Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Full Practice Authority

    Oldmahubbard replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    The PMHNP boards are a total joke, as I have said here before. Most RN's could pass it with a couple of hours of

  2. No Pain Relief for UTI

    Oldmahubbard replied to ShadowNurse's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    24-48 hours of agony before the AB kicks in. That's been my

  3. Is nursing your passion?

    Oldmahubbard replied to coffeecup's topic in Nursing Career

    To some degree, PMHNP is my passion. But if I inherited a large sum, I would reduce my

  4. Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

    Oldmahubbard replied to PrettyNerd's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a PMHNP and I work in LTC. People's name tags are hard to read casually, so I often don't know exactly who's who. Many times I have been surprised to learn that a highly knowledgeable nurse was...

  5. Full Practice Authority

    Oldmahubbard replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Great question. In many states, APRN's are relatively independent, within their scope of practice, usually after some defined period of experience. It doesn't mean APRN's can do anything physicians...

  6. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    Oldmahubbard replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    The less, the better. I like NP.

  7. Any regrets becoming a NP?

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

    You make significantly less per hour than you did as an

  8. Standing orders

    Oldmahubbard replied to PSYCHGIRL's topic in Patient Medications

    Sounds like a good way to get thrown under the

  9. Can one work a Mon-Fri RN Job while in NP Grad School?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Kyla RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did my MSN while working M-Fri. It just took a long time. I had a paid internship that counted toward some of my clinicals. Then I used vacation time and such. Finally at the end, when there was...

  10. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    Oldmahubbard replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    A smoke break is never 5 minutes. You have to walk off the premises, to

  11. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    Oldmahubbard replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    Breaks are never 5 minutes. The smoker has to go off premises. Narcs must be counted and keys are passed. Twice a shift. In my experience, it cannot be done and the person is either fired or they...

  12. Smoking as a bar to nursing - beyond silly

    Oldmahubbard replied to brianbooth's topic in General Nursing

    I am a non smoker, but I have known of smokers who didn't make their orientation or probation for that reason. No smoke breaks are guaranteed, we can't pass the keys off to someone else, and we can't...

  13. Questionable actions that make you go hmm?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

    People walking in and out of a room in maybe 20 seconds, and then documenting the full body exam with the 12 cranial nerves. A lot of nerve, if you'll pardon the

  14. Am, I in over my head or out of my league?

    Oldmahubbard replied to cjp1994's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Your grades are decent. Don't worry about the people who got a few points higher. Maybe work on the math, otherwise, there are many personal factors that go into

  15. Years of RN experience before NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to NewOncNurseRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    No.

  16. Years of RN experience before NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to NewOncNurseRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Doing an RN program makes no sense at this point and will make you look very bad. My opinion

  17. HELP! What do you think I should do, fellow HH nurses?

    Oldmahubbard replied to oceanmermaid05's topic in Home Health

    You are on the HH Titanic. I have been there. Please locate the nearest life raft and give 2 weeks notice ASAP. No, you will not be charged with

  18. Bad idea to quit after 6m as a new grad for DNP school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Theanxiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My 4 years of Psych RN experience were essential to my success as a psych

  19. Bad idea to quit after 6m as a new grad for DNP school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Theanxiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Those people are the cream of the crop. The programs are extremely competitive. That is the

  20. Bad idea to quit after 6m as a new grad for DNP school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Theanxiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    But PA's have real clinical experience hours in their program, and NP's do not. They literally can't work while in school. Their program is very academically rigorous, and extremely competitive. Very...

  21. Any NPs in pharmaceuticals companies?

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

    Pharm jobs tend to be just as much about presentation. They won't care if you are an NP if you weigh 200 lbs. If you have the goods, then have at it. But nobody is good looking at 50, so there is...

  22. Bad idea to quit after 6m as a new grad for DNP school?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Theanxiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did my MSN NP over a period of nearly 5 years. I worked full time in the field, and had no children. None at all. It was hard. Of course, I drove to class 2 hours away. I would not be a fan of a DNP...

  23. Can nurses really “do anything??”

    Oldmahubbard replied to Piper98's topic in General Students

    My heart was never in hospital nursing, but I figured I could serve my sentence there, and with good behavior, get out after a year, and do something else. At times it's been a rocky road, but I've...

  24. Scared RN ?

    Oldmahubbard replied to JenMH88RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is NP school hard? Probably not as hard as it should be. I did mine the old fashioned way. One or two classes a semester. Some of the courses are bull malarkey. Pathophys was largely a repeat of what...

  25. NP learning in a restrictive state

    Oldmahubbard replied to urbsinhorto's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Few, if any, states are totally independent, from my understanding. At the minimum, they require a period of supervision or collaboration until the NP has a certain amount of experience. So the...