BrnEyedGirl BSN, MSN, RN, APRN

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    Cardiology nurse practitioner

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Jakjun's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am an
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I have been a nurse for over 20 years, our job is inherently dangerous, our decisions and mistakes can kill people. Unless this nurse was impaired, was practicing out of her scope or...
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    Cardiology nurse practitioner

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Jakjun's topic in Advanced Practice

    I see this is an old post,...but,...I am an NP working in a Cardiology / Electrophysiology Practice. I see patients in the office M-F, I do rounds in the hospital two days a week, I am on call and do...
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    CDC Data Shows Strong Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism

    BrnEyedGirl replied to familymrl3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you please provide the medical definition of
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Im sure no one knows for sure,...but the two syringes were 10cc flushes,..the one with a capped needle on it was full of 8cc of clear liquid (2 cc missing) the other flush syringe had only 2cc...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I was not insinuating "she would be fine",...just that such a small dose would help to explain the time line and quick ROSC. One of the physcians felt the dose shoud not be lethal and perhaps her...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She only gave 2 mg of Vec, they have the rest of the med in the syringe, which is a very small
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    See if this works,.. CMS report...
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    Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    According to the CMS report the medication was verified by the pharmacy 10 minutes before she pulled it. The Pyxis defaults to generic names. The nurse entered VE (versed) not Mid (Midazolam) and...
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    Acute care NP vs FNP

    BrnEyedGirl replied to msicutodnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am an FNP, I work in a cardiology office, and see pts both inpatient and in the office. In my area there is no Acute Care program. I don't actually know an acute care
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    What diagnostics can NPs order independently

    BrnEyedGirl replied to DelightfulNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh my,..you are right,..I can order insulin, but not diabetic
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    What diagnostics can NPs order independently

    BrnEyedGirl replied to DelightfulNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not in Canada, but I order what I need, even angio's and CRTD placement! I work in
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    Taking call, do NPs get paid call pay?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to mep7296's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work for a specialty, 2 providers. I do rounds at the hospital 2 days a week plus every other weekend. I am on call 2 nights a week after 5 and from 5p on Friday through 8a on Monday the weekend I...
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    Advice for an older RN going back for FNP

    BrnEyedGirl replied to abva17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I graduated from an FNP program 2 years ago, at the age of 49. I had 20 years of RN experience, most in the ED. I stayed with my current hospital system and split my shifts between ED and Urgent...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wuzzie, every trauma center I have ever worked in for the last 20 years draws BAC and a drug screen on EVERY classed out trauma patient. You can not just assume that the injury caused the mental...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if this happened in my ER and we all had the wherewithal to stay calm, every nurse in the unit would line up to cite the policy/law and wait for
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the long video, one of the officers asks why they don't just get a warrant. The other officer states there is no PC for one (probable cause). They knew they couldn't get a warrant. This cop lost...
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    RN-FNP for Old Nurse

    BrnEyedGirl replied to aknurse68's topic in Advanced Practice

    I became an NP at 49, after a similar story. 20 yrs as an RN, kids left for college, I did it. If it's what you want, do it!! BTW,..be careful who you're calling old!!
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    Should I inform current employer of APRN license?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked for a large hospital group for almost 20 years prior to becoming an FNP (still work for them as an NP). Of course all my coworkers and my immediate supervisors were very aware as they had...
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    Nurses gut feeling????

    BrnEyedGirl replied to loriaz's topic in General Nursing

    Puncture wounds and cat bites almost always get infected. Not a gut feeling, just science and
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    negotiating as a new grad NP

    BrnEyedGirl replied to espress099's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious if any of you have asked about how the billing is done? For instance at one of my job all pts are billed as a physician visit. At the other job, they are all NP visits. I was able to...
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    Vegas mb conference

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What is an mb
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    What would you think if you saw this patient?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to coffeemamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought was epiglottits or tonsilar abscess,...either way,..get him
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    did I make a mistake?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Irini20's topic in General Nursing

    Just a bit of my personal experience several years ago. I worked nights and walked into a dark room to check a pt who had alcoholic encephalitis. As I got in the room I noticed he was standing at...
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    Help FBI Fingerprints

    BrnEyedGirl replied to stasiastar's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

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