Steph in Boston

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1. Midwives in North Carolina, Asheville area.

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all! I just recieved some great news last week: I am 6 weeks pregnant! I am going to be finishing up school in Boston until July, but then I am moving to the Asheville, NC area. Does anyone know of good, sound, midwifery practices in that area w...

2. Nursing at UMB

   Steph in Boston replied to caffine's topic in General Students

   Hey! I am a literature major at UMB, and I love it here! I am about to graduate this summer, and this was my third college, and the best by far. The two colleges I went to before were private and small too... UMB is great from my standpoint. An i...

3. Travel between Alaska and Hawaii?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Travel

   I just got a really good idea this morning: has anyone heard of someone spending summers in Alaska, then traveling to Hawaii for the winter? This seems like it could be an awesome setup for a few years...! Steph

4. CNA in a nursing home.

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Career Support

   I will be starting work as a CNA for the first time this August, in a local nursing home. This nursing home has various levels of patients, from low to high functioning. Can someone who has already been down this path prepare me for what to expect?...

5. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts

   Hey Ted, Thanks for the advice! It is so great to hear from two nurses that are satisfied with working at Fairview! I was worried about that little hospital for a while, worried it would close soon. But it is such an asset to the southern Berkshir...

6. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts

   Hey Missy, I did go to MMRHS! But I also "dropped out" in my junior year to go to Simons Rock. By reading your bio, you are 11 years older than me, so I guess that we couldn't have gone to school together. But I bet if I saw your face, I would rec...

7. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts

   Hi there, I grew up in Great Barrington, and always thought Fairview was a nice hospital, although I know they are always having trouble with funding, and threatening to close. How are things there now? And where in CT are you going? To another ho...

8. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Massachusetts

   Any MA nurses here work at Fairview, BMC, or North Adams hospital? I am from the Berkshires, hoping to become a nurse soon! How is working in the Berkshires as a nurse? I need to know in case I decide to move back home to work and live... Thanks! ...

9. Midwives: where do you work?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have an interest in becoming a CNM once I get my BSN. I like the idea of working in a small practice with other midwives and an MD. I was hoping to find out what sorts of situations some midwives out there are working in. Hospital? Private practi...

10. Just starting out. Advice?

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Career Support

    Orrnlori, I hope being a cna is the right thing for me to do. I get different responses whenever I ask people if being a cna will give me a decent preview of nursing life. Some say yes, others say not so much. But I figure it will give me a better...

11. Just starting out. Advice?

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Career Support

    Orrnlori, I hope being a cna is the right thing for me to do. I get different responses whenever I ask people if being a cna will give me a decent preview of nursing life. Some say yes, others say not so much. But I figure it will give me a better...

12. Simmons or Johns Hopkins?

    Steph in Boston replied to akp73's topic in Massachusetts

    Hey! I have not yet applied to nursing schools, but both Simmons and Johns Hopkins are on my list. I also live in Boston. I have three friends who go to Simmons for liberal arts, and they find it challenging. One of my friends is already working o...

13. My best friend in nursing school was ordered to terminally sedate a stroke patient.

    Steph in Boston replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    I read about a case that I believe occured in the 1990's when a registered nurse gave a suffering cancer patient a gradual does of painkillers in order to help ease her into death. They called this technique "snowing" and the article claimed that it...

14. Just starting out. Advice?

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Career Support

    What about nursing do you dislike so much? If you hadn't gone into nursing, what do you think would draw your interest? I have the broad goal to devote my life to helping other people get through lifes' struggles. Being only 20, and at the beginnin...

15. Which would you choose??

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Career Support

    Ok, that is good advice. I have to apply for the two-week one, and they only accept a select number of people. But the nice thing about the nursing home 4-week program is that I can walk there from home, so that makes it easier. I think I will tur...