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I just left 6 years of bedside nursing in Florida. As such, I caution all nurses to carefully consider before working in FL. The attitude toward nurses in central FL was the worst corporate environment I have ever encountered. Pay is in the basement, nurses are still treated as hand-maidens to doctors, and the state (the docs) continue to repress APRNs ability to practice at the full extent of their scope. There are so many nursing schools in FL, and people move to FL everyday, that there is an overabundance of nurses. They are paid terribly and treated that way too. It's a 'right to work' state and that means they have the right to treat you any way they like and can fire you at will. Longest 6 years of my life. Further, it's not inexpensive to live well in FL. I'm not surprised she got low-balled.

Our management has come to each of us with an "ice cream truck" so we could choose a treat, and supplied lunch and breakfast for us each day this week. It's the best nurses week ever!

Hello, Nurses! After 10 years of bedside nursing I am returning to school for my masters. I have applied to study for my Women's Health Nurse Practitioner license. However, I am finding that as I age, many patients are beginning to talk about menopause and they are struggling to find a practitioner that specializes in this area. It seems that conception and delivery are the focus for women's health and menopause is just an afterthought. I'm wondering, are there university programs that you've heard of that focus on menopause? Is there someone out there that is well known as a specialist that the medical community recognizes, who might also be either researching or teaching? Thanks in advance.

Planning to apply to Chamberlain's MSN- FNP program this week. Any pitfalls you can help me avoid? Anything to know now? Have all you FNP students been happy thus far with this new program? I'm making a tough decision to attend Chamberlain over Frontier. Do you all feel that this program is a good fit for you? The program has been easy to work with? Thanks ahead of time for any input you are able to give me!

Hello, I wanted to offer that pulling out your smartphone and making a video of her rants might be terribly helpful. You don't have to confront her. That video could be emailed straight to her Dean. If the nursing school is worth it's salt, she will be cautioned at work by the people she reports to. Having video evidence of her actions, insults, the tone and volume of her voice,.. it'll be worth a thousand of your words. I feel badly for her students. Nursing school is challenge enough without that nonsense.