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This is also posted in the NP section, I hope that isn't a faux pas. I've almost two years experience in Occupational Health Nursing. I'll sit for the COHN-S by November. I Have a BS/Chem; a BS/Safety Studies and an Assoc. D. in Nursing. Prior experi...

Some of us have "poop" phobia, others "blood" phobia, and others still, "writing phobia. Do the best you can but give up on that person. If you can't find a nursing instructor that you knew, go with the former boss. Sometimes if you ask an instruct...

Absolutely. I tried to become a CNA and was refused by two county nursing homes because I'm older and have several degrees. "You won't be happy here, go become an RN" is what I heard. Now six years later, having been a ward nurse, an adult ICU nurse...

It's a difficult position to be in, plain and simple and it doesn't need to be CNA to a RN, it can be MD to RN, staff secretary to RN, or RN to RN, but when this ugly monster rears its head it can get quite nasty. The proper term is "lateral violence...

Sure, figure out where you want to go. Write the Board there and see if you can be licensed there and then "travel." Find an apartment, find a job as a CNA (they are worked so hard that there are always jobs, albeit many at uh, less than desirable ...

I am seeing safety programs being downsized. In a difficult economic environment especially if job security is an issue, workers' comp cases can increase exponentially, thus in my opinion, in this environment, the nurse has it over the safety people....

I'm American, not Filipino. I just thought I'd chime in with my "two cents" as we say here. Nursing in America is odd these days. In certain States such as California there is a shortage of RN's, however this is not so in many regions. On the East Co...

Six of one, half dozen of the other... A well paid temp contract position works for some and in some states termination opens (at the moment) ARRA protection such that you are covered under Cobra with the former employer paying 65 or more % of the pr...

On my first day of orientation a supervisor rushed into the office where I was learning the "paper work." "Come quick," he said. "Seven workers are down with poisonous gas exposure." Now that was not boring! Severed fingers, a crushed arm, that ...

In the state of NH there is a "bridge program" to move from LPN to RN in two semesters. There is likely plenty of funding to help also. You might want to look into this as an option. But if you don't, sure you can do Occ Med work as LPN but some ...

A lot really depends upon your insurance company (workers' comp) and the details surrounding the case as well as the state you work in. If you have children, see an occasional worker, and then are later diagnosed with H1N1 you will most likely be den...

I agree with both of the recent posts. To become certified (COHN) I believe that the number of hours doing Occ-Med work has dropped to 2000 hours. I think it is best to look for one of the many small regional firms that do Occ-Med work. Some jobs a...

It's become a terrible job for some. Excluding ED; ER; ICU; CRNA, NP's; it's simply an extension of our economic and moral climate. Nurses currently are a dime a dozen. Most of us are "meat." Extreme pressure on "increase profit," exists, and we ...

Indeed, they did. They removed the day before Christmas, Christmas day, New Years eve day, and New years day from "paid holidays." They also now require that I pay for may own adult CPR card training, and do not help with license fee even though I ...

Hmm.... the stylelist.com is an unabashed "hire me" advertisement with little real substance. The other one is more helpful but consider please that a six million dollar fine is about 1/3 of one percent of Sears gross income in 2007. If a nurse earn...

Generally lifting requirements vary from the question: (an example: "Can you lift and carry 25lbs 200 feet, ten times an hour?" To: Please pick up that box, and carry it to the end of the hall, and bring it back." So it depends upon what the require...

Let's first look at your terminology. In some companies there is a pre-hire physical and drug screening. In this case the nurse cannot (unless the person wants) even take a blood pressure reading. Then the person is interviewed, and if hired, ther...

Just last week HSBC bank pulled out of America and I say "good riddance to them." I have a friend in Davao who upon graduation with a BS a few years ago was offered a credit card. She took it. Why not, "job prospects ahead," she thought. But ov...

Welcome Goodrich, "manufacturing..." is manufacturing still going on in America? *chuckle* (only kidding, I work at GM though I'm contract.) It's occurred to me that the current ongoing devaluation of the US dollar could very well create a renaissan...

I'm an American RN. I'd like to study nursing in RP, preferably Davao (San Pedro) or Iloilo (West Visayas State) though I'd consider another school. I want a NLE 'school' pass rate of >75% and desire a city that is devoid of pollution (I get as...

Melissa (Mpittsrn) the NIOSH funds a lot of ANP in Occ health, though it seems hard to find a list of who offers what. H60Medic has talked about this in the thread and I have heard elsewhere that one can attain the degree for free and even with a liv...

Hmmm.... "NIOSH considers asbestos (i.e., actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite) to be a potential occupational carcinogen and recommends that exposures be reduced to the lowest possible concentration." Very funny...

You have the perspective--it's simple, you hate your job and it will not change. Get out, or burn out. Within twenty miles of you there are dozens of places, most of which you don't hear about. If you are economically destitute you may be stuck. R...

Would you kindly tell us or place a link to where one would find the NIOSH Centers.... Free with a small stipend sounds very good to me, and I really don't mind moving for a few years...

Real nursing memories: "Come quick please, Al is having great troubles..." Quickly I move to the room doing a quick assessment... color good, sitting up, breathing ok... touch on the wrist...warm, dry, steady pulse.... "What's wrong Al?" "I'm dying...