ahcolwell

ahcolwell has 2 years experience.

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1. Board of Nursing and Complaint Filed Against Them

   ahcolwell replied to ahcolwell's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate the response, but I ended up having to just get a word of mouth lawyer to help me. I'm hoping to be able to retain her.

2. Board of Nursing and Complaint Filed Against Them

   ahcolwell posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I believe I have a case of which could be discrimination with the board. I have never done anything ever, including being impaired. I do have a mental illness, but it does not impair me in a way of which I would be "unfit" to practice. I have spok...

3. Career Change

   ahcolwell posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I am deciding to change my career. I want to know what I could do with my BSN or if I should just go back to school for a new bachelors while I work as a RN until I can start the new career or just start at the bottom. The problem with a BSN is t...

4. A Stupid Mistake

   ahcolwell posted a topic in Safety

   I made an error in judgment as a triage phone nurse and it made a child's blood sugar drop and he had to go to the ER. I just found out and it happened a week ago. My gut said to send him in, but I got scared and backtracked after looking at some res...

5. Can I be a registered nurse if I have bipolar disorder?

   ahcolwell replied to MeAndArmini's topic in Disabilities

   So to give my experience.... I never once revealed I had a mood disorder and/or panic disorder to any one. I tried to keep certain people aware, but so far, only a group of people (the people I work with now) have shown any respect for my illness. I ...

6. What's your best School Nurse advice ?

   ahcolwell replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   It may not be good for me to post it here, but how did you deal with being new to pediatrics or having no pediatrics nursing experience? I have recently accepted a position for school nurse and I have no experience in pediatrics. I have only 2 years ...

7. Need advice [School Nurse Job]

   ahcolwell replied to ahcolwell's topic in General Nursing

   Oh thank you ^_^ I'll read that section then.

8. Need advice [School Nurse Job]

   ahcolwell posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I applied for and got hired for a school nurse job. I have never worked with pediatrics and I'm increasingly nervous about starting to work for a school system or even pick up shifts here and there since I'm hired through a staffing agency. What k...