Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology

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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

    I think the unions, in the interest of transparency, should make it known where these are happening. There's a lot of discussions about it online but I have personally not witnessed it (work full...
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    Best RN Clinical Experience for Acute Care NP?

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

    Back when it was called ACNP in 2002, my class of 8 was about half ICU nurses and half ED nurses. We all got jobs in the in-pt setting after graduation in Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Transplant, ICU,...
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    Doc Won't See Me Because I Treat Covid Patients

    Corey Narry replied to bitter_betsy's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually that's the question that makes the most sense for any establishment that is tasked with screening at the entry point. That's how one of our hospital's battery of screening question items is...
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    Can't seem to find my niche in nursing.

    Corey Narry replied to Chrissy Brandon Lindsay's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, I love Warhol and all that pop art, modernism movement in art (Lichtenstein, Haring, etc) more than I do the realism and baroque style of Rembrandt, LOL. But if we were to speak...
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    Resign while probationary period

    Corey Narry replied to Judy911's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a mess...but probably not that much of an outlier in terms of bad employment practices and lack of nursing management support which I'm sure was existing before COVID-19 and is more...
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    New California Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Corey Narry replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ICU NP in Northern California so I do have to know which ones of the nurses are taking care of the patients in the unit. So far, we are not faced with changing the provisions of AB394 aka...
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    Expanding Protocols for Point of Care Ultrasound.

    Corey Narry replied to Murse2Dr's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I don't work in Flight but have been in Critical Care Medicine for years and have been using Point of Care Ultrasound since 10 years ago. As far as flight applications, would space be an issue? I...
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    Most Affordable MSN- DNP online programs

    Corey Narry replied to MalibuNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Have you looked into the CSU Consortium DNP programs? there's one in SoCal, Central Valley, and NorCal. I think they are the lowest priced in the state. The San Jose State U program which is part of...
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    Post-shift anxiety

    Corey Narry replied to rnash679's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good assessment from a Psych Nurse. I have to agree with you especially since I do have family members with this trait. We "linear thinkers" have a hard time understanding these traits in...
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    Post-shift anxiety

    Corey Narry replied to rnash679's topic in General Nursing

    OP, regarding your scenarios: 1. Home with a Foley is not unusual...that patient was given all the resources needed by you. That's where your responsibility stops. The provider sent the patient...
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    New OR RN questioning everything...need advice!

    Corey Narry replied to babyRNinabigworld's topic in General Nursing

    I would not make an abrupt decision. The times we're in right now are not normal. There are things that are happening in our respective specialties that is new to all of us even nurses who have been...
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    FNP to Psych NP

    Corey Narry replied to Loadingnursebsn's topic in General Nursing

    I would look into ASU: https://webapp4.asu.edu/programs/t5/majorinfo/ASU00/NUPMNUPRCE/graduate/false?init=false&nopassive=true I would avoid programs that lead to DNP as that would...
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    FNP to Psych NP

    Corey Narry replied to Loadingnursebsn's topic in General Nursing

    It will vary from school to school. Where are you located at? Our state has a fast track post-Master's PMHNP program for FNP's that will run for 12 months but it seems like it's only open to...
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    Interview for Critical Care Sponsorship

    Corey Narry replied to newnurse101's topic in Critical Care

    There's obviously no way to predict what's going in the minds of the people who will interview you but to me first impressions always make an impact. Show enthusiasm and express a commitment to...
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    Paralytic and Sedation

    Corey Narry replied to Tabitha871's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's assinine that a physician would ask to wean sedation that quickly after stopping paralytics. You really have to make sure the patient is no longer paralyzed and only objective measures such as...
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    How to Respond When Family Blames You for Patient Dying

    Corey Narry replied to CaliRN2019's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with these outbursts stemming from anger which is certainly one of the known stages of the grieving process given the circumstances we are in right now. I think a few things can help...one, you...
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    Despite High Demand For Nurses, Colleges Aren't Keeping Up

    Corey Narry replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's another NPR article FWIW:
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    Rooting out Racial Bias in Nursing: Hope and Grace

    Corey Narry replied to jeastridge's topic in General Specialties

    I appreciate the spirit in which this article was written. I understand the call to look within ourselves and examine our own biases. No one is "without sin" in this. On the other hand, I also hope...
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    Hospital Histories & Defunct Facilities

    Corey Narry replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. I always worked for larger hospitals maybe because in my mind, they are low risk for closures. My first job after my BSN (in the Philippines) was at a large urban university hospital...
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    Mobility question from new covid nurse

    Corey Narry replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think there are a lot of moving parts with COVID-19 management right now. I personally feel that the nursing management is pretty similar to any other types of viral pneumonia where a patient is...
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    California NP Help & Advise

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

    1. If you're an RN with years of experience, starting NP pay may not be that much higher for you. You will be started at the lower end of the salary since you don't have NP experience to speak of....
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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

    Agreed. California is a mish mash of different types of hospitals...there are some bad players for sure but I've never encountered a pattern of ratio violations in the 11 years I've worked here in 5...
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    Nursing Scope of Practice Regarding Arterial Line Insertion

    Corey Narry replied to rntnlee's topic in Critical Care

    I wish RN's place radial arterial lines where I work...that would save me from the calls I get for an "a-line accidentally getting pulled out". I've worked per diem in an ICU that allows RT's to...
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    Employer not Informing Employees when Someone has Covid

    Corey Narry replied to falcon53192's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The question is what is your exposure risk level? like, were you in the break room with this employee sharing a table, masks off, while eating? basically any similar situation spent with this...
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    Despite High Demand For Nurses, Colleges Aren't Keeping Up

    Corey Narry replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in Disaster Preparation

    @JKL33 Agreed. Either scenario uses a model that does not make an effort in investing on retention and workplace satisfaction. To me it's both a strategy of feeling things out and seeing where...