Sue Barton fan

Sue Barton fan has 26 years experience and specializes in SNF.

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1. ANA and dues

   Sue Barton fan posted a topic in General Nursing

   I joined the ANA last year for the first time in hopes that I could gain access to current information and explore options for advanced certification; I had been out of nursing for over 10 years. I was shocked at the high cost for almost everything, ...

2. Is there any help for this old nurse lost in new age nursing??

   Sue Barton fan replied to coolnurseclub's topic in General Nursing

   Although it is illegal to online search for age of an applicant, I have no doubt that my age [61] was the reason I was not called for most jobs. I had a relative in HR and he admitted that it was easy to just use the white pages web site if you have...

3. Is there any help for this old nurse lost in new age nursing??

   Sue Barton fan replied to coolnurseclub's topic in General Nursing

   I am a 1976 BSN graduate. I have had many great jobs but lost a super good job in behavioral health with awesome benefits ; the details don't matter because I did receive unemployment, I had grounds for a law suit but chose to just walk away and my ...

4. What is it like to be a nurse in a prison?

   Sue Barton fan replied to MMurse's topic in Correctional

   I just started working correctional nursing in a facility with well over 2,000 inmates. Each nurse should "ideally" be assigned 6 pods, but often more pods are added when staffing is short. There is one medication pass per shift and some inmates alwa...

5. Psychiatric Nursing Certification

   Sue Barton fan replied to Betsy Keller's topic in Psychiatric

   It looks to me like the ANCC certification may be the only way to go; I just hope that the actual application for board certification in Psychiatric Nursing goes more smoothly than getting those CEU's. I was able to use my Mac to take the CEU online ...

6. Psychiatric Nursing Certification

   Sue Barton fan replied to Betsy Keller's topic in Psychiatric

   I wonder if there are any other certification options for psych mental health. I lost my job in Behavioral Health after just 1 1/2 years. I have 26+ years experience in nursing and thought that ANCC board certification for psych mental health would b...