tejon DNP, NP

I'm a palliative care NP and have been working for a short time as an outpatient consultant. I am now working in a hospital setting part-time and feel very underprepared. I am in a full practice state and will be expected to order or at least recomme...

Reading with great interest here as well. I have been working as an FNP for almost 2 years (Urgent Care), moving to Palliative Care in 2 months. I have experience with hospice, comfort care patients, and Oncology but am trying to get a good toolkit s...

I'm finishing up training to be a SANE, and noticed everyone seems to have different things in their bags or backpacks. I'm trying to get things that I'll need together but was interested in what others find useful. Also, do you have a favorite...

What is an ALS light? Is that the same as a black light?

Nice set up! We have carts at each hospital with kits and exam supplies, so I won't be needing those. What are the goggles for?

What do you carry with you aside from the camera?

I say go for it! With that kind of experience, you will do well as an NP. I'm 50 and will graduate with my FNP in May and have been told many times how much patients (and other providers) appreciate someone who has "life experience". Your plan sounds...

I'm graduating as a DNP-FNP this May and am starting to look at potential jobs. I don't feel especially drawn to any specialty but keep hearing from many NPs and MDs that family practice can be difficult and draining. I'm currently working with a pre...

I'm about to graduate in May with a DNP and want to start the job search as an FNP soon. I'm not sure how to present myself as a soon-to-be provider, especially since I'll be brand new with no NP experience yet. Do I include clinical experiences ("cl...

This is exactly how I formatted my resume. In my phone interview, the recruiter asked about school clinical experience and was interested in some of the populations I dealt with there, along with many questions about my experiences as a nurse. It mak...

Thanks to all who have commented so far. I just had a recruiter ask for my resume by next week (!!), so I'm working on it right now. It's interesting seeing points of view from many different people on what to include.

Yes to all - it was a huge project. I'll try to present it as such in my resume. Thanks!

The project was a depression follow up program for a family practice clinic. Would this be appropriate?

I'm currently an RN but have always wanted to go further and become an NP. I am looking at applications right now and wondering if the job market for NPs is as impacted as it is for RNs. I have struggled trying to find *any* job as an RN, sending out...

I wanted to find out about other nurse's experiences with orientation after working as an RN for several years. Right now I'm in the middle of a very difficult orientation and wondering if I'm expecting too much from my new employer or if I'm right t...

YES! I wouldn't mind a short and sweet orientation if I got the basics and could move from there. And no, not safe.

I started nursing school at 40, so I've had a variety of jobs before nursing. I've been a veterinary assistant, counselor in a halfway house with mentally ill adults, worked in a group home with abused and neglected teens, PDX operator in a hospital,...

I worked as a CNA before nursing school and the experience was invaluable. It gave me a chance to work with patients directly and learn basic patient care, something that often isn't taught well in nursing school. I moved up to CNA2 while in nursing ...

"I'm allergic to wheat...but only that whole grain stuff. I can have white bread." "I'm allergic to Tylenol (and Ibuprofen, and aspirin, and...and...). Norco works really well." "Trazadone makes me sleepy." "Lactulose gives me diarrhea."

I'm surprised it wasn't required for your job in the ED. I took it straight out of nursing school so I could beef up my resume a bit in a difficult job market. It wasn't easy, but I got through it just fine. I would definitely take it in your case - ...

Yikes. That's definitely worse than my current orientation. I have almost 3 years Med-Surg experience and got a job in Oncology. I was given three weeks orientation with three patients assigned to me on my first night, two to my preceptor. When I ask...

Why can't patients have medical emergencies when I'm around? It's like they don't want me to experience any excitement at all. Be nice to your nurse. We decide how much of that dose of dilaudid your doctor ordered gets accidentally squirte...

I had a panel interview for a position I really wanted on Friday. I had a pretty dry throat, so I sipped water throughout the questions. At the end of the interview, I asked about the unit: the culture, the people, the overall work environment. The d...

I once asked a very confused patient where he thought he was. "In a casino somewhere." "No, sir, you're in a hospital." "&^#%!" Same patient, another day: "Do you know why you're here?" "I was riding on a horse. I fell off the horse......BAD HOR...

We change tubing every 96 hours as well.