JPnewACNP

JPnewACNP BSN

Intensive Care/AG-ACNP Student

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About JPnewACNP

JPnewACNP has 9 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Intensive Care/AG-ACNP Student.


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  1. I had a 70-something year old man come for an elective Cath which was postponed due to Hgb 3.2.. He was just pale. Eventually found he had a tiny chronic GIB that was found by the third radiologist on a nuclear scan after dozens of other tests to fin...
  2. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    Exactly, there are times when we have to do what we have to do in whatever circumstances, I think the key is to put forth a good effort to do the best thing and then fall back to next best. One has to be more conscious of what they are doing when doi...
  3. Running the pump dry

    Honestly, this usually isn’t a big deal and I don’t run anything dry unless I’m there with another bag. For continuous drips, I leave myself about an hour or so of volume to remind me to get another bag. For intermittents, I do 5ml less than the tota...
  4. Dilute Lasix before giving IV?

    I’m sorry to be blunt but, Mixing drugs is well within the scope of practice for an RN. I can think of dozens of scenarios where mixing my own drugs will save a life rather than waiting an hour for pharmacy to do it even with a clinical pharmacist ca...
  5. Sign prescription for MD?

    I know in some family practice clinics the nurse and doc have worked together so long they have a shorthand down pat. He tells the nurse to give a shot of whatever and states an arc, nurse writes it down, MD comes and signs the script after making su...
  6. Hello everybody! I'm currently working as an ICU Float nurse going to multiple facilities across the system. I'm also about to graduate as an Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and planning to complete my DNP in the next year or two. This compa...
  7. What color scrubs do you wear?

    Or worked in several places, but this is my favorite thus far! Plus it was strictly enforced so it really helped to know each other's role without having to ask or see their badge. It helped families to know who they're speaking with too! RN/LVN...
  8. Penn State Residency: Hershey Medical Center 2015

    My Checkster is still very much open...
  9. Penn State Residency: Hershey Medical Center 2015

    Nice, but before I even start that process, I want to have a little better understanding of where I will be when I can be licensed.
  10. Penn State Residency: Hershey Medical Center 2015

    So I completed the application and everything that has been requested. I'm hoping to receive an email confirming everything is in order. kaycatherine, how will you do licensure for Pennsylvania? I think I will get my Texas license and then apply for ...
  11. ER VS ICU NURSING

    The best way to know where you would like to work is to experience each of the areas your interested. I'm also in nursing school and that is what I am trying to do: have some experiences in many different areas without regard to money. If your doing ...
  12. Will I get over my discomfort with blood draws?

    I'm the same way, I don't like to have my blood drawn. Its not the actual blood I have a problem with, its the needle in my arm. i don't really have a problem sticking my patients and often my patients compliment on how they never felt a thing and I'...
  13. Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

    I am about to start the upper-division program, and I must say that almost everybody in our class are going to be great as far as my orientation. Considering almost one-third of the class is in fact gay. I am also working on a unit as a nurses assist...
  14. UT Austin BSN

    You are only accepted into the upper division during the fall or spring, those are the only times you can start the professional sequence. After getting in, its only two more years.
  15. UT Austin BSN

    I guess its possible... The only thing is that with UT's upper division, you absolutely have to apply and you can only apply sometime during the spring for the coming fall (apply spring 2012 to start upper division in fall 2012) or in the fall for th...