tonet0908
has 9 years experience and specializes in Pain Management, FNP, Med/Surg, Tele.
I became a BSN-RN in 2005 and a MSN-FNP in 2009, and I will complete the DNP program 5/20/15 (I can't wait). I currently work full-time as a staff RN (we take turns daily being in charge) on a Med/Surg/Tele unit (9 years) and part time as a FNP in a Pain Management/Internal Medicine Office (2 years). I also have FNP experience in Family Medicine, Pain Mgmt. and Thrombosis.
tonet0908 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
This is all a bit funny to me and I apologize if I offend anyone by laughing. There is only one male nurse on the day shift on my unit and basically it's the culture on my unit that us nurses work as...
I'm so sorry to hear this. Please don't beat up on yourself too much and definitely do not give up. You can't, you've come too far, made too many sacrifices and if other people have done it, why can't...
OMG! I am traumatized just reading this. Why wasn't there a security guard with her? Better yet, why wasn't she transferred to a Psych facility. A regular nurse is not trained to deal with demon...
Told me I reminded her of her house keeper after asking me what my ethnicity was. I was born on the island of Jamaica but grew up in NYC but because her housekeeper is Jamaican then automatically I...
Like my colleagues already mentioned, it depends on where you work unfortunately. Some employers will give you a pay raise for the DNP degree and others won't. I work in a single physician practice,...
I agree, I live and work in NYC also and it's the other way around I think. My unit only has 1 Caucasian nurse and he is on the day shift, there are no Caucasians on the night shift. The rest of the...
tonet0908 replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency
I work on a Med/Surg/Tele unit so our patients are very colorful. Also, let me remind you it's a kosher Jewish facility as well. I had this patient the other day who was insisting on me getting him a...
We get 1 hour unpaid for lunch and two 30 mins breaks but we normally don't take the last 30 mins. We only take 30 mins for breakfast in the morning and the hour lunch. You can always get paid for the...
I am by no means interested in Psych, OB/GYN, any of the ICUs and definitely not Home Care because I hate going into people's homes. I'll deal with them in my
tonet0908 replied to paramed1's topic in Emergency
I love that, I think our hospitals here in the US should adopt some of those traits from the UK when it comes to "waiting on" on some of these patients. Sometimes I feel like a glorified maid and I...
I guess that makes sense because the DNP program I'm in allows the Adult NP to take Peds courses in order to complete the FNP requirement and at the end, get their DNP