Steph in Boston

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1. Midwives in North Carolina, Asheville area.

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all! I just recieved some great news last week: I am 6 weeks pregnant! I am going to be finishing up school in Boston until July, but then I am moving to the Asheville, NC area. Does anyone know...

2. Travel between Alaska and Hawaii?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Travel

   I just got a really good idea this morning: has anyone heard of someone spending summers in Alaska, then traveling to Hawaii for the winter? This seems like it could be an awesome setup for a few...

3. CNA in a nursing home.

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I will be starting work as a CNA for the first time this August, in a local nursing home. This nursing home has various levels of patients, from low to high functioning. Can someone who has already...

4. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Hey Ted, Thanks for the advice! It is so great to hear from two nurses that are satisfied with working at Fairview! I was worried about that little hospital for a while, worried it would close soon....

5. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Hey Missy, I did go to MMRHS! But I also "dropped out" in my junior year to go to Simons Rock. By reading your bio, you are 11 years older than me, so I guess that we couldn't have gone to school...

6. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Hi there, I grew up in Great Barrington, and always thought Fairview was a nice hospital, although I know they are always having trouble with funding, and threatening to close. How are things there...

7. Any Berkshire nurses?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Any MA nurses here work at Fairview, BMC, or North Adams hospital? I am from the Berkshires, hoping to become a nurse soon! How is working in the Berkshires as a nurse? I need to know in case I...

8. Midwives: where do you work?

   Steph in Boston posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have an interest in becoming a CNM once I get my BSN. I like the idea of working in a small practice with other midwives and an MD. I was hoping to find out what sorts of situations some midwives...

9. Just starting out. Advice?

   Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Nursing Career

   Orrnlori, I hope being a cna is the right thing for me to do. I get different responses whenever I ask people if being a cna will give me a decent preview of nursing life. Some say yes, others say...

10. Just starting out. Advice?

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Nursing Career

    Orrnlori, I hope being a cna is the right thing for me to do. I get different responses whenever I ask people if being a cna will give me a decent preview of nursing life. Some say yes, others say...

11. Simmons or Johns Hopkins?

    Steph in Boston replied to akp73's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hey! I have not yet applied to nursing schools, but both Simmons and Johns Hopkins are on my list. I also live in Boston. I have three friends who go to Simmons for liberal arts, and they find it...

12. My best friend in nursing school was ordered to terminally sedate a stroke patient.

    Steph in Boston replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    I read about a case that I believe occured in the 1990's when a registered nurse gave a suffering cancer patient a gradual does of painkillers in order to help ease her into death. They called this...

13. Just starting out. Advice?

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Nursing Career

    What about nursing do you dislike so much? If you hadn't gone into nursing, what do you think would draw your interest? I have the broad goal to devote my life to helping other people get through...

14. Which would you choose??

    Steph in Boston replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Nursing Career

    Ok, that is good advice. I have to apply for the two-week one, and they only accept a select number of people. But the nice thing about the nursing home 4-week program is that I can walk there from...

15. Which would you choose??

    Steph in Boston posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Which would you choose for a CNA training course?? I am faced with these three options: An 8-week course with the Red Cross that costs $595 A 4-week paid ($10/hour) training course, 1 week in...