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  1. The dumbest things you've heard from a provider

    wow Seriously? LOL
  2. a new name for Hiatal Hernia?

    pericardial diaphragmatic herniaParaesophageal ! Yes that is it! When did they come up with that? Isn't just a fancy name for Hiatal Hernia? Thank you so much!
  3. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    I was on meds for MS and Crohn's but because my income went down by 25,000 dollars a year, I can't afford the copays. All I take now is thyroid medication( had thyroid cancer in 09) Russian Roulet? Yes, but what can I do?
  4. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    good for you with the MSN. I graduated in 2010 with my GNP and a secondary degree in Nursing education. I have MS, Crohn's and just within the past week a slipped disk. I thaught that if I had more education that it would help. In my case not really....
  5. Just a short question. I am a nurse(rn) and an NP(although I just inactivated my GNP licence-no jobs in NY). Anyway, my husband has a hiatal hernia,but his MD says it isn't called that anymore. I did an online search, but all I come up with is H.H. M...
  6. Correct way to give IM injections?

    I am a nursing lab instructor. The ATI videos the student's watch say EVERY IM is to be given Z-track. Does anyone know the EBP behind it? Seems like overkill to me and I have seen some students forget the order of the steps(i.e they insert the needl...
  7. 57 and need to start over YET AGAIN!

    wound care is tough. I could only do it for three months. You are wrapping a leg in a profore dressing that weighs 20lbs by itself.
  8. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    Hi, I am an RN(Actually a GNP) with MS. I have had some pretty bad excerbations. The MS doesn;t bother me so much, I've had it for 18 years. Two years ago I was diagnosed with Crohns too. The combo is bad.
  9. Is Becoming A NP Worth It?

    For me, no it was not worth it. I love geriatrics, but as a GNP, there are no jobs. When the last of the GNP program graduated(myself included in that 3 people who graduated). I don't feel it was a great program and I have health issues that have bec...
  10. Hi: I worked as faculty at a four year college in the undergrad program. I left and now I am back as a lab coordinator. Since I have been gone(one semester), we have had a giant turn over in faculty or faculty teaching in their non specialty areas. I...
  11. I went to school in Rochester, New York first to get my BS in Nursing then my MS as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner(GNP). I have three credits short of a cerficate in Nursing Education. I am an assistant lab coordinator for a college in Buffalo(w...
  12. Nurse Faculty Loan Program

    I live in NY. I thought it was for all my loans(100,000 for BS and MS) . Only covered 13,000 and had to teach for four years. Have health issues so I had to leave my job(won't get into it, read it under nurses with disabilities on this site)Got a job...
  13. I apologize..

    I am so sorry you have to be exposed to that. Big hug to you. Sometimes you have to leave for your own sanity. God Bless you.
  14. dthfytr: I am so sorry. Polymyositis is nasty. I am sorry you don't have family and friends either. Just A little story. My hubby and I met 25 years ago in Rochester NY(where I am from). We were both divorced and I had three small boys. We lived to...
  15. I think I'm done with nursing.

    Rhi007: you are lucky that you have co workers that are so supportive. I have had job where they are less than friendly.Same with the patients.