Jules A

Jules A MSN

Family Nurse Practitioner

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  1. Getting to Know You - Getting to Know All About You!

    Jules A replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting post but I'm confused. I was looking for an article on

  2. Working while attending NYU RN to BSN program?

    Jules A replied to hymn's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for your particular area or school but I worked through all my nursin programs and the BSN was the easiest of all. I wouldn't let the implied restrictions on experience or BSN deter you...

  3. Would you still become a NP or would you go the MD route?

    Jules A replied to OrangeSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would agree with the above but I'm not picturing you as a garden variety GP MD. I'd picture you as young, for the love of God you are 25!, bad ass specialist who is bright and motivated to embark on...

  4. Would you still become a NP or would you go the MD route?

    Jules A replied to OrangeSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Dude you are a baby and should totally do medical school. Unless you wanted to be a GP, in which case NP or PA is a better choice, it is my opinion that not in our lifetime will specialty Drs be...

  5. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    But this is exactly the same thing imo. As for moving beyond the masters I would gladly do it if and when there is more money involved and the effort will significantly benefit my clinical practice or...

  6. Career day-toddler class

    Jules A replied to Followingfootsteps's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree rather ridiculous project but what about Doc McStuffins? I know thats a doctor but would be a familiar segway and there's a

  7. Valuable Experiences During School

    Jules A replied to future_psych's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Kudos for getting RN experience and I would definitely encourage you to also do some time on a locked inpatient acute adult unit. With children and adolescents what you are mostly seeing is...

  8. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    Did you say no one gets paid a cent for MSN to DNP? Because that is the pay raise you won't get for adding DNP around here.

  9. Why working just 3 days a week is exhausting

    Jules A replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah probably not because she'd have had to have walked the earth with dinosaurs, right? I should have clicked on the link to the article, taken a peek at the young girlie in the picture and...

  10. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hilarious and tragic all at the same time. The schools won't change until something forces their hand because the tuition is also low hanging fruit. And for those who believe you must be in a DNP...

  11. Make more $$ and Work Less.

    Jules A replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah there is likely something wrong with that ad as in my experience that area doesn't paying that much. Sadly psych is like the rest of nursing now with supply and demand upside down as well as a...

  12. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm far from the sharpest knife in the drawer and yet managed to work between 40-50 hours a week while in both my NP programs and had no problems passing so just how strenuous could it be? Although I...

  13. Feeling Forced to Stay Late?

    Jules A replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I hear this and agree however the way I interpreted the OP was not as a constant management problem where they are attempting to under staff but a last minute your relief called out type scenario...

  14. Why working just 3 days a week is exhausting

    Jules A replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how old the author is. Ducking for the tomatoes that will inevitably be thrown my way and speaking only for myself as someone who has always worked overtime at multiple jobs, starting in my...

  15. Embarrassment after a med error

    Jules A replied to NrsngStudent7's topic in General Nursing

    Been there done that. It will be ok and I applaud you for handling it the proper way. The good news is your patient is unharmed and I guarantee you won't ever make that exact same error again. Forgive...

  16. "Nurse Bedside Shift Report" Survey

    Jules A replied to kangoshichie's topic in General Nursing

    If you have access to this data the RNs I work with would love me forever if I shot it in the direction of the nurse manager who thinks this is the latest and greatest thing for an inpatient psych...

  17. "Nurse Bedside Shift Report" Survey

    Jules A replied to kangoshichie's topic in General Nursing

    Agree and bet there are things omitted by an empathetic RN due to attempting to preserve some of the patient's dignity which really should be passed

  18. Disclosing Hep C status to patient's husband?

    Jules A replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it possible that he already knows even if it wasn't mentioned on her intake? As a RN I definitely wouldn't discuss this their husband. As a provider unless there was signed consent or POA I also...

  19. Annual Salary (Part time)

    Jules A replied to BermudaTriangle's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The part time portion doesn't matter. You should make .5 or .6 of whatever a full time NP in your area is making provided they offer benefits and if not you should expect a bit

  20. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    Anecdotally speaking the physicians I have had this conversation with prefer PAs because they were trained in the medical model and don't mind the co-sign part because they are used to

  21. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    I only wish this was still the case. From what I have seen the majority of NP programs now require zero actual nursing experience. A tenured professor at a well known university/teaching hospital in...

  22. Trying for a baby in NP school... am I crazy?

    Jules A replied to peachnurse22's topic in Advanced Practice

    I wouldn't attempt to offer any advice but wanted to add I do not believe we can always "have it all". There are times when we need to make choices not saying this is one of those times but worth...

  23. RN to PA

    Jules A replied to RNPA93's topic in Advanced Practice

    I don't have any first hand experience but work with a PA who was a RN. They work as a hospitalist, are very good and seem to fit in better with physicians than many of the local

  24. LPN OR RN?

    Jules A replied to Ataylo1452's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Take your transcripts to schools you are interested in and see what they can offer you. I personally did my LPN first because it afforded me the ability to work as a nurse fairly quickly and make...

  25. Ativan and getting punched in the face

    Jules A replied to Happynurse2222's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely address the pain or hunger if that is ever a complaint with this population as a priority but also please take pause to consider your quote above. While I agree when a patient with...