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  1. Nurse with disabilities trying to find a job that fits

    afjgnp posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi all. It has been a while since I have posted. I have been a nurse for 14 years. Have tried everything from M/S to tele to teaching at the college level. I now work at a busy outpatient wound care...

  2. a new name for Hiatal Hernia?

    afjgnp posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a short question. I am a nurse(rn) and an NP(although I just inactivated my GNP licence-no jobs in NY). Anyway, my husband has a hiatal hernia,but his MD says it isn't called that anymore. I did...

  3. The dumbest things you've heard from a provider

    afjgnp replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    wow Seriously?

  4. a new name for Hiatal Hernia?

    afjgnp replied to afjgnp's topic in General Nursing

    pericardial diaphragmatic herniaParaesophageal ! Yes that is it! When did they come up with that? Isn't just a fancy name for Hiatal Hernia? Thank you so

  5. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    afjgnp replied to Pfiesty's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was on meds for MS and Crohn's but because my income went down by 25,000 dollars a year, I can't afford the copays. All I take now is thyroid medication( had thyroid cancer in 09) Russian Roulet?...

  6. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    afjgnp replied to Pfiesty's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    good for you with the MSN. I graduated in 2010 with my GNP and a secondary degree in Nursing education. I have MS, Crohn's and just within the past week a slipped disk. I thaught that if I had more...

  7. Correct way to give IM injections?

    afjgnp replied to Black Jade's topic in Patient Medications

    I am a nursing lab instructor. The ATI videos the student's watch say EVERY IM is to be given Z-track. Does anyone know the EBP behind it? Seems like overkill to me and I have seen some students...

  8. 57 and need to start over YET AGAIN!

    afjgnp replied to Bailey246's topic in Nursing Career

    wound care is tough. I could only do it for three months. You are wrapping a leg in a profore dressing that weighs 20lbs by

  9. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    afjgnp replied to Pfiesty's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, I am an RN(Actually a GNP) with MS. I have had some pretty bad excerbations. The MS doesn;t bother me so much, I've had it for 18 years. Two years ago I was diagnosed with Crohns too. The combo is...

  10. Is Becoming A NP Worth It?

    afjgnp replied to 8mpg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For me, no it was not worth it. I love geriatrics, but as a GNP, there are no jobs. When the last of the GNP program graduated(myself included in that 3 people who graduated). I don't feel it was a...

  11. How do you handle a big faculty turn-over?

    afjgnp posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi: I worked as faculty at a four year college in the undergrad program. I left and now I am back as a lab coordinator. Since I have been gone(one semester), we have had a giant turn over in faculty...

  12. anyone working as just a Geronotological Nurse Practitioner?

    afjgnp posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    I went to school in Rochester, New York first to get my BS in Nursing then my MS as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner(GNP). I have three credits short of a cerficate in Nursing Education. I am an...

  13. Nurse Faculty Loan Program

    afjgnp replied to iamaca2000's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I live in NY. I thought it was for all my loans(100,000 for BS and MS) . Only covered 13,000 and had to teach for four years. Have health issues so I had to leave my job(won't get into it, read it...

  14. I apologize..

    afjgnp replied to letsbefriends's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so sorry you have to be exposed to that. Big hug to you. Sometimes you have to leave for your own sanity. God Bless

  15. Nurse with disabilities trying to find a job that fits

    afjgnp replied to afjgnp's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    dthfytr: I am so sorry. Polymyositis is nasty. I am sorry you don't have family and friends either. Just A little story. My hubby and I met 25 years ago in Rochester NY(where I am from). We were...

  16. I think I'm done with nursing.

    afjgnp replied to MBrickle's topic in General Nursing

    Rhi007: you are lucky that you have co workers that are so supportive. I have had job where they are less than friendly.Same with the

  17. Nurse with disabilities trying to find a job that fits

    afjgnp replied to afjgnp's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am so sorry. I hope you do get disability. Yes people have told me the same thing, get a job in case management (either through the hospital or insurance copanies. Maybe a Social security lawyer...

  18. New to Agency Nursing- and worried

    afjgnp replied to Dalla's topic in Agency Nurses

    Dear Kcmy: that is exactly who I am supposedly working for-favorite. I have been a nurse for 18 years,but haven't started an IV since 1999. Agree they are dirt bags. I NEVER said I had been a...

  19. New to Agency Nursing- and worried

    afjgnp replied to Dalla's topic in Agency Nurses

    been out of work without ANY money for 6 weeks now (last job was per diem). I got one shift in November. I told them I was a charge nurse(I was back in 1999,in school until 2010. Can't find a job as a...

  20. Dear British "Hoaxed" Nurse:

    afjgnp replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree. As a survivor of a serious attempt, you can't tell anyone if it was worth it. Also the news SAYS the hospital was supportive of the nurse, but you don't know. Once a long time ago, a patient...

  21. Nurse with disabilities trying to find a job that fits

    afjgnp replied to afjgnp's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    babynurse: I agree with you. Why is it that the profession that cares can't care about its own. I am not supposed to be working either(MS, Crohn's disease, Thyroid Cancer, Hypoparathyroidism) but I do...

  22. Why are new nurses treated poorly?

    afjgnp replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Historically, it has to do with schools of nursing being"Millitant" and being a female occupation. It might have a bit to do with being a man, but moreover, it has to do with "when I was new, I was...

  23. Disable and uses Supplemental Oxygen

    afjgnp replied to feather724's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Billing and coding is a speciality, you need a degree for it. Disability nursing for insurance companies(on the phone all day), they want experoence and certification. I just worked in a wound clinic....

  24. Nurse with disabilities trying to find a job that fits

    afjgnp replied to afjgnp's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you for this Marisette, but every job I have applied for as a case manager, I haven't gotten. Maybe because they are through insurance

  25. ADHD, depression, and anxiety disorder as a nurse

    afjgnp replied to LindseyOh's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yes PLEASE! As a nurse with MS and Crohn's and who has been treated for cancer, WHAT NURSING JOB DO YOU DO AT HOME???!!! OH PLEASE! I am running out of ideas to find a job that DOESN'T whip me.