Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology

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    anyone pass ccrn recently - do they send a certificate in the mail?

    Corey Narry replied to TexasRN_826's topic in Critical Care

    AACN always sends out a certificate in the email with your initial certification and subsequent recertifications. I've recertified late last year (Nov-Dec 2020) for both CCRN and CSC and got my...
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    Questioning My Future While in NP School

    Corey Narry replied to SN2751's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think the biggest struggle for NP's is that though we have specialized tracks, our job opportunities in the real world tend to be broad and diverse enough that it's hard to come out of your program...
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    Increase in hr/$pay for Bilingual

    Corey Narry replied to HeyHeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital offers testing for bilingual providers who would like to show proficiency in being a medical interpreter. I've taken the Tagalog exam which was actually difficult coming from being a...
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    APRN in scrubs?

    Corey Narry replied to CommunityRNBSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Pre-pandemic, it depends on the setting and specialty. Most APN's in surgical specialties, Critical Care, CRNA's, OB, CNM's wear scrubs. Medicine-based specialties (IM, Neurology, Cardiology, etc)...
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    Rationing Care in COVID: Whose life is worth saving?

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It's not, that is well known by anyone in the hospital setting for sure. But ICU teams are supposedly knowledgeable and competent in goals of care discussion and symptom management, at least we are...
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    Rationing Care in COVID: Whose life is worth saving?

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In terms of COVID-19, yes agreed. However, ICU care is more nuanced than simply stating that everyone who is critically-ill is at high risk of drying. While that statement is certainly true, ICU...
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    Anecdotal increase of pneumothorax in COVID-19 survivors in hyperbaric enviorment

    Corey Narry replied to ToddTheMechanic's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think we're just seeing the long-term sequelae of COVID-19 infection and you may be seeing an actual trend that will be something to look out for in a post COVID-19 lung. There are changes that...
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    BSN or MSN with only RN diploma?

    Corey Narry replied to daisychains11's topic in General Specialties

    Maybe I'm not understanding the OP's situation but can one go back to earning a BSN after already obtaining an entry-to-practice MSN albeit one with a Nurse Practitioner focus? My understanding is...
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    New Nurse Needing Advice: Should it be this bad?

    Corey Narry replied to kale_'s topic in General Nursing

    I've not worked in all kinds of ICU's as a bedside nurse but as an ACNP with experience in Critical Care, I've rotated in all of the specialized Adult ICU's as part of my role. To me, CVICU is the...
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    Rationing Care in COVID: Whose life is worth saving?

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    You have to kind of step back and take an article at face value. Not all of California is in dire situation given how the pandemic is affecting parts of the state in different ways. I understand the...
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    U C Davis Health salary offer

    Corey Narry replied to NJASIANRN's topic in General Nursing

    CNA is the nurses' union. You won't hear from them until orientation. You will get links to UC stuff for now. I don't work for UC Davis but another UC
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    U C Davis Health salary offer

    Corey Narry replied to NJASIANRN's topic in General Nursing

    All the UC hospitals have a wage schedule based on the current CNA contract which took effect in 2018 until 2022. Based on the UC Davis wage table for 2021, you are designated as a CN2 (Clinical...
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    Who has transitioned from inpatient to specialty?

    Corey Narry replied to Alicia777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I actually have also transitioned to another role albeit still in acute care. I did look into out-patient specialty practice but ended deciding it's too drastic of a change. I have worked in Critical...
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    Race and Nursing

    Corey Narry replied to Bella RN's topic in General Specialties

    I've never worked in the South, just the Midwest and West Coast. I've worked in a number of hospitals where the CNO is a black woman. Also, the school I attended for my MSN has had a black woman for...
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    Sleeping In Vehicle Between Shifts

    Corey Narry replied to NGRN89's topic in General Nursing

    I have a co-worker, an NP, who lives 50 miles away and rents a room for her stretch of shifts. She showers at work...in our call room. Our hospital campus has a gym with showers...that's another...
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    Sleeping In Vehicle Between Shifts

    Corey Narry replied to NGRN89's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with above. Post something along the lines of "needs spare couch or room to sleep in during my stretch of nights...willing to pay this much in $" in the break room. I bet you'll find co-workers...
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    @Meredith T. Same. I got the second dose 24 hours ago. After the 15 minute required monitoring on-site, I drove home with my spouse (just in case I have a reaction on the freeway, LOL) then...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Corey Narry replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    Hope so. Sometimes you just have to take the news with a grain of salt:...
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    When Your Patient Wants To Talk Politics

    Corey Narry replied to KC,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I happen to work in an area that politically swings very liberal so much so that everyone assumes that employees and patients all share the same convictions. I see comments about current events being...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Corey Narry replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    It should be a last resort. In many hospitals, over half of patient admissions in the acute and critical care units are from elective surgeries. Some of those surgeries are done because of the life...
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    If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

    Corey Narry replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    Well our Clinical Nurse 1...a new grad! is started at $142,798.32 a year (I just checked our union contract). Don't be envious though, the cost of a studio apartment (300 sq feet) is $2,000/month in a...
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    If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

    Corey Narry replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    ...which can be unfair for us in high income, high cost of living areas such as California. Nurses here easily fall in the 32% and higher tax
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    Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ...second dose Pfizer/BioNTech in, I feel fine. Just had injection site muscle pain on the first dose and this time around a Peds Nurse gave me the shot and I didn't even feel
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    California Is Overriding Its Limits On Nurse Workloads As COVID-19 Surges

    Corey Narry replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    aww, (re: UCSF and
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    Employee of the month?

    Corey Narry replied to BillieReuben's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen some units have a communication board where nurses write a thank you note to another RN that maybe made their shift easier to bear. They also use the board to post a picture and "about me"...