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1. Through the Hoops

   runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in General Students

   I apologize, this was a poorly written post. I would think the same thing all of you are if I would have read this from somebody else. I should not have used the word "lie" when describing my care plans, I have not ever made up information on a care ...

2. Through the Hoops

   runningbull posted a topic in General Students

   Any other nursing students out there feel like all you do is jump through hoops? I feel more like a whale at sea world than a college student. All I do is "jump through hoops" and perform tricks so I can get a grade and move on to the next one. Inste...

3. Interested in climbing the administrative ladder

   runningbull posted a topic in Management

   Hey everybody! I wasn't sure where to post this so I chose nursing management. I'm getting my BSN soon and have a million thoughts running through my head on the direction I want to take my nursing career. My top 3 considerations include: managing a ...

4. 26 yr old male considering a career in nursing (RN to CRNA) Advice please?

   runningbull replied to RjSmithTec's topic in SRNA

   As a new grad at OU, or anywhere in OKC really, you can expect around $20/hour. Plus a whopping $6/hr night and $2/hr weekend shift diff. And once your taking the role as a lead nurse, you can get the hardest extra $1/hr you ever worked for lol. I'm ...

5. ACNP Salaries

   runningbull replied to TexasACNP's topic in NP

   TexasACNP, I'm curious, how much do you get paid/hr on your regular ICU job? Sounds like you stay very busy!

6. What's it like? Home Health Nurse Practitioner

   runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in NP

   That sounds like an awesome job! May I ask what state that is you are working in? I'm assuming Cali or somewhere in the Northeast possibly. I wonder because I would ideally be working in rural Oklahoma areas (where I was born and raised), and I am po...

7. What's it like? Home Health Nurse Practitioner

   runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in NP

   Thanks, that link helped clear up some questions I had. Looks like it might be a pretty sweet gig from the outside. I'm sure this kind of preventative care role for NPs will grow as the ACA (Obamacare) continues to roll out. One of the ACA's biggest ...

8. What's it like? Home Health Nurse Practitioner

   runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in NP

   Honestly I am not sure. I have read a few posts about NPs doing house visits for Medicare pts and some other insurance companies, but it is rare to see anyone discussing it. I would like to hear about this role as well as any other similar roles NPs ...

9. What's it like? Home Health Nurse Practitioner

   runningbull posted a topic in NP

   Hey everybody, I'm not having any luck finding topics over NPs who do home health/house calls. I was wondering what that kind of role would be like. Are there very many jobs taking house calls out there? What kind of a schedule do you have? How do yo...

10. Better ICU experience for CRNA school

    runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in SRNA

    Great point, Goose. Even though it will mostly be a narrow patient population, there are many many issues plaguing this population and every pt will be different in their own way.

11. Is it okay to want to be a CRNA because......

    runningbull replied to sphinx80's topic in SRNA

    I think advancing your career by becoming certified to provide more complex care and do more complex procedures is a good decision. You should also consider a Nurse Practitioner role in an acute setting such as ER or ICU. I worked in a hospital with...

12. Better ICU experience for CRNA school

    runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in SRNA

    Sounds like everyone agrees on the transplant ICU in the larger hospital. The only concern I have is that it is not a surgical ICU. It is more of a holding cell for sick transplant potentials and a place for transplant recipients to come when they re...

13. Better ICU experience for CRNA school

    runningbull replied to runningbull's topic in SRNA

    Thank you for the input, it's nice to hear from someone with some inside perspective. It seems like all I ever hear about anymore is how CVICU is the golden standard for crna school, so I wasn't sure which would be best. Thanks again. Congrats and go...

14. Better ICU experience for CRNA school

    runningbull posted a topic in SRNA

    Hey everybody, I am looking at two job offers and was wondering which would be better for CRNA school. Job 1 is in a transplant unit (liver, lung, kidney, pancreas) and deals with pre-transplant pts with end-stage organ failure as well as post-surgic...