Germanicus

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1. Kennesaw State University

   Germanicus replied to 1sttimetraveler's topic in NP

   I finished at Kennesaw in 99. I can say that it was a good experience. I had good teachers although a lot of the content was presented by guest lecturers and by us, the students. You will get hit pretty hard the first semester by having to take the p...

2. Do i not have what it takes?

   Germanicus replied to Rocky_LPN's topic in Men

   I've always had a pretty strong stomach and over 27 years of nursing and NP I have my hands in areas and in fluids that would gag an outhouse maggot. But the thing that sometimes gets to me is false teeth. I hate handling them and especially hate rem...

3. do any of you like codes??

   Germanicus replied to ryanfocker's topic in Men

   I've been in lots of codes over the last 27 years. I do not like them. I can only think of a handful, less than five perhaps, where the patient survived. Also I have rarely seen a code go smoothly. All the practice and procedure seem to go right out ...

4. Are any of you guys as burned out as I am?

   Germanicus replied to Germanicus's topic in Men

   Thanks again for all the support. I've decided to work NP temp assignments in corrections for now. I found an agency that staffs locum tenens slots at prisons around the state. The pay is good, the benefits non-existent and if an inmate gives me any ...

5. Are any of you guys as burned out as I am?

   Germanicus replied to Germanicus's topic in Men

   I appreciate all the responses to my rant and all of the suggestions for alternative employment. I got into nursing when I was 30 so I already did my time in the ashes, so to speak. I worked in construction, taught school threw drunks out of nightclu...

6. Are any of you guys as burned out as I am?

   Germanicus posted a topic in Men

   :madface: I've been an RN and NP for almost 22 years now. Most recently I was working as an RN due to the rather soft job opportunities for NPs around my area. This past Friday I walked away from my job. My manager told me she was receiving comp...

7. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   Germanicus replied to catch33er's topic in NP

   I used to do a fair amout of psych related treatment early on in my career. I refer them to psychiatrists now. I won't prescribe anything stronger than anti-depressants. I stopped prescribing benzos years ago and I don't try to manage psych drugs tha...