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Hello fellow Public Health Nurses! Could you please tell me if your local public health dept. provides IN PERSON live interpreters for your services to non English speaking patients? What about optional services and NON mandatory programs? If you are...

Just want to add on the topic of taxes, for those excited to claim work expenses in their tax return. In order to receive this deduction you have to 1. Itemize your deductions and 2. Meet a requirement called the 2% floor, meaning that your "work ex...

i agree they are are totally not required to reimburse. Yes I am lucky hehe :) I feel it's definitely worth asking just in case.

Yes in general you should never hide information about a patients medication compliance. If I was the rn I would inform the MD next time I saw that doctor or put a note in the chart. As a student you should mention this to your rn. that being said, ...

I would ask if I will be able to communicate... To the the scariest thing is being awake and conscious but not to have some sort of speech.

I'm so sorry and yes please find a good doctor or OB and a therapist to talk this over with. I'm very very concerned that you said you hope you don't wake up. Please hang in there and get help. In the mean time have you tried ginger chews? Ginger hel...

Just some ideas, research nursing, public health nursing (in the communicable disease department), epidemiology, immunology, etc, but honestly you haven't even started your program so you will be surprised how much of nursing is understanding pathphy...

I watch too much judge Judy... But I probably would have said that "before we started our appointment I did not agree to reimburse you for your services to me. That's not how these appointment work, I'm sorry" dont over think it! I can see you are g...

I'm just gonna throw out a bunch of words without further explanation: rest Netflix Facebook interesting documentaries cleaning laundry dishes friends family vacation (or vacation planning) shopping walking hiking swimming wine tasting cooking ... Th...

My fee was fully reimbursed! I work for a county public health department. So yes ask your boss! She told me it's a condition of my employment so yes they do reimburse where I work...

There sure is a lot of harsh replies here telling him it's a ridiculous questions and he's sooo insecure. So I'm just gonna say - hey dude, don't worry, it's not a big deal, and you will find love eventually! No wonder some people are insecure when ...

Very big questions and of course the answer is, it depends where you are willing to work. Southern CA is a big area so are you willing to relocate to the next county over if Orange County is not in demand? Also do you know what department or aspect o...

Here's what I learned: the "official" way is supposed to education then license then certification. BUT in the setting of your job, it is the accepted norm to put license right after your name so in a chart you can see what kind of person wrote what....

I think the key is you need to be confident - even if you feel nervous then fake it lol. Be clear and concise. Feel free to practice the conversation before you call. It gets easier with practice and when you are out of school!

I'm in the Bay Area which had the first $15 minimum wage and is also the #1 highest cost of living in America. New grad RNs in Northern California start off between $45-65 per hour right off the bat. Advance practice nurses like my sister make well i...

I've come to a place in my life where the grammar mistakes of others do not bother me. I'm much more bothered by the way people drive!

Glad to hear you are doing so well since the MI! There are no restriction as long as you can perform the duties. if your visions hearing and mobility are fine then you have nothing to worry about. I do not know the specific laws about people with dis...

Great answer above. I do not think home health is required. I went into public health as a new grad. Some hiring managers and positions will require specific exprerience and others will not! We have people with almost every type of background experie...

I know this happened over a month ago, but just wanted to add my experience as a public health nurse who visits a lot of these babies in the home. It does sound like a situation where a SW or discharge planner should have been invloved, and hopefully...

Any update? Did you apply? I am working for a similar nurse home visiting program, just not NFP. Happy to answer questions if you are still interested!

Okay ... I believe that is exactly what I said - that some are specially trained to do it, and it's generally something doctors do. You made it sound like I said that nurses never do it and it's exclusively a doctors task which is the opposite of wha...

Wow. What you're feeling is totally normal. I'm sure I would feel the same. You paged your doctor multiple times and you were understaffed. Agree wth all other advice to get some counseling and keep assuring yourself it was not your fault. We all hav...

We got a new apartment that was bigger that cost us $700 more per month than our last studio. We bought a new car so I could commute (0 downpayment!) and we got married so basically all extra money went to the wedding... We are living paycheck to pay...

yes this!! Me too! No more ramen noodles for dinner. Sometimes I even splurge on the $2.00 extra for a side of guacamole at Chipotle

I did a traditional "in person" BSN so I don't know about accelerated programs. This is really interesting because in my school the word capstone did not mean project... It mean your final senior preceptorship on your favorite unit - I had 225 hours ...