Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Nurse Practitioner Called a Drug-Dealer at Sentencing

    Oldmahubbard replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    What a big shocker, she lied about her physician

  2. Public reprimand

    Oldmahubbard replied to NurseFDJ's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If we investigated everyone who ever cut and pasted something that didn't actually happen, to include physicians, there wouldn't be enough investigators on the face of our beautiful blue planet to...

  3. Should I Pursue Dual NP Certification?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have written on this topic before, but dual certs are almost never in your favor.You won't be paid a nickel

  4. New Grad NP feeling Overwhelmed, Scared

    Oldmahubbard replied to dolgre411's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have met more than one graduate of a psychiatric residency who had such significant personal failings, that they couldn't diagnose their way out of a brown paper bag. Such physicians maintained the...

  5. I am not good at nursing

    Oldmahubbard replied to Lostinorlando's topic in General Nursing

    This is barely an error, because the ativan would be in the person's system for several hours in any case. So much of what an RN does is coordinating timing, there are bound to be occasional

  6. Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    Oldmahubbard replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Way back in the day, almost 30 years ago, our nursing professor worked 2 12's on the weekend and then taught full time during the week. For one thing, a full time instructor did not make a living then...

  7. New Grad NP feeling Overwhelmed, Scared

    Oldmahubbard replied to dolgre411's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are going to have to synthesize a ton of information. Thankfully in Primary Care, it is quite doable, and extensive research shows that NP's, even newbies, have similar, if not better outcomes for...

  8. What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    Oldmahubbard replied to jezun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Paper charting. Good and bad with that, but 60% illegible. Quite the mystery aura surrounding psych, that only certain very special people could understand it. Internet new. You couldn't always just...

  9. Carrer options for an AP RN?

    Oldmahubbard replied to njxcrush18's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hhhmmm, you hate being a CRNA. I would too. School is not an option. Are you sure? But with money comes options. For example, saving a very large percentage of your quite large paycheck. Which is what...

  10. Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    Oldmahubbard replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Floor nursing on the med-surg unit wasn't what anyone in my class of 1991 wanted to do long term, as I seem to recall. I'll admit, I was surprised, only a few years after my ADN, going to Urgent Care...

  11. New Grad Starting Rate w/ Experience

    Oldmahubbard replied to ARuiz2015's topic in Nursing Career

    You need to stop thinking you have 3 years of experience. You will be laughed out of the room, and you are jeopardizing your first nursing job with a wrong

  12. psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner salary

    Oldmahubbard replied to Azureshunter's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You have to prove yourself. Salaries are all over the board in my area, from 90- 200k. The lower levels being more common. It is largely productivity based, so please read 15 minute

  13. Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    Oldmahubbard replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school in 1991, and got my ADN as a second career. Nobody in my class was planning on a long term bedside career. Incivility, or even outright bullying, was rampant, I soon discovered. When...

  14. New Grad Starting Rate w/ Experience

    Oldmahubbard replied to ARuiz2015's topic in Nursing Career

    I would be very surprised if you get any credit for your previous experience as a

  15. New Grad NP feeling Overwhelmed, Scared

    Oldmahubbard replied to dolgre411's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was fortunate to get my first position in a forensic hospital. As a new psych NP, I had done extensive self preparation beyond school requirements. so I was fairly comfortable right from the...

  16. Wise One Liners

    Oldmahubbard replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever people are talking about now, in 2 weeks, they will be talking about something

  17. The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Oldmahubbard replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    I have written extensively on the problems in nursing. I was severely bullied, and framed for misconduct more than once. I have had to take rotten nursing jobs, parttime, night shift, and crap home...

  18. How much did NP school prepare you?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Holy moly. No joke, I mean

  19. How much did NP school prepare you?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nursing experience in the speciality is not a requirement for many

  20. Help! I Can't Get Rid of My Dark Cloud

    Oldmahubbard replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    What is

  21. Going to NP school

    Oldmahubbard replied to HappyMRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most of my experience is in Corrections. The local forensic hospital is usually hiring PMHNP's. I think they start around 85k. Nothing

  22. Does name of school matter?

    Oldmahubbard replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sounds nice on paper, but where are they going to get all these preceptors, short of paying them a substantial

  23. The Nursing School to Welfare Pipeline

    Oldmahubbard replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    Along the lines of phoney checkboxes, I am basically always forced to check that I discussed advanced directives with the patient. Earlier in the note, it says the patient has an advanced dementia and...

  24. New Grad NP feeling Overwhelmed, Scared

    Oldmahubbard replied to dolgre411's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would be extremely surprised if anyone would allow you to shadow in an informal manner. Too many potential problems with it, even if you are not technically doing anything, just observing. You could...

  25. Going to NP school

    Oldmahubbard replied to HappyMRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If most of your experience is in Psych, that is probably the way to go. I have no idea about the job market in your area. When I graduated, you had to have connections to get anything