dmmlayton

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1. Working a 9-5 and starting NP Program

   dmmlayton replied to enigma2441's topic in NP Students

   What school do you attend? I'm considering applying to frontier but worried about working full time and having a kid and being able to handle the workload.

2. Nurses smoking weed?

   dmmlayton replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Wouldn't it be smarter to just quit your job if they were going to drug test you and you knew you would come up positive? Seems like a more logical solution than risking losing your RN license. Of course the smartest thing to do is not use at all or ...

3. Nurses smoking weed?

   dmmlayton replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   I think there needs to be new regulations on how marijuana is tested for in drug tests. It's not logical that a substance could be in your system for so long and yet an RN could lose their license due to smoking a month prior if they were off duty. T...

4. Do I want to become a FNP?

   dmmlayton replied to dmmlayton's topic in NP Students

   I totally agree and understand where you are coming from. I feel like we keep raising patients expectations even if they are unrealistic to what the nursing staff can do. I feel like a slave to ungrateful patients sometimes at work and I even work on...

5. Do I want to become a FNP?

   dmmlayton replied to dmmlayton's topic in NP Students

   There are still 12 hour shifts available for FNP's, just gotta search for them. My friend is a FNP and she works 4 tens and another friend is a PA in a clinic and her and the FNP's she work with work three 12's and one weekend every few months. The ...

6. Do I want to become a FNP?

   dmmlayton replied to dmmlayton's topic in NP Students

   I think so too! And after my last day of work I think I've decided FNP is the way to go. Floor forever is not for me :)

7. Do I want to become a FNP?

   dmmlayton replied to dmmlayton's topic in NP Students

   Are you in school for FNP? I get what you are saying, all jobs have their headaches but some tedious work is more tolerable than others. As a bedside nurse I'm starting to feel like a slave to patients who don't appreciate all I do for them. As a pro...

8. Do I want to become a FNP?

   dmmlayton replied to dmmlayton's topic in NP Students

   I was thinking about shadowing a FNP too. Most that I have spoke with like it and are glad they did it. I think it really depends where you end up working but with any job if you hate it then find a new one. Plus if I hate bedside then I'd rather at...

9. Anyone ever apply for the National Health Service Corps scholarship?

   dmmlayton replied to ritit123's topic in NP Students

   I am currently under it as an RN. It's great! They send me money each month that I pay my loans with. The only down side is it doesn't really pay off 60% of your student loans since they tax the crap out of it. Mine was taxed 20k in one year! Sucks ...

10. Do I want to become a FNP?

    dmmlayton posted a topic in NP Students

    I have been a bedside nurse for almost three years and although I work in a great hospital I am already realizing this is not where I want to be the next 30 plus years. I am considering becoming an FNP and would love to hear from people who are alre...