hotomalis

hotomalis has 2 years experience and specializes in CCU, MICU, SICU, TELE, MED/SURG.

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1. What is the main difference between LPN and RN

   hotomalis replied to dayzee1975's topic in General Nursing

   What is the technical difference between an LPN, LVN and BSN? I know about their responsibilities but are BSN nurses considered technicians if their scope of practice is wider? I too am writing a paper and I'm not too clear as to what the differences...

2. My first SANE exam...

   hotomalis replied to amy's topic in Emergency

   Well, I'm not a ED nurse but because I have this training, I could be called to the ED and assigned to a victim. These exams may take (depending on the degree of the assault) up to 8 hours to complete the test, the paperwork, the conversations with t...

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

   hotomalis replied to jstuben's topic in NP

   I guess it depends on what state you are in. For example, in Maine you have to be under supervision for two years and then you have independence. In Rhode Island you have independent practice (no MD on site) but you can't write prescriptions, In othe...

4. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

   hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

   Perhaps we should open a forum of nurses who have been greatly dissappointed by hospitals and medicine. I love being a nurse but I really don't like the way nurses are being treated. Tell this other nurse that I am proud of her for being a fighter, c...

5. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

   hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

   Thanks BBFRN! I think that the kindness I've seen in this forum allows me to pass it on to someone (anyone) else. However, I have to say (and you probably heard this before, I know this is the disease that will eventually put me underground and until...

6. My first SANE exam...

   hotomalis replied to amy's topic in Emergency

   I am in my graduate studies and the SANE certification was an elective. I was actually in the Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist track but I just switched to Adult NP. The Forensic field allowed me to see a little into the window of the investigati...

7. My first SANE exam...

   hotomalis replied to amy's topic in Emergency

   Thanks Lupin. It does take a certain stomach to do that but I specialize in adults not pedes . I, like you, can not stomach that stuff. However, my professor who is from Oregon has had 14 years of pediatric sexual assaults and thanks to her a lot of...

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

   hotomalis replied to jstuben's topic in NP

   Good luck with that. Seriously, I hope y'all get the independence you deserve. I do have to tell you that I went to a very small town south Dallas (about 1 hr away) and there was no MD, no where to be seen. The statement from the MD I got was during ...

9. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

   hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

   Thank you Heron: I am proud to say that it's been 1 year since my last chemotherapy and doing well. In regards to the legal action su suggest, it was not the insurance company that dropped me, it was the hospital who "let me go" because I couldn't do...

10. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

    I received a call from the State Attorney asking me in more detail about my case. Since the hospital did nothing wrong, nothing was ever done. The press actually called me to talk a little more about it and then I never heard back from them. I keep w...

11. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

    Bluesky, you fill me with joy and happines that I can count on my fellow nurses without even seeing my face and this is the joy that makes me feel better day after day. I am happy to report that I just celebrated one year after my last chemotherapy. ...

12. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    hotomalis replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU

    I just celebrated my first year of clean and free of cancer!!! and the fight continues. I wanted to say thank you for being so kind. NY may be the place to be but I am going to school to get my master's degree. I'm very disappointed with the way nurs...

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

    hotomalis replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    Isn't that funny? I can't trust MD's telling me the truth about my own practice, hum! aren't MD's the ones that regulate what NP's can and can not do? don't they also delegate? I wonder why this guy told me that? I did go to that clinic (while doing ...

14. To those accepted to Frontier...question?

    hotomalis replied to Sandwitch883RN's topic in CNM

    Guys, what is the difference between a nurse midwife and a nurse practitioner specializing in women's health?

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

    hotomalis replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    In reality, 1 or 13 years don't matter if you are a bad healthcare worker. I've known MD's who do not care what they do or who they do it to and they are veterans at their profession. I know the program you are talking about. Is not that they requir...