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  1. have you ever left nursing for something totally different?

    krisssy replied to Genevieve RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I was a school nurse teacher for two years, an elementary school teacher for 30 years, and now I want to go back to nursing-is that crazy or

  2. graduate school for nurses

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Cardio Trans, I would love to look into a master's in child/adolescent psych. What school do you go

  3. OLD RN of 58 needs career advice please!

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    Ilg-you have been VERY helpful. I am definitely considering all of your great ideas. I would probably love working in a children's hospital being a nurse educator like a diabetic educator for kids....

  4. OLD RN of 58 needs career advice please!

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your helpful replies. Cse Mgr1 and Military Spouse- I am considering case management. I have been thinking of taking the Kaplan Course. What do you think? Do you think I should...

  5. Excelsior Graduate Program

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have to pick an online graduate school. Which one or ones do you recommend? I am so confused. Thanks

  6. Excelsior Graduate Program

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i never took the excelsior program myself. i was just wondering if anyone took the graduate program what they thought of

  7. Any Good Nursing Book Suggestions?

    krisssy replied to JacqueOCS's topic in General Nursing

    On another thread, I came across an author of a book entitled Walking Like A Duck. It is about a nurse in recovery from pain killer addiction. It is a true story, and she is now recovered and an...

  8. Any Good Nursing Book Suggestions?

    krisssy replied to JacqueOCS's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all these choices. I am going away in July and was looking for a good book to read about nursing. I don't know which one to try first! Boy did I love Cherry Ames when I was a young...

  9. University of Delaware Online Refresher RN Course

    krisssy posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Does anyone know anything about the 6 month University of Delaware online refresher RN Course? You do not have to live in Delaware to take this course. I am considering taking this course before I...

  10. graduate education in school nursing

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in School

    That would have been perfect for me, but unfortunately I have to get my MS in Nursing online. Unfortunately, I cannot find any master's programs in school nursing that are online. So since I cannot...

  11. graduate school for nurses

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    1 tulip Thank you for your reply. You have given me very good advise. I have to take an online program, because I live in two places at different times of the year. So I have to stick with what is...

  12. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    krisssy replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have an anxiety disorder which was caused by post traumatic stress disorder. As a child my mother was mentally ill, and my dad was an alcoholic and a pill taker. I was abused, and did not even...

  13. Just started DCN any advice?

    krisssy replied to melissavd1977's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What is

  14. Are there any nures/students with another degree

    krisssy replied to felesha843's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    First I went to medical secretarial school for a year, then I got my BSN in Nursing, then I got my MA in elementary education, then I got 33 post graduate credits in reading and administration. I...

  15. Please Help Me!

    krisssy replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    The same exact thing has happened to me, but over a 40 year period. I thought perhaps I could tell you my story, and maybe you could gain some insight. It all started in high school when I decided...

  16. awful preceptor-I left the program

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had entered a nursing refresher course in a large teaching hospital. The instructers left you with a preceptor and left the building. I had such a bad experience with this preceptor that I left the...

  17. awful preceptor-I left the program

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think the patient was in danger when medication was left on a table while a patient was in the bathroom? Do you think the patient was in danger when reverse isolation procedures were supposed...

  18. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced RN

    krisssy posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I graduated with a BSN in 1969. After two years as a school nurse teacher, I changed careers and got an MA in education and taught in the elementary schools up until a few years ago when I retired....

  19. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced RN

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My discomfort is really in clinical. I virtually have NO experience since nursing school(1969 graduation) except for the refresher course two years ago. Yes I did mean a BN/MSN program which would...

  20. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced RN

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I would LOVE to teach or do administrative work. But, how is that possible when I have no clinical experience beyond nursing school graduating in 1969? Could I even get accepted into a master's...

  21. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced RN

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yes I do have a current license in the state of New York. The board of nursing in NYS is fine with me working-it is me who feels insecure and like I don't know

  22. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced RN

    krisssy replied to krisssy's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I would LOVE to teach nursing, as I was very good at teaching in my previous career. BUT, can you teach nursing when you have never worked as a nurse in a hospital-even if you get an MS in

  23. refresher course or dual degree program for older inexperienced nurse

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated with a BSN in 1969. I worked as a school nurse teacher for two years and then changed to a teaching career after getting an MA in elementary education. I retired from teaching a few years...

  24. Burned Out and Quit Today!!!

    krisssy replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that great poem Tweety-I intend to use it a lot!

  25. dual degree program for second degree students

    krisssy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am interested in any information I can get on dual degree programs for second degree studnets. I have a kind of unique situation. I received a BS in nursing in 1969 , worked as a school nurse...