horvie

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1. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

   horvie replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a district public health agency as Assistant Director, supervising 3 nurses and 2 health educators. We have grant funded projects working with women's health issues (breast cancer outreach and referral, senior services, heart health, prenat...

2. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

   horvie replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Way back when I was a new grad...1971 from Villanova with a BSN...my first job was for a district health department, making $7600 per year! It's hard to believe I was paid so little back then. Work for $11 per hour now? No way...I've worked too hard...

3. Universal coverage for pregnant women and children = 9 days of DOD spending

   horvie replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism

   Back to the original post.....I remember when people used to pay for their medical care out of pocket....when "insurance" was used to cover the out of the ordinary medical expenses. (Now you all can imagine how old I really am!!) It pains me today to...

4. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

   horvie replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   That's too bad. I have been in nursing for 35 years....never worked in a hospital. Went directly into a small suburban home care setting, then shortly after that to a big city health department. Became a pediatric nurse practitioner and worked for se...

5. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   horvie replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   Where can I get that great nurse smiley? Deb @ [email protected]