unplannedRN

unplannedRN has 20+ years experience.

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1. **Deciding between FNP schools - HELP**

   unplannedRN replied to localgirl85's topic in NP Students

   Maryville has a good reputation, and a very decent rating in those national reports. I considered them as my 2nd or 3rd choice. Graceland University is very respectable, too. Frontier is very mother/child oriented; it's emphasized in the curriculum, ...

2. Can't Get License Endorsed in Another State : What is the best option?

   unplannedRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Illinois is one of those. However, it turns out that if you have been licensed in another state AND have 2 full years of clinical nursing practice, the you meet the requirement in IL. The logic is that now you DO have the required clinical hours for ...

3. Is My Nursing License At Risk?

   unplannedRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Professionalism

   I can't find this reference in the thread. Surely, though, this is something that might understandably cost someone his/her license, starting with practicing medicine and dispensing medication, both without a license, and for abuse of another person.

4. Is My Nursing License At Risk?

   unplannedRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Professionalism

   Oh, and, a footnote, in case anyone is tempted to say, "just a reprimand?" That nurse spent money for legal representation at the BON hearing, but could not have afforded an appeal. Her attorney told her afterward, too, that, "If your case is held...

5. Is My Nursing License At Risk?

   unplannedRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Professionalism

   However, I do personally know of a case where a nurse who (perhaps foolishly) commented on some questionable practice by a nursing home where she went via a staffing agency--and had her license tarnished forever in retaliation. She was "caught" the n...

6. License reinstated but no one will hire me

   unplannedRN replied to 47lpn's topic in Criminal

   It's been 3 years, so hopefully this is past history for 47lpn. If not, it would be sad, because the nation needs nurses and people deserve second chances. I personally believe there should be a process through which nurses who have kept themselves o...

7. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

   unplannedRN replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral

   I should clarify (re primary care) by "education" I meant patient (not nursing student) education, a much more important function of "real nursing" than dispensing antibiotics for a sore throat, although that is important, too. It's just that it is n...

8. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

   unplannedRN replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral

   It is true that nurses commonly function at a level other disciplines do only with higher degrees. In other words, a Critical Care ASN, let alone a BSN, both do work that a Bachelor's-degreed person in another field wouldn't be allowed to touch. Thi...

9. NPs ever have to take call?

   unplannedRN replied to ghostbird's topic in NP

   I have to add that NPs should really take a firm line on this, once they decide what type and pattern of compensation seems fair. I have read posts on MD discussion boards where they complain that NPs make a little less, but have no call and no OT, a...

10. NPs ever have to take call?

    unplannedRN replied to ghostbird's topic in NP

    I'm just a prospective NP student, but happened across this. I think that unless you are a salaried employee or co-owner of the business (clinic or whatever), or an independent contractor, then you are by definition a non-exempt hourly employee. In ...

11. Tips on studying joints?

    unplannedRN replied to emily12345's topic in Pre-Nursing

    To really understand, it might help to ask, ""How is a door hinge similar to an elbow?" or one of those plumbing "ball joints" have in common with similar joints in the body, like the shoulder? Or rocks in a stone wall that has no mortar similar to...

12. academic rigor/solid learning vs churning out papers/busywork

    unplannedRN posted a topic in NP Students

    Hello, I need a fast program for all kinds of practical reasons, and no matter how rigorous the program, I will study even more, voluntarily...I LIKE to actually learn and be challenged, so I hate busywork. I'm looking for a tough but minimal-busywor...

13. Not Happy - Nurse with MS

    unplannedRN replied to Daughtermom's topic in New Nurse

    But they do require nursing experience, or should....at least a year's worth. I do Disease Managfement and they like at least 5 years of good med-surg...most have over 15 years. But I agree; seeking something less demanding is a good idea. Working in...

14. Veteran nurses.... I appreciate you!

    unplannedRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Relations

    It is the strangest feeling to remember my first year as an LPN like yesterday, and yet be one of these "mature" nurses you're discussing that can remember (just barely, though) when community hopsitals still used urine testing to calculate how much ...

15. Anyone got a Post-Master's FNP after WGU master's?

    unplannedRN replied to IwannaBeNP's topic in Post Graduate

    Dear "WannaBe", Funny you should ask: Those were EXACTLY my concerns before entering WGUs ASN-MSN program with a BA in Psychology. I had wanted to be a clinical psychologist since HS, and I am middle-aged. I checked into distance-learning psych progr...