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Career mistakes = No Job?

Posted by Sean on May 28, 2012

I found this via a friend on Facebook. Why is this an awesome list?….

Because NONE of these listed mistakes apply to my career choices as a nurse!!!!

The Top 10 College Mistakes That Will NOT Help You Find a Career:

  1. Getting a degree where the only way you can get a job is by getting your masters or PhD.
  2. Heading into a career field with no jobs available.
  3. Getting a graduate degree that wasn’t necessary because you could have gotten the same job without it.
  4. Not conducting informational interviews to find out that you hate your chosen career before you start working in it.
  5. Not making a plan for what you are going to do after college so you just take the first job that popped up after graduation (that you hate).
  6. Not building a network during college because you spent too much time studying or partying.
  7. Picking a major where there is only one type of job after graduation instead of having many different options that you can pursue.
  8. Picking a major that you are good at in school but you actually despise it.
  9. Picking a major because someone else said that you should.
  10. Since you can’t find a job after college, you decide to head to grad school instead (and still can’t find a job after grad school).

via College Mistakes That Will NOT Help You Find a Job | Classy Career Girl.

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Sleepy thought of the day…

Posted by Sean on May 23, 2012

This is quite the conundrum.

Why is it when I NEED to stay awake, alert and focused during a class lecture or when I’m studying (cramming) for an exam during the ’11th’ hour- my eyelids weigh a ton. I can’t keep my eyes open! I start doing that ‘funky chicken’ dance (stole that from USMC boot camp). 

Sidebar: while in boot camp many moons ago we spent much of our time in a sleep deprived state. We would then have to sit in a classroom every so often for a class on some skill. We obviously would find ourselves falling asleep. The funky chicken is when you head starts to bob up and down. You can’t seem to keep your head up and you fight the “I’m awake.. I’m sleeping… I’m awake.. I’m sleeping” posture

THEN… when I’m laying in bed. It’s time to sleep. Time for some shut eye!! But, instead I toss and turn. Stare at the ceiling. I listen to my cats roaming the house. I listen to the weather outside.

Grr.

I have a solution. I’ll tape record or videotape my class lectures. And every time I’m lying in bed with insomnia – I will play the lecture.

I should pass out with no problem ehh?

 

Whattya think?

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My problem with the internet…

Posted by Sean on May 18, 2012

You do an innocent search for the differences between PA’s and NP’s and you get this crazy inaccurate and horribly false info:

NPs work more in concert with a doctor. NPs may assist a doctor during a surgery, but they never perform surgery. Some states allow NPs to write prescriptions independently, while others require the signature of a collaborating physician. All NPs are certified and licensed registered nurses (RNs), but take additional post-license courses. They do not need certification beyond their RN license, nor do they have to take a national qualifying exam.

via Physician’s Assistant Salary Vs. Nurse Practitioner | eHow.com.

GRR

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Confessions of a (micro) Blogger…

Posted by Sean on May 4, 2012

I’ve been blogging for roughly… 7 yearsish?? I jumped head first into my own domain name about 5 years ago. My blogging style has morphed so much that I don’t think I ever had a ‘style’ per se’. I’ve since used ‘My Strong Medicine‘ as a catch all name for all other SoMe sites like Tumblr, Posterous and of course Blogger.

I have mostly blogged about all things nursing and have sprinkled a lil’ fitness/wellness & exercise on top. I’ve utilized the ‘other’ SoMe sites to channel most of my training logs, and exercise passions, and kept My Strong Medicine mostly focused on nursing.

My frequency of blogging about nursing started to trail off when I took the plunge going back for my degree. Three years later I’m 11 months away from graduating with my master’s in nursing and having the ability to sit for my NP boards (woo too!)

Blogging in the traditional sense has all but disappeared for me. I’ve transformed into a ‘micro-blogger’ over the past year or so. Tumblr has been a great avenue for micro-blogging, as well as super-sharing my thoughts and things I stumble upon with Posterous. I cannot tell you the last time I wrote a formal blog post via My Strong Medicine.

I must admit that blogging over at Scrubs Magazine has filled the ‘void’ of my traditional blogging habits, since I still do that consistently. 

I know, I know… micro-blogging is NOT blogging. One is a formal ‘post’ of thoughts, while the other is a ‘snap-shot’ of a single thought, or idea. I guess you could say micro-blogging is an extended status update compared to posting a simple update to Twitter, Facebook or Google +

Maybe it’s the time commitment? Maybe I’m tired of blogging? Maybe my interests are changing? Who knows. I do know I don’t blog like I used to, and I can admit I’m not really missing it all that much? The micro-blogging world is nice, I can share many things, I can spit out a thought (or status update) or I can choose to write a traditional blog post. I like being able to choose, especially since there is no real time commitment. And with school, work, life and all other things that require my time – I like spending less time creating or sharing.

Maybe I’m just getting lazy?

Either way, I foresee things staying this way for a while, if not permanently. I don’t have the time, and quite honestly my outlook as a nurse has changed greatly since my role as a nurse is transitioning to a nurse practitioner. I can’t say I’ll be sharing the same thoughts as I once did. The challenges and stressors I would face as an NP do not really reside in the same place as an RN (no offense).

 

AAAND, if you’ve been following anything i post you’ve noticed my passion for crossfit keeps growing by the day. And I’ve upped the level of commitment by adopting the Paleo lifestyle (as best I can).

 

This was a long blabbering explanation as to why I changed my Blogger blog’s name to reflect my other SoMe sites, and why My Strong Medicine has been quite the ghost town. For the handful of people who actually read (past tense) and read my original blog I apologize for the change. It’s just the eventual evolution of me and my bloggin skillz. Be sure to find and follow me with all the other listed sites I’ve hot-linked. I’m always looking for more conversations!

I’m starting the summer semester this week… so let the pain begin.

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Go Time

Posted by Sean on April 24, 2012

Let’s hope I studied enough… and didn’t over do it.

Wish me luck

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Me & my relationship with food…

Posted by Sean on April 19, 2012

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    The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 1): An Epidemic for Every Body
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    The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 2): Sickeningly Sweet (Trailer)
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    The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 3): Hunger and Hormones – A Vicious Cycle (Trailer)
  10. As a newly passionate Crossfitter… paleo was a natural next step:
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  17. 5 weeks into it.. and I couldn’t feel better.

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Attention nurses – Sleep or die | Conditioning Research

Posted by Sean on March 6, 2012

I thought this was appropriate to share with all my fellow nurses out there, since sleep is a hot commodity for most of us.

Conditioning Research: sleep or die.

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My ‘Heart’ Day

Posted by Sean on February 14, 2012

 

My ‘Heart’ Day – UnAfraid.

Early AM Clinicals : check
Mid-afternoon class : check

Day 4 of this vice-like head cold : check

Grilled-cheese sandwiches & tomato soup dinner made by my beautiful wife : check

I’m a very luck man folks. Wife still takes care of me whenever and however she can.

P.S. : This pic was too good not to post.

Now….

I’m off to bed.

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What I’ve been up to…

Posted by Sean on February 12, 2012

 

image source:exhausted

My internal medicine clinical rotations started this week.

Long hours.

And apparently my immune system didn’t like the lack of sleep. I have that ‘runny nose’ feelin’.

Only three more weeks of this. I can do it, I can do it.

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Tube Feeding folklore

Posted by Sean on January 26, 2012

So my classmates and I were in class yesterday. The lecture topic was Nutrition for the Acute and Critically Ill patient. We as future nurse practitioners need to understand nutritional needs as well as calculate those needs on a per patient basis. That’s not what I’m blogging about though.

My classmates and I were curious. How many nurses out there have ‘initiated’ or managed a patient on tube feeds… and they DID NOT have some sort of diarrhea??

I think most nurses think :
tube feeds = diarrhea

Whaddya think?

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