Selke

Selke

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  1. Deathbed visions

    Selke replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I was dying from complications from a spinal fusion when I was 14 and for 3 days and nights saw my dead grandparents and various other dead people, most of them not benign -- everything that had...

  2. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    Selke replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    My thought is that becoming a midwife first, then volunteering those skills in a third world country might be easier to do. That is my plan, as I've never been overseas. However, there are places in...

  3. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    Selke replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    Forgot to mention another bit in my patented advice for future midwives ... if there is a Planned Parenthood in your area, talk to them about becoming a patient care advocate (whatever the exact...

  4. master's degree in another field...will this help salary?

    Selke replied to graceland's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, degrees in fields other than nursing have no impact on pay scales in nursing. Only nursing degrees -- BSN, MSN, maybe PhD -- impact pay scales. Nursing pay is determined by years experience...

  5. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    Selke replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    My generic advice is ... are you planning on working in an OB or mother-baby related area as a CNA? Few L&D units use CNAs, but some M/B units do. On M/B, you can start learning about things...

  6. Need Nurses

    Selke replied to sassychris's topic in General Nursing

    You only need one valid RN license in any state to work in a federal facility, ie IHS. You could try first working as a traveler -- or contract nurse, as they are called in IHS -- to get a feel for...

  7. Natividad Hospital in Ventura, CA?

    Selke posted a topic in California Nursing

    I'm considering a travel assignment at Natividad Hospital in Salinas, CA (not far from Monterey) next year in labor and delivery. I want to find an apt. in Monterey and get the housing allowance...

  8. Natividad Hospital in Ventura, CA?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in California Nursing

    So there are quite a few Spanish speaking patients in Salinas? I need to take intensive Spanish this year. Maybe I should do this prior to the assignment -- I could keep using the

  9. Natividad Hospital in Ventura, CA?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in California Nursing

    My apologies -- I made a mistake and looked at my notes wrong. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Natividad Hospital is in Salinas, CA, not Ventura. (I was also asked to take an assignment...

  10. Anyone ever travel to an Indian reservation?

    Selke replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Travel

    Several agencies are contracted with the IHS. For clarity, IHS faciliites are US government hospitals -- I am guessing they are similiar in ways to, say, the VA system because of that. You go...

  11. "A New Role for APNs?" article

    Selke posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Good article -- talks about scope of practice, "supervisory" language, relations/tensions between MDs and APNs (includes CNMs, CRNAs), reimbursement:...

  12. EFM Certification Exam

    Selke replied to babycatchingRn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I took the exam last summer and it was easier than I thought. I passed. I bought the NCC case study materials (a book and a CD ROM) and went over these thoroughly. I also used Strong-Perifax cases,...

  13. hot packs to sternum for post partum shaking?

    Selke replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "The two god given lunchboxes" ... :rotfl: you've given me quite a laugh and a silly visual with that one! I may use this in the future with your permission. I've told a few pts before that "god...

  14. Working for Indian Health Services?

    Selke replied to azerrn's topic in General Nursing

    You can get hired by IHS if you're not a tribal member -- if there are insufficient NA nurses applying for the job, which is usually the case, they will consider others. Probably varies facility to...

  15. help re 'pentecostal beliefs'

    Selke replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    Were the patients white or aboriginal people? If aboriginals, maybe they need to keep anything removed from the body to dispose of themselves to prevent them from getting into the hands of a witch or...

  16. I failed the interview personality test/survey!

    Selke replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    Do NPs, APRNs, CNMs, and PAs have to take these stupid tests? Or are they reserved for us special rank and file RNs? What answers and personality traits do you think they're looking for: submission...

  17. expert nurse question

    Selke replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    That man probably would have died if you weren't there. You saved his

  18. More education after 50

    Selke replied to tigermom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    You can do it! Once you've taken the stats course, it's over with ... Your future students need you!!!! Besides that you will have great job security, without the stress of staff nursing!!!!...

  19. More education after 50

    Selke replied to tigermom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    :kiss :) :yeahthat:

  20. new mexico travel anyone

    Selke replied to rngold's topic in Travel

    Look at craigslist.org for

  21. Any nurses with Interstitial Cystitis?

    Selke replied to babynurse1964's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have IC, but a friend of mine does and it sounds like a miserable chronic problem. She recently found this doctor: http://www.jmweissmd.com/ They offer a wholistic, mulitfocal approach to the...

  22. Amniotic Band Syndrome? Heard of it? Seen it?

    Selke replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Years ago I had a baby deliver with parts of both legs and part of one arm missing. Thank the goddess the child had one hand left. It was horribly sad. I can't remember if the parents knew...

  23. Direct Entry Midwifery Programs...

    Selke replied to LAW79's topic in Post Graduate Students

    cherrymary is right about UW and west coast schools. They are the best and midwifery is at its best on the west coast, but its difficult to get into those schools. I had called UW once and was told...

  24. grad entry WHNP/CNM programs?

    Selke replied to cherrymary's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Some states grant different privileges to CNMs and NPs: NPs can write prescriptions in some states but CNMs can't, for example. (Sorry, I don't have a specific reference or website handy to pass on...

  25. Baja California?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the info. I have a few more questions. I just looked at a map -- so Yuma AZ is closer to the inland Baja water and not the Pacific? Do you know if the whales go there? Do you work...