Steph in Boston

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 decide to move back home to work and live... Thanks! ...

Hey folks, If anyone is currently looking into massage programs, I HIGHLY reccommend the Finger Lakes School of Massage in Ithaca New York. Both my mother and my sister went there, and had an amazing experience and got a solid education. The progra...

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 years...! Steph

Hello there, I am a nurse-to-be, and one of the areas I am interested in is International Nursing. I would love it if you gave me a snippet of your life, if you have children, if your job allows you enough time for your family, what the hours are li...

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 been down this path prepare me for what to expect?...

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 of good, sound, midwifery practices in that area w...

Hey! I am a literature major at UMB, and I love it here! I am about to graduate this summer, and this was my third college, and the best by far. The two colleges I went to before were private and small too... UMB is great from my standpoint. An i...

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. But it is such an asset to the southern Berkshir...

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 out there are working in. Hospital? Private practi...

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 together. But I bet if I saw your face, I would rec...

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 now? And where in CT are you going? To another ho...

I start a CNA course on May 24, and am hoping the expereince will help me decide whether or not I want to get a BSN after a year of working as a CNA in a hospital. Any advice before I begin? Thanks, Stephanie

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 not so much. But I figure it will give me a better...

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 not so much. But I figure it will give me a better...

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 challenging. One of my friends is already working o...

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 technique "snowing" and the article claimed that it...

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 lifes' struggles. Being only 20, and at the beginnin...

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 home, so that makes it easier. I think I will tur...

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 classroom, 3 weeks practical, in a local, large nursing h...

I am not a nurse, but I work with people with mental illnesses (schizophrenia, depression, manic-depressive illness) and we do employ DBT skills in our program. Just last weekend actually, someone was decompensating, and she tried using her DBT skil...

Hey All, Thought I'd chime in with my background! I have a BA in Leterature, and am now taking a CNA training course with the Red Cross to work in one of the Boston hospitals for a year (hopefully MGH) and if I like it, go to Nursing school after th...

Hello there, I am a nurse-to-be, and one of the areas I am interested in is Psychiatric Nursing. I would love it if you gave me a snippet of your life, if you have children, if your job allows you enough time for your family, what the hours are like...

I am going to do my CNA training this summer with the Red Cross, and was wondering if ye of experience could advise me as to where the best CNA jobs are. Should I aim for a hospital or nursing home? Are there specific wards/floors of a hospital tha...

Thanks for the advice about MGH! I think I'll focus on working there then; plus it's on the T and I won't need to buy a car! Yay! Could you tell me more about what it means to be a "magnet" hospital? Thanks!

Hey folks, I just wanted to get some feedback on the nursing schools I have chosen to apply to for my second-degree BSN: Simmons College Johns Hopkins Duke University Does anyone have insider infor on these schools' programs? Or am I leaving out an ...