sailornurse

sailornurse

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  1. Discussing Menstruation With Students

    sailornurse replied to aetienn6's topic in School

    OP is this a public school? Locally, 3rd/4th grade is when the nurses do this talk. In fact, when I was faculty, this was an assignment for student nurses rotating thru school nursing to help the...

  2. Miami Dade College Spring 2016 nursing program admission

    sailornurse replied to Futurenurse876's topic in School, College Programs

    Here is another post saying this school suddenly closed. Dade Medical College And this one about low NCLEX pass rates in some Florida nursing schools. Licensing Exam Failure Rate Rises In Florida Dade...

  3. Brick and mortar DNP?

    sailornurse replied to nursetim's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    University of Texas-El Paso. I'm applying for Fall 2016. You meet for one weekend/ Fri/Sat every 4-5 weeks. That's how the FNP was also. Now a lot is done online but you still

  4. Age-slapped in the face!

    sailornurse replied to hawaiicarl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well I''m getting the senior discount at thrift stores without asking for it! A few years ago, I started getting the senior coffee at McD's without asking for it, At first I got mad but then again I'm...

  5. School problem!!!

    sailornurse replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Wow, you brought back a memory. I was an ADN/RN and taking pre-reqs to get into BSN program at a local community college. I worked 3-11 shift so many times wore my white uniform to class. Turns out...

  6. Schools for students who dropped out of a nursing program

    sailornurse replied to male2bnurse0's topic in General Students

    Each school is different, you will have to check on the requirements and GPA may be crucial. I taught in a BSN program and the policy was that students that had failed out of another nursing program...

  7. Accredited nursing schools by ACEN and/or CCNE

    sailornurse replied to lene2sweet's topic in General Students

    Here are a couple of links you need to look at about Florida nursing programs. https://allnurses.com/nursing-news/licensing-exam-failure-1022780.html And this one about Dade Medical college suddenly...

  8. Would you leave your current position over scheduling issues?

    sailornurse replied to Butterflyxx0621's topic in General Nursing

    This is the Never Ending Story! When I was a med-surg nurse this happened all the time. One hospital I was told during orientation that if I wanted a day off to just call in because requesting it...

  9. Can I use my nickname vs my given name?

    sailornurse replied to RVilla77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Different states have different requirements, I see all kinds of different alphabet soup after names. Legal names may be required by your BON. One local hospital badges have Nicknames in larger font,...

  10. Return to CRNA school or go for MDA

    sailornurse replied to Seda8OR's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What is MDA/MD-A? I am not familiar with this

  11. Moving from primary care into specialty practice

    sailornurse replied to BCgradnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know one person that straight out of school went into orthopedics for 3 years. She did encounter some difficulties and was told twice in interviews that since she had not done primary care she was...

  12. Healthcare Certificate?

    sailornurse replied to whittwhitt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm confused, Are you an LPN? or waiting to start LPN since you are looking at Intro to health care class. Are you planning to do LPN then bridge to RN? IMO, you are wasting your time taking classes...

  13. Educator pay

    sailornurse replied to geminiBSN75's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Former faculty here. Taught in a BSN program for ten years. Sadly, new grad students earn more than 9 month faculty. Yes, a new grads locally earn about $3-4,000 more then I made teaching for 9 months...

  14. Dade Medical college?!!

    sailornurse replied to sayitaintso's topic in Florida Nursing

    Can you explain the tuition forgiveness or any links to this? I did not know it applied to students in these

  15. Dade Medical college?!!

    sailornurse replied to sayitaintso's topic in Florida Nursing

    I thought he had resigned 2 years ago over some scandal. Amid criminal charges, CEO of Dade Medical College resigns | Miami Herald I came across this article when researching the new director that was...

  16. Is Military After BSN a Good Idea

    sailornurse replied to JustDucky1's topic in Nursing Career

    Try posting or searching in the Government/Military forum, yellow toolbar under specialties. BSN is required, from recent posts it seems to be very

  17. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    sailornurse replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to re-invent yourself. I agree with PPs on the variety of nursing opportunities out there. Sometimes you need to think outside the box. I will give you an example. While working...

  18. Incentive Spirometer Appearance and Patient Care

    sailornurse replied to jayjay12345's topic in General Nursing

    Calling All COBs- Does anyone remember the Blow Bottles from the late 70's/early 80's? When I was teaching we found some in the skills lab when we moved into the new SON building. There were only a...

  19. Pregnant and asking pts to wear masks

    sailornurse replied to steffyh's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work urgent care, I wear a mask during flu season, especially with kids for anyone with URI symptoms. I also use lots of hand sanitizer. Since I started wearing a mask, I have less URIs'. I also...

  20. Do you think would be worth it?

    sailornurse replied to ssquared123's topic in General Students

    Wait you pay the school? Wouldn't it be better to work as a CNA

  21. Tools for opening medication packets?

    sailornurse replied to oatmeal89's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Open It Package Opener - BedBathandBeyond.com They do make others, I have one that is a little different, I also have a set of Cutco knives, the scissors can cut a

  22. Fate of the CNS degree

    sailornurse replied to ExploringNurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    In New Mexico, no CNS programs here. New Mexico State used to have Adult CNS without prescriptive initially, then later added prescriptive. It was phased out/changed to Adult NP. The local hospitals...

  23. Learning more Spanish than "dos cervezas, por favor"

    sailornurse replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well after you finish those two beers "Donde está el baño

  24. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    sailornurse replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Exactly! And the manager could not understand that I wouldn't get any more money if I took the relief or charge position . As one of the more experienced nurses, I would have, if they would pay me for...

  25. Not having kids until 35

    sailornurse replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Nursing

    Had my only daughter at 38. The L&D nurses kept asking if it was my first pregnancy. I'm Mexican-American and we have lots of teen moms. The number of times I was asked if I was the grandmother of...