malapata

malapata has 5 years experience.

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1. Patient f/u frustration

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   It's true that making an appointment when you are suffering with mental illness can be a huge undertaking. I didn't ask the patient what the reason for being late was on that particular day.

2. Patient f/u frustration

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Thank you to everyone for your responses. I appreciate the advice and will definitely take it with me into practice (especially the recommendations to separate emotionally -that's a hard one). I feel better about the choice I made. I am very thankfu...

3. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Does anyone out there have a lab interpretation book or other resource they really like?

4. Patient f/u frustration

   malapata posted a topic in NP

   Hi all, I am a new NP working in the primary care setting and have a patient who was recently transferred to me from another clinic. The patient has multiple comorbidities including but not limited to hypertension and psychiatric illness. The first t...

5. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Penguins10, wow thank you for all of the advice and encouragement! It means so much to me! I will definitely look into the resources you mentioned. THANK YOU!

6. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Sadly we have no protocol book and I get no feedback from anyone. I really wish I had either one of those things or both. The physician who practices with us is so busy that it's really hard to sit down with him. When I do get the chance I feel very ...

7. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Thanks, sauce! That is good advice.

8. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Thanks, evolvingrn! That is great that you have those quick lab resources. I work with an undeserved population and lose a lot of patients to follow up. Sometimes I'm even unable to get labs on them because they refuse or want me to try to get record...

9. New NP Blues

   malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

   Thank you, orangepink. That is very true and very good advice.

10. New NP Blues

    malapata replied to malapata's topic in NP

    Thank you so much for these suggestions. I appreciate it. I'm not going to say which program I attended but I will say that if I had the chance to do it again I would not go there. I feel they did not prepare us. Thank you for responding.

11. New NP Blues

    malapata posted a topic in NP

    Hi everyone, I am a recently graduated NP. I started my first job about 3 months ago at a specialty and primary care outpatient clinic. There are only three providers at the clinic including myself, one of whom is not always at the clinic the days I ...

12. AANP study materials?

    malapata replied to cecej435's topic in NP Students

    Hello! Could you tell me what the Q-bank is? I'm also looking for study materials and haven't heard of this. THANKS!

13. ALL nights or day/night MIX shift to pick? HELP! need to reply to recruiter!

    malapata replied to froggy8's topic in New Nurse

    I like the variety of working both day and night shifts! We do self-scheduling at my job though and I can group my nights together so I'm not flip flopping back and forth between nights and days... More resources and things to see on days, but nights...

14. Those who passed NCLEX: what were your practice test scores?

    malapata replied to malapata's topic in NCLEX

    I only did one set of Kaplan questions which was a 180-question test on a CD that came with a review book I checked out from the library. I also did some Saunders questions but not that many (maybe 100 total). The resources I mainly used were ATI and...

15. Those who passed NCLEX: what were your practice test scores?

    malapata replied to malapata's topic in NCLEX

    I just wanted to share with you that... I PASSED THE NCLEX!!!!! I guess the scores I was getting were good enough :)