Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. DNP with FNP programs for already practicing PMHNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to FuturePMHNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You are very ambitious. Always glad to hear PMHNP is working out

  2. DNP with FNP programs for already practicing PMHNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to FuturePMHNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Not enough information here. You have been working as a Psych NP job for a few years, and you are looking for something very different. Why? Certainly you can get another certification. But...

  3. In which APN track do you learn the most?

    Oldmahubbard replied to nursingsprettycool17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You are mixing up different RN roles, with various APRN roles. CNS, NP and CRNA. CNS is a non-prescribing role. I am not even sure why it still exists, although God bless the folks who do it. They...

  4. Observant Jew Cannot Work Saturday Shifts

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

    Good Lord, if you will pardon the pun, there is nothing more divisive than asking for any special weekend privileges in nursing. There certainly are jobs that can accommodate this without...

  5. MSN w/ forensic focus..is it worth it?

    Oldmahubbard replied to owenshn's topic in Forensic

    For many years I worked as a PMHNP in a forensic setting. There is no SANE type work but regular court where the NPs in my state started to appear some 10 years ago, and were found to be as good on...

  6. It was nice be able to help, even a little

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

    Caught me on a good

  7. Mileage & Taxes

    Oldmahubbard replied to hmvassar's topic in Home Health

    You are not coming out ahead on mileage. Gas is not the main cost of operating a car. Now, if you enjoy driving and have some pretty territory, in nice weather, it can be very pleasant. Depending on...

  8. Jobless FNP

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nicola301975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Pain management? 40 patients a day? Mostly refills? Heather Alfonso, a CT NP, is getting ready to do 5 years of prison for a similar job. I wonder how many people she personally helped kill. My first...

  9. Work Update

    Oldmahubbard replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hopefully, you have learned that you sometimes need to call doctors at night, despite the inevitable ass chewing. As far as snide remarks and eye rolling, I am an NP and it still happens once in...

  10. Diversion

    Oldmahubbard replied to Frina's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My immediate thought is that the OP is disliked for some reason. They may not even be aware of it. And in nursing, we can be disliked for amazingly trivial reasons, to include jealousy. Back in the...

  11. Slowly but Surely

    Oldmahubbard replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Good for

  12. Psych NP Inpt vs Outpt Pay

    Oldmahubbard replied to maabenaa88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can't answer that, but I do think the opportunity to work inpatient is invaluable. Grab it, do it for at least a couple of years, and you will be much better prepared. Outpatient is 3 patients an...

  13. Tempted to Tell the Truth in Exit Interview

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

    Not a good idea to turn someone in to the board after a couple of vague comments, if they haven't been impaired at work. We need fewer witch hunts in nursing, not

  14. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    Oldmahubbard replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A patient died in my first year of practice as a Psych NP after I prescribed a well known antipsychotic, which he truly needed, for a month. His triglycerides went from 150 to 1200 in that time...

  15. Will they require a DNP in the future to be a Nurse Practitioner?

    Oldmahubbard replied to TAS2354's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thank

  16. Will they require a DNP in the future to be a Nurse Practitioner?

    Oldmahubbard replied to TAS2354's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I looked into various DNP programs with an open mind. I even got some of the textbooks. I always loved going to school, and I enjoyed getting most of my various degrees! But I decided against the DNP...

  17. Will they require a DNP in the future to be a Nurse Practitioner?

    Oldmahubbard replied to TAS2354's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am sad that the DNP gives NPs a "doctor" title, but no real advancement in clinical

  18. RN with GI condition

    Oldmahubbard replied to runner502's topic in Home Health

    I used to void before leaving the office around 9:30 and didn't drink much during the day. In all my years, I might have used a patient bathroom maybe twice? Only in a clean home, haha. I was lucky, I...

  19. RN with GI condition

    Oldmahubbard replied to runner502's topic in Home Health

    HH must have really changed a lot. 20 years ago it was a rather laid back job, for the most part. People left the hospital and took a pay cut to come to HH because of the stress level in the inpatient...

  20. Suicide screening for all is not needed

    Oldmahubbard replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    So many good answers here, I don't really have a thing to add. A rare occurrence! Overall, our ability to intuitively know "who is at risk for what" is notoriously quite bad. There is a local case in...

  21. Good Samaritan Law: Do you feel protected?

    Oldmahubbard replied to SouthpawRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Fear of being sued after rendering care in an emergency is completely irrational. Has anyone ever actually lost their license this way? How many nurses have been killed on their way to work, struck by...

  22. Will they require a DNP in the future to be a Nurse Practitioner?

    Oldmahubbard replied to TAS2354's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They enforced the MSN for the NP role. There are no 1 year programs left, that any ADN nurse could

  23. Pain management

    Oldmahubbard replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    I think many of the alcohol problems are usually more subtle, and chronic, than the opiods. With opiods, it only takes one small mistake, and you are dead. People are buying opiods off the street, and...

  24. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    Oldmahubbard replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I have seen FNPs try to do psych and the results are just

  25. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

    Oldmahubbard replied to dmstanl1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Troll,