LucyLou88 MSN, RN, NP

LucyLou88 has 20 years experience as a MSN, RN, NP and specializes in Internal and Family Medicine.

Latest Activity

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   New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   LucyLou88 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   I said nothing of pure profit. You are exhausting. I was just sharing info that I read, and agreeing with the terrible offers out there. Good luck to you in your endeavors.
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   New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   LucyLou88 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   I pulled the numbers from a a Texas workforce report, and it's based on billables. That number is repeated from many agencies. I'm not off the mark at all. This is a great book, and offers up how you would get to a number of $347,000 of additional pr...
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   New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   LucyLou88 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   I was just offered 40 bucks/hr (I made more as an RN), no benefits, no nada. They want to work-horse me to death. In trying to negotiate I was told that that was industry standard. Ha! Needless to say I'm not getting out of bed for that. This is inte...
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   Overwhelmed & Recovery?

   LucyLou88 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   I agree. You either play the game, or you give up the license and career you worked so hard for. It's a lesson in humility among other things no doubt. I do not at all understand the letter. It's odd and violates all manner of privacy issues. You dec...
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   Overwhelmed & Recovery?

   LucyLou88 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   That's just idiotic. There is no one way to do anything, and there is certainly no one right way for everyone. The 12 step thing fails a lot of people. You seem highly, highly intelligent, and I suspect that if you want sobriety, you will have to dec...
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   Overwhelmed & Recovery?

   LucyLou88 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Poetic.
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   Doctors vs NP's?

   LucyLou88 replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. Patients believe that there is a pill for everything. Are they wrong? No. There really is a pill for everything because it's big business. Huge profits for the drug industry, and the rest of it are little minions serving big pharma. I've been in...
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   Overwhelmed & Recovery?

   LucyLou88 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

   Sorry, didn't realize that.
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   New Grad hired in the ER, question.

   LucyLou88 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

   You will hear "seasoned" nurses say a lot of things. They want new nurses to live their personal hell. Nothing you do in a floor will make you a better ED nurse. Learn now..right now, to let everything you hear just roll right off our back. Work hard...
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    dosage calculation

    LucyLou88 replied to Grnbay's topic in Student Assist

    Have to agree. It seems irresponsible and lazy. Not exactly promoting success for the undergrad students.
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    dosage calculation

    LucyLou88 replied to Grnbay's topic in Student Assist

    I agree. The answer on the test did not include the ml. But, there is only one on-hand OTC formulation, and that is 100 mg/5ml. So, I was assuming reality and knowledge of pharm here.
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    dosage calculation

    LucyLou88 replied to Grnbay's topic in Student Assist

    The answer should be to give 80 mg/4ml (because I know it comes 100 mg/5 ml) q6. It's not a q4 med. The calculation comes out to 77 mg, but we give 80. I actually know some PAs who write take home pharmacy orders for things like 77 mg of ibu and then...
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    Want to do FNP online without GRE

    LucyLou88 replied to celeenaks's topic in NP Students

    UT Arlington has an online option for all of the NP programs, and does NOT require the GRE. We have many students from Houston in the program.
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    Doctors vs NP's?

    LucyLou88 replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing

    Low T treatment is not something generally done in general practice where I live. It's handled at hormone specialty clinics. If she didn't feel comfortable writing the script, then she did exactly what should be done, refer on. Even endocrinologists ...
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    Overwhelmed & Recovery?

    LucyLou88 replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Recovery

    I live in Texas. Search the PA Bar Association. I have no idea where in PA you are, but it may not really matter. Everything can be done over the phone, and documents signed electronically or even snail mail as worst case these days. You absolutely h...