Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. ABSN Loan Considerations and Advice

    Oldmahubbard replied to jleegato's topic in General Students

    My experience is that people who borrow money for living expenses as an adult student end up regretting it. The hole is too deep. As a second career person around 30, I did the community college ADN....

  2. BSN transferring to LPN program?

    Oldmahubbard replied to nursetobequestionmark's topic in General Students

    When I went through a similar and very difficult time years ago, my spirituality was what saved me. But you have to be extremely careful in talking about it, which is why I almost never

  3. New Grad NP salary Texas

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

    The OP's question was, it is financially worthwhile to get an NP license in their part of the country? I can't answer that. For me, the degree eventually paid off, but there was quite a bit of luck...

  4. Is getting your DNP worth it?

    Oldmahubbard replied to brookeg30's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am a Master's prepared NP. I looked into the DNP, and while a few programs were decent quality, most looked to me like a silly degree on paper that no intelligent person would respect. As such a...

  5. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    Oldmahubbard replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree. They had been told, and repeatedly. This insistence that everything be perfect is part of the great overutilization of resources that greatly drives up costs, without improving...

  6. Uncomfortable with practices at new job

    Oldmahubbard replied to Lostinmyownthoughts's topic in General Nursing

    Good Lord. Your story makes me think of multiple famous whistleblower cases. Not that many years ago, a physician in my state was blinded in an MVA. He continued to operate, and nothing would have...

  7. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    Oldmahubbard replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    To me, it is the same old nonsense where we never talk about

  8. New Grad NP salary Texas

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

    I have a few thoughts. Yes there are some selective and decent NP programs from big name schools. Thank goodness. I hope they are better than the ones I am most familiar with. They actually vet their...

  9. Robot tells man he'll be dead in hours

    Oldmahubbard replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I greatly disagree that there is anything wrong with this. The patient had been told many times that his condition was very serious, and probably terminal. The controversy is all about the bull...

  10. Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Oldmahubbard replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't stand extensively without pain when I finished nursing school at the age of 30. Arthritis. I did my time in the hospital, not even a year, and moved on to home health and then psych. It...

  11. New Grad NP salary Texas

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

    I wanted very desperately to be a Psych NP, and I would have been content with a very small raise, which I didn't even get until I had been working awhile. I had to prove myself. Anyone will probably...

  12. New Grad NP salary Texas

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

    Nothing silly about it. From the dark ages when I became an NP, to the present day, there never has been a guarantee that you would make a lot more as an NP, or that you would even like the job. It's...

  13. My IV Skills are Terrible!!!

    Oldmahubbard replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    I think there is some self fulfilling prophecy here. A new nurse randomly gets lucky or unlucky on the first few sticks, and then they think " I am good at this" or "I cannot do this". Then it seems...

  14. urgent care documentation

    Oldmahubbard replied to lovevaibhav1's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think you may need to address what is happening in your primary care job. The documentation requirements sound

  15. Living paycheck to paycheck

    Oldmahubbard replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    I would not expect a nurse working a .8 position in LTC and supporting another person to have any money left over. No mystery involved. For many years I worked 6 days a week in home care to pay our...

  16. do you think your school prepared you or

    Oldmahubbard replied to direw0lf's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Psych is a completely different animal. Several years of inpatient psych RN experience are needed to smell the difference between major mental illness and personality disorders. If you can't smell it...

  17. Lost job over HIPAA violation

    Oldmahubbard replied to MInurse19's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    From my experience, in situations where someone is fired over a technicality, they were looking for a reason to fire the person. Usually

  18. Can ANP works as PMHNP?

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

    Even if you can, you shouldn't. Unless you have extensive background in psych and thoroughly know the diseases and the meds. And even then, no. Unless you don't mind handing out abilify to everyone...

  19. Older nurses...chasing that carrot

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    The person in any field who can retire before they are eligible for Medicare is a rare bird. Even if you have a little money, your medical expenses would eat it all up. Most of us will work to 65....

  20. Why don't more NPs advocate for better training?

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

    All I know is I personally needed every last minute of my 4 years working as an RN in the mental health field before I became a Psych NP. I doubt anyone can get psych out of a book. Too many...

  21. DEA, should employer pay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to lovely07's topic in Advanced Practice

    I pay for it and the employer reimburses me when they are good and ready. That is pretty

  22. DEA, should employer pay?

    Oldmahubbard replied to lovely07's topic in Advanced Practice

    That type of thing is usually up front when pay and benefits are discussed. Are they covering your malpractice? My experience is that most employers do, but there is nothing that says they have

  23. Job market FL vs. CO

    Oldmahubbard replied to LLLovely's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think autonomy is closely connected to more money. You don't have to ask anybody's permission, you just go ahead, do it, and bill, haha. Consider also that the DNP will add extra time and money into...

  24. Lost job over HIPAA violation

    Oldmahubbard replied to MInurse19's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Firing an otherwise good employee over this seems excessive to

  25. Idaho RN Accessory After the Fact in Colorado Murder

    Oldmahubbard replied to hollyvk's topic in Nursing News

    Smart enough to pass A and P, but not smart enough to know that no man is worth this. She has bigger problems than her RN