sleepwalker

sleepwalker MSN, NP

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  1. Continue as FNP or train in Cath lab?

    sleepwalker replied to chulada77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How much time do you spend with a follow up? at 30 pts (assuming 15 minutes for f/u and charting) that's 7.5 hours...doesn't sound very safe and I doubt that every follow up is a smooth one allowing...

  2. Do pH nurses change their title to doctors?

    sleepwalker replied to Future MSN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    dang it! Beat me to

  3. Continue as FNP or train in Cath lab?

    sleepwalker replied to chulada77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How are you seeing that many pt's and new consults in a day? Doesn't sound feasible. What were you told when you accepted this position? Which, btw, sounds terrible from what you've

  4. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    sleepwalker replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    "I do think she will be a great nurse someday, but this is a smaller, weirdly fast-paced unit where she will not have the kind of support she will probably need" You answered your own...

  5. School Nurse Pay

    sleepwalker replied to Mseag94's topic in School

    Wife is a school nurse in DE. She's an RN with a Master's degree. On the same pay scale as the teachers...with her degree and years of experience she makes $70k/yr...a year being from late August to...

  6. Secured a job on LinkedIn

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

    Nope...never found linked in to be of that much use However, I have found and accepted positions from Indeed.com As a side note...I've received a few recruiting offers for positions that I...

  7. NP With Non-Nursing Bachelors Degree

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

    Just remember that these programs are usually "all or none"...meaning that if you decided to drop out partially through the program you will not be conveyed a bachelor's degree....you're just out the...

  8. Evaluating a new offer

    sleepwalker replied to Mr. Southern NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not really clear on the posting...these are two separate offer? If so...the first one blows! The second one is better but just

  9. Should I renew my LPN license despite recently getting my RN license?

    sleepwalker replied to Lurkndmurk's topic in General Nursing

    Just don't renew it...let it

  10. Aspiring Educator

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

    What does your body habitus have to do with wanting to be an educator? LOL..?

  11. Concerned - New Grad from Excelsior

    sleepwalker replied to Medic6940's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly...thus the ambiguous language in the reply of "...as long as you meet all of the other requirements"

  12. Should I bother applying into CRNA school?

    sleepwalker replied to Guest1173979's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    don't know of anyone that has gotten in with a low cumulative but you're doing the right thing by taking the advanced courses and demonstrating you're capable of doing the work. Hopefully that will...

  13. PMHNP or FNP?

    sleepwalker replied to Pearl2014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would recommend more research regarding NP roles before even attempting to decide if that's something you wish to

  14. Working Less Than 8-Hour Shifts?

    sleepwalker replied to FlameHeart's topic in General Nursing

    What you want is most likely not going to happen but you can dream. I would, however, seriously consider an alternative income/career if or when things don't work out. Sorry to be a nay-sayer but...

  15. Advice for Faculty Interview Presentation

    sleepwalker replied to PsychNurse4Me's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    didn't they give you a topic? when I did mine they gave you the topic so that members of the interview panel would be familiar with the topic/contents and be able to ask relevant questions, seek...

  16. DNP and so forth

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

    If you take your contract pay for an adjunct class and divide it by clinical hours, grading hours, counseling, arriving early and leaving late to site, etc. you'll actually be amazed (most likely...

  17. MMJ Card

    sleepwalker replied to futurenurse2025's topic in General Nursing

    You're not even a nursing student yet and you appear to be spending an inordinate amount of time on a way to scam the system so you can use marijuana (medical or not). IMHO you lack the maturity and...

  18. Credentialing

    sleepwalker replied to RN/WI's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Months...a new grad with no work history may get lucky and get credentialed in 1 -2 months. If you have a work history it'll be

  19. NP with prior discipline

    sleepwalker replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Advanced Practice

    not going to be what you want to hear but...we had a student with a similar background issue in my program and they had completed all their disciplinary tasks, monitoring, reporting, etc. prior to...

  20. Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    sleepwalker replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    exactly

  21. Received Letter In Mail About Hospital Lawsuit At Old Job

    sleepwalker replied to dreamshake18's topic in General Nursing

    I have had the exact same situation years ago when I worked for a hospital system. I contacted my malpractice insurance and they said it wasn't an issue for them to be involved in since I wasn't...

  22. Total Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits 325,000

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

    How many of those are active/practicing? How many are eligible for retirement in the next 5 yrs? Lots of other factors to consider besides total

  23. Husband Died—Looking For Low Stress Job Recommendations

    sleepwalker replied to Midlife452's topic in General Nursing

    Take advantage of employer's EAP as

  24. study for board exam

    sleepwalker replied to vuphan86's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Lots of previous threads on this topic. Use the search feature and you'll find a ton of recommendations/suggestions/tips,

  25. New Instructor about to start clinicals! Yikes!

    sleepwalker replied to RN0599's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    be sure to visit the site and floor you're assigned to prior to clinical so you can introduce yourself, set your expectations with the staff, get the layout of the floor and nursing areas, locate the...