LanaWRN BSN, MSN, RN

LanaWRN has 18 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN and specializes in Med-Surg, Home Health, EMR, Nurse Educator.

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   The Impact of Christmas

   LanaWRN replied to LanaWRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! And ironically, just a few days after asking a friend who was a nurse with me there if she remembered this experience she ran into the patient's wife after all these years and they talked about this!
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   The Impact of Christmas

   LanaWRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   15 years ago, I was working every weekend in a large hospital as a Certified Nurse Aide while going to nursing school through the week. In December, my first year working there I met Mr. C. Mr. C was young, energetic, and seemingly healthy when he w...
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   Time Management: Preparing To Be A SUCCESSFUL Nursing Student

   LanaWRN posted a topic in General Students

   So you're considering applying to a nursing program? Or you just got accepted? Congratulations! Now what? How do you prepare yourself and your family for the major time commitment you are about to tackle? Many students are already entrenched in ...
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   Continuing ed for educators

   LanaWRN posted a topic in Educators

   I'm an adjunct faculty member with MSN-Ed. Are there any online continuing ed courses I can take related to education? I try to do a lot of general topics and med-surg (my specialty) but would love to keep up with the world of education.
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   Confused as heck

   LanaWRN replied to mmc51264's topic in Educators

   Requirements in most places to be an adjunct: have a BSN or MSN, experience in the setting the clinical is taking place or in the course being taught, be hired. CNE is a certification that is not required, perhaps you're talking about a post-masters ...
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   Any educators have...

   LanaWRN replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Educators

   Were you grandfathered in for the capstone to be able to complete it outside of an educational setting per the new March requirement? The capstone should be facility specific, so how did you write it without facility information? Without using some ...
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   Grads of LPN-RN or RN-BSN what did you miss?

   LanaWRN replied to LanaWRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not saying there is a difference, however my personal experience was that there wasn't a great focus on transitioning the clinical thought process to higher level. I was still thinking as a nurse, but not to see the picture through a BSN lense, t...
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   Grads of LPN-RN or RN-BSN what did you miss?

   LanaWRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   If you graduated from a LPN-BSN or RN-BSN what do you feel was lacking in your program? What did you feel unprepared for after graduation and entering the workforce as a BSN? I've talked to a couple of nurses who transitioned from LPN-RN/BSN who felt...
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   MSN-Ed to DNP?

   LanaWRN posted a topic in Educators

   I'm currently in a MSN-Ed program but still in core classes so no education specialty ones yet. I stared panicking a little this week wondering if I'm in the right track. I want to teach at one of our local universities so started looking at DNP opti...
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    Commonly used icd10 diagnosis codes?

    LanaWRN posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm new to HH so the whole aspect of coding/dx codes is new to me. We have coders who review our charts but have to enter something relevant in our initial soc in order to submit it to be reviewed. Everyone tells me I'll quickly start remembering the...