Annaiya NP

Annaiya has 5 years experience as a NP and specializes in PICU.

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   Anaesthetic Nurse in California and Texas

   Annaiya replied to Keenie's topic in Registration

   Nurses in the US don't specialize. You get your LVN or RN license and then can work in any of the jobs for that scope of practice. Only Nurse Practitioners have specialty areas. There are certifications you can get and training that make you more ...
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   California RN Endorsement and Transcript Request Forms?

   Annaiya replied to pinktiara's topic in California

   I know this is a super old post, but I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I was so confused by the form and the transcript request process, and I can't just go to the office. I have to send transcripts from 5 different schools in 3 diff...
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   Nursing school has made me not like nursing

   Annaiya replied to kilcawleymarco's topic in General Nursing

   I echo what others have said that nursing school is not like nursing at all. Most of nursing school is all adults and inpatient care. For me, I had no interest in taking care of adults. Maybe try to go into a specialty that isn't adult med/surg an...
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   NEED HELP! I am looking to interview a Pediatric nurse.

   Annaiya replied to Kikisilver1000's topic in PICU

   Although we aren't doing formal developmental assessments, they should be getting some assessment on admission. Every admission isn't intubated and sedated. You should know a baseline GCS and if they are on track with their milestones or delayed. ...
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   Acute vs. Primary Care NP? Can't decide

   Annaiya replied to EGVnurse's topic in NP Students

   The restriction on practice based on specialty varies between states, which is why you don't always hear the same answer. However, the trend seems to be moving towards primary care specialties (FNP, ANP and PNP) can only do basic primary care, not a...
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   Does your first job define you?

   Annaiya replied to MallysMama's topic in NP

   I think it depends on your specialty and what you might want to do later. Getting comfortable diagnosing and writing notes and time management all translate across specialties. My thing with first job is it will form the basis of the rest of your p...
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   Vasopressin vs. Levophed

   Annaiya replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in CCU

   I don't work with adults or cardiac patients so someone correct me if there's another reason but my guess would be that vasopressin has less effect on cardiac O2 demand than norepinephrine.
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   PNP but don't want to be...

   Annaiya replied to jessimee's topic in NP

   As has been said before on here, you can work as an RN with an NP license. However some places might not hire you because it creates more potential legal liability. Your scope of practice is that of an RN but your level of knowledge and the standard ...
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   RN that doesn't want to be an NP

   Annaiya replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

   I feel like a lot of this attitude comes from the nursing schools who are pushing everyone to become NPs. My nursing school told my class over and over that they expected all of us to get master's degrees. They make it seem like you're a failure if...
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    low oxygen levels

    Annaiya replied to jonie8693's topic in Cardiac

    A couple of things that I wanted to clarify. Generally after the 3 stage palliation for single ventricle physiology they do have normal sats. If the Fontan is fenestrated they may be slightly lower, but they usually aren't 70's to low 80's anymore....
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    Where do I go from here?

    Annaiya replied to kristin10's topic in General Nursing

    Have you done counseling for your anxiety? If you are picking your career path, because you're worried about your anxiety, then it's something worth thinking about. My best friend is a nurse and has bad anxiety, and I can't imagine her now without ...
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    First NP interview at mayo

    Annaiya replied to gracy12's topic in NP

    I don't know about the interview process there, but I used to work with them about 10 years ago and was told they pay 10% more than market rates, because they want to recruit and retain the best people in their fields. I was impressed by that consid...
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    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner advice

    Annaiya replied to PSnurse123's topic in NP Students

    There have been other discussion on this here. The advice seems to be to check what is being hired in your area. Apparently some areas prefer to hire FNPs, even in a peds practice. But where I used to live they would only hire PNPs for pediatric c...
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    College advice for a future NP?

    Annaiya replied to MaryMeg's topic in NP Students

    I don't recommend a direct entry program unless you have enough health care experience to know exactly what kind of NP you want to be. There are a lot of different specialties and even by the end of nursing school, you likely won't know which specia...
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    So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    Annaiya replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was drawing up code meds during a code. It's not my role anymore, so I always look longingly at the nurses in front of the code cart trying to look up doses, draw everything up and label it quickly.