AspiringNurseMW

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  1. Independent CNM practice?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I don't think I'd ever go into solo practice because I have a family. I would at the minimum have a partnership, but would prefer a

  2. Independent CNM practice?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I assist with billing for some homebirth midwives in NY/NYC. That is going to depend on going rate and your cost of living. For the most part, most solo midwife practices take on average 4 clients a...

  3. Initiating Evidence Based Practices

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nursing student here, waiting for my car to be serviced and I was wondering: What evidence based practice/new practices have you tried to introduce in your unit? Say for example: uninterrupted skin to...

  4. Got a C on my first Nursing exam!!!!!

    AspiringNurseMW replied to nataluya85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would also set a meeting with your instructor. What about the questions were you getting wrong. On one of my tests during the 1st semester my cohort and I spent HOURS memorizing pathophysiology and...

  5. Myths About Midwifery

    AspiringNurseMW replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hahaha! I meant when people ask if they should see an OB vs a midwife for pregnancy or regular GYN

  6. Myths About Midwifery

    AspiringNurseMW replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I call these "medwives". I would venture to say that these are *probably* people with lots of experience with traditional US birth factory type settings. Maybe L&D nurses who were entrenched with...

  7. First lab of the semester

    AspiringNurseMW replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    1st lab was Wednesday(2nd semester). We reviewed IV administration and practiced 4 different scenarios involving piggyback with either pumps or using gravity. 1st "clinical" is tomorrow, we call in...

  8. Initiating Evidence Based Practices

    AspiringNurseMW replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you! I absolutely LOVE evidence based birth. She tears things apart to the core! Congratulations on your new job! Best of luck! (also I am A DONA trained doula, I have no idea how that got...

  9. About to finish bachelors, looking to continue.

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Futurestrangers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm still a nursing student and here is my opinion. *how much debt do you have. How much of it could you pay off if you postpone nursing school for a year or 2? * how much do you want to be nurse,...

  10. CUNY: City Tech or Medgar Evers

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Im currently applying right now to start my pre-req over the summer. So far City Tech seems to have easier pre-req requirements (its only A&P1, math, eng, & psych) plus the Kaplan entrance...

  11. How do you organize your binders?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Meldel's topic in General Students

    As for dividing. My lab portion gets divided by week. My lecture gets divided by content. Our school has learning modules with exemplars and either the subject "inflammation" or the exemplar 'asthma"...

  12. How do you organize your binders?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Meldel's topic in General Students

    Last semester I had 3 different binders because I had lab and lecture on different days. It worked because I didn't have to carry around my bigger lecture binder to lab. However, at least twice I...

  13. How much did you really use your textbooks?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to aidyl93's topic in General Students

    I was absolutely broke so I had to buy books through my school bookstore. New. So far I've used consistently my fundamentals, & med surg. The book we got for learning concept maps was pretty...

  14. CNM+PNP/FNP

    AspiringNurseMW replied to CharlyNICURN's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    That depends. If you don't plan on attending births and mainly want primary care setting, then I don't see the point of doing CNM, it's probably be better to go for

  15. Didn't make it.

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Jessies_hope's topic in School, College Programs

    Listen, I get that you're upset. But it's not the end of the world. Cry, rant, and then wipe your tears make a plan and go forth. Did you finish all your general ed classes, not just your...

  16. Why are you a nurse and not a doctor?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's pretty clear to me. There was no indication that pp said nursing school WILL drop your GPA. They said nursing school dropped THEIR GPA, personal story, not a generalization. As for the OP, if...

  17. Frontier & WGU

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hello all! I'm just finishing up my first semester of nursing school (ADN) with a long-term goal of becoming a midwife. I'm starting to look into different RN-BSN programs to complete when I graduate...

  18. Can You work as an RN towards the end of Nursing school?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to LelahRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    I know hospitals hire nurse externs but you have to be at least graduated to work as a Graduate Nurse or pass your NCLEX to work as a Registered

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Really mild story, but I was doing my clinical rotation on the general med surg floor of a local hospital. Apparently one wing has a lot of stories. This happened before I knew about those stories......

  20. luzerne county community college

    AspiringNurseMW replied to jennifer0219's topic in School, College Programs

    He is absolutely right. Mr. Frusciante? He's awesome, he assists with lab 1st semester and I'll have him for lab next semester. He also teaches the intro to nursing class over the summer. Ain't no...

  21. luzerne county community college

    AspiringNurseMW replied to jennifer0219's topic in School, College Programs

    Hi! It was, just as I expected, but still a lot. It wasn't hard content wise, but lots and lots of reading. I kept very organized and that saved my sanity. That and my crockpot. I love all the...

  22. to intervene or not to intervene

    AspiringNurseMW replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    That took me a few weeks to figure out when I started visiting AN regularly, I think I got incited a few times until I caught on,

  23. OB Next Semester. Tips and tricks?

    AspiringNurseMW posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I start my OB Clinicals next semester. What advice would you give a student during this rotation? What should I brush up on/know really well? How can I as a student be more of a help rather than...

  24. OB Next Semester. Tips and tricks?

    AspiringNurseMW replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I get it. I totally do. But it still sucks and I'd still be irritated as a student. Just like I'm irritated that they won't let us do blood glucose checks. But at least its not something I have to...

  25. luzerne county community college

    AspiringNurseMW replied to jennifer0219's topic in School, College Programs

    No, it's a community college. Community colleges only offer associates no matter the degree. However LCCC has transfer agreements with Wilkes University and Misericordia so you can do your RN to BSN...