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I did a similar job in NYC in the Spring and Summer, worked as a nursing assistant while finishing school during the surge. Now I’m hired by the unit as a RN. Definitely worth it!

If you’ve been there 5 years that’s plenty of time at one job. When I was burnt out at my job , the best thing I did was get out of there and find something more fulfilling. Good luck!

Absolutely take it! Happiness is the most important thing and loneliness is the worst. From what you’ve said it seems a no brainier to me. How long have you been in your current position? If you are happier you are more likely to progress and make mo...

Hi there. I was advised to repost this in this forum to see if I got some more advice. I got married this year to my American husband and I have my green card now (woop!) and will be moving over next year. I have a UK BSc Midwifery and 5 years of po...

No problem! Good luck with everything. I just checked on the ACNM website and it says: "In order to take the exam that is offered by the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB), which leads to the credential CNM or CM, the individual must ha...

Hi Maria! I hope I can help you out a bit. I think that your Spanish nursing qualifications will probably transfer to the US. The best way is to have your qualifications evaluated by an organization in the US. Hopefully a nursing agency will be fa...

Hi there! I've just been hired by NYP and was wondering if it qualifies for public service loan forgiveness? This might be a silly question. Anyone know? Thanks so much

Hi there. I did all my pre-requisites for nursing school living in London through John Hopkins online. I know at the time, not all programs accepted online pre-requs but this year they are probably not as strict. John Hopkins were OK, were fair...

Happy to reassure you. Most CNMs work in hospitals and work closely with physicians to achieve the best outcomes for pregnant people whether they have a completely blank medical/obstetric history or if they have had complications previously or ongoin...

For example- Columbia has a 15 months masters to get an RN (so you're not repeating your bachelors which is nice) and then the DNP midwifery is 2 years straight after that. Good luck with your search!

It’s got to be better than some of the regular/renal/cardiac trays I’ve been seeing! Get more plants to those patients

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No problem at all! Hope it helps. You can definitely do it cheaper but I wanted to get back to work quickly. So it’s over $100k for an Ivy League school on their accelerated 18 month program. It ain’t cheap! But the teaching is very good and pay over...

Don't worry- it is super confusing! So prior to like 2000 or so all UK nurses were 'general' trained. My aunt for example as part of her nursing did every large specialty (maternity, pads, adult, mental health). So it is easy for those nurses to qua...

Hi S1mm1! I'm doing the accelerated nursing masters and then a midwifery clinical doctorate so will end up being a CNM in 2022! Can't wait to be a CNM. It's fascinating seeing the similarities and differences between UK and US maternity care. Both h...

It’s easy and fairly accurate to date a pregnancy using a woman’s last menstrual period date. Ultrasounds are also not perfect- estimated due dates have a margin of several days either side. Babies have been weighed at homes and in hospitals for a l...

Yes. Definitely there is a middle ground. I come from a country where you have a national health service where there is no billing the patients and no charging insurance companies so people get what they need and nothing extra. In the US you can bill...

Sounds like you are a wonderful nurse. I wouldn’t loose any sleep about it. I tried to figure out the science between the care me and my colleagues provided and the praise we received but who knows?! Some of my most caring colleagues complain that th...

I can only speak from the UK but we would never separate mom and baby within the first 4 hours (unless in an emergency and one or both was very sick). The midwife (we don’t have OB nurses) would stay with the woman and baby, making them comfortable, ...

Yeh- don’t think you’ll find much because there are very few women that don’t have their spouse/partner in the labor room with them these days.

You could look at women's opinion on their birth experience. Like how satisfied they were with their birth experience or you could look at the rate of c sections or epidurals between different women using different types of support. Tbh, most women h...

Sounds like you are doing the right things, talking to colleagues and supervisor about it. Talk about it as much as you need to. It will take time. Time is a great healer and with time comes perspective too. Unfortunately birth is not without bad un...

I’m looking forward to comparing the two ways of working but with the two very different healthcare systems I feel it might be comparing apples to oranges. Im looking forward to having full prescription powers as we only have a narrow range of drugs...

Hi there! Had a question about how OB nurses work with CNMs in the labor room and in the postpartum floors of the hospitals. In the labor room, do the nurses do the observations of mums and vaginal examinations, fetal monitoring and the midwives over...

Nice! Best of luck with the NCLEX. I hear that it’s all in the preparation. Will you go into L&D nursing or another specialty?