newtinmpls

newtinmpls BSN, RN

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  1. DNP vs MD

    newtinmpls replied to healthstar's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    DNP is meant to prepare a person to be a primary care provider from a nursing orientation. MD is meant to prepare a person to be a primary care provider from a medical orientation. If you aren't...

  2. DNP: What did you get out of it?

    newtinmpls replied to Aussierules1985's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The DNP is "doctor of nursing practice" it's meant as a practice degree. The Ph.D. is a research degree, seems like it would be more logically connected to teaching. On the other hand, 1/2 way...

  3. Am I doing the right thing? New nurse getting butt kicked

    newtinmpls replied to j_tay1981's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do know that I"m eternally grateful that I didn't work full time at first (frankly, or ever). I would have gone

  4. Foreign Nurse Licensed in the US. RN, BSN, Masters.. Without job for over two years..

    newtinmpls replied to Propanolol's topic in Nursing Career

    I hope the search is going better

  5. Ready to leave nursing for good

    newtinmpls replied to OrlandoRN2011's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Leave nursing? I wouldn't go that far, but leave this facility? Absolutely.

  6. What's Wrong with My Resume?

    newtinmpls replied to bstewart40's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I agree, "assessment" isn't in the LPN scope of practice in MN (where I live) either. I think you could use 'evaluation' (I can't recall for sure what the preferred term is). As for the GPA, since...

  7. Advice on Psych NP vs. Psychiatry MD/DO

    newtinmpls replied to kris_10's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a new RN with no experience who got into a RN-BSN program. so if I continue streightforward, I will be NP in three years, but will only have 3 years of RN experience since i will work as an RN...

  8. dilemma regarding antipsychotics

    newtinmpls replied to evanpatten's topic in Psychiatric

    My answer is "it all depends". I've seen patients come in psychotic, struggling, violent & dangerous and then a month later are chuckling over the "weird things I used to think." I've also seen...

  9. Is 31 too old to start a nursing career?

    newtinmpls replied to dannygurl84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a year into my BSN-DNP and I just turned 50. Too old is an excuse, not a reason.

  10. Tons of student loans, pursue DNP still?

    newtinmpls replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi, Just got an e-mail this week from my college (I'm in a BSN-DNP program, paying for it with student loans) and now grad school doesn't qualify for subsidized loans - I'll still get the same total...

  11. Shady S/R practices. . .

    newtinmpls replied to BSNBritt's topic in Psychiatric

    I've been thinking about this and while I do work in psych (inpatient & acute/emergent), and I have seen patients in a combination of restraint/seclusion/PADS (the latter is a kind of restraint a...

  12. Ugh...Bedside Report

    newtinmpls replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    I work in psych, and since you can expect patients to go balistic if you use a word they don't like such as "psychotic" or a diagnosis they disagree with, or god knows how many other things. So in...

  13. Should a resume only be one page?

    newtinmpls replied to modernhippie_'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I can see the advantage to having the whole CV (and I'm not even going to try to spell it) available, including CEUs and articles written and so on. However if you can't summarize to one page - that...

  14. Should a resume only be one page?

    newtinmpls replied to modernhippie_'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When I hear from HR, they say "one page". Although I've heard many other sources (such as advisors, etc.) say that more than one page is okay - since they are not HR, they are not going to be hiring...

  15. Foreign Nurse Licensed in the US. RN, BSN, Masters.. Without job for over two years..

    newtinmpls replied to Propanolol's topic in Nursing Career

    If you really want a job, apply for everything nursing. I wasted a year applying "only at the places I really wanted to work" but it was the year of working at the "last choice" places that got me the...

  16. possible to work during NP school? or loans?

    newtinmpls replied to kelso1001's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am taking full time grad school classes (ranges from 9-12 credits), and couldn't possibly afford my house payments if I didn't work. As it is, I take all the loans I can get, the (minor) tuition...

  17. Future PMHNP

    newtinmpls replied to BigMoses's topic in Psychiatric

    I looked for psych programs and found very few. I live in MN, so the easiest ones to get to were U of M, and The College of St. Scholastica. The College of St. Scholastica had fewer hopes & didn't...

  18. Advice on Psych NP vs. Psychiatry MD/DO

    newtinmpls replied to kris_10's topic in Psychiatric

    I faced that same question; I had just finished my BSN by scholarship, no student loan dept, happy graduation, feeling on top of the world and could do anything. So I considered - should I just go for...

  19. Shady S/R practices. . .

    newtinmpls replied to BSNBritt's topic in Psychiatric

    Maybe we aren't thinking of the same thing. With us, 5-point is limbs and a waist restraint.

  20. Is psych getting me down, or is just my unit?

    newtinmpls replied to cherubhipster's topic in Psychiatric

    I love psych, which is why I ended up in a psych-based BSN-DNP program. That being said, I never want to work full time at it; and my preference is to work sometimes in inpatient and sometimes in...

  21. Haldol and Ativan cocktail IV

    newtinmpls replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Our version of a B52 is given either orally or IM and consists of Benadryl 50, Haldol 5 and Ativan 2 (if IM, you have to give the benadryl in a separate syringe). Give it at least 10 min. In the ED...

  22. Dear Pysch Nurses

    newtinmpls replied to Crazed's topic in Psychiatric

    Hello, Yes, I work in psych, and yes we still have patients with other problems (diabetic is the usual), but my blood drawing skills are crap, and I know I'm not as up on some of the physical stuff as...

  23. What to do? Feeling very alienated on my unit.

    newtinmpls replied to can'twait2B1's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd be honest. Yes, I was looking for another job, feel like I need a change. Heck I'm the kind of person who volunteers to float to other units because doing the exact same job all the time is too...

  24. Graduate Credits and Hours of work

    newtinmpls replied to tussah10's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Epidemiology? I start that in Jan '12, tell me more. It looks scary but interesting. Reminds me of the public health class I took in my BSN.

  25. What are your views on Critical Psychiatry?

    newtinmpls replied to satyadhi's topic in Psychiatric

    I've only read one book by Szasz "the myth of mental illness: foundations of a theory of personal conduct" and he starts strong, but doesn't really have any allowance for legitmate mental illness....