I have recently decided that I do not want be a family NP. I also have recently completed my program, but I do not want all of the hard work I put into it and lost time with my family to go to waste....
OK….here’s the dilemma: it’s gotten PRETTY crazy at the bedside and the hospitals are continually showing how much they DON’T care. I am currently pursuing my MSN-FNP so the flexibility of the...
OK, I have 3.5 years of med/surg experience and now I am considering traveling. I want to travel locally. How local you ask? I want to be a travel nurse in the city that I live in. Is that possible?...
Currently, I am enroll in a NP Program with a focus of Family NP. I have been thinking about changing to Adult-Geri. I currently work full time in a hospital where the youngest patients that have been...
Hello again, I am interested in pursuing a FNP career after 2 years (but feels like 5) of bedside nursing experience. My questions are: Can I specialize in GI with an FNP degree? Or would I have to...
JenMH88RN replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in General Nursing
I was interested in getting the RN tag for my state, but after I realized the truth about being an RN and the business of healthcare, I no longer wanted the
Let your units guide you. If they’re looking for drops/min, then you know that you need to calculate the 20 drops/ml. Also, you need to calculate the 100ml/hr. There also needs to be a conversion in...
I have decided to enroll in a 2.5 year NP program but here’s the real dilemma: I DO NOT like bedside nursing, for various reasons(everything falls on you as the nurse, nurse-to-patient ratios, etc)....
Hello ??....scared RN here; Not scared of my current position (which I have been working for 1 year now), but afraid of the thought of NP school ?. Other NPs I have spoken to say that it is not as bad...
OMG ?.....the contents of a patient with possible MRSA EXPLODED all over me today ?. Be honest, what are my chances of getting MRSA if the patient has it??? ?.....(fortunately, none of the contents...
I have recently decided to remove myself from the float pool (I simply became tired of floating) and become a med-surg/oncology nurse. Yesterday, my patient’s (who has pancreatic cancer) was crying...
I graduated nursing school going on 4 months ago without ANY clue as to what specialty I wanted to start in. So, I was fortunate to land a job with the title "Clinical Rotation Track", which is were I...
I , personally, do not have a problem with Cerner, overall. The only thing that I can say that I have a problem with are those Task Interventions. Let get real here, we cannot always do those tasks at...
From what I've read, the NCLEX "switches gears" every 3 years, so next year will be 3 years since it was "switched up". When I took the NCLEX last month, the research questions at the end were all...
Does your school utilize ATI?? If so, I HIGHLY suggest that you read your med-surg ATI book along with your class med-surg book. ATI cuts out all of the "fluff" and tells you what you need to know,...