Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Is 54 too old to get a doctorate degree?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I considered the DNP and at my age, 57, I decided against it. It won't be necessary within the next 5 years, and I would not enjoy doing it. The cost is relatively small, but for the time invested, if...

  2. Spooky experience cleaning the attic

    Oldmahubbard posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Years ago, when I was an RN, my boyfriend (who became my first husband) and I rented a house from a friend of his at work. Scott was a nice guy with some issues. His wife was a little "crazy" too,...

  3. Loss of all personal freedom.

    Oldmahubbard replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently there is an over-abundant supply of nurses, in that they can refuse employment to smokers, who are less desirable employees on several counts. If you keep looking, you will eventually find...

  4. Makes Me Feel Like Crying

    Oldmahubbard replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    We really deal with some deep "poop" in nursing, don't

  5. FNP Oversaturation

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

    No doubt there are physicians who would love to supervise 10, 20, or more advanced practice clinicians, taking half the billing for doing very little work, but it is illegal. The onus is on the NP or...

  6. FNP Oversaturation

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

    Same with NPs , however an experienced NP or PA is unlikely to contact the collaborator for "help" in a given week, or even a

  7. Makes Me Feel Like Crying

    Oldmahubbard replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for almost 30 years, and I have cared for dozens of spinal cord injuries. In all that time, I have only ever had one "guilty" quadriplegic. He was committing a crime when it...

  8. FNP Oversaturation

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

    In my local SNF facilities, the pts are primarily managed by NPs and PAs. The NP or PA is there every day, and the physician about once a week. I think this is appropriate. My speciality is psych, and...

  9. Compensation fair or not?

    Oldmahubbard replied to feelix's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have no information about that particular employment market. However, at 2000 a course, with no benefits, one would have to teach 50 courses a year to make 100k, and then also cover health insurance...

  10. New co-worker...my ex patient

    Oldmahubbard replied to BehavioralRN's topic in Psychiatric

    A couple of question come to mind- is he a professional in a monitoring program? Also, how long has it been since he was a patient there? A few months or 10

  11. Is 54 too old to get a doctorate degree?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    But your degree was paid

  12. Is 54 too old to get a doctorate degree?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    At your age, or really any age, I would question the job market, and the financing of the education. Otherwise, no, you are not too old, but consider the

  13. Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care

    Oldmahubbard replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds great. Idyllic, even. Everyone under one roof, and all on the same page with the mental health issue. Unfortunately this is the 1% of mental health

  14. Makes Me Feel Like Crying

    Oldmahubbard replied to Accolay's topic in General Nursing

    I've been doing this awhile and this never stops being

  15. Any Psych Nurse Practitioner's out there?

    Oldmahubbard replied to HealingThoughts's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I do talk to my patients, those that are capable of having a conversation, but very little of what I do would qualify as real psychotherapy. Supportive counseling, maybe. For a psych NP, it is all...

  16. Confessions of a Psych NP

    Oldmahubbard posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm the one you may have heard about. There are a lot of rumors about me circulating at our LTC facility : The Psych NP took a patient off clozaril for no good reason. It's true that we didn't know...

  17. I hate the politics in nursing

    Oldmahubbard replied to cwill2015's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The OP has been hijacked, but 1,000,000 would not be enough to quit it all in most parts of the country, unless your house and health care were all paid for. Then it might be, if you were willing to...

  18. Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care

    Oldmahubbard replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    From my perspective as a Psych NP. While I applaud the willingness of PCP's to prescribe antidepressants and anxiolytics to their patients, I question if they have the background, as well as the time,...

  19. How I passed ANCC Psychiatic Mental Health NP Exam

    Oldmahubbard replied to MLGDNP12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have to disagree. By far the most difficult part of this test was the requirement of getting a passport, and getting certified copies of my transcripts. When I took it in 2007, the typical question...

  20. Help save my career

    Oldmahubbard replied to ccw123's topic in Advanced Practice

    I agree, a LTC facility might be good. Look for one with an EMR, they are not all "high tech". The EMR with remote access is a life saver. The work is normally at your own pace, and you can look...

  21. Is finding a preceptor always hard?

    Oldmahubbard replied to terfernay's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Finding a preceptor is likely to be difficult, often very difficult, for many reasons. Decades ago, if you had been an RN for many years, and an MD thought you would make a good NP, they would...

  22. Do you want to become an NP?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Riburn3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great post. I have known some NPs who have made it work out for them financially, and some who have not. Some of that is due to random factors, ie luck. I would agree money isn't everything, and...

  23. Do we have no rights?

    Oldmahubbard replied to blarn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You don't give any real specifics, so it is difficult to answer this, however, my experience in a similar situation was that any leeway will not be in favor of the student. If you were initially...

  24. For new or prospective Psych NPs

    Oldmahubbard posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had been in practice as a Psych NP for several years when a 17 year old male was referred by his mother, also a patient. He had no previous known diagnoses of any kind, to include ADHD, but he was...

  25. CCNE Accreditation Comments

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

    The only thing different here from the status quo, which is poor quality, is that the preceptors are arranged by the