CFLA.RN

I agree you should spend some time finding your place in the nursing world before trying to go for an advanced degree. Where you start out in nursing is not always where you'll be happiest. I started in the hospital on a transplant unit. I loved it a...

Work/life balance is a struggle for the majority of home health nurses that I know. The best days I have are the days where I charted completely in the patient home during the visit, at least everything except the narrative note. Over time you'll lea...

There's a difference in acute pain vs chronic pain...I would treat acute pain first then the constipation. Chronic pain and constipation...would have to look at other factors, especially the site of chronic pain and the onset of the constipation.

FNP programs have considerably large application pools, often twice as many (or more) as AG primary or acute care applicants. I looked on nursingCAS at all the schools with applications available and started the process for whichever ones I thought w...

How are BSN nurses trained to prioritize any differently than ASN nurses?

Depends on where you work. I worked a year in the hospital and then went PRN in home health. I don't think any place will let you not work in the summer and then come back in the fall, you would definitely have to keep a minimum of visits or a new PR...

Got my acceptance into AGPCNP program today! I'm in Arlington. Glad to see I won't be the only one in this area.

I love home health and the patients, I hate the charting that is never ending. There's an immense satisfaction in teaching people how to manage their disease processes so they can stay out of hospitals and stay home with their families. But there is ...

What part of Texas? I know one of the companies I work PRN, they hire LVN's for different shifts so people have some flexibility. I worked home health as a single mom and never had trouble with child care. When she started school I worked from drop o...

HHC is all about the narrative too. It's where you document the skilled service you provided. Check boxes are nice but don't "paint the picture" that Medicare wants to have. I learned to copy/paste teaching guides from NIH to the notes and use those ...

I don't know what area you're in milesims but I've never seen a HHC position that offered less than the hospital, at least in my state. I went from making 19.50/hr bedside to 35/routine visit and 75/admit (9 years ago). Current rates in my area are 4...

How long did it take for you to get your acceptance letter/email after you applied?

Go the ADN route and do RN-BSN online while you're working. You'll be getting the work experience you need and a lot of employers will provide tuition reimbursement for the BSN. It will also give you time to decide which area you want to be in, the f...

Home health can be amazing at the right company. It's important to have the right training because it is very different from floor nursing. You have to remember that it's only going to be you in the home - there is no back up if you can't place a fol...

It really depends on what your home life is like and how often you would have to take call with the m-f. I would have preferred to have the weekend call with terrible hours over the m-f 8-5 with call because after working all week doing regular visit...

Each hospice is definitely different and it's important to find one that will train you correctly. As far as going with a bigger, national company vs a local company that really depends on what benefits you are looking for. The bigger companies often...

I just looked through my old assignments, looks like there was a weekly journal with 3 key points from the module (took about 20 minutes to do once a week) which led to a synthesis paper at the end of the course. There was a capstone PowerPoint proje...

I took co-op and I hated it. I don't mind writing papers but the journal was such an annoyance. On my survey after the course I recommended that they adjust the course to reflect other nursing fields like case management, home health, hospice, etc be...

I took Capstone in the fall, it was really easy. It was a resume review and a few papers, two of the papers were essentially the same. Probably one of the easiest classes in the program.

Axxess and Kinnser are great from a field nurse entry aspect but absolutely horrendous if the nurse is trying to quickly review previous notes or orders before going into a visit. HCHB is tedious at first but awesome to be able to get look at what's ...

Hi - I would suggest calling the number on the UTA academic partnership website. I got absolutely no help from my advisor so I called that number and they transferred me to the department I needed to speak with to get the information that I needed. I...

I'm not sure about your particular state, but an old friend of mine was able to petition the TX BON for licensure and they approved - he had several drug and theft convictions in his 20's and became and RN in his 40's. Me, personally, would not have ...

It will get better! My clinicals were in a very small rural hospital, I was definitely proficient at administering PO lasix for CHF exacerbation and IV abx for pneumonia...but seriously, nothing else. I didn't give my first suppository until I had be...

I've worked full time (over 50 hours a week for the first 10 weeks) and taken full semesters, 2 classes at a time, and made all A's except for college algebra. If you have working knowledge of APA format and experience in research and writing papers ...

I'm almost finished with the online program. There's been times when I've absolutely loved it and times when I'm ready to quit and give up being a nurse altogether. My biggest complaint with the program is that some of the classes are well organized ...