ranchwife

ranchwife has 14 years experience and specializes in critical access, including ER.

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1. MILES CITY RN Program

   ranchwife replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Montana

   I have had the privilege of working with a few MCCC nursing grads and they are top notch....they most certainly know their stuff when they hit the floor as new grads and are prepared for the "real world"!! I strongly encourage you to take on their pr...

2. nursing schools in Montana

   ranchwife replied to want2rn's topic in Montana

   We are lucky enough to have several schools here in Montana that offer top notch nursing!!!! One of the top rated is the Salish Kootenai college....another that comes highly recommended is the one in Miles City!!! Carroll college, MSU (in Boze-angele...

3. RN jobs in Bozeman

   ranchwife replied to newnurse13's topic in Montana

   What does your partner do???? Plenty of jobs here in Ennis......construction and contracting is HOT right now and there are ALWAYS ranch jobs;) The construction work is pretty seasonal, but the pay is pretty danged good (make more than I do, that's f...

4. Rural Nursing as a SPECIALTY!!

   ranchwife replied to ranchwife's topic in Rural

   Greeting, mt33133----First, I want to wish you the very best in your schooling!! Our hospital hires new grads, but they often find if more challenging than they would have ever dreamed! So, I am glad to hear that you wish to get experience in a "bigg...

5. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

   ranchwife replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

   Greetings!! I have been an LPN for 14 years and will FINALLY be going for my RN this fall at a college about 80 miles north of where I currently work and where my family ranches!! I have TRIED the Excelsior program and was NOT impressed....expensive,...

6. Rural Nursing as a SPECIALTY!!

   ranchwife posted a topic in Rural

   Greetings, fellow rural nurses!! I have been discussing this very issue with several co-workers and would like the opinions of all of you as well!! In the 14 years experience I have as a "rural/frontier" hospital nurse, I have seen nurses of all shap...

7. Transferring patients to larger hospitals...

   ranchwife replied to deespoohbear's topic in Rural

   I guess I should thank my lucky stars!!! About the only problem we have here in the madison valley with transfer of pts to a larger facility is transport!! If Life Flight is needed from EIRMC or Billings, then we start praying for cooperative weather...

8. What exactly is Rural Nursing

   ranchwife replied to pat8585's topic in Rural

   Wow!!! Looks like I am TRULY "frontier" here!! Our town of 700 has a critical access hospital with 9 beds, 2 trauma rooms (with one bed each). Our lab and x-ray are here monday-friday and on call on weekends, holidays and "after hours"....NO surgery...

9. do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

   ranchwife replied to Princess74's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have been an LPN for over 14 years and will FINALLY be going back to school for my RN this fall. I have worked several different fields, but most acute care! While many LPN's do work mainly LTC, there are other options out there...you just have to...

10. Need Advice. I'm afraid my nursing career is over.

    ranchwife replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Emma---keep your head and your chin up!!! It sounds like you did the right thing by your patients!! I am simply heartbroken to hear that you have had to go through so much!! hang in there, though!!! Somewhere, someone is looking for a nurse like you ...

11. Do you relay????

    ranchwife replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I am soooo excited!! Our FIRST ever Relay for Life for our little county will be held the 29th and 30th of June and I am the Team Captain for our hospital team....we already have 22 team members, so we had to break into 2 teams!! Not bad for only hav...

12. Moving to MT tomorrow!

    ranchwife replied to mommy1strn's topic in Montana

    how did your move go??? where did you end up??? I am in the madison valley, here in ennis and the old saying really does hold try....if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes or drive 5 miles...it'll change!! hahahaa!!

13. RN jobs in Bozeman

    ranchwife replied to newnurse13's topic in Montana

    unfortunately, with Boze-angeles having their own nursing program through MSU, you will probably have a harder time than most getting on at BDH!!! I worked there a few years back and they "prefer" MSU grads (though noone will actually come out and sa...

14. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    ranchwife replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!!! After reading a few of these postings, it is now loud and clear why Montana cannot recruit and retain good, experienced nurses!!! I am an LPN with 14 years of experience in ER, Med/Surg and Geriatrics and am only making a little over $16 an ho...

15. How many hours would you work?

    ranchwife replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    since my hubby is a self-employed rancher, I must carry the health insurance through my employer for our family......however, if I could only work 8 hours and be home with my kids, I'd do it in a heartbeat!!! I have had 2 of my kids grow up and are n...