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  1. Adequate notice

    kanzi monkey posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, How much notice do you think that I should give my current job before I start a new one? Is one month an appropriate amount of time? I intend to give my boss as much time as she says she needs,...

  2. Adequate notice

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I gave less than 2 weeks once to a 'take and bake' pizza place. I actually just didn't show up for work. I was a bad doobie. Other than that, I've always given 2 weeks or greater

  3. HELP! Floor Nursing = NOT for me

    kanzi monkey replied to skim410's topic in General Nursing

    Why did she have a job as a floor resource nurse if she didn't know how to insert a foley? That's not an inexperienced FNP issue--just sounds like she needs more training with some basic nursing...

  4. "disturbed Energy Field" ...Really?

    kanzi monkey replied to dannyc12's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is the entire point. It's unfortunate that people mock alternative healing without understanding it. I don't understand it, but I respect it--even if I didn't it doesn't matter....

  5. HELP! Floor Nursing = NOT for me

    kanzi monkey replied to skim410's topic in General Nursing

    This is not what I have seen. I did my NP clinical rotations with many direct entry NPs--some with a year or so of hospital experience, some with clinic setting or rehab experience, some with no...

  6. Adequate notice

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This will be a career shift for me. I'm currently working as an RN on an acute care floor at a large teaching hospital. I'm moving on to my first NP position. My hospital definitely has a lot of...

  7. "disturbed Energy Field" ...Really?

    kanzi monkey replied to dannyc12's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone is making fun of alternative healing methods--but they ARE making fun of alternative healing methods being published in NANDA, because it is totally inappropriate. Honestly, I...

  8. Chronic disease management

    kanzi monkey replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, have you heard of Senior Care Options? Here's a brochure: http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/masshealth/sco/sco_brochure.pdf It's a relatively new concept, don't know how it works from state to...

  9. Discussing End of Life Issues Part 2 - Living to a Ripe Old Age

    kanzi monkey replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Very well

  10. "disturbed Energy Field" ...Really?

    kanzi monkey replied to dannyc12's topic in General Nursing

    aka "suck it up" Seriously though, this is extremely wise. At least for me, understanding this has changed my life and allowed me to maintain myself and my own little world as I navigate the

  11. "disturbed Energy Field" ...Really?

    kanzi monkey replied to dannyc12's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with you. However, I am a trained nurse, and the nursing model I trained in is based on the medical model. Not saying it is better than any other model, but just that this is my...

  12. Help needed re BP parameters

    kanzi monkey replied to mjm1979's topic in General Nursing

    "Go pound sand"-- I like that. Docs should write parameters for BP meds, and include a standard "call the doc" order for vitals they deem unacceptable. In theory, this gives the physician the...

  13. Accelerated BSN in New Zealand

    kanzi monkey replied to deadend226's topic in International Nursing

    I'll start by saying that I DON'T know of any accelerated programs, so, sorry. I'd check out this website though http://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/ I know that in order to emigrate to NZ, you need to...

  14. "Becoming a Doctor is like, 100 times harder than becoming a nurse".

    kanzi monkey replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Nursemike! Awesome

  15. "Becoming a Doctor is like, 100 times harder than becoming a nurse".

    kanzi monkey replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    MD to RN difficulty = 100/1 = 100 MD to RN years training = 8/2 = 4 comparison of MD hardness to RN hardness attempted. equation missing logical components. does not compute does not compute....

  16. EKG interpretation

    kanzi monkey replied to BCgradnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yup, that's the one :-) I love that

  17. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    kanzi monkey replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to get off track with this discussion (though any thread related to the big "A" is inevitably going to navigate many conversations). But I am curious about what you mean by this Jahna? As...

  18. Does it matter if I have an AA, BS, etc to get accepted into CRNA schools?

    kanzi monkey replied to autumn_sky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There are some direct entry MSN programs that offer a CRNA track. The one I know of requires at least one year of critical care RN experience between the time you obtain your license and the time you...

  19. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    kanzi monkey replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    I would work in an environment where you know you can refer a pt to another nurse. If you have a pt that requires any abortion related care and you decline to provide that care, you must refer that pt...

  20. Quick Question

    kanzi monkey replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely. But you won't get adequate pain control until fluid status is improved. Yeah, again, in the real world, I'd throw on the oxygen, give a dose of IV narcotic, then get the fluids going...

  21. Quick Question

    kanzi monkey replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I'd have them on O2 immediately, if it alleviated symptoms. But airway isn't necessarily an issue, and the patient is breathing. I don't think low 02 sat is one of the standard initial...

  22. When to call the doctor?

    kanzi monkey replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    Most of what Key said is similar to what happens on my floor. However, if I see a NEW value of K 3.2, I'll let the doc know so I can get to replacing it, regardless of symptoms or even if the patient...

  23. Quick Question

    kanzi monkey replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    So, looking further I'd say your priorities are: 1. hydration 2. pain control then, if the patient is having a difficult time maintaining 02 sat, give some oxygen. Both 1 & 2 can cause...

  24. Quick Question

    kanzi monkey replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    That's an excellent question. I may get this wrong. Instinct would say oxygen. But since you asked, I'll go with hydration on the theory that you need adequate volume to enable non-sickled cells to...

  25. Shingles pain

    kanzi monkey replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, whoa. firstly--you didn't order the pain med increase. the doctor did. secondly--DON and NP don't know what they're talking about. thirdly--if the patient was in pain (presumably why you...