PHNMike

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1. APHN; is it worth it?

   PHNMike replied to PHNMike's topic in Public/Community

   Thank you, Siwan. Where I currently work, an MSN is required for management. I am not entirely sure I want to get into LHD nursing management. I harbor fantasies about creating a niche for myself; writing grants for community health education progra...

2. ER nurse here, so what do you do as PH nurse?

   PHNMike replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Public/Community

   laflaca's points, it's all excellent, and very well written, highly readable, makes me want to read your chart notes. A couple things stand out to me though: as an ED nurse, or even on the floor, I attended staff meetings and skills training, but we...

3. APHN; is it worth it?

   PHNMike replied to PHNMike's topic in Public/Community

   Advanced Public Health Nurse. It's an emphasis or major for an MSN offered in some schools. LHD is Local Health Department.

4. APHN; is it worth it?

   PHNMike posted a topic in Public/Community

   I am considering applying to an APHN program but would like to know the usefulness of the degree. I know I can manage and supervise at my LHD, and I can teach (indeed the best job for me would be as a health educator), but what else? It's not an MPH ...

5. ER nurse here, so what do you do as PH nurse?

   PHNMike replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Public/Community

   Also in Epidemiology/CD... I also like it very much. .

6. Can I do this to help me insert a Foley?

   PHNMike replied to allthesmallthings's topic in General Nursing

   Generally, you should try to hit the meatus and then, if you miss and insert the foley vaginally, you leave it there and try again with a new foley. I don't think assuming that you're going to miss is good practice.

7. ED as a new grad?

   PHNMike replied to Maverickm808's topic in Male Students

   Re: ED nursing, if it's right for you, you might never want to do anything else. I see ER nurses go to PACU, less commonly to ICU. In some ways ICU and ER are polar opposites. ER nursing is about emergent conditions requiring emergent, fly by the sea...

8. ER nurse here, so what do you do as PH nurse?

   PHNMike replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Public/Community

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9. ER nurse here, so what do you do as PH nurse?

   PHNMike replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Public/Community

   I came from the ER into public health (I work for a large, well funded County Health Department, currently in epidemiology doing investigations on reportables, but I was in the STI/Imms clinic before this). You'll have to get used to the patient bein...