hotflashion BSN, RN

Thanks, elkpark. I'm not sure exactly where I was in my journey/ordeal 10 years ago now, but I didn't pursue whatever offers I was considering at the time. I did eventually work for a podiatrist who'd advertised for a medical assistant and did not us...

Every RN I have mentioned this to has looked at me like this was a very bad idea. But I'm serious. I've got the RN BSN and I cannot find a job. I've considered working away from home but am very reluctant to seriously pursue this option. The spouse h...

The rest of the story: Here it is more than 4 years later and I'm very happy where I landed. I told the receptionist what my experience had been in the office and she gave her notice. I stayed longer than I perhaps should have but I have to say that ...

I don't know if this is even appropriate for Allnurses, but here goes. I'm working in a one-doctor office. Though I am an RN, I was hired to fulfill a medical assistant role, which was ok with me as a means to an end beyond this particular job. I tho...

It would be nice if we could have an intelligent and professional discussion about this topic without a whole lot of judgement going on. I tried to find an appropriate topic before stating a new one but many (most? all?) of them have been closed. Rig...

You can care for anyone's feet as long as the care you provide is within the scope of practice as defined by your state board of nursing. Contact your board and find out what they say you can and cannot do specifically regarding foot care. e.g., do y...

If I wasn't past 60, I would consider something different, maybe OT. I am now too old. Not too old to learn, that's never the case, but too old to take on more debt, too old to be willing to work odd hours. When I got the BSN I was 59 and ready to w...

Hello everyone! I got my CFCN last year and I'd like to hear from others who are practicing or considering it. I started working as a footcare nurse last fall, and am currently doing homecare and one clinic at a senior center. I'm working contract f...

I wanted to talk to someone who has worked for Nature's Classroom. Looks like a lovely operation. There are 13 sites in New England and New York, and other "associated" sites around the US. If you have worked for Nature's Classroom, please respond h...

afrosandtiaras, scope of practice is determined by your state's board of registration in nursing. In Massachusetts, where I'm at, the BoRN has an advisory that spells out in pretty good detail what is required for a nurse to provide foot care. While ...

Hope4673, I'm not sure who you were asking, but I never worked there. Good luck, it still sounds like a great place to work.

As a CFCN, I would love to see a Specialties thread devoted to this niche area of care. I believe that foot care nursing is teetering on the edge of exponential growth, as more and more people become in need of such care and fewer and fewer podiatris...

Ok, I probably don't have the right terminology. I wanted foot care to be its own category under Nursing Specialties.

I knew the discussion was there, I was asking for our own thread.

Saying not to work below my level does not help. The fact is, I have almost no experience as an RN in the 6 years after graduation, and the experience I have had is piecemeal at places where you wouldn't want to work. The current job has just about s...

I'm working in assisted living. The actual education I am receiving on the job can be described as piecemeal, on the fly, in the form of "Oh, and you have to do this..." (blabber, blabber, blabber). Does anyone know of any comprehensive formal educat...

I work in a medical specialist's office. The hospital system with which we are associated now requires that we get certain info from our patients -- height, weight, smoking status and blood pressure. We have no protocol for high blood pressure, and ...

OP here, I'm sorry to post and run, that wasn't my intention. I've never worked in a Dr's office before and it is a specialty office, not primary care and certainly not a cardiology office. It is relatively recent that the practice has been taking BP...

Any current news on the single-payer implementation in Vermont? Is it rolling out? Are the questions getting answerred? Enquiring minds want to know...

I agree. And from what I've seen in the job ads, I will be competing with medical assistants for a position at a podiatry office. They may not have the same scope of service (I don't know what they are allowed to do, I haven't researched it) but from...

I think the requirement for BS is a bit much as well. I've got the BSN thank goodness, as I am just beginning the process to get certified, and while I also agree that the current requirements are lax, I will be personally happy if I happen to squeak...

I don't remember how long the course was in Mass, but I think it was longer than that. It wasn't cheap, either, but it was excellent. It included a 100 hour practicum, which I had to wait a month or so to take, and after that I took the certification...

I really don't know how these dispensaries are set up and presumably that would differ from state to state. So, the way they are run (e.g., staffing requirements) and perhaps even what they are called will differ from state to state. Pharmacies don't...

May 16 on NPR's On Point, host Tom Ashbrook interviewed Tena Alonzo of Beatitudes in Phoenix AZ. Beatitudes was written about in a New York Times article Giving Alzheimer's Patients Thier Way, Even Chocolate, a couple of years ago. It's written abou...

Yes, but the gold standard for the experience required for 98% of the jobs I see advertised is acute care experience, i.e., hospital.