Birthday_Girl

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1. switch from medical school to nursing?

   Birthday_Girl replied to gj101's topic in General Students

   Run now and run fast. Because the reality is, if you two have a child together, it will not cure the problems that exist in your marriage. In fact, it will cause all of those problems to rise to the surface, but now you have a small, vulnerable child...

2. Another reason unions suck!

   Birthday_Girl replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Union

   I am not a nurse. I am planning to enter a nursing program in 2016. Having said that, I am a lawyer and sociologist by education and training who currently works in state government. A decade ago, I represented domestic violence victims in employment...

3. Any Wise Way to Spend Education Assistance Money (not CME money)?

   Birthday_Girl replied to Budrow's topic in NP

   Do Lean or process improvement classes count?

4. What is the Direct Entry MSN?

   Birthday_Girl replied to kinkin92's topic in General Students

   I think there is a distinction to be made here. There are Direct Entry MSN programs which prepare graduates to become Registered Nurses upon graduation. That's it. Then there are accelerated BSN/MSN programs. In the BSN year, you are prepared to beco...

5. Hostile work environment - Violent Doctor

   Birthday_Girl replied to Summer70's topic in General Nursing

   Please, please consider doing the following. 1. Document, Document, and Document some more. I am sure as nurses, you are used to documenting medication, glucose levels, etc. Please document each and every occurrence of workplace violence. *Look at th...

6. Swedish Hospital

   Birthday_Girl replied to TmC1999's topic in Washington

   Congrats!

7. Any Military psych NP? Needs some overview regarding military life

   Birthday_Girl replied to gilversplace's topic in Government

   I was under the impression that the Navy was only allowing NPs into the Reserves? Is that still true?

8. Yale GEPN 2016

   Birthday_Girl replied to Bruins_2012's topic in Post Graduate

   Good luck everyone! Tomorrow will be the end of our wait!

9. Yale GEPN 2016

   Birthday_Girl replied to Bruins_2012's topic in Post Graduate

   I applied for PMHNP.

10. New grad first job

    Birthday_Girl replied to Junondfnp's topic in NP

    This is the second new grad post where they reported there were no or very few sick days. Is this common in healthcare? I currently work in a state department and we earn 12 sick days a year plus a minimum of 14 vacation days and two personal days.

11. Direct Entry MSN Program Opinion

    Birthday_Girl replied to med_life_for_me's topic in NP

    I am aware of Yale and Seattle University. Penn has an accelerated BSN/MSN option. I found them by using Google.

12. Direct Entry MSN Program Opinion

    Birthday_Girl replied to med_life_for_me's topic in NP

    I've come across a few programs that have direct entry MSN programs. Many do not offer a BSN program.

13. Yale GEPN 2016

    Birthday_Girl replied to Bruins_2012's topic in Post Graduate

    I did a double take reading your post. We are so alike (with the exception of me attending a Big 10 school for undergrad and law school). Good luck to you!

14. Can Psych NPs wear suits to work?

    Birthday_Girl replied to kj954's topic in NP

    I was reading PMHNP-1 responses. They read like they were responding to another poster, but I think they may have been responding to the OP instead. My mistake.

15. Can Psych NPs wear suits to work?

    Birthday_Girl replied to kj954's topic in NP

    I'm reading through this thread and it seems that either someone has me on ignore or a couple of posts have been deleted?