Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Leaving federal job for nursing school

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest62419's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My husband would get some sleep during the day for 2 or 3 days, and then very little sleep, and soon he would start to get paranoid. This went on for many years, before I even knew him. I do not...

  2. Leaving federal job for nursing school

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest62419's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My husband, not a nurse, was a completely different person when he stopped working

  3. Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

    Oldmahubbard replied to FromMNtoCA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not that many years ago, taking an OTC med off the cart was not considered a big deal. Things have gotten a lot tighter since then. For one thing we have strict computerized access to med carts. And...

  4. Leaving federal job for nursing school

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest62419's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No way. You are already doing fairly well for yourself. From what I can tell, you have no great call to nursing. Nursing won't get you much of a paycheck bump. In fact, after a student loan and the...

  5. Social Anxiety

    Oldmahubbard replied to Blessed RN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took medication for social anxiety a number of years ago and it helped a great deal. Eventually, I didn't need it. Something to

  6. Opinions: Online ARNP/CRNA

    Oldmahubbard replied to CritCare_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There is no online CRNA. Thankfully. They have maintained their standards and we have not. In other advanced practice fields, if you want to be any good, you must have extensive experience in the...

  7. NP or PA?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Reaz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As usual, you are right on the money and thanks for your

  8. NP or PA?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Reaz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My understanding is that PA programs are 2 years, full time, in person, B and M, you cannot work, and no exceptions. They are also very, very competitive. We all know what NP programs are. Total crap...

  9. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    But if it didn't come directly out of their pocket, probably

  10. post-masters PMHNP what job to take in the meantime

    Oldmahubbard replied to kelseykelsey4's topic in Advanced Practice

    No insurance company will credential you unless you are a PMHNP. As a PMHNP you are theoretically credentialed on paper to do therapy, but you have had so little training as to be laughable. You will...

  11. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was exaggerating a bit to say we haven't saved the public a nickel. We just haven't saved the public anywhere near what you would expect, given our salaries have been 40%, and sometimes less, of...

  12. post-masters PMHNP what job to take in the meantime

    Oldmahubbard replied to kelseykelsey4's topic in Advanced Practice

    Part II. The so called money in Psych is in seeing 3 and 4 patients an hour. These types of posts very much worry me. Call me old

  13. Co-worker issue

    Oldmahubbard replied to weluvoands's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much we should be able to eyeball who needs a larger cuff. It has never been rocket science. This is a common error in my

  14. post-masters PMHNP what job to take in the meantime

    Oldmahubbard replied to kelseykelsey4's topic in Advanced Practice

    Naturally I am going to suggest getting extensive experience in Psych before getting a PMHNP. For one thing, you may feel very differently about therapy after you truly see it in action. PMHNP's in...

  15. Miles on my car

    Oldmahubbard replied to friendlylark's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You are either paid for your mileage, and the use of your car, or you are not. The bean counters have this down to an exact science, and so should

  16. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Oldmahubbard replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    The situation is sad. I was a deaconess in a church more than 10 years ago, and I gave a fairly large monthly donation for several years. The pastor then became very anti-gay, literally screaming...

  17. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Oldmahubbard replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    There are parts of this country, the red states, where I just wouldn't live, for many reasons. Religious beliefs elevates some people, and makes others into despots. It seems unfair, but my advice to...

  18. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Oldmahubbard replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I am an old, old lady, but I can recall some awkward encounters with healthcare professionals 40 years ago, because I was a young, sexually active woman, and not married. Nobody ever exactly refused...

  19. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Oldmahubbard replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    These are not Christian

  20. Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

    Oldmahubbard replied to exelor's topic in General Nursing

    This could go either way. Your motive for stealing the drugs could be deemed innocent. You might get a slap on the wrist. Or things could go very poorly for you, since the lapse in judgement was not...

  21. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    Oldmahubbard replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    I do not personally know any health care professionals who are so intolerant of transgender people, that they would refuse to provide them emergency care. Somewhere in the vast miles that constitute...

  22. Credentialing as FNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to HhnurseNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I worked for the state for the first few years and didn't need boards. When I finally took them, the experience was very anticlimactic. Much too

  23. Credentialing as FNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to HhnurseNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    You have completed your degree and are taking the boards a few days before official

  24. Credentialing as FNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to HhnurseNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I remember back in the day, 2006 or 2007, everyone was ridiculously clueless about the process. Insurance companies, NPI, physicians. Everyone. As though NP's were a brand new thing. I stumbled around...

  25. Any regrets becoming a NP?

    Oldmahubbard replied to DesertSky's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Every NP position is so different, it is so very hard to judge. Even within the same field. I was treated as lower than canine feces as an RN, so for me, there has never been a