Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. RNs and up - Do you really use all of the "gen-ed" course material on the job?

    Oldmahubbard replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    I am a first career teacher, second career RN, third career NP. In every educational setting, it seemed like a game to figure out which small percentage of this pablum we are feeding you will...

  2. Work-life balance?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not to play the Psych NP here, but I have seen people who could never get efficient at charting because of anxiety or perfectionism. No matter what they wrote, or dictated, they always felt it wasn't...

  3. RNs and up - Do you really use all of the "gen-ed" course material on the job?

    Oldmahubbard replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely never used an ounce of the A and P or microbiology labs I had to endure. Complete waste of time and money. 60 years ago, somebody said A and P and Micro have to have a lab component. The...

  4. Fallouts During Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to KMGS17's topic in General Students

    Very, very few friendships are for life. They just aren't. It hurts when they end, but as you get older, it seems to hurt less and less. You realize that most friendships are the convenience type....

  5. Exploding Demand for Family Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to Carson-Newman Online's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OK, I will know to skip these in the future.

  6. Minimum level of experience for FNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to grumpygorillaface's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was a second career RN and a third career PMHNP. On the one hand, I know the benefit of having experience in the field. I considered my mental health job to be clinical hours, every single one of...

  7. So Frustrated I want to quit nursing altogether

    Oldmahubbard replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    You've been in nursing 4 years, and this is the first time you are so fed up you think of quitting the field altogether? You have been very lucky. Keep moving on and moving

  8. MAT program

    Oldmahubbard replied to glogirl's topic in Advanced Practice

    As a PMHNP, and yes I got my degree some 15 years ago, we had a laughable hour of training in addiction. If that? I don't remember any, truth be told. The role has expanded since I went to school, and...

  9. RNs and up - Do you really use all of the "gen-ed" course material on the job?

    Oldmahubbard replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Let me just say, studying The Death of Ivan Ilyich in my English 101 class has informed and shaped my thinking on that topic for the last 30 years. That being said, there is a great deal in any...

  10. 60 arrested across 5 states in 'Appalachia' opioid takedown, including physicians and nurse practitioners.

    Oldmahubbard replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    When I looked up the "Rock Doc" in TN, it seemed like he was just begging to be arrested. Seek and ye shall

  11. Preparing for the First Semester of NP School

    Oldmahubbard replied to Kayla18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As I recall, the fluff courses are at the beginning. The main thing is that papers are written in APA format, that is all they seem to care about. I took my time going through the program. I worked...

  12. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Oldmahubbard replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    At one time, I had a grand passion and a calling to be a Psych NP, but it is mostly extinguished now. I think I am actually a better provider without it. I never get overinvolved, which used to happen...

  13. RN vs NP Quality of Life

    Oldmahubbard replied to dana16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Dramatic improvement here. The stress level I perceive is actually lower, mostly because I have more control. Much more

  14. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    She was apparently spoken to. The pt decompensated after she d/c'd the antipsychotic. The man had done time in prison for murder. Not sure what was in her mind. Maybe like the Grinch, her shoes were...

  15. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    All's well that ends well. Apparently. Someone obviously talked to her about her practice (not her shoes, haha). As they should have. She called me today. We were cordial and she apologized. Hopefully...

  16. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    Damn jealous I am. I had to give away all of my high heels, to include simple wedges some 10 years ago due to OA of the knee. I guess it helps I have been married twice, both husbands shorter, the...

  17. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    She doesn't know what she doesn't know. Not even close. Maybe she has gone through life on the halo effect. It's real. Don't wear stilettos to work in case you ever have to run, people. Listen to an...

  18. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    I learned today other people have made complaints about her. Nothing to do with the

  19. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    I think if you are going to do any of the above, medial or psych, quite a lot of research is required. Which wasn't done in this case, in fact no note at all was even

  20. I have made a complaint against an NP

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

    Ok, I was rather upset after an FNP discontinued an antipsychotic when she was advised not to, more than once, based on the pt's psychiatric diagnosis and legal history. He did 25 years for a...

  21. The urban legend of license loss

    Oldmahubbard posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For many years, I worked as a Psych NP in forensics, where we had a large population of inmates who would threaten suicide if they were discharged back to prison. This was usually after observing them...

  22. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Oldmahubbard replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    So why would any NP work as an RN, when you are required to assess but can't do anything? Sounds like a complete lose/lose proposition. Sounds like a story behind it, too. I would love to hear. There...

  23. Experience for PMHNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to RN356's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Whatever you do in psych, you will pretty rarely find a simple answer in a pill. Although I have been wrong more than once on who will respond to medication, haha. Still learning some 15 and 20 years...

  24. Experience for PMHNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to RN356's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's hard, if not nearly impossible, to make a living in outpatient psych. Too many obstacles. The real problem is usually poverty. Another big tip. You don't fill out social security disability...

  25. would you tell a manager how toxic her floor is?

    Oldmahubbard replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    We must vote with our