liathA RN, EMT-B

liathA has 1 years experience as a RN, EMT-B.

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1. Beginning to question if nursing is for me

   liathA replied to liathA's topic in Student Assist

   Update: I am a nurse now :) It’s definitely a mixed bag, but that’s true of everywhere I’ve worked in the past so it’s not so different. I’ve found I do best in environments where the people who work there are busy and don’t have too much extra ...

2. Beginning to question if nursing is for me

   liathA posted a topic in Student Assist

   So I'm currently four months from graduating my RN program. For the most part things have gone reasonably well. I've had setbacks here and there, but up until this point I've enjoyed my clinical experiences and have gotten good feedback from my profe...

3. My Body Is Not My Resume: Exploring Nursing Dress Codes

   liathA replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   I think a clean, put-together, professional appearance is important. Some people can be clean, put-together, and professional looking and have tattoos and piercings and odd-colored hair. Other people can look like absolute slobs and have no body modi...

4. Graduating RN BSN at 32

   liathA replied to bluestar776's topic in General Students

   I think the average age in my Associate's program is about 30. There are some younger, a few quite a bit older, but pretty much everyone is coming from some other kind of life or work experience. Only a couple are recent high school grads. We've got ...

5. Comes to ER, told to follow up, doesn't, comes back, gets angry

   liathA replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   Is there a possibility of providing patient education here? If the patient doesn't have insurance or a primary care provider, is there one or more low-cost/sliding fee clinics in your area that can be recommended so that they can start to build a rel...

6. How did you get accepted into your ADN program?

   liathA replied to DevinTheGirl's topic in General Students

   We had to get a minimum cut-off score on the TEAS, but otherwise, admissions at my school are first-come-first-served instead of competitive. They start a new cohort every 20 weeks and the next two are already full - they're trying to figure out a wa...

7. Is it standard practice for a CNA training school to ask for your SSN

   liathA replied to Whitney.'s topic in CNA/MA

   Depending on what kind of school it is, they may issue a 1098-t at the end of the year, and depending on your tax status you may be eligible for a deduction or credit based on your tuition payments - they'd need your ssn for that, because it's an irs...

8. The Men in OB Debate: Help!

   liathA replied to jay_prn's topic in General Nursing

   I've actually found that in a lot of cases working in a women's-health space can make men into stronger providers - I actually usually prefer a male OBGYN, for instance, because I've yet to meet one that didn't have an excellent bedside manner and a ...

9. Depakote: valproic acid or divalproex sodium?

   liathA replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in Psychiatric

   Depakote is divalproex sodium. Depakene is valproic acid. I believe the main reason the terms for valproates are often used interchangeably is because they all become valproic acid within the body - one of the nice things about Depakote is that you c...

10. Accelerated Programs vs. Community College/4 Year

    liathA replied to Bacon_bits's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I would go with the accelerated program. Logic - You said you're currently having a hard time finding entry level healthcare work since you don't have any experience - that may continue. Extending your education costs more, and also costs you the ...

11. Should I pursue a career in nursing? Or should I take a different route?

    liathA replied to briannad's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You may want to do some investigating into other allied health fields - there's a lot out there other than just nurses and doctors. Physical and Occupational Therapists and Assistants, Medical Assistants, Surgical Techs, etc. etc. etc. There's a wi...

12. Pursuing RN with a Non-Nursing Bachelor's Degree

    liathA replied to MiiSzAshley's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I would go for either an ADN or BSN - whichever local program that would get me to licensure the fastest (based on transfer credits I already have, pre-requisite requirements, etc.), and qualifies me to work as an RN in my local job market. The key ...

13. Deciding between nursing school and pre-med and medical school?

    liathA replied to renae0404's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Medicine and nursing have very different education and career tracks. To become an M.D. you need to complete your undergrad with a very high GPA, and other things to make you a competitive applicant for medical school. Even if you're a competitive a...

14. How do I go in business for myself ?

    liathA replied to Kenyanna1983's topic in CNA/MA

    As a CNA, I don't know if you can. You may be able to market yourself or retrain as a home health aide or personal care attendant - check your state laws to see what the legal requirements are in your area. As far as I know, though, you cannot mark...

15. I can't take one more day of psych!!!!

    liathA replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Addiction is an inherently difficult topic and addicts are often difficult people to deal with. You may need to change specialty if you can't handle them anymore. Something I like to remind myself of is that just because someone is addicted to pain ...