gatherswool

gatherswool has 5 years experience and specializes in Newborns, Adolescents, and Burns.

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1. Question concerning neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

   gatherswool replied to djmatte's topic in NP

   Aaaaaaand here we see the fundamental difference between family and pedi people. Family people know that most babies are totally fine and do best with a little too little intervention rather than too much. Pedi people have actually cared for that one...

2. Pediatric nurse practitioner salary

   gatherswool replied to Wed03's topic in NP

   Actually, those are NAPNAP's stats for 2009-2010, so pretty recent. Bear in mind that the median salary for a pediatrician is just $148,000. Pediatric pay is notoriously less than other areas -- hence higher pay for seeing adults in the VA. I live i...

3. called in sick

   gatherswool replied to socalRN3's topic in General Nursing

   Am I bad nurse for thinking that if you've gotta be (genuinely) sick, orientation is the time to do it? Could you just find someone willing to take you on as a temporary preceptor and work an extra shift this week? That way you don't extend your orie...

4. Mother/Baby VENT!!!

   gatherswool replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That sounds awful! Yes, probably most women are technically able to breastfeed -- but very large percentages (depending on your populations) will need a LOT of help in order to do it. You can't get *80%* in most communities without lots and lots of h...

5. Midwifery Question

   gatherswool replied to bella_autore's topic in CNM

   Here's some great info on what different states license NPs to do: http://www.acnpweb.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3465 Each individual state determines who can prescribe, and who can prescribe what substances. Usually only MDs, DOs, DMDs, and DVM...

6. Patient's access to personal online health records a first!

   gatherswool replied to RN2B123's topic in General Nursing

   My own PCP's health center uses this system, something I really appreciate after once struggling mightily to get back time-sensitive test results from a different health center. The MyChart info is much more limited than what you would find in the ac...

7. 25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

   gatherswool replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

   There's another way to do the penny problem...... and to cut the cake, you just need to think three dimensionally. I love these kinds of questions! Though I'd almost certainly have a seizure if asked to do the train one; I have severe Post Calculus S...

8. STD teaching.

   gatherswool replied to blackscrubs's topic in School

   The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is the gold standard for getting this kind of data on kids from grades 6-12. In fact, if you would rather save time and not do your own survey, you could use their data for your state to talk with the school. You can f...

9. Vent!!

   gatherswool replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Pediatric

   Complaining (especially complaining about your assignment) is actually a communication mechanism employed by adult floor nurses. The combo of clicks, whistles and groans that sounds like "I can't believe [charge] gave me 2 boarder patients AND [John]...

10. Student Ruminations

    gatherswool replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Beautifully written. I hope you do more of these! This is one of the reasons why I love nursing -- it's amazing how much patients give us.

11. pre-delivery "grooming" issue?

    gatherswool replied to brillohead's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hope so; I hear they're better judges than a lot of family members...like Oscar. If Oscar says DNI, then fer goshsakes, DNI. As for the depilation conversation....Living in a smallish city, I find that if you're under 30 and female, removing female...

12. Starting salary for NP's in Boston??

    gatherswool replied to mac2008's topic in Massachusetts

    Crunch numbers carefully unless you're SURE you'd rather be an NP than an RN. Hospital-based RNs in Boston can make a LOT more than NPs, and an accelerated BSN not only costs less, it gets you back out there and making money sooner. After 3-5 years a...

13. New Grad from NJ thinking of moving to Boston, Baltimore or Virgina...

    gatherswool replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    For Boston: If there's an area you're especially passionate about, try emailing the nurse manager for that unit first, then, if all goes well, contacting HR. But do be aware that most hospitals in Boston require a BSN. If you're not 100% sold on the ...

14. Newborn careplan-Nanda Diagnosis Elimination

    gatherswool replied to rhoangel123's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm....I'm a PNP, so my NANDA knowledge isn't too fresh, but I do work in a well nursery. A term baby with a difficult delivery and subsequent TTN will usually have the following issues: amnio-filled lungs immediate inability to feed due to tachypnea...

15. Anyone going to Haiti?

    gatherswool replied to piscesguy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm recently returned from Jimani, a border town in the DR, where I worked at a private clinic-turned-hospital run by a Baptist group treating refugees from PAP. Most came by bus or were (egads) medevaced out to our pitifully tiny and resource-limite...