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  1. Vanderbilt MSN FNP and working as RN

    It was typically a week per month for 3-4 months per semester in fall and spring semesters. Then the summer was usually 1-2 weeks. I know some people would meet another distance student and share hotel expenses. I had a friend that I stayed with whi...
  2. Oncall hospice nurse

    Hopefully you will have a good experience and I suppose it all depends on how your company looks at on call and what the expectations are. I know that the places I have worked do not keep on call nurses long, but that is because they are scheduled v...
  3. Please share your home care nursing tips/tricks with others

    I have a small hard cover notebook that is about the size of a grocery list pad (like maybe 3 inches across and 6 inches in height). When I open the notebook it lays flat and so I use the opened and exposed pages for one day. Therefore the left sid...
  4. Should I go salary or stay pay per visit??

    AZMOMO2, I think you should definitely have something in writing regarding the caseload expectation for a full time nurse. Of course it won't always be the agreed upon number, but say if it is 6 to 8 patients per day, then you will know how many you...
  5. Please share your home care nursing tips/tricks with others

    I have gotten really good at redirecting patients/families when they start to yak on and on about irrelevant information. Of course as we all know people are lonely and we are sometimes the only people they see and talk to. I basically multitask. ...
  6. New Grad Quitting After Less Than a Year (advice!)

    I agree with NoviceRN10. You don't have to tell them that it was in the plans, rather you can be honest and say that you have to move because of your wife's job. They can't hold that against you because you have to move for your family. There are ...
  7. New grad in hospice = doomed?

    You are NOT doomed. I speak from experience. My first "real" RN job was with hospice and I loved it and excelled at it. I am one of the top RN case managers that the company has and I have stayed longer than some other "experienced" RNs who have c...
  8. New to home health

    I personally LOVE home health. I know it is not for everybody, but I enjoy it and I find the ability to have a different experience everyday rewarding. I also love the autonomy of it. I have worked in the ICU and in other units in the hospital and...
  9. Should I go salary or stay pay per visit??

    I agree. I have done both and depending upon where you work and what the caseload is like, I think that staying per patient pay would be better than salary. I know that having a salary would be nice since you know for sure how much you will get eac...
  10. Vanderbilt MSN program

    I think that if you decided to move to Nashville you could talk to the school and there wouldn't be any problem having you become a local student. I think for the most part things stay relatively the same regarding classes, etc, but if you live in t...
  11. Vanderbilt MSN FNP and working as RN

    Vanderbilt has an excellent program! I know people who did the program full time and did not work. I know some people who worked full time and went to school full time (which I honestly don't see how they did it). I think if you are going to go to ...
  12. Just got accepted!

    Agreed, time management is key! I am sure you know this from undergrad, but it is especially important to keep in mind in grad school. Also I think that if you are doing the program full time then it will be hard to work full time. I know people wh...
  13. FNP Possibly Moving to Washington, DC

    Wanting to see if anybody had advice regarding good locations to work in the Washington, DC area as an FNP. Since I am not from the DC area, nor have I lived in the surrounding states, I don't know the reputation of certain places that one should avo...