Lennonninja MSN, APRN, NP

MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery

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About Lennonninja

Lennonninja has 13 years experience as a MSN, APRN, NP and specializes in MICU - CCRN, IR, Vascular Surgery.


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  1. Lennonninja

    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    Believe me I'm trying. I've applied to every NP job within a 50-60 mile radius since May of this year.
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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    I mean that’s their ideal situation, that I just never have days off. I am allowed to take unpaid days off, so that’s what I have to do to get a vacation this year.
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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    I love the specialty but my work environment is toxic. Look into researching TCAR, EVAR, and pedal angiography. Try to find ways to explain narrowed arteries that is approachable to patients. I use an analogy to traffic personally. Yep. My e...
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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    9 years of RN experience, 1 year of NP experience. This is my new grad job. Vascular surgery NP here, only work in the outpatient office seeing vascular medicine patients, post ops, etc. No time in the hospital. M-F 8-5, $95k per year, 5 days PTO per...
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    Credentialing Reference Requirements

    I'm going through hospital credentialing right now. I was asked for 3 professional references. I used the surgeon I work for, and two of my preceptors from NP school.
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    Working as RN before going on to grad school?

    In my opinion, you owe it to your future patients to have some work experience as an RN first. You may think you want to work in one area, and find out that you don't like it at all. I worked for 6 years before starting graduate school, and just now ...
  7. Not everywhere has a pediatric ED. The closest one to me is over an hour away, and I'm not in a rural area. Should you pass and become a nurse, you'll realize how important your psych nursing class was, no matter what the rest of your classmates sai...
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    Can med surg nurse go into ICU?

    I went from med/surg straight to the ICU. It all depends on your hospital. Give it a shot!
  9. Lennonninja

    If you could build your own radiology department

    I've been in IR for 7 months now, and we do radiology nursing as well. Decide what you can be called in for. Should you be called in for an inpatient ICU para or thora? Should you be called in for an inpatient lumbar puncture? Are you on call for bot...
  10. Lennonninja

    Three 12s vs Five 8s

    I work four 9s per week and take call (Interventional Radiology) and it's been a great change. I miss the extra day off from three 12s, but being able to do things on a work day is so nice!
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    Specialty for introvert?

    I second this, IR is a good place for introverts. Short term interactions with people, and in the 5 months I've been in IR, I've only had 3 grumpy patients/families!
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    How does on call work?

    So I just changed from ICU to IR this year and am taking call for the first time. We have 8 RNs in our department, 5 Rad Techs. Because we have 8 nurses, we each take call every 8th weekend (Friday 5pm - Monday 6am), and 1 holiday per year. The Rad ...
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    Er nurse to ir nurse

    I went from ICU to IR, and while the slower pace and better hours are awesome, I miss the adrenaline of the ICU. My plan is to pick up prn in the ICU and stay full time in IR while I'm in grad school.
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    Not Everyone is meant/wants to be a leader!

    That's literally the reason I did as many committees as I could at my previous job. If it looks good on a resume or an NP application, I would volunteer for it.
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    Rapid Response?

    I work as rapid response when I was in the ICU. It was a separate role, but the ICU charge nurse was the back up rapid if there was more than one happening at once. I also worked as ICU charge. I absolutely LOVED this role! I enjoyed a lot of aut...