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What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing?
Work At Home Opportunities
Last First Name: Carey Nancy
License degrees: RN, CCRN, BS
E-mail Address: carey358@earthlink.net
City: Quartz Hill
State: California
What kind of nursing do you do: Recovery Room PACU
How did you hear about the Nurse Friendly Homesite: An Infoseek search
Website: AACN
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Caucasian
How many years have you been practicing as a nurse: 19 years
Professional organizations you belong to: AACN
Would you recommend the field: Nursing is a challenging and varied
field. I would recommend Nursing as a profession and have done so numerous
times.
Employment changes in career: 5 times
Reason for the change: Out of nursing school I started working in CCU ICU
areas. Changes have been made as I searched nursing for more challenges.
If you lost your job tomorrow how easily do you feel you find new employment:
In the past when I changed jobs it was always very! easy for me. I plan
to move from Calif. to Washington next year and I have no idea how that
transition will go.
In how many years would you like to retire: I would like to retire in 5
years.
Have you started any type of retirement fund: I have no retirement fund
now. My husband has a 401K plan which belongs to both of us.
Would this travel : Yes it is half mine.
Do you feel having certified Patient Educational Materials on the WWW
would be beneficial: I feel that we should help others obtain needed information
about medical issues by making that information available in every known
format. The more people we are able to educate the better be it on the
web or in our daily contact with our patients.
Nursing School you attend if applicable: University of Redlands BS in Health Care
Where do you work: Hospital
Do you carry a personal malpractice insurance policy why or why not:
Yes. I've had a policy for about 15 years. I like the idea of having a secondary
safety net just in case I need it. I never have needed to file a claim
but I did ask advice once when I was told by my supervisor to apologize
for something I didnt do. The supervisor had promised the patient over
the phone that a telephone call of apology would be made to the patient
and she chose me to make that call. I checked with my malpractice carrier
and was told never to apologize for something I didnt do and that it would
make me look guilty doing so.
Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: The influence
of HMOs on quality of care over the past few years has been appalling.
When health care decisions are made using money as a yardstick many patients
come out on the short end. Especially those patients who are uneducated
about the kind of health care they can expect for specific illnesses. Cutbacks
in health care dollars have eliminated education programs ie diabetes and
heart disease in my area. I am seeing more and more complications from
these two diseases and the patients I see are much sicker then ten years
ago.
What attracted you to the field of Nursing: The need for a challenging
field where if I became bored with an area I could move into and learn
about other areas.
Favorite food: I love to cook and love to eat wish I didnt and have many
favorite foods.
Personal or favorite Quote: Dont sweat the small stuff and everythings
small stuff.
Qualities you admire in your friends & loved ones: Loyalty kindness
generosity honesty love of God.
Pet Peeves: Complainers
Major turn-offs: Talkers who never listen Drivers who take chances with
their life and mine.
Hobbies and activities you enjoy outside of work: Sailing,
Writing,
Poetry,
Reading,
Shopping,
Computer
Pets favorite vacation spots: Collie dogs are my favorite pets. Solano
Beach, Orlando, San Diego Sailing to islands.
See also: California Local Services
California Nursing: Battle Hymn of the California Nurse, California Nurses, California Nurse Entrepreneurs, California Management Nursing Jobs, Nurse Recruitment California Schools of Nursing
Education: California Business Schools, California Colleges & Universities, California Law Schools, Magazines: California Journal
Travel: California Diving Destinations, California Golf Courses, California Parks, California Theme Parks, California North America, California Summer Camps, California Tour Operators, California Zoos & Aquariums
California Nurses:
Ellenberger, Diane, BSN, MS, RN, California, Legal Nurse Consultants, neonatal, obstetrics, pediatrics
Jenkins, Linda B., RN, BSN, PHN, ACCE
Kathi, RN, BSN PHN MSN in progress
Alicia Orlow, LVN ASN RN working on BSN
Departments & Specialties Represented: Emergency Department, Home care, Intensive Care Nursing, Medical-Surgical, Education, Informatics, Neonatal (NICU), Obstetrics (Bilingual), Psychiatric
California Board of Registered Nursing
400 R St., Ste. 4030 Sacramento, CA 95814-6239 Phone: (916) 322-3350 FAX: (916) 327-4402 Contact Person: Ruth Ann Terry, MPH, RN, Executive Officer Web Site: http://www.rn.ca.gov/ California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205 Sacramento, CA 95833 Phone: (916) 263-7800 FAX: (916) 263-7859 Contact Person: Teresa Bello-Jones, J.D., M.S.N, R.N., Executive Officer Web Site: http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/
See also:
California Nurses Association:
California Nurses Association
2000 Franklin St.
Oakland, CA, 94612
510-273-2200, website@calnurses.org
http://www.calnurse.org/
California Nursing Students' Association:
http://www.cnsa.org/
Home Page For CodeRN2
http://home.earthlink.net/~codern2/
http://orncc.org//
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, San Diego, California:"AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) is the professional organization of perioperative nurses that unites operating room nurses by providing education,representation, and standards for quality patient care."
http://www.aornsd.org/
PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association of California:
http://www.panac.org/
Mailing Lists:
PERIOP: An Electronic Forum for Perioperative/OR/Theatre Nurses WorldWide. This mailing list is unmoderated, and open to nurses and other health professionals interested in the care of patients immediately before, during and after surgical & interventional procedures. You must be a subscriber to receive & post messages to the list; instructions for subscribing can be found here:
Currently the list has nearly 1300 subscribers, representing 13 countries over 5 continents. It processes 50+ messages each day on a variety of professional topics. It allows rural or isolated OR nurses to network with their peers and get opinions and answers to their questions. It introduces North American nurses to healthcare culture in other parts of the world, and lets nurses from that world listen in on our concerns.
http://periop.org/
General Links for California:
California Department of Health:"The California Department of Public Health will provide more focused state leadership in public health and health care financing and create a more effective public health infrastructure in California. The department will increase accountability and improve the effectiveness of both public health and health care purchasing activities."
(916) 558-1784
For relay services for the hearing impaired or speech impaired, please call:
MCI from TDD 1-800-735-2929 or MCI from voice telephone 1-800-735-2922
Sprint from TDD 1-888-877-5378 or Sprint from voice telephone 1-888-877-5379
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CAPublicHealth
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CAPublicHealth
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/capublichealth
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/DEFAULT.aspx
Growth House, Inc:
provides information and referral services for agencies working with death
and dying issues both internationally and in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.growthhouse.org/default.html
Cedars-Sinai Health System:
Cedars-Sinai Health System. 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90048, USA. Phone 310-855-5000.
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/
Schools:
California Institute of Technology:
http://www.caltech.edu/
University of Southern California:
http://www.usc.edu/
University of Southern California,
Berkeley:
http://www.berkeley.edu/
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Last updated by Andrew Lopez, RN on Friday, October 17, 2010