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How do you say / write your level of orientation? This is one of those things that's been on my mind... and the dictionaries appear to be OK with either. Oriented or orientated? Reoriented or reorientated? I'm just curious - not sure if it's a region...

Hello! I am interviewing for an NP position at my local VA (primary care) and am just looking to connect with current or former NPs who have worked in this environment to answer a few questions. I realize each location has its own quirks but looking ...

St. Scholastica has offered this one

Thanks for your feedback :) I probably am hard on myself - but I don't feel incompetent at work, see patients on my own in the clinic and hospital, and have great colleagues to help advise me when I need help. My concern is - NPs are being trained th...

You can message me but... I'm not on here too much so if I don't get back to you, it's not personal :) I'll do my best though.

I had good luck in rural clinics; worked with a midwife at a birthing center for my OB hours too. Starting to get tough, I hear from current students, even in MN schools. good luck!

I think of the time spent in the cadaver lab (when I hear the MDs talk) vs my time with a cat; the time spent in residencies, the time spent preparing to present a patient to a preceptor or colleague (touched on very little in my own schooling, but a...

rehabnurse.org has great information about what a rehab nurse does - I highly recommend this site. I work inpatient, not TCU, but we give IV meds, antibiotics, blood, work with trachs and pegs, and often have patients for 2-3 weeks, so focus heavily ...

My state (MN) tells me to use RN, CNP so I do... my ANCC is FNP-BC - it's a mouthful when I use the whole thing on anything professional

I had an ipod touch and it was priceless. I used the apps, was able to access things with wifi, logged clinical hours, did some research when requested by my preceptor if we had downtime (especially since computers at the clinic were at a premium). F...

Check out rehabnurse.org and review the article they have about FIM; the CAT exams are also very good. They have role descriptions that can help you figure out maybe who does what. You will spend a lot of time on FIM, documentation, and patient educa...

I agree - the exam was fairly easy, with a lot of common-sense style questions. I reviewed the sample questions online and felt comfortable with those and the exam was similar. Good luck!

I bought tea for one (and a cup) and coffee for another (and a cup) as they both tended to drink quite a bit of it

I graduate in May (just finished my last clinical today!) and started in February - I had several interviews and inquiries from both rural and metro facilities. Good luck!

I learned in a different way from each of my preceptors; I was with a pediatrician for my peds rotation, and an internal medicine physician for another rotation, and am with 2 NPs now. Sometimes, it's what's available and what you can find, and other...

I started in a CNS program, switched to ANP, and am finishing with my FNP. I made those changes as I heard more / learned more about limitations that others have had with their initial degrees - I don't hope to go back to school, so felt I should be ...

I had an interview today where the administrator mentioned that I could be paid as an RN while I trained in, learned the EMR, went through the classroom training, etc. He didn't seem to think the delay would be an issue. Good luck!

I get very annoyed when I see RN's or LPN's or MD's when using it as a plural. I see it in articles, policies, powerpoints, etc. ARGH!! We should know better. When we write out two hundred nurses we don't do it as "two hundred nurse's attending the m...

We right one note at the end of the shift, in addition to our FIM documentation. The shift note summarizes patient education, safety, therapy carry over, medical concerns, etc. Things that justify the need for 24-hour rehab nursing. So... think of an...

feast or famine - we're fairly full right now

Can you ask to see their standards of practice so you can 'prep' before you start? Our standards discuss bowel programs, turns, skin care, patient education needs, etc. We're an acute inpatient rehab - rehabnurse.org has good info too and CAT tests t...

I think it would be a great place to start! As a new grad on a rehab unit (adults mostly), I had time to develop critical thinking, assessment skills, patient interaction skills, had a focus on patient and family education, learned about teamwork, de...

I'm currently on a handoff taskforce (the precursor to bedside report, it seems) and we're discussing using Epic (our EMR) to indicate the sensitive things so we can get the "talking" piece of report done quickly... the labs are evident in the comput...

In St. Cloud, a new grad with a BSN starts at $29.78 - we get annual merit (performance) increases and another bump (or at least, have in the past) to keep pace with the Cities. I've been very happy with the annual increases. Good luck!

Check out rehabnurse.org - read the descriptions of the nurses in rehab settings, look over the ARN-CAT quizzes, refresh yourself on ace wrapping a residual limb... there is so much that it all covers! :) Good luck!