abixxy MSN, RN

abixxy has 10 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in tele, med/surg, step down.

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1. Are You Working Past Retirement Age?

   abixxy replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   No doubt there are a lot of factors that influence this. My mother is 70 as well and works in administration (semi retired) for a large healthcare entity in Ohio which is nice you can do that, but mobility is becoming and issue for her. I also ...

2. Traveling with an Electric Vehicle

   abixxy posted a topic in Travel

   I am starting the travel nurse saga and eventually would like to get an EV in the next few years (yes Tesla has been in my eyesight) but I want to know how inconvenient or rewarding this is for nurses? Let me know if you have an EV and travel.

3. Application waiting period

   abixxy replied to Adele Hart's topic in Travel

   Wisdom! But the confetti method can be beneficial if you have the resources to move quickly or a compact license.

4. FAILED NCLEX-PN 3 times

   abixxy replied to Tasha808's topic in NCLEX

   You need a nursing review course, like a refresher that is offered at a local university. If you don't want to devote the time and $ to that, the best second answer is a focused review that will test you before you take the NCLEX again and tell ...

5. Are You Working Past Retirement Age?

   abixxy replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

   I have thought about this many times, having worked in the field for 16 years I have seen many floor nurses that are 60+. and administration RNs that are 70+. I liken their ability to work well past retirement to their advanced earning po...

6. Finished WGU MSN in 2017- now WGU FNP?

   abixxy posted a topic in Western Governors

   I was wondering if anyone had already completed their MSN at WGU and was looking at their FNP program... I know I read that they would have a post master's certificate coming and I probably wouldn't be able to start the program until February 2022. B...

7. EKU MSN-FNP graduate- AMA

   abixxy replied to cHipSAhOy's topic in Online Learning

   Is there a post master's certificate option? Is it ENTIRELY online?

8. RN to MSN with prior BA

   abixxy replied to JD2RN's topic in Western Governors

   I'll tell you my story and you can draw your own decisions. I have an undergraduate degree in Pre-Physician Assistant studies. It's a bachelor of science in health science. I decided to go the accelerated ADN route as it was cheaper and quicker than ...

9. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

   abixxy replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

   My parents were both in their forties when I was born...and I was their only child. Sure, the millennial generation is waiting longer to have children but 28 is not even close to the age you should think about having children. Make a plan- travel nur...

10. Suspended from work for an investigation,can i resign and take another, will i look guilty

    abixxy replied to SuziQ63's topic in General Nursing

    Be very careful about how you handle this. Perhaps you should consult with a lawyer. If your workplace goes to the board of nursing, they are going to do an audit of your employment history. Per BON you cannot lie on job applications regarding resign...

11. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    abixxy replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    At area hospitals in Cleveland, namely Cleveland Clinic- they have taken a premium pay away from the charge nurse role. We used to get paid extra while we were in this position and now are not compensated. This is a higher liability and this was the ...

12. Manager catch phrases

    abixxy replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The best part is when staff cynically repeat them. "Is there anything I can do for you?" Would be a frequent from my prior manager that she was completely insincere about and never followed up with you on if you had a question. A great one my manager...

13. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    abixxy replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    I will say that when I worked on the medical units, they pushed for bedside report. During this we would update the grease boards with the oncoming nurses names and let them know that their care was being transferred- however using nursing judgement ...

14. Finished my MSN this morning - ask me anything!

    abixxy replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Western Governors

    I tried to enroll in this program just after finishing NCLEX but had to wait as the cohorts did not have a slot open until September, I would say a lot of the content for the MSN program was a branch off of what I had just learned in the ADN program ...

15. Olivet Nazarene FNP

    abixxy replied to Mel73's topic in NP Students

    I've been trying to get into this program as I just finished the MSN at WGU however I keep getting hit with road blocks. They said my 3 P's courses will not qualify for their program and I will have to retake them. This is going to be a setback to th...