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  1. List of 100% Online Acute Care NP Programs

    serenity1 replied to Colorado Yeti's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Maryville offers an online Acute Care program, says it is 100% online. Hope you find what you are looking for.

  2. Does any NP regret becoming one

    serenity1 replied to gcupid's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    @PsychGuy....I love history too and would love to have been a History Professor!! That cracks me up that another nurse felt the same way. When I tell people I really wanted to be a History professor...

  3. University of Phoenix FNP

    serenity1 replied to Adhartma's topic in School, College Programs

    Many of the NP's I know in the Phoenix area have attended UofP. They have had no issue getting hired or passing boards. UofP has a good reputation in my area, so having them on a resume here does...

  4. How to land your first RN job in Arizona?

    serenity1 replied to CourtneyRN2014's topic in Arizona Nursing

    AZ is a tough market for new grads and has been for a few years. No one wants to invest the time and money to train a new grad when there are plenty of experienced nurses to pick from. Having your...

  5. Rhogam eval draw time

    serenity1 replied to debbiernbsn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We draw with labs that are needed or within the first 24 hours if no other labs are needed. We have to give rhogam within 72 hours but we try to do it as soon as we can. I have never heard any...

  6. FNP Programs in AZ

    serenity1 replied to cscanlon's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Check the internet for local family practice offices and click on their page. Most will have a page that shows their staff members and will sometimes include where their staff graduated from. I am...

  7. NP Blog

    serenity1 replied to AshleelRenee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Very cool...good to see that what I am feeling is normal.

  8. FNP or WHNP

    serenity1 replied to kathryn.adams1112's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree with UVA....I was set to do WHNP and have changed to FNP. I have always done OB nursing and love women's health. But the OB's in my area have mostly FNP's in their offices. There are still...

  9. FNP Education

    serenity1 replied to s_davison24's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you google clinics in your area you can usually find a page about the providers on their site. A clinic that has NP's on staff usually show a short bio about each one including where they received...

  10. H & H

    serenity1 replied to sandseaandstone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We recently had a pp patient with h/h below 7/20. Her only symptoms were slight dizziness and elevated heart rate. She looked good, was able to get up and walk around. All they did was giver her...

  11. OB position

    serenity1 replied to duckhunting90's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Our sister hospital has a male l&d nurse. Most people really like him. Good luck and best

  12. Best medications to give postpartum woman after vaginal delivery?

    serenity1 replied to kriistaa16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We give our post lady partsl birth moms ibuprofen and percocet. Now and then they get a T3 if they don't tolerate percocet. Post c-sections get morphine/dilaudid and/or toradol for 24 hours and then...

  13. Do you scrub and/or circulate c-sections?

    serenity1 replied to cosmicmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have to circulate all c-sections at my facility. We do not scrub unless we are certified to do so. We have scrub techs that are always on to do

  14. New to Labor and Delivery/Postpartum Nursing - Please help!

    serenity1 replied to michelemrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations all of you that are new to ob! A great book that helped me in labor and post partum was intrapartum management modules. I bought it online. Kind of pricey but the information is...

  15. WGU's New MSN curriculum

    serenity1 replied to LoneStar1908's topic in Western Governors University

    I am in the new program and I passed the pre-assessment with minimal studying. Most of the first class is stuff that was barely covered in my BSN, so it is mostly new to me. Lots of statistics and...

  16. If you could have one nursing superpower, what would it be?

    serenity1 replied to Blue Roses's topic in General Nursing

    My favorites have been the ability to know the lottery numbers or collect a check and not go in to work!! But other than those, I would like the ability to cure "stupid" each

  17. Repeated Tries x 5 to Enter L/D field--Still applying Suggestions

    serenity1 replied to SINGMAGGIE-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I am we are always short on L&D, and they will always take someone with experience over having to train someone. I took the AWHONN basic fetal monitoring and NRP to make myself more...

  18. Telephonic Nursing/Optum Health

    serenity1 replied to bdwrn's topic in Case Management

    Been there a couple of months. I am a telemarketer not a nurse. I hated the hospital BS so I left....this is not better, just different. Probably going back to the

  19. Insurance Nursing Job

    serenity1 replied to theresa3550's topic in General Nursing

    I found mine looking on the internet searching "RN Case Manager/ment jobs". You will find several sites that list openings for case management and utilization management. Good luck. Leaving the...

  20. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    serenity1 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I didn't answer when work would

  21. Bye Bye Floor Nursing

    serenity1 replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could like this 100 times! "Loved being an L&D nurse, hated my

  22. What type of Nurse Case Manger are you?

    serenity1 replied to laydiebuug's topic in Case Management

    Just starting in high-risk OB for insurance company/medicaid. Lots to

  23. Bye Bye Floor Nursing

    serenity1 replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! I left L&D 2 weeks ago and do not miss it at all. I watched an episode of Maternity Ward this morning and was like "yep, not missing that". Good luck to

  24. Burned out already

    serenity1 replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    Hated it after about 1.5-2 yrs. Switched specialty and still hated it. Just left the bedside. I don't care what you call it--burn out, not what I expected, whatever. It was not for me. Loved my...

  25. Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    serenity1 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For all these reasons, and more, I left bedside nursing after only 3 years as a nurse. Dudette, I wish you an awesome vacation to