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CNA Huntington Beach Hospital
Started working on psychiatric unit. Open unit at the time. -
BS Social Worker
Stayed on psyche unit to run groups and work with patients. It became a locked unit the next year. -
Shifted focus to Hospital IT
Shifted focus to Hospital IT but still worked part time on the psychiatric unit. -
Left Hospital to do computer networking and computer support
Worked at multiple company/sites in Orange County -
Software Sales Internet
Company I worked for sold. Left to work with buddy on internet sales -
Y2K
Y2K came and went. Computer spending went broke. Companies merged and collapsed for a bit. -
Back to Social Work-Crisis Line- PET Dispatch-Admissions
Bored with Sales, missed the hospital enviroment -
Marriage and move to Northern California
Best thing that happened to me. -
Move back to SoCal
Working in hospital as IT part time and contemplating nursing school as shift in career -
Full Time Palliative Care Family member
First exposure to palliative care. -
IHSS Work for family member
Worked for county taking care of family -
Nursing School PreReq's
Needed to update classes due to window of time passing from when I first took classes. -
Family Member passed
Working with incredible hospice nurses for years inspired me to return to the workforce as a nurse. -
Invited to sit for HESI Exam for Fall 2020
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Coronavirus NURSING SCHOOLS CLOSED TBD
Nursing schools closed till further notice -
Full Time care for Parents
Palliative and Hospice care for my parents -
VA Caregiver
Parents were military and qualified for VA caregiving opportunity for me. -
Parents passed.
Need to reenter the workforce. -
Nursing School Began!
ADN program began 2 year program with clinical hours!! -
Pass NCLEX
Take and Pass NCLEX -
Graduate BSN
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RN work psychiatric unit
I miss working with psychiatric patients -
RN Branch out Home Health etc.
Looking to work part time as Home health nurse/pallative or hospice -
Work as RN, Wife to Retire
My wife is allergic to vacations. This may convince her!