Spurse32

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1. Lithium Level always low?

   Spurse32 replied to areason4stars's topic in Psychiatric

   I'm in PMHNP school and happen to be learning about lithium so this is good. According to the FDA, people are often maintained on a dose of 600 TID which is only half of what your patient is taking. This makes me think you need to just titrate up unt...

2. Will volunteering help with finding a job as new grad?

   Spurse32 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

   It definitely can't hurt. I volunteered at a hospital and opened the door for the ICU. They had a door that could only be opened from the inside or by a button next to a desk. I didn't really spend much time in the ICU, but I did peek in every now an...

3. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

   I think I'm saying this for the third time now but yes, I agree with all you seasoned experienced nurses, I should have been more creative in finding tasks to do. But there's nothing on my evaluation from about "creative task finding". If I was told...

4. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

   Geeze no one is taking my side! lol This is all good stuff guys thank you. I'm going to have to appeal this and I appreciate the perspective. I also want to learn from this. I know I'm accountable and responsible. There were times in the morning whe...

5. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

   I perform better with a steady work flow, with more things to do and more tasks to accomplish. I'm more engaged. But like I said, I could have been more creative in finding things to do. Still, I did whatever she asked me to do and more. I could have...

6. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

   I wanted to respond to NurseStorm, I didn't see your post till after I responded again. Yes you're right, I could have done all those things. I suppose my mindset was more of an application perspective and that I wanted to be near the nurses station...

7. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 replied to Spurse32's topic in General Nursing

   I know it was highly specialized and interesting, that's why I stayed. I actually volunteered myself for a lot of things. For instance, if a patient needed to be walked downstairs for an appointment, I volunteered. I volunteered to lead groups and th...

8. Failed preceptorship

   Spurse32 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I failed out of my last class, my senior practicum, preceptorship. I'm just looking for a little perspective. I'm gonna try and make it brief as possible so bare with me. I love psych but also like ER and all the medical side of things. I decide...

9. 2016 Salary thread

   Spurse32 replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

   It was just a question based on general curiosity. Why are people so god damn touchy on this website? It's like they take crap at work, then come home to vent to people they can't see in person. You're not informing me of anything, I'm well aware tha...

10. To psych or not to psych

    Spurse32 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I am a nursing student about to approach my preceptorship experience. I have always been drawn to psych and I'm pretty sure I want to be a PMHNP so I'm trying to do my preceptorship in acute psych in a ER. I really like workning nights so I re...

11. Roseman University 18-month Program?

    Spurse32 replied to Bubble Tea's topic in Nevada

    Here's how it works in ABSN cohorts: You take the midterm and pass, you move on to the final. If you take the final and pass, you move on to clinicals. You usually get a few days off before clinicals because people have to super remediate and they wi...

12. Roseman University 18-month Program?

    Spurse32 replied to Bubble Tea's topic in Nevada

    The ABSN program is different. Personally, I'd rather go to school online and be in the comfort of my own home doing it at my own pace, which is what I do. The material is the same and we all take the same NCLEX. Just so yall know, Roseman's nursing...

13. On line psych NP at age 51 -Help!

    Spurse32 replied to future-of-nursing's topic in NP Students

    Psychguy, are you in private practice, hospitalist or both? Can you tell me how you got your start and how you got to that kind of salary?

14. WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

    Spurse32 replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

    OP, if you're talking about the people on this site then I will tell you that I understand it like this: People do not go on the internet to "praise" things or go on rants about how awesome they think their current job or situation is. People go on h...

15. Question from a doc on NP education

    Spurse32 replied to clamchow's topic in NP

    Yah, scope of practice. And no, I wouldn't expect them to have the same knowledge as a MD. I guess I just imagined that with the right background and enough education, an NP could be on the same playing field as a MD or DO. I guess I was wrong. But ...