Hopalong Casady

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1. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

   Hopalong Casady replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

   I have also felt that calling a medical assistant, CNA or other healthcare unlicensed worker a nurse is an offense to those of us who worked and paid dearly for the title. Moreover, this is a money thing. I office I worked at called their medical as...

2. What do you know about School Based NP Positions?

   Hopalong Casady replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in NP

   Where do you live? Yes, you are correct, it may be just New Mexico and our economy here, but I doubt it. I am glad you are making a decent living. If I had found a similar experience, I would feel differently. Thanks for the feed back. Laurie

3. What do you know about School Based NP Positions?

   Hopalong Casady replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in NP

   Good Morning everyone. Here in Albuquerque we have several schools pouring out NP's and PA's too. Many of those do not have RN experience before going into these programs. These inexperienced grads have saturated the market here too, so that exper...

4. Is Tramadol a 'true' narcotic or just a pain reliever?

   Hopalong Casady replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Medications

   Tamadol is a crappy pain killer with tons of abuse potential. It is classified as a controlled substance, but is not considered a narcotic. ie, to prescribe it, I do not have to use my DEA #.

5. What do you know about School Based NP Positions?

   Hopalong Casady replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in NP

   HI. I am a Family Nurse Practitioner for 13 years. I have recently just took a 25K cut in pay to work as a school nurse. I love it! I make more hourly than in the previous positions I have had, but work essentially half time, which is why the pay...