akellisrn

akellisrn has 16 years experience and specializes in Informatics, Critical care.

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1. Domestic Violence: Rebuilding

   akellisrn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   You're a courageous, wonderful soul. Thank you for sharing.

2. General MSN vs MSN with Education Focus

   akellisrn replied to cec227's topic in Post Graduate

   Hi there. I think it depends on the different programs you are looking at. I have an MSN Admin with a teaching certificate and that has qualified me to do anything really. I also know people that did the MSN Education focus because they knew they we...

3. Career decisions......what to do?

   akellisrn replied to ottersloveoysters's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there. You are correct in that it is really difficult to get hired without experience unless you are willing to go through some sort of internship. Since your only experience is not in direct patient care, you may have to realize that you'll have...

4. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   akellisrn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   jrbl77, what position are you in now if I might ask? I am getting burned out of acute care hospitals but I still like people in general...

5. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   akellisrn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   To whoever you are, thank you. Well-written and accurate. Best of luck!

6. Hair drug test requested

   akellisrn replied to Ihmbcm's topic in General Nursing

   I can only imagine how hard the loss of a child must be, my truest condolences. I agree with the other comments... you know your test will be positive. So you must now get ahead of this. I would first find out your hospital's policy on working under...

7. Where are all of the holistic nurses?

   akellisrn replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

   I love everything about this post. I am just discovering for myself the love of oils, diet choices and other natural methods to minimize some of my symptoms of various things and I have a true belief that wellness and preventative medicine are the f...

8. Do I want to climb this ladder?

   akellisrn replied to akellisrn's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you HouTx. I am looking at education but I think the crux of the problem is that I am burnt out on being in a hospital. I would love to do some full-time advocacy, non-profit, crisis intervention work and write in my spare time, but for now th...

9. Do I want to climb this ladder?

   akellisrn replied to akellisrn's topic in General Nursing

   I have not posted enough on this site yet to be allowed access to the PM feature. Feel free to email me at [email protected]. I'm happy to take suggestions. Thank you so much!

10. Do I want to climb this ladder?

    akellisrn replied to akellisrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much GrnTea! I have always had an interest in legal consulting and forensics. I do a lot of volunteer work with the crisis center here so the legal aspect of healthcare has always been on my radar. I'm new to this site... how do I PM y...

11. Do I want to climb this ladder?

    akellisrn replied to akellisrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I just feel a little lost. I've worked so hard to get to this point and now to realize I'm not really happy doing it, and I don't know what else to do is very disheartening. Transitions can be tough but I'm looking forward to the next chap...

12. Do I want to climb this ladder?

    akellisrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 14 years. Critical care, peri-operative, informatics nursing, now informatics physician support. It's been good to me. This career is part of who I am as a person, as a woman, as a human. I am really climbing the ladder lat...

13. Burnout rates

    akellisrn replied to PTKChic's topic in Forensic

    I too am an incredibly empathetic person and often take work home with me. I have found that burnout occurs rapidly in high stress environments such as forensics and critical care. I found it helpful to create a ritual when work is over that helps y...