nursemissy8

nursemissy8 has 6 years experience and specializes in Palliative Care, Hospice, Home Health.

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1. How did you celebrate passing your boards?

   nursemissy8 replied to anh06005's topic in NP

   My husband and I went on a New England/Canada Cruise in the fall!!

2. Soon to be NP. Nervous.

   nursemissy8 replied to anh06005's topic in NP

   I'm a new NP also, graduated in August and started my job in October, so only here a little over a month. I think the best advice is make sure you study, study for the boards. I thought I was going to do my boards a couple weeks after graduating to...

3. APN logs in under Doctor's name and charts. What do I do?

   nursemissy8 replied to StealthRN's topic in NP

   Are you sure they were definitely logged in under the physician's log in/password? In our system, whether I am the person that started a note/wrote the note, it shows up as being seen by the physician that I am working with. Only in the billing tab...

4. Fitzgerald review guarantee

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in NP Students

   I failed the AANP Adult-Gero Primary Care exam by 7 points. There were acute care questions on the exam (there was a question about tPA, when would that ever be used in a primary care setting). I took the Fitzgerald online review (which is just the l...

5. Adult-Gero NP Certification Exam/Studying

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in Advanced

   Hi, I will be graduating from my Adult-gero NP program in August 2014. My classes finish on 8/8, and graduation will most likely be later that month. I am leaning towards taking the AANP certification exam. I did purchase the Leik Adult-Gero NP Ce...

6. University of Cincinatti fall 2013

   nursemissy8 replied to deleob's topic in NP Students

   I'm currently in my third semester at the university of Cincinnati distant learning ANP program. They are very good at keeping in contact with you, so you won't miss anything. For the first semester, your enrollment advisor will be in contact with yo...

7. Getting back into nursing...any advice/recommended reading?

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi everybody! i graduated from nursing school in august 2008, which then i started at a level one trauma center in their critical care program. i completed the program, but at the end of it, they did not have positions for us, but held us to our co...

8. Calling all HH Nurses, roll call

   nursemissy8 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Hi, I'm a new home health nurse. I started off in critical care right out of nursing school, and they was displaced to case management in the hospital (which was calling the insurance company and d/c planning) I tried out a nursing home but did not ...

9. Starting to hate nursing...and only doing it for 3 months!!

   nursemissy8 replied to nursemissy8's topic in New Nurse

   Well, I had been at about 5 months the beginning of Feburary, and was actually started feeling comfortable in my role and that I would be okay to do it on my own. Well then the week before Valentine's day, that Monday we had ACLS training for 2 days...

10. need job in hospital

    nursemissy8 replied to nicolerj116's topic in Pennsylvania

    I wasn't sure what part of PA you live in, but Lehigh Valley Hospital hires PSNA (professional student nursing assistants) which you are basically a nurses aide, but they will allow you to watch procedures, etc. You can apply for that position after...

11. Great hospitals in Eastern PA

    nursemissy8 replied to Tarayya's topic in Pennsylvania

    Lehigh Valley Hospital has a critical care graduate nurse program, so you are able to start in the ED or on critical care unit right out of school (and you can even start before you pass NCLEX). They provide you with 6 months of training, including ...

12. Do You Need To Work As a Nurses's Aid To Get a Job After Graduation?

    nursemissy8 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Pennsylvania

    You can probably get a job per diem as an aide, which you can make your own schedule. The hospital I work at even has a position for student nurses, which they are basically aides, but they will pull them in on procedures and stuff since they are st...

13. Pocket Reference

    nursemissy8 replied to jalainec's topic in MICU

    I just purchased critical care nursing in a flash by springhouse. Here is the link on amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Care-Nursing-Flash-Springhouse/dp/0781792843/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231292883&sr=8-1 I have not ...

14. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    nursemissy8 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU

    We have a unit-based pharmacist on our unit. They make rounds with the doctors/residents and they are a really good resource to ask questions to. Almost all our meds come up mixed already, but I'm sure they would assist if needed. The most common ...

15. Starting to hate nursing...and only doing it for 3 months!!

    nursemissy8 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi, I just graduated from my nursing program in August, this is a second degree for me. I was a social worker in my previous life. I loved being a social worker, but got paid crap, which lead me to go for a nursing degree instead of a master's in ...