Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Is my (50K) BSN worthless?

    Oldmahubbard replied to boxofrain's topic in General Nursing

    I had no intention of working OB, so my very limited experience there was not an issue. Same with peds. I studied very hard to understand the usual adult diseases that result in hospitalization. But I...

  2. I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

    Oldmahubbard replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know some Public health Nurses that have the perfect schedule, and make 40k. They say they are very happy. I guess the husband is in a solid 150k job, or there is a family

  3. Hands on Training in school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in General Nursing

    Where I went, the nurses had zero to do with us. They were busy people and we were not there to reduce their load. That idea would have been hilarious. We were closely observed by the instructor to do...

  4. Hands on Training in school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in General Nursing

    No where near anything to that degree. Our clinicals were mostly 4 hours a week. Meet up for an hour. Two hour to assess the pt and do a little care. Meet up to discuss the care for an hour. I guess I...

  5. Would you stay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    I wish you well, but your comments suggest that you have not learned your lesson about handing out prescriptions to acquaintances and/or co-workers. And you barely even know these people. Most NP...

  6. what to do if you disagree with PA's treatment

    Oldmahubbard replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    This same thing could well happen with an MD, but it is

  7. Masters vs DNP?

    Oldmahubbard replied to sicurnccrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I never had any of this weirdness for my BSN. I was an ADN grad. We were required to take the toughest course first, and if you passed that, your odds were very good. There were no silly games about...

  8. Would you stay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    I worry and wonder about people who have studied a whole bunch of bull fees nursing theory, but don't know you can't just hand out prescriptions to anybody. This is not to denigrate the OP, an NP...

  9. Would you stay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    Just don't rx for an employee or a

  10. Interesting way to manage patients

    Oldmahubbard replied to Dontstressdoyourbest's topic in Nursing News

    Regular use of benadryl is never appropriate for sleep. My

  11. Regret Becoming an NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    from what I can see, you are in the south, which is almost universally

  12. Would you stay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    You don't say specifically what you were written up for, or who did the write up. Was it your supervisor? One is always taking a chance treating a fellow employee in this type of situation. I probably...

  13. Is my (50K) BSN worthless?

    Oldmahubbard replied to boxofrain's topic in General Nursing

    I did my ADN at a CC decades ago, and our clinicals were 95% observation, or shadowing. In no way were we caring for patients. The hospital used to hire RN students as nurse's aides. I did this one...

  14. Regret Becoming an NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    I love the autonomy, the respect, and never being forced to work evenings or weekends, although the option is sometimes open for extra income. I love being a provider. I am an outlier, income wise,...

  15. I look 15 when I'm 22 and I'm about to start my job as a nurse!

    Oldmahubbard replied to Zurse's topic in General Nursing

    In the Miracle Worker film, Anne Sullivan informed Helen Keller's family that she was in her

  16. Nurse Beaten by Patient Denied Request for Unpaid Time Off and Fired

    Oldmahubbard replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    Yesterday

  17. Masters vs DNP?

    Oldmahubbard replied to sicurnccrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Starting after the BSN, the DNP is at least 3 years of full time school, which is an enormous commitment, with no guaranteed significant salary raise. The MSN requirement for NPs was very appropriate,...

  18. Capella University vs Western Governors University (WGU) - What is Your Experience?

    Oldmahubbard replied to rn2bbsn's topic in School, College Programs

    Please tell me this meaningless degree is not possible Doable in 6-8 months?

  19. Bad day, Bad year

    Oldmahubbard replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    Do something nice for yourself over the weekend. A massage maybe, even if you can't really afford

  20. Suspended for touching a child's head and face

    Oldmahubbard replied to GG66's topic in Emergency

    I have never worked with kids, but I would probably not touch a person's face. However, I disagree with the

  21. Are Braids Professional?

    Oldmahubbard replied to POB21's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    On the other hand, huge elaborate hairdos in multiple colors to me are over the top, and I have seen

  22. I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

    Oldmahubbard replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I did work M-F, 8 to 4 for the last few years of my RN career to get experience at a mental health clinic, while I worked on my Psych NP degree. The pay was absolutely awful. Less than LTC. It was a...

  23. A lost nursing student...

    Oldmahubbard replied to lvng4themoment's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    As you go along in life, different experiences will challenge your way of thinking. Rigid idealism usually dies a natural death as you see what the world of work is like. In almost any type of...

  24. What's Happening at the VA Hospitals?

    Oldmahubbard replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I know almost nothing about it, except that an NP and an MD friend both failed to make their probationary period at the VA. In retrospect, they said it was a blessing in disguise, because the place...

  25. Suspended for touching a child's head and face

    Oldmahubbard replied to GG66's topic in Emergency

    With your experience, you should be able to get another job, which is the direction I definitely