sleepwalker

sleepwalker MSN, NP

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  1. NP Specialty Advice?! Which do I choose?!

    sleepwalker replied to Allivernoche's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You need to ask yourself if you want to do acute care or outpatient. If the answer is acute care then you need an ACNP. If the answer is outpatient...the answer is FNP which will give the most

  2. New, solo, multi-campus school nurse with no training!

    sleepwalker replied to DCtoRN's topic in School

    seriously...this sounds like a recipe for disaster! Who is your lead/contact? What duties are being delegated? Who's responsible for all the screenings, getting contact information sheets in...

  3. New, solo, multi-campus school nurse with no training!

    sleepwalker replied to DCtoRN's topic in School

    WOW...a total of 3.5 hrs of orientation/training! That's just awesome! fyi...I'm being sarcastic...it actually sucks! forgot that you get to come in, for free, on your own time, to work...

  4. NP Schedule

    sleepwalker replied to KYNurse123's topic in Advanced Practice

    I would think those positions exist mostly in the acute care setting. For PMHNP...maybe a residential psych

  5. Starting in urgent care?

    sleepwalker replied to CoolBeans7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This... and

  6. How to Stop the Mass Nursing Exodus?

    sleepwalker replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Why is this your problem? Not to be mean or snarky but let the administrators in this wonderful Magnet status facility do what they promised when then sought out and obtained/paid for/bought this...

  7. How To Prepare For Nursing Home Orientation Job

    sleepwalker replied to Shihtzulover16's topic in General Specialties

    ?

  8. Reporting an unsafe surgeon

    sleepwalker replied to PamJRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Delaware has a mandatory duty to report requirement: "Delaware law mandates you to report a medical practitioner when you reasonably believe that the practitioner is (or may be) guilty of...

  9. Things nurse students complain about

    sleepwalker replied to MarkMyWords's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    ummm...OK??

  10. Likely to be hired soon. Worried about drug test d/t prescribed meds

    sleepwalker replied to ThatBLURN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly

  11. Nurse Practitioner Credentialing

    sleepwalker replied to GEB16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Most places do their own credentialing if they need it and will not accept another facilities credentialing for liability purposes. Your current employer is gas-lighting you to keep you there and buy...

  12. Fail drug test or pass on job? New Hampshire?!

    sleepwalker replied to mommieeern's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget that you'll need a pre-employment physical. Fail to disclose your usage and get caught impaired or on "a suspect urine" and you're done for because you failed to disclose. Disclose...

  13. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    "I learned WAY more in my first few years in academia that would be relevant to working as a nurse/charge than I ever did actually at the bedside" This sums up your quandary....you think you did...

  14. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    take out the "10+" if that bothers you....the answer remains the

  15. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    You need RELEVANT work experience, leadership, and management. Your 4 years as a beside nurse was 7 yrs ago and 1 of those years (at least) consisted of new grad development and growth culminating in...

  16. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    This is just a circular argument with the same rationales that multiple individuals have stated are inadequate for the position and career path you're seeking. The idiom "you don't know what you...

  17. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you absolutely would be qualified for an assistant nurse manager position upon completion of 1 or 2 current years of current bedside nursing experience that involves ever progressive...

  18. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    "You need to look at this realistically. I mean this to just be straightforward/real talk, not harsh....but some of what you are saying sounds like a young adult whose only job has been watching 2...

  19. Management Progression Assistance

    sleepwalker replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in General Nursing

    "Basically, they do not consider my doctorate degree as any experience or leg up nor do they consider my academic leadership experience as relevant." This is, unfortunately, the long and short of...

  20. RN as CNA

    sleepwalker replied to 512Runner4lf's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Every comment/response provided to you seems to be on the same page. The only person not understanding the answer is you because you're not being provided the answer you want to hear as well as the...

  21. Starting FNP Program, HELP!

    sleepwalker replied to ENTTriageRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Start trying to find preceptors NOW! It's an already difficult task to do when enrolled in a brick and mortar program...trying to find a willing preceptor for an online program is truly an uphill...

  22. FNP to WHNP?

    sleepwalker replied to stitchli815's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    "...my point is that if you are an FNP you already have the licensure etc required to see these patients, you just might need a little more on-the-job training."

  23. NP Please help!!

    sleepwalker replied to Mathew Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your attempt at justification is as pathetic as your rationale. If this is a real post you'd be well-advised to stop being a helicopter parent and demonstrate to your daughter what effective...

  24. Capella MSN to DNP Flexpath

    sleepwalker replied to spaghetti321's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Completion of a terminal nursing education degree in a year...somehow this doesn't sound like a professional degree that would be well-respected and accepted in academia....oh wait, it's...

  25. NP Please help!!

    sleepwalker replied to Mathew Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are you seriously posting a homework question for your daughter who wants to be an NP but can't take on the most basic responsibility of completing her own homework