grianstad

grianstad has 18 years experience and specializes in Community Health.

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1. Nursing Student wanting to go into Community Health...advice?

   grianstad replied to Sammygrll's topic in Public/Community

   After I finished my ADN, I HATED bedside nursing and was ready to go wok in KMart instead.It was so different than the ideal world of clinicals! Luckily, a friend of mine talked me into going into Home Care and after only 3 months of bedside nursing...

2. BHS: BA/BS in Health Science in Community Health?

   grianstad replied to xEdgexRNx's topic in Public/Community

   I have an ADN and then started on a BSN, but changed majors to a BS in Community Health Education which then allowed me to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist exam, which I passed. Look up CHES and NCHEC (National Commission on Health E...

3. Average Salary for ADN vs BSN

   grianstad replied to ltf500's topic in ADN/BSN

   I completed an ADN in 1992. At the time, I had to work full time and go to school at night. It would have been nearly impossible to do the BSN right off the start for me. Our professors highly recommended going on for the BSN and there was an articul...

4. How long is maternity leave in the US?

   grianstad replied to Marra Jade's topic in General Nursing

   In New Jersey, you're entitled to 6 weeks worth of paid maternity leave (but it's under state disability insurance which only gives you about 60% of your pay). If you have vacation or sick time saved up. then you can get paid from your employer. Fe...

5. NO MORE SUZY K !!!!!!!

   grianstad replied to theboss's topic in General Nursing

   And just who made YOU the boss?! I can't believe you actually said that she has nothing to add to the nursing profession until she gets more experience. You have alot of nerve. I'm glad your not my boss with that kind of attitude! If I were a nurs...

6. could you help me? pleasee..

   grianstad replied to odol's topic in General Nursing

   What exactly is your situation? Are you a nursing student in the US? Or are you studying nursing in a foreign country with the hopes of coming to the US to work afterwards? Fluency in English is crucial to working here. I think foreign born nurses...

7. I have taken the plunge!

   grianstad replied to Wyldeflower's topic in General Nursing

   I went the ADN route myself many years after graduating high school and it took me 3 years (after transferring in 21 credits of GEs). I was also working full time. The best piece of advice I can give you is to take the prerequisites like chemistry, ...

8. What Freaks You Out?

   grianstad replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   While in nursing school, I had to empty and irrigate an ileostomy bag, the kind with the clip on the bottom. As I unclipped it, instead of draining into the basin, it missed and the entire contents of the full bag ran off the chux, down the side of ...