chiromed0

ICU, Telemetry, Cardiac/Renal, Ortho,FNP

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    lying about clinical hours

    chiromed0 replied to astrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm...well, I did about 1000+ hours in my program that required 700hrs b/c I had to re-do a semester b/c I was 0.5 pt short of my semester grade requirement. So part of me say's "heck yeah this dude...
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    Male NP Students?

    chiromed0 replied to anchorRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Anchor RN...thank you for your service. I'm done but was a 40+ y.o. second career student when I went into the FNP program. It is mostly female but there are always quite a few male students. I...
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    How do you get into the ICU?

    chiromed0 replied to renae0404's topic in Critical Care

    Short answer is yes you can get ICU as a new grad. Long answer is find a hospital that has high turnover (which is not good news) and you have a better chance of getting whatever you want to start....
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    Urine Drug Screen ....surprise!

    chiromed0 replied to casias12's topic in Advanced Practice

    Ha...I'm in pain management. Everyone gets UDS with confirmation. Prescription records checked every visit. Psych evals every visit. Even with all these safeguards we are still pretty strict on...
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    Family Feud: What would a nurse want to do to a hot male patient

    chiromed0 replied to bruins79's topic in General Nursing

    As a provider the only thing I want to do to a hot male (or female) patient is give them ice water and 2 tab APAP prn. That's
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    First med error...Advise..please.

    chiromed0 replied to Joanie49's topic in General Nursing

    Medicine or nursing is not perfection. It is practice and mistakes happen. Missing a flagyl is no big deal. How many patients miss their dose as out patients? I had a doc freak out b/c a pt. on a...
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    Having a hard time with the people in my nursing school...

    chiromed0 replied to tbnurse1's topic in General Students

    Umm...sounds just like immature college stuff to me. Not sure what this has to do with "nursing" as a profession although some of the weirdest people I've met are in healthcare and academia so????...
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    How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

    chiromed0 replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are not alone...I hate it too! Even though I have a professional degree and an NP. I hate being judged but honestly, I've never had any of them say anything but nice, encouraging things to me....
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    Why Do Nurses Quit?

    chiromed0 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of the reason "new" nurses quit isn't any different than any other occupation. They just simply have that option b/c they can find work. If the job market is tight-they will stay. Some...
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    Gun Owning Nurses

    chiromed0 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I am a little perplexed as to why the subject of gun ownership is controversial? Go back 100 years and you were nuts if you didn't have at least a rifle/shotgun in your home. You couldn't count on...
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    Unsolicited Advice From A Preceptor

    chiromed0 replied to Izzy11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow...let's see now that I am graduated and practicing. I found some (certainly not all) of my preceptor candidates to be the most unprofessional people I've ever met! Multiple preceptors bailing on...
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    Quitting job during orientation?

    chiromed0 replied to angieRN528's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say stay and suck it up. If it's your first hospital gig then it's almost a rite of passage that most people work med/surg. It sucks-I've met very few that loved it but they are there. You do...
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    prescription drug addiction

    chiromed0 replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...nothing spurs health care workers up like narcotics. Let's see...I see dependents, addicts, and plain ol' acute care everyday. I've given out plenty of IV meds in critical care and ortho. The...
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    Registered Nurse's role in physician's office

    chiromed0 replied to Shortcake_BSn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...first you are a rarity. Most doc's offices are too cheap to hire RN's! I wouldn't feel "bad" about it, after all if you want meaningful work I am not sure a medical office vs hospital (acute...
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    Pharmaceutical reps in the clinic

    chiromed0 replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Old thread...buttt.....free food and usually stuff I wouldn't eat b/c it's too expensive so heck yeah I go. Plus, the information is good and you meet good contacts. I'm no social butterfly but...
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    New NP: Nervous, need resources and advice!

    chiromed0 replied to Flaring's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Old thread but I think EVERYONE feels that for the first year or two, or anytime you switch specialties. Resources...Midlevel U website, here of course, Youtube!, books: 5 minute clinical consult...
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    NP or MD

    chiromed0 replied to HIstudent808's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Think you need more info. Going MD vs NP is not apples to apples. They are completely different roads. I've kind of done both but not medical school, just pre-med then chiro school...close enough....
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    Helping patients kill themselves

    chiromed0 replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Short answer...hopefully NEVER! Unless you work hospice. We don't get paid enough to get sued so often. Start helping people off themselves and you'll be hit with lawsuits (frivolous or not) all...
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    Online vs Traditional NP school

    chiromed0 replied to Retired APRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hmm...I've done several programs both campus and online. Online is challenging in a different way but I like it more b/c it's focused on the important stuff for competency, not the minutia that some...
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    Advanced Nursing Lacking "Medical Science"

    chiromed0 replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In a word....YES!!! I had the pre-med undergrad and same basic sciences as medical/osteo and now NP. NP's COULD BENEFIT GREATLY from a better science background. However, if you go to all that...
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    A fnp as a hospitalist?

    chiromed0 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm...most of the time I saw the hospitalist NP just rounding for the doc's and a physician does the initial intake. The orders are probably a pre-defined order set. I'm not so sure I'd be run...
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    New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

    chiromed0 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow. That's RN money, not NP. I balked at $95K to start at a hospital. They thought the offer was fair (okay, newby salary is okay) but it had no other benefits (I don't need healthcare...got my...
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    My professor told us NPs have no future...

    chiromed0 replied to anilechim's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your professor is an wrong. Sorry, just is. NP's will be in high demand for a while to come but it will taper off when the market reaches a saturation point AND the entry level requirement goes fully...
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    Having to meet with the hospitals lawyer

    chiromed0 replied to Mhsrnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    One reason to keep insurance as an nurse. I wouldn't always count on the hospital. The other comment is right that the lawyer's job is to pence out distribution of liability amongst everyone...
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    Chiros depending on NPs for their new practice model: watch out!

    chiromed0 replied to urbanrn328's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm glad somebody started a thread on this. However, I guess I should clarify what is happening in the chiropractic industry. In a nutshell, they are wanting to start multidisciplinary practices...