Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology

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    Critical Care Procedures

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

    I feel like there is more nuance to this. Perc trach's are never typically a one-provider operation as you know. It is not uncommon for the perc trach procedure to be done by the trained...
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    Corey Narry replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    To practice as an FNP, the current requirements are either MS/MSN or DNP and state NP license/certification with majority of states requiring passing one of two national FNP certification exams....
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    AGACNP vs FNP

    Corey Narry replied to islander_bsn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've worked in Critical Care as an NP since 2005. It was something I was interested in and a role that became available for me at the time...an opportunity I felt like I shouldn't pass up on. I still...
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    AGACNP vs FNP

    Corey Narry replied to islander_bsn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's a tough decision because of the way NP programs are set up. FNP training is across the lifespan but primary care centered. I wouldn't even compare it to the scope of training a physician...
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    Nurses working in politics

    Corey Narry replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    You're kind of casting a wide net at this point but if your interest is health policy and healthcare legislation, you 100% have to get a graduate degree in the field. Your BSN can be a good starting...
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    Is it frowned upon by supervisors and coworkers if a new grad nurse pursues DNP?

    Corey Narry replied to jeexrn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You'll have to tell your manager once you are admitted to the program for practical reasons, not just because you're asking for tuition reimbursement (which in my case didn't need to have a manager...
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    Corey Narry replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think it won't add anything to my clinical knowledge because the way the programs are set up, I will only need the DNP completion courses which center around health program...
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    Corey Narry replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    It depends. There is a capstone project in the program and I think whatever that involves can potentially open doors for networking and promotion to leadership roles. Having said that, I could...
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    Tell me I'm being too literal

    Corey Narry replied to imintrouble's topic in Disaster Preparation

    LOL, yes. I only work in the Critical Care areas and during the start of the pandemic when visitation wasn't restricted, we had some family members walk by COVID 19 patient rooms with the glass...
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    How much do you owe in student loans?

    Corey Narry replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I probably wouldn't have gone back to school if I have to take out loans. When I started my MSN, I found that I could budget for it with my salary while taking advantage of tuition reimbursement and...
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    Tell me I'm being too literal

    Corey Narry replied to imintrouble's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is where your institution has a disconnect between policy and practice. Many places have implemented some form of N95 re-use or extended use policy. It could just be that the administration in...
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    DNP: Mirroring the Path of DO?

    Corey Narry replied to AF2BSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP, I'm intrigued by the title of your post. When you say "mirroring the path of DO", it does open a deeper discussion on what Advanced Practice Nursing is as opposed to what Physicians are. DO's...
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    DNP: Mirroring the Path of DO?

    Corey Narry replied to AF2BSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think @meanmaryjean did touch on the complexities of your questions. Yes, the DNP was initially conceived with the advanced practice role in mind. I have just started practicing as an NP when the...
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    IMCU

    Corey Narry replied to CamperNurse's topic in General Specialties

    Thanks for clarifying. I've never worked there as an RN. As an NP, I have been called in that unit to assess a patient multiple times for possible ICU transfer. I've also responded to code blue's...
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    IMCU

    Corey Narry replied to CamperNurse's topic in General Specialties

    What do the letters IMCU mean? We have a High Acuity Medical Unit at work and it's basically a unit where patients who no longer meet criteria for ICU (no q 1 hour needs) but are too sick or fragile...
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    Acute Care Nurse Practioner Inquiry

    Corey Narry replied to desire2aspire's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think that is a comparison you can make. There are a number of schools that totally eliminated the MS/MSN programs for NP, hence, they only offer a BSN-DNP. For the remainder of the schools...
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    Pacemaker question

    Corey Narry replied to newnurse101's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting...this is one of those scenarios that require a lot of more digging into the case. There are reasons for pacemaker generator removal (the actual box that's implanted subcutaneously) but...
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    Don’t want to take care of people anymore...

    Corey Narry replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I worked briefly in in-patient Acute Rehab in the beginning of my RN career. It is a unit that is still within the hospital or connected to the hospital. I found it to be low stress and the workload...
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    How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    Corey Narry replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    @T-Bird78, do you know what PPE requirements the ENT docs have while operating? I ask because at least where I work, any OR case that has AGP which basically is all ENT cases requires everyone in the...
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    How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    Corey Narry replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work as an ICU NP and have been inside the room of a COVID 19 patient doing an admission assessment, procedures (including assisting with an intubation), etc. We have adequate PPE's including the...
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    President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

    Corey Narry replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Detectable levels of SARS-CoV-2-IgG Ab...interesting, we don't routinely check for these on our patients but I'm wondering if that's the effect of the monoclonal antibodies he received that's still...
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    President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

    Corey Narry replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I've only seen critically-ill COVID 19 patients who have received remdesivir and not once did they convert to negative in a week's time (we test every 7 days). These are obviously the severe cases...
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    Orientee too slow on EMR..now what?

    Corey Narry replied to Enarra's topic in General Nursing

    Well, hopefully, you don't shoulder the cost of the laminated cards. I would say work on the EMR more with her. I am not a bedside nurse but for us providers, EPIC for instance, has a lot of smart...
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    200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US (so far)

    Corey Narry replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You touched on an important issue. At least where I live, COVID 19 disproportionally affected the Hispanic community the worst. It's not genetics, it's socio-economic status. These hard-working...
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    LTC Covid Care, or I am Legend by default

    Corey Narry replied to WisconsinCheddr's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OP, I'm sorry this is the situation in our country's long term care facilities. This is a problem that has not been looked into for years under multiple administrations over the course of decades....