Hopeful1003

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1. Online Consulting Business?

   Hopeful1003 posted a topic in Entrepreneurs

   My dream is to go back to school to become a NP and have an online consulting business in functional medicine. Has anyone started an online consulting business before? Experiences? Advice?

2. Clinic RN pay

   Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

   Roughly 50,000 without shift differential; I haven't gotten an official offer but the numbers they threw out for the nurses that work there were roughly about 38,000 a year.

3. Clinic RN pay

   Hopeful1003 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! I am currently a bedside RN with a potential opportunity to work in a women's health clinic. I expected the pay to be less, however I was not expecting the number they threw out. I just wanted to get some ideas as to whether what I wa...

4. Glove use

   Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in Ambulatory

   Thanks everyone for your responses! School nursing seems interesting, however there aren't any jobs available right now in my area. There are quite a few clinic positions open though. I will have to look into that sanitizer you guys mentioned. Right ...

5. Glove use

   Hopeful1003 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Please do not write this off as a dumb question, because I really do not know much about ambulatory nursing. I am a bedside nurse currently, and while I do like my job, I have developed awful contact dermatitis on my hands from excessive glove use. I...

6. Allergic to hand sanitizer

   Hopeful1003 replied to ama3t's topic in General Nursing

   ama3t, What ended up happening? Did you find a solution that works? Did you end up changing jobs? I am just curious because I am in the same position right now and it is debilitating.

7. Allergic to my job?

   Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you very much! Another nurse mentioned hibiclens. I will look into it :) Thank you!

8. Allergic to my job?

   Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

   That is one that my dermatologist recommended. Will definitely see if I can forego the anti-bacterial soap and use this. Thank you!

9. Allergic to my job?

   Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

   Will definitely look into it. Thank you!

10. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your comment! Petroleum jelly has certainly been of help. I will have to bring up the anti-bacterial soap thing. Thank you!

11. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting! Thank you for your help. I do not believe my pediatrician is in practice, but if I do some digging maybe I could find him. I never had any dermatologic issues until the end of nursing school and of course my nursing career. Thank yo...

12. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    I use dial soap and have an ointment to put on my hands after work that I got from my dermatologist.

13. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Thanks for your comment. My manager says that I can use whatever soap I want as long as it is anti-bacterial.

14. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. Your entire second paragraph was what I spent the first 8 months or so of my job doing. When the trial and error didn't work, I went to a dermatologist, who insisted I did this as well, all while giving me some pointers. ...

15. Allergic to my job?

    Hopeful1003 replied to Hopeful1003's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I have been to 3 dermatologists, one of which specializes in contact dermatitis. They did the patch testing on my back. I had new supplies ordered in as well. It worked for about a month, but is no longer working.