lannisz

lannisz

primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, NICU

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  1. How many pregnancies are too many?

    lannisz replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have three children. Things I didn't think ahead about (and should have): all three kids needed braces and orthodontia ($15,000 ten years ago), three kids going to college and two of them at the...

  2. Most easy job in Nursing?

    lannisz replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

    Two ideas - I have friends who work at an eye surgery center (cataracts, Lasix etc..) they work M-F no weekends and are paid hospital wages. They tell me the docs are nice. I work in an urgent care...

  3. Nurses who haven't been doing acute care

    lannisz replied to jen42's topic in Nursing Career

    How long counts as break? I have been out of the hospital setting for 9 months. I had 2 years experience working med/surg and when I entered the FNP program, I needed a position that worked better...

  4. Quitting a six figure job to become a nurse...am I nuts

    lannisz replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went to nursing school when I was 37 years old. It was something I had always wanted to do, but had taken a "detour" in my life - had three children, a career as a social worker... when my marriage...

  5. My New Nurse Wake-Up Call; Shocking Behaviors

    lannisz replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    This is a fabulous idea no matter what kind of "code" you call it. At the hospital I work at, there was a doctor who was fired after verbally abusing one of the nurses. That was a few years ago and...

  6. What's with the attitude?

    lannisz replied to marmar1233's topic in General Nursing

    amen!

  7. Cant find a job in almost 6 months. Thats ridiculous!

    lannisz replied to Woman_in_love's topic in General Nursing

    What is the difference between an agency and a travel company? Is it the same, just length of

  8. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    lannisz replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you have any advice for a fairly new nurse (2 years med/surg) on finding hospitals that will hire for OB/LD without OB experience but will train

  9. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    lannisz replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    I like having students.and I truly believe the best way to learn is by doing...however the only students that have bugged me are the ones that act like they "know it all", have an attitude that "this...

  10. Interview of "second career" nurse-anyone?

    lannisz replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, you can email me if you like. Nursing is a 2nd career for me too. Please send me a private message (PM) or email from my profile page. It make take me a day or two to answer you due to my work...

  11. "I'm going to sue you", What do you say?

    lannisz replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Our hospital has a Patient Advocate (don't ever want her position!). They handle patient and family complaints. I have not ever personally been threatened with being sued, but I often hear patients or...

  12. M.S. or M.A. in Nursing?

    lannisz replied to lilboboxox's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the FNP program at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. We were told that the difference between the MA and MS was one of research. If we do graduate research/thesis project, we...

  13. problems on orientation

    lannisz replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    It's not just you....when I was a new grad and orienting to the CCU, I had a preceptor who suddenly turned on me when I was almost off orientation. I had had 2 glowing evaluations prior to this. My...

  14. where are the nursing shortages?

    lannisz replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    southern Oregon and Portland

  15. How many work and go to school???

    lannisz replied to johnson0424's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm so glad someone defined that "6 hrs of grad school is the equivalent of a 30 hr workweek". I work 30 hours per week in an urgent care clinic and I am in an FNP/MSN program taking 6-8 hours per...

  16. Military Nursing, what do you think or know?

    lannisz replied to BBingSN79's topic in Men in Nursing

    May I join this conversation? I have my BSN and I am a 42 year old female RN. I just began working on my nurse practitioner (FNP) I was wondering if you know if the military pays for NP training and...

  17. Please Help..i Hate Nsg. Right Now.. But What Else..in A Bind.

    lannisz replied to Shell5's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi, I am so sorry to hear how bad it is....I do understand. Last year I felt desperate...I was on nightshift and worked med/surg in a small community hospital. the lack of sleep made me horribly...