thetanpecan

Agreed. I would say that 90% of my charting is red tape and covering my ass for a lawsuit and only 10% that is actually necessary to help the flow of the patient's medical care for any future follow-up.

Do you remember much from being in the ICU? In nursing school, I worked on an ICU burn unit and we kept the patients sedated most of the time.

Thanks for your response. I always wanted to ask the patients and wondered how aware they were of their surroundings. Sounds like you are coping well since the accident. Do you feel like you are?

I'm not sure how I feel about this advice.

I would agree. I am a nurse practitioner with about $120,000 in student loan debt, I make about $85k depending on the year and any side jobs I pick up each year. My focus is on the private loans because the interest rates are higher and there are virtually no protections for you if you are ever in a position where you can't pay them off. I am trying to be super aggressive now, as well. Good luck to you and your wife.

Yep... everyone wants to know someone's sexuality or if they are transgender, yet the minute they officially come out, people are like, "Stop shoving it in our faces!!"