Lilith

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1. Can someone please help me answer this question?

   Lilith replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

   The only justification for B I could think of would be that the other three options were designed to tempt you out of your scope of practice: i.e. don't diagnose and practice medicine. This is the type of crap they used to do when I was in school. It...

2. What a terrible way to start off the new year

   Lilith replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

   Know how to cross multiply fractions for the ratio/proportion method of determing medication doses, know how to work and convert in the metric system - mostly with regards to measures such as cc (cubic centimeters), ml(milliliters), mg(milligrams),mc...

3. What a terrible way to start off the new year

   Lilith replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Students

   You may need to take a break for a year. Take a job in something completely unrelated. Breathe. Have some fun. Make new friends. You may be surprised to find that this might re-affirm your committment to being a nurse. It also may sweep you into a co...

4. Ever have problems with RN's?

   Lilith posted a topic in NP

   I would like advice on how to handle RN's who challenge a new Nurse Practitioner. My nursing background is as an ER RN, and I have just started a new job as an ER NP. I'm finding the role transition difficult. There are a couple of RN's who follow me...

5. Your career track to far as an NP

   Lilith replied to jlan79's topic in NP

   1980 - graduated from high school 1984 - graduated from BA program 1984 - 1999 - almost every job under the sun, seriously lacking direction 2002 - graduated AS nursing, work in ER for three years 2005 - back to school for MSN 2007 - graduated MSN AN...

6. Myers-Briggs Type

   Lilith replied to piscesguy's topic in General Nursing

   INTP - ER nurse.. Three INTP's in a relatively small sample, curious since we are something like less than 1% of the population and females even rarer (facts from memery, may be alittle off). I would very much like to speak to another INTP, especiall...

7. What is a "Code Black"?

   Lilith replied to sugabuga's topic in General Nursing

   :roll In my hospital, code brown gets you the poop patrol!

8. New to Agency Nursing

   Lilith replied to infoseeker's topic in Agency

   Hi, i have occasionally worked for an agency, but I'm in Massachusetts and do critical care. The paperwork is usually little more than standard HIPA and precaution stuff, and a self appraisal of your skills. I usually get about $40 and hour but, agai...

9. First job - nurse extern in ER

   Lilith replied to notquiteanurse's topic in Emergency

   What you lack in experience, try to make up for in preparedness. Carry the following things on you/in your pocket: tape, trama shears, alcohol wipes, more than one pen, pad of paper, kelly clamp, always have a spare pair of gloves in your size. Sheeh...

10. New Slant on ADN vs BSN: are ADN programs anti-intellectual?

    Lilith replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of whether you go to an ADN program or BSN program you will get different standards of education depending on how good that individual program is. There are good and bad programs out there, just like anything. Even the best programs have s...

11. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

    Lilith replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Again, thanks for sharing.... In today's nursing, more and more, the system sets us up to fail. I know that orienting a new employee, or hosting a student nurse is HARD WORK. Some of the scariest mistakes and near misses I have made have happened whe...

12. PA's faster than NP's in ER??

    Lilith replied to Lilith's topic in NP

    lalaxton, Good point about already working "holistically and efficiently" as I am one of the "faster" RN's in the ER. at this point, it looks like it would be the physician's group who would hire me, and therefore supervise me, in the ER. If I were t...

13. PA's faster than NP's in ER??

    Lilith replied to Lilith's topic in NP

    Thanks! Your "real life" situation is extremely valuable to me....could you tell me more about how policies are written to allow you to practice in this way? How much MD supervision/cosigning is needed? (I will also send you a private email, if you p...

14. PA's faster than NP's in ER??

    Lilith posted a topic in NP

    Hi folks - I'm new to this forum - usually hang our in the ER forum. I am an RN,CEN and will be starting a graduate level FNP program in the summer. I have been trying to "sell" my current employer on the idea of using me as a mid-level practitioner ...

15. Interview on 1-6-05 For GN Position in ED.

    Lilith replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

    You have done many of the right things. Make sure during the interview that you make it clear that, dispite your many accomplishments, you have the ability to be humble and admit when you don't know something or when you have screwed up. Being cocky...