masscane MSN, RN

masscane has 7 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Psych.

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   Is there any hope for me?

   masscane replied to SBE's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Imposter syndrome is real. I'm in my first year and it took me a few weeks to start to feel comfortable treating patients. What I believe really matters is ensuring appropriate mentorship is available...
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   NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

   masscane replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   New grad PMHNP in Utah making $110,000/year. Great benefits and awesome mentorship. I know it's a low starting, but the experience makes it worth it to me. No CME credit though. 4 weeks PTO, 40/hrs a...
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   How Can Admin Help to Retain School Nurses?

   masscane replied to LHartnett01's topic in School

   I don't work in school nursing, but I work with adolescents in psych. I'm lucky to work in a program where if the parents are verbally abusive then their kid can be removed from our program. I can...
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   Human A&P

   masscane replied to ash2108's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Try watching videos from RegisteredNurseRN on Youtube. She has a great Anatomy & Physiology playlist. I even used her for my NP classes in advanced
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   Hospice to ER... Tips??

   masscane replied to Emm_RN's topic in Emergency

   Truer words were never said. I went from ER to oncology/hospice, exact opposite of you, and can tell you that it is a HUGE transition. Floor nursing could not be more different from what you do...
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   Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

   masscane replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

   I used to get stressed out by all the group texts I would get from management begging for people to come in. Now I just tell myself "Staffing is not MY emergency". Staffing only screws me over on...
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   What to do with my dog?

   masscane replied to Rosina's topic in Animal Lovers's Animal Lovers

   Agreed. Give your dog a friend and access to the backdoor and they won't be miserable the entire time that you're gone. I'd also try going to the dog parks and making friends. A lot of people share...
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   Nurses are the 'Canary in the Mine'

   masscane replied to RN WRITER NC's topic in General Nursing

   I don't believe in the nursing shortage. There are plenty of nurses out there. In fact, nurses make up about 1% of the entire US population. We're just running out of nurses who are willing to...
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   Be A Nurse They Said...

   masscane replied to Beth Prather's topic in General Nursing

   My nurse residency was silly. I enjoyed meeting with my newly graduated peers each week, but I never left residency feeling more prepared for my job. I only ever learned how to really be a nurse on...