catch33er

catch33er specializes in urgent care, GYN, primary care.

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1. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er replied to catch33er's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thanks for your input/opinions. I am finding, in several different types of patients, that at first I took on too much and overstepped my scope of practice. I am really backing off now, and being...

2. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er replied to catch33er's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The problem is that there is no psychiatrist (or psych NP) to treat them. Do I just send them out the door? Most of the time I am not starting new medications, but adjusting doses. I do not want to do...

3. FNP's - how much psych do you do?

   catch33er posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I am a family NP in a pretty large community health clinic (10 MD's, 2 NP's). We're in a pretty rural area, at least four hours away from the nearest major metro area. I see between 18 and 28 patients...

4. NP w/no desire for RN?

   catch33er replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   thank you so much for saying this! i had several years working in women's health care before going to school, and i am very comfortable in primary care working with family planning, gynecology, etc....

5. Plan B

   catch33er replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

   I have always had one area of confusion about the "a fertilized egg IS life" way of thought. There are times when an egg is fertilized, but due to the timing of its fertilization (e.g., it's too low...

6. Did you graduate from a MEPN/Direct Entry program?

   catch33er replied to TuckerBug's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hey, TB - congratulations on coming so far! I graduated in 2004 from Vanderbilt's direct entry program, and did have to work as an RN (364 hours) before sitting for the certification exam. That is a...

7. Anyone out there Vanderbilt?

   catch33er replied to brownrice's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I graduated from Vandy in 2004 as an FNP from their bridge program. My background had been in many different areas of women's health - infertility to family planning to gynecologic oncology, from...

8. NP Education

   catch33er replied to zenman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Whoo-hoo!!!!! I would love to see a program like this! Fantastic idea... I am very fortunate to have a first job where I have several family practice physicians and an NP who are extremely supportive...

9. RX help from NP's please

   catch33er replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   If estrogen is the problem both with thrombosis and with most seizure controlling medications, her only option would be a POP - progesterone only pill, which has its own limitations, and must include...

10. NP w/no desire for RN?

    catch33er replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a FNP who went the direct-to-NP route, but lived in a state where I had to work as an RN (364 hours) before I could be licensed as an NP. I gained a lot of good experience (in an urgent care) and...

11. I am losing faith in the ANCC--VENT

    catch33er replied to Kristiern1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am so sorry that is happening for you. That exam is so painful I can't even imagine how you must feel. If you continue to have problems, check with the computing center where you took the test. They...

12. FNP vs WHNP vs Midwife vs PA???

    catch33er replied to lauritasol's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I Just graduated in August 2004 from Vanderbilt's FNP program. They do have a CNM/FNP program and my classmates who graduated with CNM's are working all over the country. The CNM/FNP works by doing...

13. RN experience required?

    catch33er replied to ICRN2008's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduated last year from a "bridge" program (Vanderbilt), where I entered with a bachelor's in biology and came out with an RN, MSN, FNP. This question has plagued me throughout my education and to...

14. Frustrated Grad Student

    catch33er replied to Peglu's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Peglu - I know just how you feel... I graduated August of 2004, and even at the end of my program I was still presenting every single patient. I've been in my first FNP job for six months now, and it...