SmellTheRose94

SmellTheRose94 has 5 years experience and specializes in Med surg.

Latest Activity

1. Emory WOCN program question!

   SmellTheRose94 posted a topic in Wound

   Hello all! So I recently started Emory's WOCN program. I have been watching all of the videos and taking notes, I noticed at the beginning of the videos it will say 'optional reading.' I wanted to know if anyone that went through the Emory prog...

2. Salary - New Wound Ostomy Continence RN

   SmellTheRose94 replied to ForYogaRN's topic in Wound

   Hi! I am actually currently working as a wound care nurse, not yet certified. I am in the central jersey area not far from Philly actually. My pay here is around $50 an hour and after certification they offer a raise. I think most places in this area...

3. MASD vs stage II....

   SmellTheRose94 replied to pookie6669's topic in Wound

   One thing I've learned is MASD is very very irregular in shape, a pressure injury will have more defined edges and will be over a bony prominence. Think of MASD as a skin erosion almost.. irregular shape and almost eroded or torn skin where the patie...

4. How to break into infection control/become infection preventionist

   SmellTheRose94 posted a topic in Disease

   Hi! I've been a M/S Tele nurse almost 3 years now. Thinking about going into wound care but also very interested in infection control. I'm interested in being an infection preventionist at a hospital or rehab center. I just don't know how to get...

5. Severe Depression In Career Choice

   SmellTheRose94 replied to SmellTheRose94's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you both so much for responding. It really makes me feel a little bit better knowing that there are people that can relate and understand what om going through. I am actually seeing a counselor and she is the one who recommended I get on the an...

6. Severe Depression In Career Choice

   SmellTheRose94 posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hi everyone. This is about to be very long and drawn out but so necessary to get off of my chest so I'm just going to go ahead and spill it. Thank you to anyone for reading. So I'm very very afraid I chose the wrong career for myself. I deeply d...

7. WCC Longer Programs vs Shorter Online Programs

   SmellTheRose94 replied to SmellTheRose94's topic in Wound

   Thank you all for sharing & giving your insight! Ita definitely an area I'll think about exploring. I'll try out this position if I like it I'll probably just go for the certification.

8. SLP vs Nurse vs Ultrasound Tech

   SmellTheRose94 replied to jaj2011's topic in Career Support

   Being completely honest I literally hate being a nurse. If you have a job making at like 80k or more I would just stay there and figure it out. I personally don't know anyone that likes being a nurse either which is sad because I know a lot of nurses...

9. Travel Nursing vs Staff Nursing

   SmellTheRose94 replied to drice77's topic in Career Support

   Travel nursing: Pros: makes tons of money, have the freedom of taking time off when you want (can always put days off in your contract including holidays), working the shift that you want because there are always tons of positions available, an...

10. Should I join the show or stay home with my babies?

    SmellTheRose94 replied to kat1822's topic in Career Support

    I don't have any children so I think it's hard for me to correctly give advice on this. Coming from someone with no children I think it's the perfect time to get some experience. They are hiring all nurses with no experience for all kinds of position...

11. Dislike Everyone In My Cohort

    SmellTheRose94 replied to sadsacrum's topic in General Students

    I literally don't like being around people much, so I legit did not do study groups. I also hate studying with people. I like to do things on my own time and how I like to do it. Anytime I did partake in a study group I felt like I didn't really get ...

12. WCC Longer Programs vs Shorter Online Programs

    SmellTheRose94 replied to SmellTheRose94's topic in Wound

    Vampiregirl thanks a lot for the info I really appreciate this. I have been doing a lot of research and I have noticed there are a lot of programs that don't actually meet the requirements. But there are a few that I see most people mention quite oft...

13. WCC Longer Programs vs Shorter Online Programs

    SmellTheRose94 posted a topic in Wound

    I recently fell into this wound care job. I've been doing agency nursing for the last year and I just got a new contract. It was labeled M/S Tele but I had an interview with the director and she explained to me the position is actually going around w...