futurenurse66

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1. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   futurenurse66 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Hi there to all! My name is Sandra. I am the mother of a 7-year-old daughter, divorced after 13-1/2 years of marriage, unemployed. I am in a 2nd-career phase: 1st year BSN program, still taking prereqs. I love it! I will be taking survey of che...

2. Calling All Ph Nurses

   futurenurse66 replied to monkijr's topic in Public/Community

   To the PH nurses, I am at the beginning of a BSN program. I am single with a 7-year-old daughter. Since I am a single mom, I am thinking of eventually getting into PH nursing because of the day hours, weekends off and no holidays. However, I didn'...

3. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   TreceRN, You are giving me a lot of very valuable information that I can definitely use when the time is right. I think I really like the idea of "sampling" different departments/specialties once I have at least a year of experience under my belt. ...

4. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   TreceRN, I forgot to ask--what is relief float pool?

5. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   Hi TreceRN, Thanks for replying! Just wanted to ask how long you worked in general med-surg? I hear 1 year's experience is a good length of time for initial experience.

6. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   Peaceful 2100, When you say nights, do you mean 7p-7a or 11p-7a? Thanks

7. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   Hey Peaceful 2100, Thanks for your reply. How do you feel with your daughter sleeping away from home during a school night? I thought of that also, but I wondered... I live near my mom in Greenville, Georgia and travel to Columbus State (Columbus, ...

8. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks Zambezi for your reply. I found out that at one of our local hospitals, the cath lab requires 17 days call. Therefore, as a single mother, that would not work for me. I think that initially I will work either in the ER or on a med-surg f...

9. Future nurse, single mom

   futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you purplemania for the reply! I will take the various departments into consideration.

10. Future nurse, single mom

    futurenurse66 replied to futurenurse66's topic in General Nursing

    Hey SmilingBluEyes, Thanks for the reply! I have thought of office nurse; however, I would not be utilizing all my nursing skills in the office. I have seen some hospitals advertise offering 8, 10 and 12-hour shifts. I always do thorough research ...

11. Future nurse, single mom

    futurenurse66 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey to all the Mom Nurses out there! I am in my first year of a BSN degree program. I have lots of questions about the nursing profession as far as the schedules, types of hospitals, different nursing specialties, etc., etc., but I will start with ...