suseliz MSN, RN

"I didn't grow up with computers..." No, I didn't either. I graduated with my BSN in 1975. I became an NP 20 years ago. I currently work exclusively from home doing online convenience care. What a hoot!

Obesity...Second Hand Smoke My husband is morbidly obese at age 64 and has blown off any attempts to lose weight. He used eating to stuff his feelings. We eat pretty healthy at our house, except I can't control his portion sizes (enormous) or the fac...

Pain is not the 5th vital sign...just some thoughts. I had had a screening colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago. As an NP in family practice, I haven't worked in the hospital in 20 years. I was stunned at the verbiage around pain as I was admitted by th...

The highly skilled customer service representative I have been on the other side of the fence this week and it always makes me a better nurse. My husband became seriously ill in the last 10 days. We don't have a diagnosis yet, but he most likely has ...

Honey, you need to go in and talk to someone. Talk to your Ob, if your Ob is too busy, find a primary care provider, or perhaps your employee assistance. It may be just hormones, but if it's depression is serious business. Find someone to talk to, pe...

I don't believe nursing is causing it's own shortage. I agree with previous comments that hospitals are not hiring the nurses coming out of college and not providing adequate staffing. I left hospital nursing in 1994 for a variety of reasons. At that...

I retired last year from my Family Practice NP job at age 61. I planned to work until age 66. The expectations of corporate medicine were just too much. I let everything go except for my job, but that's not a life. I have grandchildren around the glo...

Agree with all the above and remember most people coming into a primary care clinic have something COMMUNICABLE! And I have to say the worst smell in the world is a patient coming into the clinic straight from a hog operation without changing clothes...

I always felt like I didn't know enough, even after all the experience I had. I became an excellent clinician with great assessment skills, sort of felt like a hit a glass ceiling. I have 2 sons who are physicians, so I am not unrealistic about the e...

Limited bedside experience, FNP program i have been an NP for 21 years. My regret--is that I didn't go to med school.

Nurses Coping With Stress I left my full time job as a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner exactly a year ago. I found there is no such thing as work life balance. It is a myth. Large health care corporations are only interested in how much money you ...

We have to be realistic about aging. I am a very young looking 62, but left my job a year ago. I could not keep up with the corporate demands of my family practice NP practice. I think I was doing very well, but had no life outside of work due to exh...

I am 62. I planned to work until 66, continue to add to my retirement fund. Over a year ago, it became abundantly clear to me that I could not continue to work. I was working full time as an NP. My employer was all about production and patient satisf...