Serenyd

I'm a new NP, but I've been out of FNP school 3 1/2 years and have never worked a day as an NP. I always wanted to be a family nurse practitioner and that was the main reason I went to nursing school. However, I found the reality of diagnosing and pr...

Thanks for your replies. After some soul-searching, I've decided to start on my 500 hours and do the preceptorship. I'm feeling excited and hopeful. My kids don't need me here 24/7. I need to give myself permission to do this for ME and not feel guil...

I've been a med-surg nurse since I graduated almost a decade ago now. Recently I have felt drawn to hospice nursing. I am tired of the fast-paced med-surg life. I care for in-patient hospice patients on a regular basis, but I don't feel I am able to ...

Thanks for the insightful and thoughtful responses!

Sorry no help but I'm following. We're moving there too.

FROM TIME: Move Over, Milk Banks: Facebook and Milk Sharing JENNIFER BLOCK NOV 22, 2010 Thoughts?

Women have been sharing breast milk for eons (remember wet nurses?), but the practice has been stigmatized in modern society, especially in the age of HIV. Milk banks screen and pasteurize donated milk and give priority to premature and very ill babi...

Revealing that we'd require a stranger to undergo stringent disease testing, but not feel the need do the same for ourselves before breastfeeding our infants. Most donors have already had routine prenatal testing done for diseases like HIV and Hep C...

We are not allowed to have toasters or even lights on our Christmas tree (not even LED ones). "Accidently" burn the toast a few times, when the fire alarm goes off, they will take notice!

I am an agnostic leaning towards atheism. I grew up a in a church with cultish tendencies like JW and I can attest to the psychological damage such an organization can leave esp. on the minds of the young. I now believe that religious is a just a way...

It's not that I don't love nursing. It's the fact that I have 2 toddlers and a young son at home whom I am currently home-schooling. I work part-time as a hospital RN and I'm taking MSN classes part-time as well. I'm about half-way through the progra...

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Thanks for the kind replies everyone. I have lots to think about. Raising my children is my #1 passion and commitment. I don't want them to suffer so I can further my education. I guess I can try it and see how it goes. I'm not going to take more tha...

working on a busy med-surg floor and I hate it. Came home crying the other day just about at the end of my rope. Monday was the first good day I've had in days ........ this job sucks but it pays the bills and that is the best thing about it ! Otherw...

Does your school offer a part-time option? I'm doing part-time and will probably finish in 4-5 years instead of 2. My school allows up to 6 years to finish the program. I'm doing FNP. I was able to do online classes while my son was a baby and that r...

Both years I took the flu shot, I got horribly sick with a respiratory illness afterwards. The second time I had bronchitis for weeks and my doctor ended up putting me on steriods and an inhaler. Since I caught on to what was happening, I haven't tak...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Doctorate_in_Nursing great discussion of it here. Love to hear your thoughts on this.

I'm an RN currently in school for family nurse practitioner. I'm also enrolled in a direct-entry nurse midwifery program. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I get out of school. The midwifery program is mostly for my own knowledge about birth. Bi...

Thanks to everyone who replied - very helpful information all around! I really appreciate it. I'm planning on finishing my FNP program and when my kids are older I'm going to look into going to the Frontier school. Sounds like they have a really good...

I started nursing school and got my BSN with the intention of getting my family nurse practitioner degree. The idea of working with people of different ages and getting to know them while diagnosing their ailments sounded pretty great. Right now I ha...

Glad to know I'm not the only one! Good luck to you, I hope you find what you're looking for. (And me too.)

Diet, heavy metal poisoning, vaccines, seizures .. they could all contribute to the diagnosis of autism. TV now ..... I seriously doubt that one.

Please can anyone share their tips on time managment for floor nursing? Like tips on how to give meds, keep track of I+O, chart, do assessments - faster and with less stress? also, anyone have tips on how to keep patients happy when you can't get ba...

I'm on maternity leave. When I went on maternity leave I was full-time. I am now getting paid from my accrued sick time. I just talked to my boss about coming back on either a part-time or prn status so I can have more time with my baby. Now I am won...

we also have problems when housekeeping does the floors it is very strong smelling and many staff and patients complain of headaches.