Annaiya NP

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    Anaesthetic Nurse in California and Texas

    Annaiya replied to Keenie's topic in Nurse Registration

    Nurses in the US don't specialize. You get your LVN or RN license and then can work in any of the jobs for that scope of practice. Only Nurse Practitioners have specialty areas. There are...
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    California RN Endorsement and Transcript Request Forms?

    Annaiya replied to pinktiara's topic in California Nursing

    I know this is a super old post, but I just wanted to say thank you for posting this. I was so confused by the form and the transcript request process, and I can't just go to the office. I have to...
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    Nursing school has made me not like nursing

    Annaiya replied to kilcawleymarco's topic in General Nursing

    I echo what others have said that nursing school is not like nursing at all. Most of nursing school is all adults and inpatient care. For me, I had no interest in taking care of adults. Maybe try...
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    NEED HELP! I am looking to interview a Pediatric nurse.

    Annaiya replied to Kikisilver1000's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Although we aren't doing formal developmental assessments, they should be getting some assessment on admission. Every admission isn't intubated and sedated. You should know a baseline GCS and if...
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    Acute vs. Primary Care NP? Can't decide

    Annaiya replied to EGVnurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The restriction on practice based on specialty varies between states, which is why you don't always hear the same answer. However, the trend seems to be moving towards primary care specialties (FNP,...
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    Does your first job define you?

    Annaiya replied to MallysMama's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think it depends on your specialty and what you might want to do later. Getting comfortable diagnosing and writing notes and time management all translate across specialties. My thing with first...
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    Vasopressin vs. Levophed

    Annaiya replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't work with adults or cardiac patients so someone correct me if there's another reason but my guess would be that vasopressin has less effect on cardiac O2 demand than
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    PNP but don't want to be...

    Annaiya replied to jessimee's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As has been said before on here, you can work as an RN with an NP license. However some places might not hire you because it creates more potential legal liability. Your scope of practice is that of...
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    RN that doesn't want to be an NP

    Annaiya replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    I feel like a lot of this attitude comes from the nursing schools who are pushing everyone to become NPs. My nursing school told my class over and over that they expected all of us to get master's...
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    low oxygen levels

    Annaiya replied to jonie8693's topic in Cardiac

    A couple of things that I wanted to clarify. Generally after the 3 stage palliation for single ventricle physiology they do have normal sats. If the Fontan is fenestrated they may be slightly lower,...
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    Where do I go from here?

    Annaiya replied to kristin10's topic in General Nursing

    Have you done counseling for your anxiety? If you are picking your career path, because you're worried about your anxiety, then it's something worth thinking about. My best friend is a nurse and has...
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    First NP interview at mayo

    Annaiya replied to gracy12's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know about the interview process there, but I used to work with them about 10 years ago and was told they pay 10% more than market rates, because they want to recruit and retain the best...
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    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner advice

    Annaiya replied to PSnurse123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There have been other discussion on this here. The advice seems to be to check what is being hired in your area. Apparently some areas prefer to hire FNPs, even in a peds practice. But where I used...
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    College advice for a future NP?

    Annaiya replied to MaryMeg's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't recommend a direct entry program unless you have enough health care experience to know exactly what kind of NP you want to be. There are a lot of different specialties and even by the end of...
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    So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    Annaiya replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was drawing up code meds during a code. It's not my role anymore, so I always look longingly at the nurses in front of the code cart trying to look up doses, draw everything up and label...
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    Hesitant to try paeds-encouragement/advice needed!

    Annaiya replied to regerterb's topic in Pediatric

    You can't always have someone double check your doses. If you aren't competent to give meds correctly, then you shouldn't be in nursing. One decimal point in adults can be disasterous too. If you...
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    Bipap question

    Annaiya replied to Dacatster's topic in Pediatric

    To OP: You didn't really explain why you were concerned that 10/5 BiPAP was too much for a 3 year old. The only thing you said was you were concerned the pt would "blow a lung." But every medical...
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    Where to begin...........

    Annaiya replied to fetchfelix's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    How did you decide this was a career you really wanted? I went to nursing school thinking that's all I wanted to do. By the end of school, I knew I wanted to be an NP. I did a new grad residency...
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    Will I really have a flexible job?

    Annaiya replied to amae519's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It really depends on where you work fan what you consider flexible. I worked every Friday, Saturday and Sunday while I worked on my masters and the flexibility to work every weekend was great so I...
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    Medical law

    Annaiya replied to synaptic's topic in Advanced Practice

    I agree with your decision to not go to law school. I was a lawyer before going to nursing school and I have nothing good to say about the profession. There are some great attorneys out there, but...
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    Need Feedback on Job Hunt

    Annaiya replied to AdultHealthCNS's topic in Advanced Practice

    I don't know why they would be annoyed if you're saving them from having to pay to fly you out for an interview. Good recruiters are interested in everyone and don't "act annoyed" by a phone call...
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    Primary vs Acute Care PNP?

    Annaiya replied to amalay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I feel that our certification should match the work that we are doing. It justifies a lot of the arguments being made regarding why we are competent for full practice authority. That's not to say...
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    New to Peds

    Annaiya replied to nyc2011's topic in Pediatric

    I frequently have concerned parents be completely wrong. However, I never dismiss thier concern until I've verified that it is unwarrented. Always listen to what the parents are telling you, but...
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    G-tube pulled out by patient

    Annaiya replied to HelloRN00's topic in Rehabilitation

    I agree, don't worry too much about this. Patients pull stuff out. In less than an hour from the start of my first shift on my own in the PICU my patient pulled his EVD (external ventricular drain)...
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    Clinical nurse specialist vs. APRN?

    Annaiya replied to Healthcare102's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Where I work the CNSs work with the bedside nurses and are more of an educator role to the RNs. They don't do any direct patient care. Their job is entirely different from ours. Where I used to work...