Tozz

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1. PRN work during retirement

   Tozz replied to ruralseok's topic in Retired

   I didn't retire from nursing, but I retired from another career in my late 40's. After taking a few years off, I went to nursing school. I've been doing per diem (PRN) ever since, with the exception of one full-time year in a nursing home. It's pe...

2. Curry College ACCEL Program Spring 2021

   Tozz replied to bek72's topic in School Programs

   I graduated from Curry Accel a decade or so ago, and it's an excellent program. It's the least expensive (along with UMass) in the Boston area, and clinical placements are in the top Boston teaching hospitals. As I recall, it was the first acc...

3. COVID-19: Now a good time to go to nursing school and become a nurse?

   Tozz replied to Kara638's topic in COVID

   I'm in full agreement. I don't think I made myself clear--if you're in a competitive job market, go for an accelerated program when you have another degree. Where I live, schools are churning out 4000+ new nurses per year within commuting...

4. Per diem?

   Tozz replied to freesia29's topic in General Nursing

   I've been exclusively per diem for nearly ten years now. I work at three locations. I schedule ahead, and it's very rare that I'll take a last minute call unless it involves incentives. You'll figure it out.

5. COVID-19: Now a good time to go to nursing school and become a nurse?

   Tozz replied to Kara638's topic in COVID

   I don't think COVID will impact your education significantly one way or another. All the indications are that we may start to see a few glimmers of "normality" within just a few months. What you should carefully consider, though, is what flavo...

6. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

   Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

   Do you really believe that the US has never mandated vaccination?!

7. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

   Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

   I had "gnarly" side effects (basically flu symptoms, fever, vomiting, feeling like you fell down a flight of stairs) for 12-18 hours after Pfizer #1. Nothing after Pfizer #2. Nothing after Johnson and Johnson. Feeling out of it for a day was well ...

8. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

   Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

   Sometime last century, I posted a link in this thread to a pre-peer reviewed study from Israel that indicated that, yes, the vaccine significantly reduced transmission. I linked to the actual study, but am too lazy to search a few hundred messages. ...

9. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

   Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

   I started out in Long Term Care. 20-40 patients per shift, depending on who called out sick that day. I can't imagine what you folks went through this past year.

10. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

    You are a man of strong opinions.

11. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

    Haha, I'm back here after a week. I guess the thread was not winding down! Anyhow, we're in agreement. Maybe I was not clear. Bullying occurs in both. Absolutely. However, the female profession seems to be more obsessed about it. In this th...

12. Which Covid Vaccine is better?

    Tozz replied to Bella RN's topic in COVID

    I received the J&J vaccine the first week of December in a Stage 3 clinical trial. They are currently enlisting subjects for a second dose of J&J. This is just speculation, but J&J may end up being nearly as effective as Moderna and Pfi...

13. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

    For what it's worth, the number is nearly double that. Google your state's number of deaths (due to any cause) for, say, Sept 2019 and compare with Sept 2020. The difference is the true toll. Many deaths not attributable to Covid actually were (I....

14. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

    I sense this thread is winding down. A few takeaways: I now have a sense, though not an understanding, of why so many of my coworkers are refusing to be vaccinated. Having spent time in two careers, one almost exclusively male, another...

15. Getting Flack For Not Getting Covid Vaccine

    Tozz replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in COVID

    Okay, that's a start!