MandaRN94

MandaRN94 has 20 years experience and specializes in OB/GYN,PHN, Family Planning.

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1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   MandaRN94 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   When in doubt let's blame the President!- Which has nothing to do with the overall problem I worked at a family planning organization that has the same issues as the post that is supported by Obama....

2. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   MandaRN94 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Same reason why I left my last job and accepted a job for a little less money but with a company that actually values its RNs and employees. Always seems like a no-brainer when a company has high...

3. Pros and Cons of doing Masters

   MandaRN94 replied to Findoo's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I just completed my MSN after being a RN BSN since 94. I do agree that working experience is important before starting a MSN program as it helps with assignments and papers to pull from past...

4. PHN environment?

   MandaRN94 replied to tag2007's topic in Public, Community Health

   I have worked in a variety of PH settings. I did home visits for high risk maternal/child health pts and for the last 10 years work in a family planning clinic and now as a nurse supervisor after I...

5. I'm a community nurse now!

   MandaRN94 replied to %63theend's topic in Public, Community Health

   Congrats Rizz! Welcome to public health nursing -you will LOVE it! And do not let any nurse tell you that it is not a "real" specialty or nursing job. I've heard this too many times from acute care...

6. Torn between 2 specialties..any way to combine both public health & neonatal nursing?

   MandaRN94 replied to lalaja47's topic in Public, Community Health

   I worked for my county public health dept and did home visits to high risk maternal/child pts. I basically did follow up for preemies, FTT kids, and LOTS of education for the

7. DNP/MPH or epi program?

   MandaRN94 replied to cleback's topic in Public, Community Health

   I ended up in a MSN program that has a specialty option in public health. I think the DNP/MPH route would be great. I looked into the U of Minnesota DNP program that has a specialty online public...

8. PHNs at the Health Dept...please read

   MandaRN94 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Public, Community Health

   Don't stress yet. It took 2 weeks to hear back and I got the job. The county works painfully slow in the hiring process. Good

9. Partners in Health, other resources to find volunteer opportunites

   MandaRN94 replied to hotflashion's topic in General Nursing

   I have done volunteer nursing trips. I believe Project Helping Hands will take student

10. Public Health Nurse for Health Dept

    MandaRN94 replied to NickiJules's topic in Public, Community Health

    Depends on your specific job description. Are you going to work in all the depts? In CA RNs can dispense hormonal birth control under a standing order, order STD labs, etc.. This is my area of...

11. Places for a Public Health Nurse to Work

    MandaRN94 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Public, Community Health

    There are lots of opportunities for PHN! What area interests you -OB/GYN, Pedi, chronic health, etc... There are PHN jobs available just by speciality. I work in a family planning and STD clinic....

12. What's Cali. life like?

    MandaRN94 replied to DFRAZIER25's topic in California Nursing

    Born and raised in California -SD is nice but way too conservative for me. I have always lived in Northern Ca and love it. Northern CA are Southern CA are VERY different. I have lived in Santa Cruz...

13. HPV vax

    MandaRN94 replied to mmc51264's topic in Pediatric

    I agree Mariebailey. I also have recommended to friends/family the Gardasil series over Cervarix due to the broader coverage and had my daughter receive the Gardasil series -even though her Pedi was...

14. HPV vax

    MandaRN94 replied to mmc51264's topic in Pediatric

    I am only really familiar with Gardasil as that is what we give at my clinic. It can be given as young as 9-11yrs male and

15. Educations requirements to be PHN

    MandaRN94 replied to fireball78's topic in Public, Community Health

    In CA you have to have a BSN and a PHN cert from the