ghillbert replied to MasterNursinator's topic in NP Students
Why? You make no sense. You can have acutely or complex chronically ill patients at specialty outpatient clinics just as much as inpatient. Decompensated heart failure with concomitant poorly controlled diabetes, cardiorenal syndrome etc.
ghillbert replied to MasterNursinator's topic in NP Students
This is not confusing. Acute care NPs work with acutely ill patients. Family NPs work in primary care. If you want to do a critical care NP fellowship, yes you need acute care NP Program of course. You don't need to stay in ICU all your life as an ac...
I don't think a hiring manager owes you an interview. Perhaps they didn't think it was a good fit once they met you. Perhaps they had another applicant who fit in better. Maybe they got feedback from a current supervisor that was not good. Perhaps a ...
Read the patient, not the chart.
Sooooo many times someone tells me something based on what is documented but they didn't check it themselves. Don't go by someone else's assessment - do your own, as soon as you can get in the room.
Also if you'll have fresh postops, make sure you know the consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass and you will understand what you see in your postops a lot more easily. Agree regarding reviewing anatomy and physiology. Knowing which valve is where, w...
Yes. All you need is please accept my resignation effective xxxx. Check your contract if you have one to ensure you give adequate notice to get any PTO etc paid out.
ghillbert replied to jennifer2021's topic in NP Students
From memory it was about 770 clinical hours when I did it, they found placements (they are affiliated with a large hospital system), all profs have doctoral degrees but no idea about tenure, academics required GRE, admission essay, I can't recall the...
ghillbert replied to jennifer2021's topic in NP Students
Disagree. I went to Pitt in person, and it was entirely not like that at all. I am clinical faculty for other schools that are entirely not like that. I agree that the schools need to be held accountable to provide appropriate preceptors and programs...