Ginger's Person

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1. Community mental health nursing in Australia?

   Ginger's Person posted a topic in Australia

   Hi there, My husband and have just begun considering a move to Sydney from the USA. He has a job opportunity that would begin in about one year. One deciding factor would be whether I too could find work, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what ...

2. MN Program Interviews

   Ginger's Person replied to Annalin81's topic in Minnesota

   As far as I know. That was another perk for me about this being a grad program. I also got accepted to an accelerated BSN program, but the federal student loan allowance for one year of an undergrad program is so small, it could hardly make a dent in...

3. MN Program Interviews

   Ginger's Person replied to Annalin81's topic in Minnesota

   Hey, I got in too! I'm still on the fence. I live in Madison, WI, and I'll hear from UW in May about their BSN program. MAY! The people Minnesota SON just seem friendlier than the people I've spoken to at Madison's SON, they give you the courtesy of...

4. Anyone heard from schools yet?

   Ginger's Person replied to MauriceRC's topic in Minnesota

   Just heard from the UMN MN program! Yes! My life just got so much less stressful.

5. No jobs in OB nursing!!

   Ginger's Person replied to what2donow's topic in CNM

   Have you thought about getting trained as a doulah and volunteering to assist some births? Around here, organizations that provide volunteer doulahs can't find enough doulahs to serve their clients. I don't know how strongly midwifery schools conside...

6. Illegal Immigration & Health Care Reform: Prespective

   Ginger's Person replied to female12233's topic in Activism

   "I have no internal conflict over it. I don't feel they should be receiving ANY medical care here, or welfare benefits. Most of them do not pay into the system, so their using it amounts to stealing from the taxpayer." Many of the DO pay into the sys...

7. Nursing School Question- Does the school matter?

   Ginger's Person replied to MedOncIllinoisRN's topic in ADN/BSN

   An anecdote... A friend of mine who graduated from another big public nursing school in the midwest (UW-Madison) was offered a few fab jobs in California. One boss said that "those universities in the midwest educate some of the best nurses in the co...

8. RN - New ADD Diagnosis

   Ginger's Person replied to Titania2009's topic in Disabilities

   I've never worked as a nurse... just as a CNA, a waitress, a college student, and a million other things that require an attention span and focus greater than my spastic gnat-like reticular formation can easily handle. I can picture myself in your po...

9. Education vs Experience

   Ginger's Person replied to Airforce1's topic in General Nursing

   I really wish I agreed with you. I'm going to get a second bachelors in nursing, and I eventually plan to chose an advanced practice specialty. It would be nice to get school over with sooner and go straight to grad school, but I think I will wait a ...

10. Do you have advice for med students on your floor...

    Ginger's Person posted a topic in General Nursing

    My roommate started his 3rd year med school clinicals earlier this month, on a general medical floor. He's working hard and is trying to do a good job, but he knows he has a lot to learn. As nurses, what advice would you give to a med student doing c...

11. Germophobic considering Nursing. please help!

    Ginger's Person replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    With all the hospital acquired infections running around, a little germophobia could go a long way. As long as your fear of germs isn't straight up debilitating maybe you'd run an extra tight ship! Didn't Florence Nightingale pretty much invent germo...

12. C.N.A. in Home Health Nursing - I am supervising but kept in the dark

    Ginger's Person replied to LuLu2008's topic in Home Health

    I'm a CNA, and applied for a bunch of jobs last month. One home health agency called to interview me after I submitted the shortest job app I submitted in my life... no references, no resume, no nothing. The interview consisted of the following quest...

13. CNA interview questions

    Ginger's Person replied to emmasma's topic in CNA/MA

    I just had, how to you tell a coworker who's falling behind in their job to pick up the pace? Also, how do you prioritize your cares... if you had to do several things at once, how would you decide what to do first? Good luck!

14. New home health CNA

    Ginger's Person posted a topic in CNA/MA

    I start as a home health CNA next week. They give us 2 full weeks of training, which is fantastic, and the organization seems like a great employer, but I'm still way nervous. What kinds of situations have you all encountered in home health? Do you a...

15. Advice for New CNAs

    Ginger's Person replied to greeniebean's topic in CNA/MA

    Thanks for the advice! I start in a week!