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    Opinion about a nurse's erros

    BostonFNP replied to PNPss's topic in Advanced Practice

    14lbs is a lot of bowels and bladder and
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    Opinion about a nurse's erros

    BostonFNP replied to PNPss's topic in Advanced Practice

    I always always always recheck anything I didn't do myself prior to making any medication changes and/or going through an extensive workup. Anything from a technical error to a documentation error can...
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    ER NP

    BostonFNP replied to Anger_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would be willing to wager that most people (physicians, or nurses, or lay folk) would prefer the FNP with 5-years and 2,000+ clinical hours of emergency experience over any type of new grad. You...
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    Degree required?

    BostonFNP replied to Jay023's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Either an MSN or a DNP is required to be a
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    ER NP

    BostonFNP replied to Anger_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You may want to start here American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners - Home Page and do some
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    Influenza vaccine

    BostonFNP replied to Grobyc82's topic in Patient Education

    I've actually had more people come in and ask for the flu shot this year than ever before. I think it's because of the media coverage on the deaths, both local and
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    Influenza vaccine

    BostonFNP replied to Grobyc82's topic in Patient Education

    The inactivated or recombinant influenza vaccines can not make people sick with the flu. Nurses need to put this myth to
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    How confident are you with reading tele

    BostonFNP replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure this will be unpopular. It always makes me nervous when nurses say they are perfectly proficient with reading tele strips. This is something that falls within nursing scope but is often far...
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

    BostonFNP replied to Soliloquy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And many NP-owned practices have to pay a physician 30-40k a year to "review" charts which consists of 15-20 minutes four times a
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

    BostonFNP replied to Soliloquy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is why NPs need independent practice: to reset the market. I have several colleagues that see 25+ patients per day and bring in at least $600-700k/year that are being paid $100-120k/year....
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    Does it matter which FNP school I pick?

    BostonFNP replied to friendlylark's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you talked to local NP employers? Will they hire a Chamberlain graduate? $650/credit-hour is only a bargain if you 1. get a good education and 2. can get a job afterwards. Even at $650/cr-hr you...
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    Jobless FNP

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

    Where did they go to school and where did you go to school? Same
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    Does it matter which FNP school I pick?

    BostonFNP replied to friendlylark's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is solid advice. Take
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It's a good bet I'd take
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    To be totally frank, this is where your inexperience shows: you are speaking like FNP programs suddenly changed their didactic and clinical education in response to the consensus model because you had...
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    Consumer Reports Article - What Do You Think?

    BostonFNP replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The sentiment to the layperson is the same though, they neglect to mention if you have any unexplained/complex problem you would be referred to a specialist physician whether or not your PCP is a NPP...
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    Consumer Reports Article - What Do You Think?

    BostonFNP replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great post thanks for sharing. I actually thought the article was a pretty good one. Some things are oversimplified but in general I agreed with everything that was said. We have some posters here...
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    How has nursing changed you?

    BostonFNP replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

    It would seem you are doing a bit of judging yourself doesn't it? Are you sure this man was a practicing Christian? You state you took care of him more than once, did you have a conversation with...
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The particular question was about the ED. The facts here are that the majority of APNs working in that role have FNP training. The majority of ED/UC employers require or prefer it. ENP-certification...
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    Unknowingly speaking to a doc...

    BostonFNP replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    My son has hit his head a few times and the school nurse has called me about "concussion education and awareness"; the most recent time she used my work number because I didn't answer my cell then...
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Statistically this isn't true; a larger percentage of ACNPs work in nontraditional settings compared to FNPs (not really even close). We may here more "talk" of it here but that's typically because...
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It is not in line with what you said, your statement was factually inaccurate. Again, the vast majority of ED/UC NPs are family trained (upwards of 70+% compared to ~10% acute care). The APRN...
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    Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    BostonFNP replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The vast majority of NPs working in UC and ED settings are FNP trained because of the ability to see all ages plus OB; prior poster was incorrect about that. There is now a board certification exam...
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    APRN Required To Have First Assist

    BostonFNP replied to ggoodman's topic in Advanced Practice

    There are state laws to this
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    Confused

    BostonFNP replied to whitescrubsaremyfave's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know it is hard to hear advice that differs from what you want to hear, especially when you've "done your research". But also don't jump to conclusions: I never said that you are clearly unprepared...