npingeorgia

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1. Patients on Vacation????(long)

   npingeorgia replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

   same thing happens here in georgia and we do not have tourists in the area that i live. it's maddening!!! the thing that just drives me nuts is that they think "that computer over there has my...

2. Tips for New Nurse Educators

   npingeorgia replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I have accepted my first faculty position with ASN program and will start in the fall. I have been doing clinical instruction for the school and now taking it to the classroom. I am very excited but...

3. Kennesaw State University

   npingeorgia replied to 1sttimetraveler's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Attended KSU NP program and graduated 2004. I had a wonderful experience there. The worst part was the first semester and the summer semester for me. There was some talk about changing the class...

4. ER NP's

   npingeorgia replied to lalaxton's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hi Just wanted to add that in the ER that I work in the NP's and the PA's use the same sheets that the MD uses. We are currently using the t system. There is a place for the midlevel to sign as...

5. Young -- should pursue NP or MD?

   npingeorgia replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   if you have any feeling at all that you may want to go to medical school, then do it. i have a friend that is in his 2nd of medical school and was a parmedic before that. he is now 31 and lots of...

6. ICU VS. the ER?

   npingeorgia replied to Anna5M's topic in Emergency

   I promise you that there is nothing and I do mean nothing easy about working in the ER. I do also hate the "ER vs ICU" . I agree that it is entirely 2 different worlds but neither nurse is the less...

7. er or icu first?

   npingeorgia replied to purplegrape's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   Alot of what will be required for you to be a well rounded flight nurse will require both ER and ICU experience. I will say that the majority of my experience came from the ER and EMS arena. Infact,...

8. flight positions

   npingeorgia replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   I just wanted to add that the figures quoted here by pfitz are more than a little unsettling for me too. I am glad to see the numbers and that you were so diligent to find the data to report here....

9. Teach or Practice as NP? Undecided.....

   npingeorgia replied to southlady_1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hi, I too was in your same situation when going back to NP school. I knew that there was going to be a time when a teaching schedule would work for me and I would be ready to get out of the ER and...

10. flight positions

    npingeorgia replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Oh, the wish for a successful job hunt goes out to the person that started this thread, the first post, they were looking for a way to find available jobs within the air medical industry. You,shamirra...

11. Any NP's working for Rediclinic or Minuteclinic??

    npingeorgia replied to npingeorgia's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    thanks guys for your input. I had not heard about these clinics until I attended the national conference this past June. I have done some internet surfing to find about them and quite frankly sounds...

12. flight positions

    npingeorgia replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Also after reading all the threads posted here I wanted to add this piece of food for thought. I have been a nurse for 15 years,ER and flight combined. I would like for all of those folks reading...

13. flight positions

    npingeorgia replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    hi, Just wanted to agree with the Army pilot that stated that if you fly long enough eventually something will happen. Look at it like this ,statistics can and will work against you at some point. I...

14. working your way through NP school

    npingeorgia replied to np_wannabe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, Yes, it 's possible to work full time and complete NP program. I worked full time and was able to get clinical time in but it was very time consuming and did require some planning ahead, like...

15. Any NP's working for Rediclinic or Minuteclinic??

    npingeorgia posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Interested in networking with anyone that can offer some input or information about these clnics.