phn529

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1. HH experience a plus?

   phn529 replied to popcrnlvr's topic in Public/Community

   I think it depends what exactly you are going to be doing within PH. There are a lot of different PHN roles out there. For example, if you are going to be working in a clinic doing higher level assessments or triage on acutely and chronically ill ind...

2. Feeling stuck

   phn529 replied to crazy4psych's topic in General Nursing

   I too really struggled with anxiety during nursing school. I knew I didn't want to do bedside if there was any possible way to avoid it. I was interested in psych too at one point for similar reasons as you but after a clinical rotation at one of the...

3. Nurse Family Partnership Home visitor RN

   phn529 replied to RamaMama's topic in Public/Community

   Yeah it's kind of crazy. On the one hand it's great that they match that much, but the annoying part is that they make us all take out 11.5%. You can't choose to do less, so on top of an already low salary it's kind of tough saying goodbye to an addi...

4. Nurse Family Partnership Home visitor RN

   phn529 replied to RamaMama's topic in Public/Community

   I am making the switch to NFP as well! I am making the transfer from a regular PHN position to NFP, and in my health department this is considered a lateral transfer, but my salary will now be grant funded instead of taxpayer funded. My salary and ot...

5. The Obesity Problem in Rural America

   phn529 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   I will say that in my experience I have found that not all rural areas are alike. Each community has different strengths and challenges. For the most part, rural areas in the Northeast are not really that rural, as other people have pointed out. I gr...

6. Is a Master's in Public Health a good return on investment?

   phn529 replied to ForeverDreaming's topic in Public/Community

   I'm far from an expert on this, but I would say try to get a PHN job first just to make sure it's what you really want to do. That being said, I know in some areas of the country it's really difficult to get your foot in the door in PH, so it might b...

7. tdap school requirements

   phn529 replied to cmtzrn's topic in School

   You are correct. The docs sometimes aren't used to seeing children with no immunization history. In my state we give kids with no vaccination record a 3 dose primary Tdap/Td series if they are age 7 or over. 1 dose Tdap, followed by Td 1 month later,...

8. Resources for Public Health RNs

   phn529 replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in Public/Community

   When I started at my job I had to do the New York PHN ready class. It's pretty long, but it's totally free and you can get a certificate at the end. I don't even live anywhere NY, but it's a great course that all of our new nurses need to do. I'd rec...

9. What's your favorite PH program?

   phn529 replied to phn529's topic in Public/Community

   Thank you for your reply @sourapril and for sharing that study. That's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. I've definitely been considering the MPH track once I pay off my undergrad student loans... thanks for the insight!

10. What's your favorite PH program?

    phn529 posted a topic in Public/Community

    My Health Department is currently in a period of transition, and we are going to start pushing towards more population based services. My nurse manager thinks this would be a good time for me to try to pursue my specific interests within public healt...

11. TB question

    phn529 replied to tiny_dancer's topic in General Nursing

    Get a second opinion. If your CXR is negative there is no reason to get TB treatment. I'm confused why they made you undergo treatment as a child, but if you're in an area of the country that doesn't have a lot of immigrants and is used to seeing onl...

12. Student Loan Debt

    phn529 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    Yes, I agree. I knew I would be in terrible debt going into college, and that was a choice I made. That being said, I definitely wasn't aware of how much my monthly payments would be, but I probably could have found out if I really wanted to.. Ignora...

13. Student Loan Debt

    phn529 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    Did you go to a public or private university? Private. There was no BSN program in my town, so for college I moved to a very expensive city a few hours away that has many highly ranked programs. If you chose a private university what advantages did y...

14. Job Search Begins. Advice?

    phn529 replied to PHhopeful's topic in Public/Community

    I think you're on the right track. Only list relevant experience. I think it's perfectly acceptable to have gaps in your employment history when you're still in school. If you have extra space to add more, I would add a "skills" section. Are you bili...

15. Health department mass exodus- am I being paranoid?

    phn529 replied to phn529's topic in Public/Community

    So here's an update! We had a huge meeting and it went as well as I could expect really. The department director values what the PHNs are doing, and the plan is to all work hard together in the upcoming months to come up with a new vision and plan. H...