l-styx

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1. Private Practice- maternity leave?

   l-styx replied to l-styx's topic in Advanced

   Thanks, those are good ideas. Do you have any trouble with insurance credentialing? As in making sure that your friend-colleague is on the same panels?

2. Private Practice- maternity leave?

   l-styx replied to l-styx's topic in Advanced

   I'm not set up for telepsych. I only live about 5 minutes away from my office, so it wouldn't be terribly difficult to go in a few hours per week, I just worry about how much work it will be to have a new baby (my first, so I really don't know what ...

3. Private Practice- maternity leave?

   l-styx posted a topic in Advanced

   I am a psych NP. I work full-time for a local hospital and have a very small private practice two afternoons per week. I am pregnant and trying to plan my maternity leave. The hospital is straightforward- I'll use PTO and short-term disability for...

4. Columbia PMHNP vs. UCSF PMHNP

   l-styx replied to synapsse's topic in NP

   Hi, I sent you a PM but I'm not sure if you got it. I graduated from Columbia's PMHNP program in 2011 and I was really happy with it. I did ETP and I was very much less than happy with it. The good part was that it was only one year (ETP, that is)...

5. needleless syringe disposal

   l-styx replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   If you're in NYS it is legal for anyone (over the age of 18) to obtain syringes AND needles through the Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP). I completely agree- most people who are unnecessarily and inappropriately putting every single syringe int...

6. needleless syringe disposal

   l-styx replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   i'm sure you already found this if you've been looking at the nys doh info, but it's pretty clear: if the syringe has not been grossly contaminated, and is not attached to a needle, it's not supposed to go into a red sharps container. you're right;...

7. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

   l-styx replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral

   It is incumbent upon us to assume that all of our patients lack the ability to discern our clinical role? Way to disparage, well, pretty much everyone's intelligence with your wide, sweeping generalizations. What would you think about a PMHNP wi...

8. An EMT's place among Nurses

   l-styx replied to Tiki8767's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Tiki, depending on which state you live in there may be legal restrictions that prevent you from working inside the hospital as an EMT. I'm a 911 paramedic, and although we're hospital based we are absolutely prohibited from doing any patient car...

9. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

   l-styx replied to jstuben's topic in NP

   Thank you for this post, I hope it's not a stupid question- but what in the world is a cor zero? I've been a medic for 7 years and have never heard that term.

10. Columbia University ETP 2008

    l-styx replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    I've heard that in general it's hard to be hired in an ER fresh from any program, generally ER managers want people who know their way around the bedside. All three of the hospitals I've worked in require 2 years of RN experience before they'll con...

11. Advanced 12-Lead EKG

    l-styx replied to ccuRNinTN's topic in NP

    Check out Bob Page's program: Mulit Lead Medics. It's primarily targeted at pre-hospital providers, but it's full of great information and it's very well presented. I took it a few years ago and will absolutely go again the next time he's in my area....

12. Columbia University ETP 2008

    l-styx replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    Where did you find your uni number? I think I'm missing something here...too much wine and too little sleep makes for poor internet skills. ;-)

13. Columbia University ETP 2008

    l-styx replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    I called them last week about access to the website, they said that they're doing work on it and it will be up "in a week or so." Who knows what that actually means in real-time. My doctor called in sick and cancelled my appt today, the earliest I c...

14. Columbia University ETP 2008

    l-styx replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    Yeah, I'm still totally creeped out by the idea of practicing pelvic exams on each other. I spent a while googling it today; I like this site: http://listserv.kent.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9709d&L=nurseres&P=1860 I can't believe that this ...

15. Columbia University ETP 2008

    l-styx replied to Asherah's topic in Post Graduate

    Are you F*ing kidding me??!! I just got a horrible totally-creeped-out feeling reading that post. Making us practice on each other is totally inappropriate and just plain insane. Please someone tell me that this practice is outdated and no longer ...