lcmills

You can look on https://www.nursingnetwork.com/ for a preceptor.

Hello- You can look on https://www.nursingnetwork.com/ for a preceptor. What school are you going to? I have done some precepting but not in informatics.

You can do that but it depends on where you are working. I am an occ health nurse in a factory and we have a mobile truck come out and do testing since I do not have the space for hearing booths. I do respiratory testing since we have a paint booth and maintenance employees. That could be a good thing to look into

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It is hard to start in occ health since we are conditioned to having everything in place like working in a hospital. I have worked in occ health for about 13 years. I developed standing orders and did have an occ health doctor we use to treat our injuries sign off on them. Do you not have a corporate medical director? We have one so he signs off on my standing orders and you need one for your AEDs. Message me if you want connect

I think this is great. If you need to vent or want to talk something out pm me. I have the opposite....I am the only nurse in a factory but have many close friends that are nurses.

I went to aspen for a MSN in public health.

I LOVED this! "Just getting in there and helping is helpful....asking if you can is just a time suck." I work in occupational health in a factory, and I am the only nurse. No one understand what I do and how stressful and mentally taxing it usually is. I got the worst evaluation this year due to "not being more in the group" I work under safety and my 1st aid office is not near the cube farm. But it is my responsibly to engage with the group -but they do not come to my office to engage with me. I do not come to work to hold hands and sing over campfires since I do not have time for all that.

It went OK but decided not to go with them. I make more in the job I have and did have to travel. Thanks for asking!

I have an interview with EK Health (for a case management position. I know they are based out of California and the reviews are not great but I do not know if that is from nurses or call center employees. Any help on what the caseload is like or if it is just a horrible place to work? Any tips on the interview would be appreciated.

I have done preceptor for MSN in a few different areas. I do have a Master's in Nursing Public Health. Let me know if I can help you. Most preceptors do charge a fee.

I would ask for clarification. Do you use a true Occupational Health physician? I know when I send employees to urgent care or the ER they write for some crazy restrictions then I get the Occupational Health physician to see and rewrite restrictions.

I have worked in corrections and now I work in occupational health at a large factory. Many people feel we are not real nurses either but Band-Aid and ibuprofen pushers. In school nursing and the nursing jobs I have had - we work alone a lot so you must be able to triage, treat, and release or send out with every person that needs medical attention. It makes me mad when I hear that if you work in these areas then you are less than a nurse that works in a hospital and do not have any skills. I do know when I worked in corrections we did get some nurses that were not the best and very lazy since they had the attitude too that this is a cake job - it just made more work for the rest of us and I think they would have been lazy nurses anywhere they worked. Thanks for a great article.

So well written ...I hate to think of people dying alone (without their family). I wish more young people would see and read things like this to maybe see how bad it is now and then. Need more vaccinations and people to need to see more of the tragedy that is COVID.

Thank you for your post kmRN33. I think some people get hung up on nationally accredited programs and regionally accredited program. I researched before I start my program at Aspen .....who would not research first !?! I am finishing my public health program in a few classes but I am not doing the program to move on to an NP Program but I want to be a corporate level nurse in the company I work for so I figured having a MSN would help my chances but I am also going to finish the MSN in teaching at Aspen so I can make some extra money on side doing some teaching in a LPN or ADN programs. So to anyone that is thinking about Aspen or any school research the school & pick the school that works for U!