geriatrics, home care nurse, Nurse Practitioner

Federal Credentialing Process

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner - October 2009 The Veteran's Affairs (V.A.) offered me a job as a Nurse Practitioner in Home Care a month ago. They have begun the grueling credentialing process, more prolonged than any other NP job I've ever had. I passed my pre-employment physical last week. My depth perception was not good on… Continue reading Federal Credentialing Process

General Nursing, geriatrics

Lord, Be My Vision

From my journal... January 18, 2006 I'm having trouble with my eyesight again. I pulled out my pocket eye card and could only see 20/200 with my left eye and my glasses on. This means I need to be at 20 feet to see what most people can see at 200 feet. My right eye… Continue reading Lord, Be My Vision

Christian Single, General Nursing

What Next, Lord?

January 1, 2003 My Pastor had a wonderful message last night at the New Year's Eve service at church on Philippians 3:13-14, "This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God… Continue reading What Next, Lord?

General Nursing, geriatrics

Lord, Be My Vision

From my journal... January 18, 2006 I'm having trouble with my eyesight again. I pulled out my pocket eye card and could only see 20/200 with my left eye and my glasses on. This means I need to be at 20 feet to see what most people can see at 200 feet. My right eye… Continue reading Lord, Be My Vision

International Nursing, Panama 2020

Health Care in Panama

Friday, March 13, 2020 "You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." Psalm 32:7-8 Boquete, Panama I had just fallen asleep when my… Continue reading Health Care in Panama

Christian Single, General Nursing

What Next, Lord?

January 1, 2003 My Pastor had a wonderful message last night at the New Year's Eve service at church on Philippians 3:13-14, "This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God… Continue reading What Next, Lord?

geriatrics, Nurse Practitioner

Dermatology Nurse Practitioner?

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner - May 2009 I have worked at the nursing home for nearly five years giving primary care to the elderly residents. There is no dermatologist that holds a clinic on site so the patients must wait for months to see a dermatologist in his office when we refer them for a skin… Continue reading Dermatology Nurse Practitioner?