spdaydream

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1. Sleep Medicine NP?

   spdaydream replied to indomie23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I have worked in Sleep Medicine for three years now. Day to day, I troubleshoot PAP, review results of sleep studies with patients (these have been read by an MD), and manage medications for...

2. MS-FNP... DNP or post masters PsychNP?

   spdaydream posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I have the opportunity to go back to school for a couple years. I'm currently an FNP, working in sleep medicine and with a side gig in substance abuse. If I had to nail down a true passion, it would...

3. Why do psych NPs make more?

   spdaydream posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I just got hired per diem at a substance abuse treatment facility as an FNP (2 yrs experience). A friend of mine is a psych NP who just graduated this past Summer, got hired at the same facility...

4. Locked into a specialty but now want urgent care

   spdaydream posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm an FNP with two years experience. I made the decision to start my full time career in adult sleep medicine, and also have a per diem gig at a detox clinic. I chose the sleep job because it is very...

5. ANCC antibiotics HELP!!

   spdaydream replied to spdaydream's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thank you very much. I think, like you said, I'm getting in over my head with specifics. Everything is mushing together in my mind and I feel like I know NOTHING. I will check out the FP Notebook...

6. ANCC antibiotics HELP!!

   spdaydream posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I am studying to take the FNP ANCC exam in a couple months and am really struggling with memorizing antibiotic classes, and which microbes are to blame for which conditions. I would love to find a...

7. Dating during Nursing school

   spdaydream replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

   I vowed not to date during nursing school. Turns out, I met the love of my life. He was a fellow student and we just celebrated our third year of marriage, and have a baby on the way

8. Pacemaker interrogation

   spdaydream posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Who is responsible for interrogating pacemakers? Is that a job an RN, specifically a cardio ICU RN, would be qualified for? Any info on special training/job search ideas/specific job description would...

9. Will starting in psych put me at a disadvantage in the future?

   spdaydream replied to spdaydream's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for the advice, everyone! Becoming a Psych NP is my long term goal, but I was just concerned about "shooting myself in the foot" by specializing in something like psych too soon. I appreciate...

10. Will starting in psych put me at a disadvantage in the future?

    spdaydream posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm in an accelerated BSN program, due to graduate in December. I'm very interested in psych nursing and have an MS in addictions counseling. Whenever I tell classmates/teachers/other RNs about my...

11. Do you have a lot of Debt to pay off

    spdaydream replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    KelRN-- I'm so relieved to hear that I'm not the only one with massive outstanding debt. I received no monetary assistance from parents, etc. and had to rely on my own income, loans, and a few...

12. Any eating disorder nurses out there?

    spdaydream replied to ToughingItOut's topic in Addictions

    I'm only an RN student now, but as a former eating disorders patient, perhaps I can give you some insight. I have been hospitalized numerous times with anorexia and bulimia (currently in remission),...