DrNurseCNS

DrNurseCNS has 43 years experience and specializes in Advanced Practice, Critical Care.

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1. Fun Shoes (for a Boring Uniform)

   DrNurseCNS replied to adventure_rn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I'm a fan of Hokas. I have high arches and also wear custom orthotics. Hokas are very supportive and come in some wild color combinations. It's a little challenging to find them in stores (REI has...

2. CNS, an APRN role on life support?

   DrNurseCNS replied to matthewandrew's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Yes I think it is a role on life support for a variety of reasons such as those mentioned above. Schools are closing their programs because there are no positions for CNSs and low enrollment, to name...

3. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

   DrNurseCNS replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   This thread started as a discussion regarding for-profit, non-selective NP schools and their effects on the profession. The NP v MD thing is tired and boring. NPs are here and are not going anywhere...

4. Does it matter if I get my nursing degree at Capella vs another school?

   DrNurseCNS replied to DeLynn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   My mistake as I thought she was looking at a faculty position. A terminal degree seems a little excessive for a clinic position. There was a lot of ruminating about EdD, PhD versus a DNP in addition...

5. Does it matter if I get my nursing degree at Capella vs another school?

   DrNurseCNS replied to DeLynn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Thus, my original comment: "Does it matter where you go to grad school to obtain an educator position (especially a clinical educator), I'm going to say no. Employers do not care for the most part. I...

6. Does it matter if I get my nursing degree at Capella vs another school?

   DrNurseCNS replied to DeLynn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I did specify in my answer advanced degree in a clinical role. I could have been more specific in saying a role that requires 500 or more hours of practicum. Educator degrees from some schools require...

7. Does it matter if I get my nursing degree at Capella vs another school?

   DrNurseCNS replied to DeLynn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Does it matter where you go to grad school to obtain an educator position (especially a clinical educator), I'm going to say no. Employers do not care for the most part. I would say it matters more if...

8. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

   DrNurseCNS replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   My point is that 500 hours of clinical preceptorship is an arbitrary number that schools use so that their graduates are eligible to sit for the national certifying exam. It's not about whether it's...

9. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

   DrNurseCNS replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The 500 hours of preceptorship has nothing to do with competence, confidence or fitness to practice, independently or otherwise. It is the number of hours required to sit for a national certification...

10. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    DrNurseCNS replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agree! The thread was about for profit schools and their

11. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    DrNurseCNS replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This exemplifies "school is what you make of it" and "you get out of it, what you put into it". I have 3 degrees and a post masters certificate from 4 different schools. They all offered something,...

12. Charting Bloopers

    DrNurseCNS replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmm, sounds like a future cervical cancer

13. Went from PCU to ICU. Is it normal to feel like a new nurse?

    DrNurseCNS replied to JJinTheBay's topic in Critical Care

    It is totally normal to feel like a novice again and to be frustrated by that feeling when you were "the expert" in your previous position. I have seen (and guided) dozens of nurses through the...

14. Media: Where are the Nurses?

    DrNurseCNS replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Most of the time, I'm like the rest of you talking back to the TV, "Oh so you're an ER doctor AND a neurosurgeon, AND a cardiothoracic surgeon?" Also yelling, "Where are the nurses Greys Anatomy, when...

15. Said No Nurse Ever

    DrNurseCNS replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I just love encephalopathic patients and I really love it when they are on Lactulose enemas Q 4 hours... Said No Nurse