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nurseactivist

Med-Surg, OB, ICU, Public Health Nursing

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  1. What else can I do with my BSN besides nursing?

    nurseactivist replied to nnm519's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on why you want to leave. Perhaps acute care is not for you. There are many interesting options if you don't want to do direct patient care. Case Manager, Legal Nurse Consultant, Quality...

  2. Nursing student with questions about ob/gyn clinic?

    nurseactivist replied to jead1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Some of us come out of school loving a specific specialty and then our lives change and our interests change. I loved peds until I had a child and then I could no longer handle pedi onc. I believe...

  3. Early Release of Mom's and Infants

    nurseactivist replied to ladytraviler's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Years ago we saw Moms and babes being pushed out way too early. Eventually government became involved and required insurance companies to authorize a minimum length of stay. The exception is if Mom...

  4. Wrongful Termination?

    nurseactivist replied to MEANNRS's topic in General Nursing

    Correction I mean JUST CULTURE. Here is the ANA link on just culture.

  5. Wrongful Termination?

    nurseactivist replied to MEANNRS's topic in General Nursing

    When you work in a union enviornment, you have contract language which deals with termination, rights to an investigation, discipline etc. Our contract provided for progressive discipline and...

  6. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

    nurseactivist replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sadly, some nurses facing critical staffing shortages are willing to accept any warm body. Granted a paramedic is better than an extra social worker in the ED. However, sometimes when nurses are...

  7. CA Public Health Nurses

    nurseactivist replied to kathym1971's topic in Public, Community Health

    No, there is not a seperate phn license. When I graduated from school with BSN, there was a green paper which served as a phn certificate. I had to dig it out after 25 years of employment as a nurse...

  8. Working as a Community Nurse as a new grad

    nurseactivist replied to poko's topic in Public, Community Health

    I worked as a PHN for 15 years and recently just retired. Prior to that job I had 25 years experience in most areas of the hospital including 1 year in critical care. A minimum of one year med-surg...

  9. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    nurseactivist replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to be a nurse from the time I was three years old. It was a calling for me. I spent 40 years of my life being a nurse and trust me, "it's just a job." I had great nursing jobs and horrible...

  10. How do you leave it at work?

    nurseactivist replied to Newbie_RN17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is my first post and I have retired days ago after 40 years as an RN. I am a little a disappointed with the snarky comments on this site from multiple posters. If I am critically ill, I don't...