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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the school I attended In Rochester NY was based around culture (madiline Lininginger(sp). The school I teach at says that theory based SON is "Old School" No pun in intended.

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.

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...

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.

I am so sorry. I hope you do get disability. Yes people have told me the same thing, get a job in case management (either through the hospital or insurance copanies. Maybe a Social security lawyer...

Dear Kcmy: that is exactly who I am supposedly working for-favorite. I have been a nurse for 18 years,but haven't started an IV since 1999. Agree they are dirt bags. I NEVER said I had been a...

been out of work without ANY money for 6 weeks now (last job was per diem). I got one shift in November. I told them I was a charge nurse(I was back in 1999,in school until 2010. Can't find a job as...

I agree. As a survivor of a serious attempt, you can't tell anyone if it was worth it. Also the news SAYS the hospital was supportive of the nurse, but you don't know. Once a long time ago, a patient...

babynurse: I agree with you. Why is it that the profession that cares can't care about its own. I am not supposed to be working either(MS, Crohn's disease, Thyroid Cancer, Hypoparathyroidism) but I...

Historically, it has to do with schools of nursing being"Millitant" and being a female occupation. It might have a bit to do with being a man, but moreover, it has to do with "when I was new, I was...

Billing and coding is a speciality, you need a degree for it. Disability nursing for insurance companies(on the phone all day), they want experoence and certification. I just worked in a wound...

Thank you for this Marisette, but every job I have applied for as a case manager, I haven't gotten. Maybe because they are through insurance companies?

Yes PLEASE! As a nurse with MS and Crohn's and who has been treated for cancer, WHAT NURSING JOB DO YOU DO AT HOME???!!! OH PLEASE! I am running out of ideas to find a job that DOESN'T whip me....

I have been a nurse for almost 20 years and I am finding harder and harder to stay in the profession. I went to school full time when I went back to school for my BSN and masters degrees. I have...

In my area, the outpatient clinics were closed at the hospital I work at. I sent an email the night before(went through). The next day I got an email from my boss stating that I was "no call,no...

I taught an intro to nursing class in a 4 year college. I showed them a film on "Tusguee" (sorry if I didn't spell that right) and showed the "Office of the professions" web site. It was the area...

I have family in utica. I am orginally from Rochester, now living in Buffalo. :)

PS I should say no jobs in NY. All my children and grandchildren are in NY(except for one son an Air Force pilot in Afganistan, and one son leaving for army boot camp before thanksgiving.

the nursing home jobs and assisted living jobs just aren't there. I used to belong to GAPNA, and even when I was a student they said that GNP's would have to be dual certified, as an ANP or FNP. NO...