frankyfern22

frankyfern22

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frankyfern22 specializes in Neurology NP.


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  1. Neurology NPs

    Rock on! You'll do great. It sounds like you have a good, supportive team. I think that's what definitely makes or breaks you. I'd be a lot more nervous if the providers were less than helpful to me. I didn't get new patient's until I told them I was...
  2. Best littmann stethoscope model for Nursing School?

    I agree. #1 Littmann is a must. I'd go for the lightweight for school. The cardiology steths are heavy! I would wait to get those until you're in your first job. I had a littman classic and worked in the CCU and could hear everything fine, over all t...
  3. Neurology NPs

    Wow, 60-90days! lucky duck I shadowed for 2 weeks! They started me out with 1-2 patients and I took as long as I wanted with them and built me up to 30 min appts for rechecks and 1 hour for new patients. In 1-year I'll have 20min appt rechecks and 1 ...
  4. Neurology NPs

    Hi. I graduated May 2015 and am a Family NP whose first official job was in neurology. I started at an OP Private Neuro Practice in March 2016. I had no neuro experience other than what I saw in the ER as an RN and what I learned throughout school e...
  5. I hate being a nurse

    I have worked in 4 hospitals and you know what....nursing is nursing is nursing. Same stuff, different setting. I recently took a job in the CCU, thinking that I needed more of a challenge and change of pace from my previous job (which wasn't too bad...
  6. Graduated 2010 almost gave up nursing.

    Are you only applying to large facilities? Have you tried applying to rural health facilities? I worked in a critical access hospital and they hired pretty much whoever had an RN license. We had a lot of new grads. Orientation was not so great (sink ...
  7. CRNA Applicant - help? Do I have a chance?

    Yesterday, I met with a director of a CRNA school in NY, and she didn't care that I got a "C" in acute care med/surg lol. That was one C on my entire transcript. I think if you made it into Critical Care, that C doesnt mean much to a science based pr...
  8. Dont wanna be a floor nurse..

    Wow, you're so new and fresh to nursing and you already want out of direct care? If you don't mind answering, what makes you want to get out of this aspect so soon? I just ask this because when I first started, I thought the same thing. I thought I ...
  9. Hi Blessed87! I have been out of school for 2 years after my BSN and I have had SO MANY opportunities in nursing that I never thought I would. They're not always immediate, but with patience, they do present themselves. Job prospects in Buffalo we...
  10. How do nurses retain the information they've learned?

    Repetion, experience, and mistakes will help you retain info, mistakes will make you retain it faster! Not to scare you,we all make them... I guess I'm not being funny, sorry! But seriously, repetition and the more time you spend with patients. You ...
  11. Night Shift For Newbies

    I don't work nights anymore, but I just want to say that as a fresh new nurse, I think it saved me from running away from nursing altogether and I'm glad I did it. I loved my night shift crew and made some great friendships in a short amount of time...
  12. Hey all! Whew, you're literally lifesavers (I'd insert a candy lifesaver here lol). It's crazy, I gave my resignation letter to my supervisor ( she didnt know it was a resignation letter though) to give to the DON and called that night at 2 am and s...
  13. You know it's going to be a crazy night at work, when

    When the cops bring a 'patient' in to ER and admit diagnosis is "intoxication", no iv needed, MD plan: "pt will metabolize ETOH". oh since whe are we the drunk tank and security guards! Grrrr!
  14. Thanks for your input everyone! I still have not put in my two weeks. I'm getting cold feet now, I'm thinking too much. In my financial situation id be cooked without a job, in limbo. Thinking about traveling another time now ;(. Idk but maybe its a...
  15. Rn's, are you able to do job well without chemistry class?

    You don't need chem. I was in BSN program and they took my HS chem...hallelujah! And I had no problem passing microbiology/A&P/Nutrition/pharmacology...etc w/o it! The only chem I remember is learning the basic stuff, like the first chapter of a ...