NeuroMedic

I have noticed that alot of you out there are looking for transition programs, shortcuts, and the "easiest way". There are no true shortcuts in nursing. As Nurse Practitioner(MSN ACNP/FNP), I have worked my way from the ground up: RN, A.A.S, followe...

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing(http://www.vanderbilt.edu/nursing) offers a dual option for Emergency Nurse Practitioner in which you receive BOTH ACNP and FNP. As a graduate of this program, I would HIGHLY recommend it.

Perhaps I misphrased some points. When I speak of "children"; I am in no way condescending or looking down upon anyone. The context in which I use the term could be more closely related with "children" as it is used in biblical writings, not to say t...

Yes, I am referring to the transition programs. I was and still am a critical care paramedic/CF-P for quite some time and I still found it best to challenge the traditional program in nursing. So many paramedics feel that they are prepared to challen...

I went through Vanderbilt's Emergency Nurse Practitioner program in which I received both A.C.N.P. & F.N.P. I feel that this training adequately prepared me for critical care environment. However, I began as a critical care paramedic, went on to...

I have been a critical care nurse/practitioner for more years than I care to admit to, and over the years I have come to learn that you are going to meet arrogant superiors, know it alls, and my over all favorite: The Superior Society of Sidewalk Phy...

Well, I have been a critical care flight nurse for quite some time now. Most positions require AT LEAST 5 yrs critical care experience in a trauma 1 environment. Most of the applicants for the positions here usually have 15+ yrs experience. Most serv...

I live in TN as well, and I am currently in the process of completing Vanderbilt's Emergency Nurse Practitioner Curriculum(A.C.N.P. & F.N.P.). I have been through month after month and week after week of having absolutely no life outside of class...

Here is my hospital's(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Procedural Nursing IV Team page: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=proceduralnursing&doc=2792 Hope it helps. P.S. IV Team members should also be involved in education; and...

I am currently working at Vanderbilt 10th floor critical care in Nashville, while working on my E.N.P.(A.C.N.P./F.N.P.) at VUSN. I have been living here for quite some time. I am also a Paramedic with Metro Fire; with a history in aeromedical transp...

Here is something I came across upon reviewing various resources via the Vanderbilt Eskind Biomedical Library. Long-term propofol infusion and cardiac failure in adult head-injured patients http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi...

Vanderbilt University is expirementing with new programs of NP, such as Emergency Nurse Practitioner, in which the nurse obtains BOTH A.C.N.P. and F.N.P. New opportunities in graduate education are opening up all over the place. I suggest that you ta...

Absolutely. Just because they are brain dead does not mean that I will treat them with any less respect than I would when they were cognizant(if they were cognizant). Respect is an important part of nursing. Would you leave a cadaver nude in the midd...

Vandy has no transition program; I just took ALOT of extra courses math, phys, chem, etc. I planned this for quite some time.

Actually, in some states RN's can challenge the first year of EMT-P.

Yep.(hmm.. shortest reply in Allnurses.com history!)

I want to handle the traumas as they come off the chopper. I am inclined to neuro-trauma. I want to handle the worst of the worst; the most critical pt for lack of a better term. I have experience as a nurse in Neuro-ICU and ER; now I want to experie...

here are several programs offered by vanderbilt in regards to advanced nursing as far as the m.s.n. goes. acute care nurse practitioner adult nurse practitioner[color=#a28448]* cardiovascular disease prevention and management palliative ...

Well; I work in Critical Care Trauma 1 environments. As far as specializing; I want to put emphasis on Critical Care/Emergency Medicine and eventually down the road; Emergency Neurosurgical Intervention. I have been working trauma/e-med all my life; ...

I made sure to pick up the proper electives over time to meet pre-req for M.D. I took nursing instead of pre-med so I could get out on the floor and begin working to pay for my latter education. I have planned this path since I was 14. I now hold sev...

I'm transitioning to an M.D.

My typical day? Well; it depends on what my schedule is that day; whether I am working the I.C.U., going to class, working Critical Care Aeromedical Transport, or computer programming. Either way; I make sure to keep things interesting. I don't thi...

At Vanderbilt, we have NP's on almost every floor. BSN's handle most of the pt care; whilst MSN's, PhD's, and M.D.'s come together every Sunday after rounds to discuss patient care plans, efficacy of the current care plan, as well as the implementati...

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Yeah; even SEASONED Docs will take the hint when a nurse that's been around a while looks down and says, "he ain't right". That should be a sign in itself. Once you get the groove things will get alot better for ya.