mom and nurse

mom and nurse

Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab

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  1. Career switching advice

    mom and nurse replied to Spartan05's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Spartan05 - It's interesting you said you have a degree in engineering. I work with a 60 something year old gentleman who worked for years as an engineer. Then later in life received his nursing...

  2. Any NPs working for Evercare (United Healthcare Group)?

    mom and nurse replied to Elizabeth Hanes's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm interested in Evercare also, after graduation. Anyone working for Evercare out there? Or are you so busy, you don't have time to post?

  3. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    mom and nurse replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    An old one "Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles.... One line says "It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog ...it's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a

  4. I love what I am doing but I can't find another job!

    mom and nurse replied to Luvbuble's topic in General Nursing

    9 - 5 and no weekends? Were you working in a doctor's office? If not, and you were working 9 - 5 and no weekends, can you tell us where you were working..... As for nursing jobs. You might try a...

  5. Nutmeg high?

    mom and nurse replied to occc2010rn's topic in Emergency

    Wow. Folks getting high on nutmeg.... Grandma would never have believed this. Or maybe grandma knew about it and didn't share it with the rest of

  6. Good Nursing Article

    mom and nurse replied to got2labsrn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for posting this...... I enjoyed reading it, especially since I became an RN in my

  7. I passed!!!!!!

    mom and nurse replied to Ladybug10's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS TO

  8. need help--husband died at home

    mom and nurse replied to pyseymo's topic in Cardiac

    Pam - you and your children are in my thoughts and prayers today. You did everything you should do to try to rescue your husband.... Let us know how you are

  9. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    mom and nurse replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's worth it. Just don't give up. I remember I was so stressed and exhausted by the end of nursing school that it took me some time to settle down....then I had the NCLEX to think

  10. Picking up my pace. Need advice

    mom and nurse replied to AshestoBeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Hi AshestoBeauty - Welcome to allnurses. I was a stay at home mom for 17 years and went back to school in my 40s (age 42) to become an RN and I am now in grad school. I've been a nurse also for 3...

  11. Teas and Native American Medicine

    mom and nurse replied to mom and nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your response Happy Heartsong. Perhaps I will be able to locate David Winston's book.

  12. Any one else starting clinical this semester?

    mom and nurse replied to Spacklehead's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yes, I started my ANP clinicals this semester and so far I am enjoying the experience. I've been placed with a very kind physician who loves to teach and precepts med students and NP students. I...

  13. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mom and nurse replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree. Of all the experiences I've had, yes my experience as a nurse would have to be the most valuable in order to practice as an

  14. What's your favorite type of patient?

    mom and nurse replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    The 80 and 90 somethings (the older the better) even if they are pleasantly confused ....... I love hearing what occupation people had when they were younger. One of my most memorable patients was...

  15. Do you think nursing is physically unhealthy?

    mom and nurse replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. That's a good question. I think nursing can be physically exhausting, but I actually think that I am healthier now than I was two years ago before I became a nurse. Stressful...oh yes....but...

  16. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mom and nurse replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    TraumaRUS - I'm sure being a military wife made you very organized :) My mom was a military wife and she raised I and my siblings as we were sent to the Philippines, California, Virginia, Texas, the...

  17. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mom and nurse replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The above is good to know and has been true for me. I became an RN when I was 45 and I've almost completed 3 years as an RN at the bedside...(acute rehab...others think med/surg light.... though it...

  18. Why do other floors think OB isn't real work?

    mom and nurse replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have a certain respect for OB nurses.....the idea of working with newborns scares me....I spent most of my time on my rotation in OB when I was a student nurse thinking of how infants are little,...

  19. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mom and nurse replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Brownbetty - I just answered my own question. I see that your speciality is the NICU. I have just PM'd you. mom and

  20. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mom and nurse replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm an NP student and I am just curious. You say that one has nursing experience but "not in our specialty." What is your

  21. Hi!!

    mom and nurse replied to jyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Never had to necessarily deal with the changes you mention. But I would think that perhaps having the variety of experiences will come in handy one day when you are out of the military and if you...

  22. Anyone else losing motivation to study?!

    mom and nurse replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yes, I had to force myself to study and crawled to the finish line this semester... I finished my last final and yet when I see my Bates Assessment book or my Patho book I still get chills up my...

  23. Hi!!

    mom and nurse replied to jyvk's topic in General Nursing

    My satisfaction rating is a 4/10. What I like about being a nurse is the type of nursing I'm in (rehabilitation nursing). I enjoy working with folks who are newly handicapped and watching them...

  24. About to start NP clinicals. Any words of advice?

    mom and nurse replied to mom and nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks pinoyNP. That's how I ended up working where I am at now. It was where I did my senior practicum and they offered me the job before I graduated. I accepted after I'd passed the NCLEX-RN and...

  25. About to start NP clinicals. Any words of advice?

    mom and nurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi - I'm about to start clinicals for my ANP program next semester. Any words of advice for those of us who havve reached this point in our graduate program....? I'm being placed with an MD.........