Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Is it like this everywhere now?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I don't envy anyone. The pressures have greatly increased and the temptation for fraud goes with it. Documenting things you didn't do. Horrible quality documentation, which I see all the time at the...

  2. Home Genetic Testing - Should You?

    Oldmahubbard replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I did Ancestry DNA a few years back. I am an amateur genealogist. So far, there have not been any skeletons in the closet. I have a well researched, public tree, making it relatively easy to catch a...

  3. Can an RN make $200K a year working 24 hours a week?

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

    If you are making the 200k range, you are already one of the very lucky folks who don't pay Social Security tax on much of their income. Income taxes are based on marginal rates. There is no such...

  4. And The Reason Nurses Don't Get Fired

    Oldmahubbard replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    In reading through these, it is apparent that being fired, or not being fired, often has little to do with performance. In my experience, people are usually fired because they are personally...

  5. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    Oldmahubbard replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    The Psych NP boards are an absolute joke, for

  6. In a perfect world, how would YOU like to see nursing education improved?

    Oldmahubbard replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    A few ideas. Eliminate any type of nursing theory course at any level. Au revoir, bon voyage, and nobody will miss you. You are a great drain on the profession, and you should die a natural death. Get...

  7. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    Oldmahubbard replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    There is overhead. In the US, it is

  8. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    Oldmahubbard replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    You mentioned lower costs. Just so you know, our low salaries are never passed on to the public. Not ever. Never have been since NP's were invented. One of the reasons why we are

  9. America needs more mental health providers. Nurses want to help, if states let them.

    Oldmahubbard replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Does it pay more? Haha. I have known people to do quite well with it, and others not. I think many people don't have the fortitude to do psych. I wanted to use another word, but fortitude will have to...

  10. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Oldmahubbard replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the degree of bullying that is allowed to exist in nursing greatly surpasses anything conceivable in any other profession, and sometimes even strains credulity. That was my experience. For...

  11. America needs more mental health providers. Nurses want to help, if states let them.

    Oldmahubbard replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Interesting. With the long standing rumor that PMHNP's make great money ( it isn't always true), I wonder why we don't have a huge glut? Especially considering that the bar to enter graduate school...

  12. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

    Oldmahubbard replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

    Just hilarious. Unless your spouse is a billionaire, and then none of it matters, it's just a silly hobby. OK, end of very brief

  13. Why did you become a NP?

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

    I was not ever very interested in the RN role, I only hoped to be able to tolerate it. That was not in the cards. In my day, we thought people had to be RN's for 8 or 10 years before transitioning to...

  14. What are the low stress nurse practitioner jobs

    Oldmahubbard replied to Azureshunter's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    LTC is where the low stress is at! Seriously, your employer may have some productivity expectations, but it is mostly at your own pace. Even better to have a remote access EHR, you can look things up...

  15. Feeling embarrassed, ask the md a stupid question

    Oldmahubbard replied to RobertJo's topic in General Nursing

    To paraphrase what my mother used to say, I hope this is the most embarrassing thing that ever happens to you as a nurse. In other words, forget about

  16. APRN Dual Certifications Benefits?

    Oldmahubbard replied to N10SVFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I did this years ago. Got hired in psych, and there the ANP gradually ended. Zero benefit to dual degrees. No one will care, or recognize it. I was afraid I could not get a job in psych. I suppose if...

  17. PMHNP Time Management advice

    Oldmahubbard replied to BishopLPN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Holding people to the most basic educational standards is now considered disrespect. NP's are competing with other professions who are not allowed to work at all, while they attend school. Their...

  18. Nurse Accused of Taking Naked Photos of Nursing Home Patients

    Oldmahubbard replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I feel just the opposite. let's see all the people who lay around in their own excrement for many

  19. Nurse Accused of Taking Naked Photos of Nursing Home Patients

    Oldmahubbard replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Time will tell, apparently. I wish more pictures were taken around the places I

  20. Interesting Interview

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Rest assured, you'll bring in close to 400k, so somehow, someway, they will figure out how scrape together your 140k. Not to be too snide. It's a good job.

  21. Nurse Accused of Taking Naked Photos of Nursing Home Patients

    Oldmahubbard replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    I find this quite odd and I would like to know her intentions. Perhaps I don't know all the details . Extremely unlikely, from my perspective, that she was trying to make a Mediao with the pictures....

  22. It Can Happen to You: BON

    Oldmahubbard replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Nursing Career

    I left hospital nursing 25+ years ago after we could not offer patients narcotics after surgery. Never would I participate in such barbarism again. Thankfully, I have been able to make a living...

  23. Anxious, depressed, and might need to go to HR.

    Oldmahubbard replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I became a Psych NP after suffering through a number of toxic crazies, narcissists, paranoids, passive-aggressive, and every other type of personality disorder in nursing. Some of whom make it into...

  24. Augmenting your education for bad NP programs

    Oldmahubbard replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Before I became world famous as a Psych NP ( ok people, let me have a little fun), I did an Adult NP program. This is not an endorsement of doing 2 NP programs, please don't do what I did. I went to a...

  25. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

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

    When I graduated in 2003, nobody was interested in new grads and this was still the brick and mortar era. I took a job that paid the same as my RN position. It eventually got better. It took several...