juliannc99

juliannc99 has 15 years experience and specializes in Geriatrics, Geriatric Psych, Med/Surg.

Latest Activity

1. Should I Carry Nursing Malpractice (Liability) Insurance?

   juliannc99 replied to sirI's topic in Career Support

   Oh my gosh, I forgot all about looking into this and your information is very informative. Thank you so much!

2. Fired After 50: Epilogue

   juliannc99 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck with whatever path you may choose. Might I suggest one that you probably haven't thought of? It sounds as though part of your idenity (go to person, problem solver, decision maker, caretaker and protector) would fit beautifully as a Skill...

3. Officially not going to be a school nurse, at least not this year.

   juliannc99 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have learned that there are reasons for everything. You dodged a bullet, I'll bet you get a fabulous offer from somewhere else in the near future. Good luck and GREAT job on your professionalism.

4. Dear Lord: Please give me patience....

   juliannc99 replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

   "Ask and you shall receive".... I asked for my life once and he blessed me by letting me keep it. I figure I've used up my requests so now all I do is thank him A LOT for His patience with me.

5. Changing specialization suggestions appricated.

   juliannc99 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

   In-service director, wound care specialist, or if you really like organizational / management type things go to the (usually) three day training session and take the state board to be a Skilled Nursing Facility Administrator (usually about $80,000 pe...

6. Retaking Nursing

   juliannc99 replied to CASM's topic in General Nursing

   I have a friend who took the LPN program twice. He passed and has since gone on to be a wonderful nurse. Anything worth having is worth working for.

7. Should i call the nurse manager?

   juliannc99 replied to noski's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Also, as a former DON I used to have my own special question. If someone said they worked at XYZ Hospital I would reply, "Oh, did you happen to know Dr. ABC?" If they replied yes their resume went into the trash when they left my office ~ Dr. ABC d...

8. New grad discouraged about job oppurtunity

   juliannc99 replied to Maciver's topic in General Nursing

   Henry Ford in Detroit only hires RNs unless things have changed since I was there (fabulous place to work ~ physicians actually respect nurses). Also there are about seven hospitals in that immediate area. Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and North Oak...

9. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

   juliannc99 replied to nursehunnie's topic in Professionalism

   Yes, I agree with all of you. I know of a former acquaintance who proudly boasted that she was going to the University of Michigan for her MASTERS degree in nursing. In truth she was an LPN who was going to school elsewhere working on her EVENTUAL ...

10. LPN to RN, thinking of dropping out :(

    juliannc99 replied to Shimmer580's topic in General Nursing

    OK, just a few comments for you: First of all, you are NOT taking A & P for the 3rd time...you are taking it for the FIRST time. High school A & P and A & P for LPNs are two different classes ~ nice to have the background but you are no...

11. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    juliannc99 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    I had one little old lady who had VERY long sharp nails dig them into my wrist as hard as she could. I knew her MO so as badly as it hurt I stared at her right back and told her she wasn't hurting me so she could quit whenever she wanted. It ticked...

12. Teas test at TECO (kissimmee, fl)

    juliannc99 replied to giarmar's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    My son is studying for the TEAs test in St. Pete. If you go to myPTEC.com it will bring you to the St. Pete College site. Click on nursing and follow it through ~ it will give you information on how and where to buy a study guide for it. Also chec...

13. Got No Job? Come be an RN !

    juliannc99 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    People don't go into many careers because they "love" it ~ they go into them because it puts bread on the table and a roof over their head, especially divorced women with children who do not want to work one job at McDonald's and another shift at Bur...

14. Mom thinking about going back to nursing school... NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT!!!

    juliannc99 replied to JenInSchool's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well, let's put it this way. When I returned to school I was 38 with two children and newly divorced. No car and the place I went had an average of 300 inches of snow a year. I walked everywhere, worked in a bar until two a.m. and had to be in cla...

15. I have no idea what to do

    juliannc99 replied to LadyJoce's topic in General Nursing

    swsrn and all of you new grads out there, will you please at least look unto the service? (again, i am not a recruiter!!!) to me the air force is the best. you will get a job as an officer going in. google around and found out about the pay rates...