skinnedknees

Hi, Is there a difference between palliative care nursing and hospice care nursing? Can anyone point me in the direction of online certification/specialty programs? I did some research into certs., but found it rather confusing. It seemed to me that there are at least two organizations that offer certification, but I couldn't find much about the course work/education (pre-cert.) programs. Thank You!

thanks sbryramrn. what types of insight questions did they ask? can you give me an example or two? i'm going to spend some time digging around online to see what i can find for prep. i haven't interveiwed for a job in over a decade! lol! (been at home with kiddos : )

i'm going to be interveiwing soon for an acute care rn internship with a local hospital. i will be a new grad when the internship starts in june. i interveiw before a panal. i'm terrified! the director of nursing at my college told me that they will give me scenario questions. any ideas on where to get prep questions? what did they ask at your interveiw? any tips? please help thank you!

I have/use a Littmann.

i've been told that earpiece amplifiers exisit, but i can't find them. the only thing that i've seen are entire stethoscope sytems between $300-400. i sometimes have trouble hearing the first beat in bps and was told that these might help. any suggestions?

Please treat me fairly and with respect. Remember: I PAY YOUR SALARY! I wonder if the "nursing shortage" is actually caused from the student level? Plastic Faux-people don't come close to the real thing...no matter how many thousands of dollars they cost or what types of perfect lung and heart sounds they can emit. I cannot practice on plastic and be expected to demostrate near perfection in reality. My patients haven't been taught to respond in black and white. Positive reinforcemnt goes a very long way. What we lack is confidence not brain cells.

my take on this is that there are two lives involved in the process, not just mom. this topic has concerned me for a long time. i even wrote an ethics research paper on the subject. i'm a nursing student, but one of my prime areas of interest is women's health. i worry that if i was to seek a position in ob that i would go crazy trying to keep my mouth shut and not beat the education band wagon. my first child was born via "emergency" c-section. it was a total nighmare. it took me 3 months to feel right again, and i was very depressed about having what felt like a "surgical removal" rather than a "birth". my second child was born with a hard fought for vbac. i read everything i could get my hands on. i even hired a midwife to act as a doula/advocate for me in the hospital. after fairly long labor the md told me he'd give me (and the doula) 20 more minutes to push before a section. that was the incentive i needed! that kid came flying out! the third time was a charm. i exercised hard all though the pregnancy and had an awesome, short labor and delivery. it was an incredible and positive-spiritual experience. i was ready to go home an hour later and cook everyone dinner. (not that it happened : ) the last baby was born 4 years ago. you would be hard pressed to find an md here that would allow for a vbac now. so, if a woman has an "elective" section there is no going back with future pregnancies. i really do believe that education is the key!

i have a b.a in english/education and am in an "adn" program however to get my bsn all i need to do is take a couple more classes (statistics, nutrition, organic chem). we live in a small community and one of the state universities offers a distance learning program for adn's that want a bsn with or without a prior ba/bs. in fact, i took one of the classes that i will need along with my other nursing courses this last quarter. another option (the one i'm most interested in) is the master's program for rn's that have a prior ba in another feild but became an rn via the "adn" route like myself.