Tegridy

Tegridy

Former NP now Internal medicine PGY-3

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  1. PMHNP Vs. Psychiatry MD

    Tegridy replied to ICantthinkofagooddisplayname's topic in Advanced Practice

    One of my friends is a psych resident and probably works 30hr a week minus on IM Ward

  2. Ordering CT & MRI help!

    Tegridy replied to ENTFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When it doubt if you put something like CT for XYZ reason the tech will call the radiologist if they aren’t sure what that means and clarify. Or they might call you. Most don’t have fancy names...

  3. Ordering CT & MRI help!

    Tegridy replied to ENTFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I’d ask the fellows. For the really specific scans not commonly used except for the super sub specialists no one learns those but them and radiology usually so don’t feel

  4. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    Tegridy replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve actually been reading the new book by white coat investor and it has a paragraph about a psych NP discussing how you should Almost ALWAYS discuss wages and to “forget the old notion” of...

  5. Putting in orders without an order.

    Tegridy replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    Hope they have titration protocols if not that’s a lot of paging and a lot of looking up what to do when

  6. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    Tegridy replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    Oh well don’t hate the player. Hate the game right

  7. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    Tegridy replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    For real and it makes it harder when they make you sign that to just say hey new grads are making more. I’d just apply elsewhere. You will likely get a big jump in pay at other hospitals in area if...

  8. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    Tegridy replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    They bank on people thinking alll employment rules are able to be enforced. Most of which are not. So yeah forget what management tells you. Groups of professions always benefit from salary

  9. Instructor says she wants to fail me the week before graduation! HELP!

    Tegridy replied to Katie622's topic in General Students

    Did your instructor finally realize you can’t easily fail someone w a clean record at the end of school? Some instructors are just crotchety bad

  10. Nurse Practitioner Needed/Not Needed?

    Tegridy replied to Sigrimis's topic in Advanced Practice

    We need good ones from legit non or not for profit schools with rigorous curriculum. We do not need more from degree mill writing papers and shadowing

  11. Putting in orders without an order.

    Tegridy replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I worked as a hospital NP the icu nurses did this all the time. Especially when I was a new grad the seasoned ones guided me through things are where very helpful. I was greatful that they...

  12. Acute Kidney Injury

    Tegridy replied to Future Nurse In Training's topic in General Nursing

    you can have an AKI with a normal BUN/Cr as per the lab ranges. An aki is considered a 1.5 increase in Cr within 48 or so hours. There are a few more definitions such as 0.3 increase In cr or UOP...

  13. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    Tegridy replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    When they say not supposed to talk about pay they are keeping you in the dark. What you make is completely your business and if you want to expose that to others you can. Employers benefit when no one...

  14. NP Student Liability Insurance

    Tegridy replied to DermNP2Be's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your school doesn’t cover this? do they find preceptors for

  15. PMHNP JOB OPTIONS

    Tegridy replied to Bea Bea's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What are you interested in? most things are commonplace but I guess consulting or working for insurwnce

  16. Looking for Jobs

    Tegridy replied to Neonatalnurse012's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Never hurts to ask u less you get annoying about

  17. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    Tegridy replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great job but I thought it was boring lol. I like talking to (most) people after a month of looking at imaging I was done. Even though the procedures are a nice break up in the

  18. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    Tegridy replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    this is a good idea. Don’t have to talk to peeps much for paras and thoras and

  19. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I grew up rural hates it till moved to city then now I like it. I’m in an area w around 250k now in surrounding area. Prob best of both worlds. All depends what we used to. California taxes just so...

  20. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Luckily in America we can all relatively pick from one of many different places to live. Not something to fight over

  21. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I never understood it either. Most people in my class are from big cities and they hate rural living. Hate as in feel it’s like lesser than them. I can under stand not liking a certain area (I...

  22. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Depends on what people consider desirable. I like semi rural hence why I chose medicine. Docs make more in rural and semi rural than cities. By far. docs and NPs usually do better rural so it may not...

  23. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    Tegridy replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Teach undergrad nursing or work for an insurance company I

  24. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Haven’t done one in 8 years. Probably not best way to judge a clinicians

  25. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    Tegridy replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Depends how it was handled a lot of preceptors want to know things and ask students to look it up and like to discuss recent changes. Not nec a bad thing to look something up and talk about