RottylvAPRN

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1. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

   RottylvAPRN replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   That's great! Always wanted to visit the Pacific Northwest. We're also in TN, just about to start my first NP job in Palliative Care. Best of

2. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

   RottylvAPRN replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Tony, have you made any

3. Are new grads prepared for the bedside?

   RottylvAPRN replied to Robert.CFRN's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from a direct entry program, and we were doing skills right away in our clinical sites (for the BSN portion of the program). I agree that our senior preceptorship was the best way to...

4. Do I push out the air bubble?

   RottylvAPRN replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

   Like everyone said, definitely just insert with the bubble. Random tip, I started putting ice on the area I was about to inject for just like 30 seconds or so (had to do it for 9 months) and I barely...

5. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

   RottylvAPRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

   We were required to precept as part of being a teaching hospital. That being said, our director did a really good job of dividing up new hires and students so we weren't constantly required to be...

6. Frustrated New Grad

   RottylvAPRN replied to AshleelRenee's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Nashville's a tough area, I spoke to a recruiter and they were saying they're not even trying to place people in this area because employers have such a surplus of applicants for NP

7. 12 hour rotating shift thoughts??

   RottylvAPRN replied to Emmers4's topic in General Nursing

   I worked 12 hr rotating shifts, we did 2 weeks of nights then 2 weeks of days (7-7). It took me forever to adjust to the night weeks and by then I was back to the day shifts :) We also did...

8. Direct-Entry NP Success Stories

   RottylvAPRN replied to arockenhaus1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I also did a brick and mortar direct entry program in Boston, but we were required to work a minimum of a year as an RN. Most of us continued to work and waited a little while to go back to the NP...