NotYourMamasRN

I have seen half the staff at a LTC center catch the critter.... aka scabies.

Hi All, As many of you know, I am in grad school and recently changed my major to get out of nursing through a VA program for disabled veterans. I was injured pretty badly on the job, I don't want to go into details yet, but it was through no fault o...

Thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for an answer on. I love volunteering because I still get to help people :-)

I like your post and video, I think it highlights the stereotypes that people often associated with healthcare personnel.

Haters gonna hate! That's what I say to that. Follow your passions and your dreams, don't let the opinions of others hold you back. On a more personal note, the CNM that delivered me was an RN for 5 years and then became a midwife and had a year of...

I worked it for awhile and grew to dislike it. I felt with night shift I would have down time at the end of the night and with day shift I would have down time at the end of the shift, but with 11-11 there was nothing but crazy. Sure the shift flew b...

So sorry to you, the community, the families, the children, etc. I can't watch it on the news without tearing up.

My answer too. I feel as though I have an ethical obligation to protect public safety, a wanted criminal is a threat to public safety.

I know the feeling, I am in the process of switching my major to MHA and being vocationally rehabilitated by the VA. If it is killing you, please explore your options. I did and I feel like a gigantic pregnant elephant has been lifted off my chest.

I renew everything at least 3 months in advance. Haha, not literally but I am extremely Type A and waiting too close to renewing anything gives me anxiety!

Thank you! I am really excited and have some degree of optimism about the future now :-)

Hi All, I am excited because I have finally been approved for a program through the VA that is aimed at getting me out of nursing. If you have read my posts, you know that I am a veteran and my PTSD is greatly aggravated by nursing. I have been unabl...

No, never. Some docs are great, but the majority of what I have dealt with makes me happy I am not that obnoxious and arrogant.

In my experience, it is based on specialty and locality. The state I live in now has very different needs from the last state I lived in.

I think that since they are offering a bonus, they are in desperate need for nurses. They probably do not have the resources to train a new graduate. The add itself is offering a bonus, they want experienced people is my suspicion.

You will get there, it take time. It took me a few years to feel comfortable with just nursing in general. :-)

Hi All, I just wanted to post something positive today. I have been working on a Tele floor for about 6 months now and I finally feel like I am doing ok and not just surviving the zombie apocalypse. It was a really hard adjustment, going to a floor w...

Thank you both. Tele has a wealth of learning experiences, I am happy that I stuck with it!

I would get acute care experience, if possible. It is hard but it is worth it when you think of learning experiences.

"It sucked"

No problem at all. I have a BSN through them and I am doing my MSN there. I love my learning experience and it has challenged me. The cost is high but I did have the GI Bill so it offset a lot of out of pockets costs for me. I wouldn't go anywhere el...

....Quickly.

I am halfway through the program, I love it. I am focused in healthcare policy. I have had some really awesome professors that motivate and inspire us. They did recently change the discussion curriculum, so it is much harder to get full credit for we...

In the last ER I worked in, there was a group that did their BSN at Chamberlain. Most all of that group started the MSN program at University of Maryland and one at Georgetown. Chamberlain is CCNE accredited and not a single one of the nurses I know ...

In my experience, which was much like yours, LTC only sees dollar signs. They see dollar signs in admitting all these patients and don't want to waste any money doing responsible things like adequately staffing, training, and providing resources for ...