Vanillanut

Vanillanut DNP, RN, APRN

Emergency, Internal Medicine, Sports Med

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  1. Anyone Else Torn on Specialty??

    Vanillanut replied to Laceyrochelle26's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you considered Women's Health NP? (WHNP) This would give you the women's side of things and the nurse practitioner side of things, as opposed to CNM. Alternatively you could go FNP, but I suspect...

  2. GI Bill and NP Program

    Vanillanut replied to anchorRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi there, I am/was an ER nurse who went back for BSN-DNP, specializing in Family practice. I understand the anxiety around choosing a specialty, especially coming from an acute area of practice (and...

  3. Complicated situation, is this possible?

    Vanillanut posted a topic in Government, Military

    I am a Canadian citizen, married to an American citizen (E6 in the navy). We've been living seperately for awhile but I would like to move down to the states with him. I have a BSN and work in...

  4. What supplies needed for FNP school :)

    Vanillanut replied to BeeGeeRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I also agree on the study space. Having your own space to work, where others know "she's doing her schoolwork, and not just surfing the net" is priceless. Set it up really nice because you will be...

  5. Pensacola/Destin area

    Vanillanut replied to Sassyraven's topic in Florida Nursing

    I am interested in this too, as I am a mil spouse heading that way later in the year. I've read horror stories and will be taking a massive pay cut (-$16 less then I currently make)...... I'm almost...

  6. MUSC BSN-DNP Fall 2013

    Vanillanut replied to SVT05's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was actually strongly considering that school myself, but I don't think I will apply there as I am funding my education through the GI Bill (military resource). The GI bill doesn't include the DNP...

  7. 5th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    Vanillanut replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    "Nursing: If others knew what we did, they'd see us

  8. How much weight does the type of hospital hold (ie, level 1, 2, etc) for applicants?

    Vanillanut posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am an emergency RN who recently moved to the states. I have all of my experience in emergency, although I am very comfortable with ICU patients as often I have taken care of ICU patients for days...

  9. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    Vanillanut replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    I am an ED nurse and I see wait times anywhere between 1-2 hrs on a not-busy day to around 4-6hrs (to see a RN, not a doctor- about a 2-3 hr triage time). Our hospital is crazy busy, and there simply...

  10. Took NCLEX Today & got the good pop up! Tips for passing

    Vanillanut posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    All I have to say is, THANK YOU HURST REVIEW! Now I went about this totally unconventionally. I *hate* studying. I can not sit still for hours and hours and stare at paper. I am a tactile & visual...

  11. Took NCLEX Today & got the good pop up! Tips for passing

    Vanillanut replied to Vanillanut's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hurst covered a lot of what was on the actual exam. without going into too much detail just know your calcium/parathyroid/all that jazz. And I agree with infection control, I think thats the only part...

  12. Hurst Review

    Vanillanut replied to madetobeanurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Hurst alone, honestly I barely studied apart from that review (I did the online one). Passed first try. Would highly recommend it. I didn't do thousands and thousands of questions. I think I...

  13. Do you ever people feel are trying to "pick at" things when you're in a new workplace

    Vanillanut replied to NurseSuzann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yup. I know exactly what you mean. In every facility I've ever worked at, all meds are documented in RED ink. So in one instance, I was documenting in red. I have one of those pens with 4 ink colors...

  14. CRNE tips please

    Vanillanut replied to shawtee's topic in International Nursing

    I wrote it last June. It was the easiest exam ever. As long as you're educated in Canada, then you "think" the same way. If you're educated in another country it might be more difficult. Just for...

  15. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

    Vanillanut replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

    Despite potentially possibly being legally allowed to work, I would caution against it, because should (God forbid) anything go wrong during that shift at the nurses' fault, it won't really matter....

  16. RN's, how much did you borrow for school?

    Vanillanut replied to steveogurule's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSN that I borrowed approx $33,000 for. I worked on average 30 hrs/week as a care aid (19$/hr) throughout my entire degree. It was *hard* but the city I lived in had a really high cost of...

  17. when do you declare a specialty

    Vanillanut replied to bs98241's topic in General Nursing

    I declared my specialty after doing a post-grad certification in ER (which came in the form of 6 months more school, after my BSN). From what I know you can declare your specialty after you've passed...

  18. Somthing needs to change. Is agency nursing for me?

    Vanillanut replied to gaylordfocker2002's topic in General Nursing

    I would research travel agencies, get set up with a good one, and go on a couple assignments before leaving your current position. You really want to make sure you're stepping out on to firm ground if...

  19. I have Brain Fog omg lol

    Vanillanut replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Students

    Are you on any medication? I don't mean for this, I mean in general. Sometimes that can alter your thought processes. If you have always been this way, I would suggest speaking with a Speech Language...

  20. do you get paid more for certifications?

    Vanillanut replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For certificate-level courses, no. For anything from an educational institution (specialty certifications, etc) yes. My employer reimburses us for certificate-level course fees (ACLS, etc)....

  21. Kaplan or Hurst NCLEX-RN review which one is better?

    Vanillanut replied to ChloeRae's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am doing Hurst now. I haven't done Kaplan so I can't say much about it other then comparatively speaking it's more expensive. I can say that I am really enjoying the Hurst online review- Marlene...

  22. 1-1 ratio for nurses

    Vanillanut replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    Our vents/ICU patients are 1:1..... only ever 2:1 if they're right beside eachother (within eyeshot) and stable. But typically

  23. Patients refusing assessments

    Vanillanut replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    A huge part of nursing is exposing your patient, and to me it sounds like this was missed. Patients can be talked in to assessments, although they might not exactly enjoy it. I've had patients...

  24. Can Canadian nurses obtain their BSN through an online college program?

    Vanillanut replied to Mykami's topic in Canada

    Not that I know of. I'm Canadian, from BC and as far as I know, ANY BSN program must be an actual brick & mortar school. We don't have an ADN for nursing. You're either an LPN, or an RN (in...

  25. what do you say when they are right?

    Vanillanut replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In addition to the above, I would also leave a paper trail..... document. Not sure what types of forms you might have for something like this... but if you state things objectively (one CNA working...