lshell7

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1. Is Your Nurses' Week Gift Not Exactly What You Wanted?

   lshell7 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   A raise!

2. Np pay related to years as an RN

   lshell7 replied to adamRn79's topic in NP Students

   I am just blown away. I thought we maxed out at 75-90k or so, and only nurse anesthetists made over 100-150k. My husband (also an RN) has been thinking of going to be a nurse anesthetist for that reason - fearing that even as an Acute Care NP he woul...

3. Np pay related to years as an RN

   lshell7 replied to adamRn79's topic in NP Students

   "I work Monday through Thursday from 8-4 and I am looking at about $180k this year in salary; more importantly I love my job, I make my own schedule, and the role is much more satisfactory for me." I'm sorry, did you mean $18,000 - or are you making ...

4. Primary Care nursing - new to me!

   lshell7 replied to lshell7's topic in Ambulatory

   In situations that are outside my scope of practice I always have the patient wait while I consult with the MD. I'm not prescribing meds or diagnosing illnesses - but the way RN visits and phone triage are set up you are kind of put into that positio...

5. Primary Care nursing - new to me!

   lshell7 posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Hi all, I recently started in a Primary Care clinic (peds-adult-older adult) that uses RNs for RN in clinic visits and phone triage. I have four years of experience as an RN, but in med/surg and orthopedic hospital nursing and women's health clinic...

6. Does your office/clinic allow walk-ins to see the nurse?

   lshell7 replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory

   I work for Kaiser, and one of the things I like is that they have specific RN appointments that can be made. (Kaiser uses LPNs, but few MAs where I am, and they have their own appointments as well like BP checks, immunizations, etc.) This way, you ha...